Dave's a mess wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 9:39 am
NHLTIM wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:59 am
Canada has zero bite to their game and they didn’t need it until the final. Jake Neighbours would have helped them tonight. They had nobody to create energy.
I don't think we ever got the official NHLTIM Jake Neighbours draft pick take. Also this was a great preview of how the Blues will beat the Avs in the playoffs this year.
Neighbours is what I would say has all the qualities that I look for in a player....definitely my kind of player for sure but with that said, still not the guy I was looking at in the first round. I was a little bit disappointed and once Connor Zary was off the board, I was a little pissed . He was there for the taking...easily a guy that could have been traded up for. The Flames actually traded down twice and still got him. Once Zary was off the board I would have preferred Ozzy Wiesblatt. Oddly enough Canada could have used a couple of guys like Neighbours and Wiesblatt last night. By the way those two are best of friends. Neighbours will be a fan favorite here for sure. He’s nasty as hell to play against. I just think he was more of a second round guy but I also firmly believe in reaching for they guy you want and if he was the Blues guy that’s all that matters.
Zary was right there though....right in our wheelhouse.