Comments on: FIRST OVERALL PICK POLL: FINAL RESULTSJohn Tavares – 553, Victor Hedman – 67

By: lefty

lefty — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:08:15 +0000

Come on Snow make us happy.

By: Since72

Since72 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:58:05 +0000

#s 39, 42- Let’s start a “draft Ryan Ellis” fan club. Kid is dynamic. Dominated WJC. Sure we have lots of smallish “D” prospects already, but let’s sign Komy from Montreal for size and if Ness et.al. pan out, there is always a market for offensive d-men. There is something about that Ellis kid! A lot of teams are going to wish they had drafted him.

By: gary9-19-22

gary9-19-22 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:10:53 +0000

Call me dumb but… We have a stock pile of top picks in the first two rounds and Colorado is depleated.
Whats the chances of trading all our picks (excpet #1 overall) for the #3 pick? Throw in a J-Tam or someone plus a goalie.
Col has nothing in the minors and are probably in worse shape than the Isles at this time. We could even take someone to releave Cap pressure if they like.
Then I would take Hedman #1, and then whomever is left at #3.

By: dalcy

dalcy — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:52:33 +0000

the mob has spoken. We Want Barabbas…,I mean, We Want Tavares!

By: bob l

bob l — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:16:56 +0000

@80, i think SJ’s lowest possible draft spot is #26, here are the rules…
# The current Stanley Cup champion picks last (30th).
# The Stanley Cup runner-up picks 29th.
# The other two Conference Finalists pick 28th and 27th.
# Regular-season division winners hold the other lowest positions.
# Remaining teams draft in order of fewest points to most points from the previous regular season.

By: Mark P

Mark P — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:52:31 +0000

I am on board with the full page ad(#32), CB get you organize the collection efforts?

By: NYI FAN

NYI FAN — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:46:42 +0000

553 to 67, what a landslide! I’m glad this blog is not on the LH approval voting committee!
CB, thanks for the great new blog, all tavaresallthetime.com, this is going to drive people crazy till June. Seriously, thanks for letting Isles fans a have chance to feel good about something for a change.

By: sec301

sec301 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:43:23 +0000

show those numbers to garth, CB

By: bob l

bob l — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:37:20 +0000

@49, plenty of helpers for my taste…
OHL totals 247games 215g 218a 433pts 255pim, couldnt find anything on face-offs though

@77, i think TB would have taken Hedman, they have a nice offense and most of their prospects are offensive players, hedman is the best fit for them, so trading up is unrealistic unless they planned on trading vinny and replacing him with jt…

By: kevin fitz

kevin fitz — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:10:03 +0000

Huge win by Anaheim last night!! Let’s hope they win the series so we also get the 22nd or 23rd pick in the draft!

By: JoeRiverside

JoeRiverside — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:08:52 +0000

CB: Find a way to send JT a link to this Blog.
Keep up the great work. I check this site almost daily!

By: Justin Marques

Justin Marques — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:54:31 +0000

Snow knows he needs both Victor Hedman and John Tavares. He understands how desperately he needs a true number one defenseman, and he understands how desperately he truly needs a franchise center to build around. In my opinion, I think Garth is going to see what Tampa Bay is willing to give up in order to move from number 2 overall to number 1 overall. If they are willing to give us their second round pick this year, and maybe a third rounder next year, I wouldn’t doubt seeing Garth make the trade. Tampa Bay’s second round pick this year is 32nd overall. We’d have the second overall pick, 28th (most likely) overall pick, and the 31st, 32nd, and 37th overall picks. That’s insane. We could either select 5 top quality players, or we could try to package our late first and two seconds to try and move into the top 12. Just an idea.