ESPN's draft grade

[TheGhostofJimKelly]

Buffalo Sabres: C
Sabres addressed a position -- defense -- but not a team issue exposed in the playoffs, toughness. No. 23 D Mark Pysyk was a tough read. He played on a very bad team and then had an injury shorten his season. He might be good value for that slot but he's barely average in size and physical play. No second-rounder and then three in the third, with skilled D Jerone Gauthier-Leduc out of Rouyn-Noranda being the best. Lots to like in fourth-rounder C Steven Shipley of Owen Sound in the OHL.


http://insider.espn.go.com/nhl/draft2010/insider/columns/story?columnist=joyce_gare&id=5333673

[JD]

If draft analyses hold any weight, Brohm is set to outperform Rogers this year.

[The Spaz]

These are the final rankings from The Hockey news and where we took them:

Mark Pysyk THN 16 Drafted 23

Jerome Gauthier-Leduc THN 78 Drafted 68

Kevin Sundher THN 68 Drafted 75

Matt MacKenzie THN 55 Drafted 83

Steven Shipley THN 76 Drafted 98

[DMBcrew36]

Since when did ESPN have any authority to grade hockey drafts

[ddaryl]

Since when did ESPN have any authority to grade hockey drafts


Even ESPN has an *******..... and *******s are a lot like opinions... Everyone has at least one.

[OpIv37]

Buffalo Sabres: C
Sabres addressed a position -- defense -- but not a team issue exposed in the playoffs, toughness. No. 23 D Mark Pysyk was a tough read. He played on a very bad team and then had an injury shorten his season. He might be good value for that slot but he's barely average in size and physical play. No second-rounder and then three in the third, with skilled D Jerone Gauthier-Leduc out of Rouyn-Noranda being the best. Lots to like in fourth-rounder C Steven Shipley of Owen Sound in the OHL.


http://insider.espn.go.com/nhl/draft2010/insider/columns/story?columnist=joyce_gare&id=5333673

I don't know enough about the NHL draft to really comment, but this really ****ing bothers me. This team got exposed for lacking toughness in the 2006 and 2007 playoffs, and here we are with the same problem in 2010.

[RockStar36]

I'm not sure what the Sabres were supposed to do in the draft to address the toughness issues. None of these guys are going to be on the roster immediately anyways, to me toughness is an issue that should be addressed later this week.

[OpIv37]

This discussion would be moot if they had addressed it when they let Drury and Briere go like they should have.

[THATHURMANATOR]

I don't know enough about the NHL draft to really comment, but this really ****ing bothers me. This team got exposed for lacking toughness in the 2006 and 2007 playoffs, and here we are with the same problem in 2010.
What about Kassian?

[OpIv37]

What about Kassian?

If he makes it to the NHL... and doesn't get suspended for being in bar fights.