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Rlneu1
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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 3, 2017 at 9:05 a.m.
Thread: Summer '17
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Canadian_Rednek</b></div><div><i>I don't see Vegas taking Grabner. Yes he's having a good year on a great team, however, Vegas is not going to be a great team they are going to struggle offensively and Grabner is not going to get protected minutes like he is now. And being a Leafs fan I can confirm he's struggles when he's being relied upon to do some heavy lifting in the offence. He's also old and on the decline. Because of this I see Vegas taking either Puempel or Rannta.</i></div></div>

So I kind of agree. I got the picks down to 1 of Grabner/Fast/Puempel/Lindberg/Clendening. Raanta wasn't as much a possibility because of my explanation below. I think I failed to be impartial a little bit because I think losing Fast would seriously hurt the Rangers, but I do think Grabner's PK ability, and his ability to have exciting breakaways every game kind of mesh with Vegas' goal of being exciting and competitive from day 1. The other picks (especially Puempel) I think are more of a building block pick, which Bill Foley already said wasn't the goal. They want to push for the playoffs from the beginning and I think of those potential picks Grabner is the best fit for that.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Philu916</b></div><div><i>I see Raanta going to Vegas.</i></div></div>

The only reason I don't think they take Raanta is because there are so many solid goalies available. One of Bishop/Fleury/Reimer/Luongo/Halak/Neuvirth etc will be possibilities, and while I think Raanta is the clear pick in a vacuum, the availability of some other names will make a Grabner or Fast more likely.