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I would be quite tempted to sign Orpik to a 1 (although i think it would take 2) year deal for a couple of million. Have him mentor some of the young defence

This might be the most boring draft of all time. There were only like two trades in total

So who are the best guys left available?

Exciting trade

I wonder if the off the board picks are causing the lack of trades

Crickets...

We're on pick 15 and no trades. Is this one of the quietest drafts?

Regardless of your thoughts on Lehner, he would be better.

Ward has been crap for the last 3 years. Why would we want him?

Well trading would get you the guy now, rather than in 2-3 years

So no big trades gonna happen today? After all the talk

huh... odd pick

MTL fans reaction to their pick: https://gfycat.com/BouncyHoarseAnt

Such a punchable face

Rasmus wearing a Bills hat lol (in a video about him)

http://www.hockeydabeast413.xyz/draft.html

5.5 million salary dump

The Washington Capitals have acquired a second round pick, 47th-overall from the Colorado Avalanche in the 2018 NHL Draft in exchange for defenseman Brooks Orpik and Philipp Grubauer.

McGuire says Jeff Skinner is going West, says a deal is close to done. He adds Canes expect to have three 1st RD picks tonight, one would come from a Skinner deal and one would come from a Hanifin deal.

In my mind he is either Erik Johnsson, solid but disappointing, or Nick Lidstrom, one of the greatest of all time. There is no middle ground.

I like how humble Dahlin seems in interviews. Seems like a guy who focuses on hockey over fame

Two of the four were drafted in the late 20s. That's my point, you have to get impact players outside the top 5 if you want remain outside the bottom 5

Other teams seem to hit on impact players outside of the top 5. With the exception of maybe Casey, do you think anyone in that list will be a 60 point guy? or a 30 point D man. Role players are good and needed, but we dont have that spark.

So your preference for LW is 2 centres and a RW. I like those players, but I also think they'll cost a tidy penny to get In fairness, we have drafted awfully in the last few years. That's why its always for the futures. There is nothing in the pipe line despite being bottom of the league for half a decade.

I could see that being one of the few ways we do trade ROR. Question is, is the player we take at 3 OA going to be good enough? ROR is a top flight two way centre, do our scouts think Chuky or Zadina can provide a similar level of help to the team (offense and defense) going forward. That said, I would keep ROR as I think what the Pens did with Crosby was surround him by capable vets while he found his feet. We can't always trade players because they are 'passed their peak'.