Draft Thread

That leads to hot moms and sisters.

To get booed more than Betteman so far is Brian Burke. I’d like to see those two in a cage with a rusty pickaxe in between them.

Thunderdouche: 2 Douche enter, one douche leave.

Where are they at? My sick daughter is watching Disney. Dad to Douche in 2.6 seconds if I try to change the channel.

Bolland resigned for five years at 18m.

The cap is a figment of our imagination, or… Marty might be a goner.

Dillon Olson is the pick…physical, hard, in your face and plays with an edge according to PIerre McScumHonk

The pick is Dylan Olsen. Seems like a grinding-style D man. See him in about 4 years.

And…

Dylan Olsen — D-man, either playing in the Western League or UM Duluth next year. Matt Walker can breath easy. Ish.

“the scouts have compared him to Cam Barker”

has a blurb on each pick…for Olsen they said

“The Blackhawks went somewhat off the board with this pick – most mock drafts had Olsen going somewhere the middle of the second round. He’s a puck-moving defenseman that will attend Minnesota-Duluth next season. Due to academics, he wasn’t able to get into the University of North Dakota, which means he won’t likely spend too long at school before beginning his professional career”

so apparently we’re not getting the brightest Crayola in the 64 pack if he couldn’t hack it academically at UND. He really does sound like a Barker clone.

Saw a blog that Lalonde was 2x better than Olsen was at that age and Lalonde was a 3rd round pick what gives?

Hockey writers of Canada rated him midlevel second rd. All i was saying is excuse the blog term,maybe they could have done better.Stan and Scotty Bowman said this years draft will be the most intensive in Hawk history.

Sounds like a very good pick by Tallon and the crew once again. We’ll know more about this kid when he suits up for Canada at the World U-21 Champoinships only then when we find out that if this kid has the tools necessary to compete at the NHL level. Toews and Kane were stars of this tournament and are have parlayed that success into NHL stardom as well as many others. The U-21 tournament definitely reveals whether or not certain players can play at the level desired to reach the NHL. Very rarely does a high-pick that fails at this tournament go on to success at the NHL level. Guess Bobby Ryan would be the one exception.
Olsen looks like a Beauchemin/Orkpik type of player. Not the craftiest of offensive players but a solid defensive defenceman that punishes his opponents at every opportunity which is something the Hawks need not only now, but down the road. Can never have enough physical presence on the blueline.
A good pick from a phenominal Jr.A developmental program in Camrose-one of the best in Canada. Would benefit emensely if he decides to go to Medicine Hat. A better program, and would be more beneficial if he played more games and get more acclamated to a rigorous schedule that comes with the pro level. Something I felt helped Kane a little more and hindered Toews (along with the knee injury) in their rookie seasons. The CHL is much more talented level of junior hockey than the U.S. collegiate level.
Best of luck to Dylan and the rest of the Hawks draftees. Welcome to the fold!!!