Quoting: SMH
If . If .if. if. We have a GM who clearly has a plan, they'll draft the BPA and the top 5 this draft is LOADED with talent.
P.s. i love how everyone seem to know how the top 4 will go when last year proved that fans know nothing !
Lets just wait and see the top 10 from bob Mackanzie who's clearly the front runner when it comes to draft accuracy
Don't be surprised if one of the top 4 teams decide to go with a defenseman
Literally not one fan here or on twitter had nemec go no.2 or wright at 4 and not the first C getting picked
Anyone who listened to Hughes knew he wasnt choosing Wright.
I was pissed about it cause he pulled the same **** as this year he is with Michkov.
He steered the media onto Reinbacher a name that they hadnt mentioned as a top 5 option until Hughes dropped it.
Before Hughes pushed him as a top 5 option he was ranked #2 RD 15th-20th OA behind Axel Sandin-Pellika.
The original questions were "Michkov, Smith or Dvorsky"
Then suddenly over time Hughes steered Dvorsky out of the conversation and Reinbached into it.
Why?
He's evil
I think he see's SJS RD situation is so much worse then ours youth wise and is trying to bait SJS into passing on one of the top forwards that falls out of the top 3.
Last year everyone heard him name dropping Slaf before the draft then he snubbed him taking Wright and Nemec for breakfast but not Slafkovsky or others.
He played head games up until the end trying to get paid to draft Slafkovsky but no one was willing to trade up because he was Transparent as hell about his intent/focus on Slafkovsky
What everyone wanted was Wright
But we were prepared for him to pass on a sure thing in our eyes in Wright.
Turns out Hughes was right because while Slaf struggled it was no where near Wrights Struggles.
This year we feel the same about Michkov myself included, he'll likely pass on him too for Size and Skill