Re: [Mock] Button's 2016 Mock Draft
Originally Posted by
Goldendelicious
If Montreal took Brown over Keller, everyone would criticize them that they screwed up and shouldn't have passed up on the talent.
If Montreal took Keller over Brown, everyone would criticize them saying they screwed up and shouldn't have passed up on the size. The wonderful conundrum of Les Habitants.
And I think the reasoning many peg Brown going ahead of Keller is the size. He reminds a lot of people of Jumbo Joe and could be an top #1C in the NHL. He has all the tools to suceed and the size to go with it. Not that size is what it used to be in the NHL but it could be a determining factor for a team looking more for a C than a LW/RW.
That's a fun conundrum. I know it well as a Leaf fan.
I don't actually think Montreal could make a bad decision between Keller and Brown. There are reason's both are getting top 10 hyped and ranked, and both deserve that talk. To me, if Montreal were to choose one or the other, they'd have legit arguments for doing so
14T BiWeekly H2H. 4 C/RW/LW, 6 D, 2 G
Cats:G(3), A(1.5), PIM(0.2), PPP(1), SOG(0.2), GWG(1), SHP(2), Hits(0.3), BkS(0.4). W(2), SO(2), OTL(0.5), SV(0.2), GA(-1), L(-1). 9 Keepers in Bold. 12 player Farm team (skaters under 110, goalies under 80 gp) in italics
LW - Gaudreau, Forsberg, Parise, Hyman (C)
C - Backstrom, Getzlaf, N Foligno (LW/RW), Kotkaniemi, Carter (LW/RW)
RW - Tarasenko, Rantanen, Arvidsson, Atkinson, Gourde (C/LW), Mikheyev (RW)
D - Dahlin, Theodore, Ellis, Klingberg, Fox, Andersson
G - Murray, Grubauer
Prospects -Rossi, Turcotte, Kravstov, Tippett, Bouchard, Lehtonen, K Miller, Addison, DeSmith, Kahkonen, Ingram, Gustavsson