Questions/Comments?

Parekh at 13 is insane to me, and what's wilder is EJ going before him. I would bet you any amount of money there's atleast a 10-15 pick gap between those two at MINIMUM

if buffalo wants emery they would likely trade back in the draft. not jump on him at 11

I agree that Parekh should go higher, it's just the way it played out for me. I considered him for Utah, Ottawa, and Calgary. Maybe he doesn't fall past Calgary, then Silayev goes to NJ and Eiserman falls.

I am much higher than most on Emery, BUF taking him at 11 is a reach but not a huge one in my eyes.

Yeah, possibly. I wouldn't trade down lower than 18 or 19 though.

I think the top 3 picks are a guarentee. But i also think that if the blackhawks pass on demidov, then so will the ducks because they need more D then they do offense. which is why drafts are fun because now teams are having to pick from what they need moreso than top players in the draft and shockingly enough, most the top 10 pick teams are in need of Defensemen

Also, I am seattle fan as well. And I don't think Dickenson is going to be available at this pick for seattle. I think they are going to get stuck with a 6 ft tall defensemen or if it were my choice considering the options available at this point in the draft, we may get stuck having no other option but to not get a D-man like we need and end up trading down for a straight up goal scorer in Eiserman. I don't know much about the players in the draft but if you ask me, a Defensemen should be like 6-2, 6-4 solid "adam larson" size attitude and still be able to get things done but not beknown for the guy who scores 100 points in a season. especially not half of it in goals. assists ok for sure, but the d-man has to be bigger than 6 ft. imo for seattle, we need it, one thats going to be a 1st liner at the 2nd line D position behind larson and dunn

If dickenson is available i would not complain!

Dickenson to Seattle makes a lot of sense. Silayev is the wildcard as he is huge and fast but lacks offensive upside, he could go anywhere between 2-20 honestly.
I think your Logic with Ottawa is reasonable, but their biggest need is RD and with Parekh and Yakemchuk there they take one, and Buffalo the other! Sad for SJ who could use one of those two.

Dickinson would be best, Silayev would be my second wish, Parekh would be interesting. For forwards, Lindstrom or Catton would work.

Gotta agree with you. I think with Parehk's upside he should go before Buium.

The more i look into the players in this draft, I am almost worried about the pick seattle might end up taking. as i think the defensemen will still be pretty good to get if we go that route, we might be able to get allstar right off the bat to make our offense even more scarier for the future with a pick of iginla, lindstrom (if he's there but hear the habs have a lot of interest in him and he might go top 3) Cole Eiserman as a sharpshooter to basically compete with mccann for top goals on the team, and or beckett sennecke seems to have a lot of praise about his skill as well. Might not be a bad choice to get another top end offense player for seattle.... if not lets hope no matter who we get, they are excactly what we wanted