Comments on: Columnist: Jackets should trade their first-round pick so they don’t choose another Russian

By: contraryguy

contraryguy — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 03:40:18 +0000

Leaving the game aside, I don’t think there is any place in Cbus for a Russian player to be comfortable. There’s simply no European presence here at all. What’s the point of having a fat contract if you can’t act like some post-Soviet oil baron, because nobody cares here? So if one finds themselves drafted by the Jackets, can’t say I’d blame them if they wanted out from day one; it’s not their kinda playground.

By: lostpuppysyndrome

lostpuppysyndrome — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:27:38 +0000

The prospect of Nail playing with Granlund is enough to give me peepee shivers…

By: drewsylvania

drewsylvania — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:36:52 +0000

No. You are stirring the pot. Simmons is quoting someone else. He’s not the one saying that CBJ should pick a Russian–it’s the unnamed executive saying it.

By: smgraff4

smgraff4 — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:09:32 +0000

Given the Yevgeni Kuznetsov drama here in DC, I don’t blame the Jackets for wanting to trade down to take a Canadian or American player playing in his home league, even if the guy has played a number of seasons in the North American junior ranks. Keep in mind Radulov played in the CHL, and was drafted out of the CHL–so going to the KHL was not exactly a return home for him, but he did it anyway.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:06:58 +0000

Saying Filatov wasn’t “labeled as a can’t miss prospect” before his draft year is some kind of revisionist history. He most certainly was called “can’t miss” by many and some certainly thought he should’ve gone higher than he did.

By: Joe Yerdon

Joe Yerdon — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:44:20 +0000

Simmons is stirring the pot and I’m pointing it out as silly. What’s the problem?

By: revansrevenant

revansrevenant — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:02:30 +0000

It’s not as stupid as it sounds, if they can get the right ransom for it. A top three pick should at least be worth a first and second round pick in this years draft, and possibly a first or second in next years as well. I’d say that given Columbus’ history in the draft, three picks in the early part of the draft might be worth more than one right at the start. What with more bites at the apple and all that.

By: drewsylvania

drewsylvania — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:57:59 +0000

Read the actual article linked before you do what Yerdon is hoping you’ll do, which is bash Simmons.

The article quotes an NHL executive as having the opinion that CBJ will trade the pick because they can’t pick a Russian. So the “fault” here is murky.

Yerdon/PHT are simply baiting you in their usual, class-free way.

By: jaybertx

jaybertx — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:43:54 +0000

The Russians must break you.

By: gbiscottagecheesefatties

gbiscottagecheesefatties — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:05:56 +0000

also, I can’t imagine Phillips ever cracking the NHL with his skating abilities… .Yes the Wild have some good prospects at forward right now but none are projecting to be top end scoring talent, maybe Granlund as an assist machine and Coyle being a solid power forward…. Would love to see high end talent in Yakupov or Grigs (maybe forsberg) join the Wild… I completely agree the Wild need D, but I just don’t like the idea of taking D in the Top 3 this year. I don’t see Murray as a better prospect than the Russians. Take the best player available not need, and no matter how you look at it, the Wild need a bit of everything, can’t go wrong.

cheers

By: gbiscottagecheesefatties

gbiscottagecheesefatties — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:53:30 +0000

if were talking about a top two pick, maybe top 3.. you take one of the Russians, no doubt about it…

I would take Murray at #4 but not before and it’s not even close!!!!!

By: lostpuppysyndrome

lostpuppysyndrome — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:51:15 +0000

As much as it would be nice for the Wild to take Nail, they need the D. Granlund, Coyle, Philips, and Zucker will provide plenty of firepower for the future. They need some big gritty stay-at-home shut-down D men.

By: laurely515

laurely515 — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:30:12 +0000

Not taking Russians was Bob Clarke’s policy for decades. It went terribly. Just take the best player.

By: bcisleman

bcisleman — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:21:24 +0000

For all the abuse heaped on Don Cherry for his flag waving with regard to Canadian and more especially Ontario based players, he is by no means alone. A number of Canadian journalists–Simmons included–are also guilty.

So far from trading the #1 pick–assuming the lottery does not award it to another bottom five team–CBJ should try to convince Nash to accept a trade to one of the teams with the 2nd or 3rd pick so that they can draft Grigorenko or Galchenyuk.

The fact is that, although this is a defense-heavy draft, if the CBJ are going to trade Nash, they need elite forwards and–apart from Filip Forsberg, the only obvious elite forwards are Russian.

By: gbiscottagecheesefatties

gbiscottagecheesefatties — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:19:50 +0000

Fail for Nail

go Wild

By: broadstbully33

broadstbully33 — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:15:40 +0000

that has to be the dumbest thing I’ve heard in a long long long time