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Forum: Mock-DraftFeb. 26, 2021 at 12:37 p.m.
Thread: My Mid-February Draft Rankings Top 70
Very nice rankings. It's just gonna be such a weird draft that there will never be a true set in stone type of rankings. My only comment is that:

Beniers is such a great hockey player. He's a player that every team would be thrilled to have. I just don't personally see him as the #1 prospect in the draft. I think he can be a third line guy as soon as next season, but I'm not so sure his ceiling is first line. He's more of an aggresive, heartsy two way second line in my opinion. I don't see a crazy offensive guy out there.

I just believe the ceiling of Power and Hughes is what will make them more intriguing for teams to select over Beniers. Johnson and Eklund as well has top line potential. Beniers is without a doubt the safest pick in the draft, he's going to be an effective NHLer. The ceiling is the question
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 24, 2021 at 2:30 p.m.
Thread: Rental LHD
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>bhavikp27</b></div><div>Health is a concern but you don't really have many other good options. He's probably the only guy with a great defensive game and above-average puck skills while being able to play top4 minutes. Other available d-men are mostly defensive-minded. On the back end, the Bruins only have McAvoy and Grzelcyk who are great offensively. Zboril is their 3rd option on PP/OT, he hasn't been bad but he has limited experience. Moore/Clifton are average or so. Who are your targets?</div></div>

Well #1- I don't even think Murray will get traded for NJ. I'm assuming they're holding onto him. If he's available then he'd be up there for potential targets, but I wouldn't say he's my absolute #1

I like acquiring Hjarmalsson out of Arizona, he brings a defensive first game and tons of experience. I like Edler out of Vancouver for same reasons. If Dallas somehow doesn't make it, maybe Jamie Oleksiak. If Minnesota doesn't make it- Ian Cole.

I think I'd be interested in Hjarmalsson, Edler, and Oleksiak before thinking about Murray because they bring experience and possibly great leadership. But it's still insanely hard to tell if these teams would be willing to move any of these guys. We truly don't know out of these players which teams are already out of the running for playoffs. Vancouver is playing very bad so they could maybe be sellers...but are they trading life long Canuck Alex Edler? We'll get a better idea closer to the TDL, but the options are very slim. I'm also talking about acquiring a pure rental here, one who expires after this season.

If Bruins want to acquire someone more long term, then they should be all in for Ekholm. I personally prefer a rental like those guys I mentioned. I think the only ones who are more than likely are guaranteed to be on the market: Patrik Nemeth and Ian Cole. I wouldn't be crazy acquiring Nemeth but Ian Cole could interest me.

Here are my priorities as of right now:
PLAYER/ AVAILABLE?
1) Edler/ TBD
2) Oleksiak/ TBD
3) Hjarmalsson/ TBD
4) Murray/ TBD
5) Cole/ TBD
6) Goligoski/ TBD
7) Merrill/ YES
8) Nemeth/ YES
9) Oesterle/ TBD
10)M. Staal/ YES

I personally would rather acquire a shutdown guy with experience vs an offensive type dman at the TDL if they were to hypothetically drop Lauzon down to the third pairing.