Comments on: VH GETS THE 3-HOUR TOUR: Hedman and dad visit LI and meet with Wang, Snow, Jankowski and Bossy

By: mikko

mikko — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:31:25 +0000

joey, by trading down to 3 you get a pick or two, and you propose a package of picks to get back into the top 10. pete come on its a chat board, nobody is saying they are smarter than anybody else!!!

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:18:18 +0000

Apparently mikko here knows better than ALL the NHL scouts.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:00:40 +0000

I think Hedman is getting all this publicity from Chris because I think Hedman is the pick. And with all the Tavares-talk, it’s like Hedman’s gotten a bad rap. For example, when the Islanders pick Hedman, people are going to boo, storm out, riot, etc. And for what? How good will that make Hedman feel? So I think we’re learning a lot more in depth about Hedman so when his name is called, the fans don’t riot and Hedman gets a real chance to play and succeed here when he’s picked first overall by the Islanders.

By: Joey303

Joey303 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:46:02 +0000

Mikko – By trading down to #3, how do you suppose the Islanders can then get a pick in the top 10? Essplain

By: mikko

mikko — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:23:25 +0000

i dont care how they do it i would take Duchene. i would much rather have a guy who does everything at a high level, than the sexy pick that is a one dimentional player. trade down to #3 and get back into the top ten and pick another more complete player like e kane!!!

By: mikko

mikko — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:15:34 +0000

gary#44, i never said take duchene with the #1 pick!!!! i said duchene will be by far the best player in this draft. i said taveres and hedman will be good players, but duchene is the whole package. please get your facts straight before you call someone out!!!!

By: steve

steve — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:00:45 +0000

Great work Chris – thank you!

By: BTBoss

BTBoss — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:22:49 +0000

Why does any team need GMs and Scouts. They should just ask the fans who they want.
So I ask….
Who would the fans rather have Brett Hull(pure offense goal scorer), Nicklas Lidstrom (franchise defenseman) Joe Sakic(Sniper and quick skater with no holes in his game)

These are what true scouts are saying about the top 3

Tavares, Duchene, and Hedman. Any Pick at any spot in top 3 is a win-win
If you all love this team the way I do and I hope most do. You will support it in every moves(even to Queens or Brooklyn) they make. It’s our team. We still see them as the once proud NY Islanders and they will always be. So if they do draft Hedman or Duchene we have giving up on them and root for the NYRags? Never!!!

This is our NY ISLANDERS

By: Spartiarti - RVC

Spartiarti - RVC — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:16:36 +0000

I cant take anymore of this. we have the #1 pick. not the #2, or the #3. The #1 pick if you look at draft history. the most successful players have all be FOWARDS.

Kane, Crosby, Ovechkin, Nash, Kovalchuk, etc.

When watching the blackhawks in the playoff, do you get more excited watching Kane or Toews or are you more blown away watchign CAM BARKER or Duncan Keith.

I can understand talking Duchene or Hedman if we lost the lottery but seriously give me a break.

WE HAVE THE #1 pick. Last time we had #1 we blew it drafted DP (ranked #9 by the redline report) instead of taken Heatley or Gaborik.

STOP TRYING TO BE SMARTER THAN THE SCOUTS. TAVARES HAS been #1 ranked pick for 2 years for this draft and that has not changed.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:09:30 +0000

And how can you say Okposo won’t be THAT guy for this organization? I see that written all over his face. The most important players on teams aren’t the guys who put up the most points but are the guys who put up the MOST important points and make the MOST important plays.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:00:01 +0000

@14

You can’t blame Snow for what Millbury did, and trading down last year appears to have been a very smart move so I don’t see how you can say Snow will screw us over.

By: EAF

EAF — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:08:39 +0000

Hedman has better personality than Tavares