Comments on: Get to know a draft pick — Alex Galchenyuk

By: bcisleman

bcisleman — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:32:25 +0000

First, this profile needs updating. Gally is 6’3″ and over 200 lbs. Also, it’s possible his injury will scare teams, but it shouldn’t. Reinjury of an ACL reconstruction is rare among NHL players.

Unfortunately the one prominent exception has been Canadien defenseman Andrei Markov, so possibly the Habs may be scared off Gally and take Quebec Remparts star and Patrick Roy protege Mikhail Grigorenko.

That would leave Gally to the Isles at #4. Interestingly enough, it was watching John Tavares play a junior hockey game that inspired Gally to pursue his junior career in North America. He’d be a great 4th overall pick for the Isles.

By: theawesomersfranchise

theawesomersfranchise — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 03:06:17 +0000

Sarnia was only 7th in the OHL, not too much were expected from them, the 2 of them played well enough offensively (terrible in their own end) but in the end Galchenyuk won’t fall past the Habs at 3.

By: scotloucks

scotloucks — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 02:01:42 +0000

It’s still a team game.
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Consider the possibility that they wouldn’t have even made the playoffs had it not been for a couple star players.
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Cheers

By: tru2joelu4eva

tru2joelu4eva — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:46:01 +0000

So I’m relatively new to following prospects pre-draft, and i have a question for all of you hockey pundits out there: It says in the article that the Sarnia Sting were eliminated in the first round. Why doesn’t that seem to effect Yakupov’s or Galchenyuk’s worth? Wouldn’t it be worrisome that the team that has arguably the two most highly touted offensive players in this year’s draft couldn’t make it out of the first round?