What if your draft position is 7th?

[niconasr]

Thanks to everybody!

I think, if the situation arose, I'd go with Lundy and Backstrom but I guess that can change daily.

[Rad64]

Well, with only 7 teams...I doubt if goaltending is an issue in the first two rounds.

Likely players taken...
Crosby/Malkin/Ovechkin/Stamkos/Tavares/Lundqvist
7th/8th
Next group - Rask/E. Staal/Perry/Rinne/P.Kane/Hall/Backstrom(WAS)/Giroux/Kessel/Toews/Quick/Kopitar

I would guess one Lundqvist or Rask would fall to you at 7/8, then you have a large number of 70+ point guys to pick from.

[suvojitde]

I can see the logic behind drafting Karlsson but, at most, he's a 80-point per year player, right? And that would be an incredible year. For how long could he sustain that? History suggests that high-scoring defensemen are rarely constant from year-to-year. Is Karlsson the exception?

And the thing is, all the remaining forwards are more of the same to me. Backstrom, Hall, Kane, Getzlaf, Staal, etc. They all can get 90 points but they're probably more like 75-80 points players. Is there a possibility that some of them will be there when I draft again at 21-22?

Would it be insane to go Lundy-Rask and ensure myself of the best goaltending duo of the league?

It's all speculation, obviously. There's only a 1/7 chance that I draft 7th but I guess I like to think about that stuff!

Yes, important to note that you have b2b picks (7 and 8) - 1 if not both, should be a Goalie and Lundy is the surest thing there is, when it comes to Goalies. Chances are though, not all players will pick Forwards so Lundy might go in those first 6 picks.
There is something to be said about having a strong Goalie tandem, therefore Lundy/Rask OR Lundy/Quick (if you don't want both goalies from the same conference) is an option, although with only 7 teams, there will be enough Goalies to go around, in mid - later rounds.

I would recommend some combination of:
- an elite G (Lundqvist, Rask, Quick, Rinne)
- a Tier 1B forward (~75-85 pts) - Backstrom, P Kane, Hall, Toews;
- Karlsson (if available)
...and if one of the 6 you already list in the Top 6 happen to fall to you, all the better!!!

[aleco83]

Hall and Karlsson for me, no need to start the goaliefest early.