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Cole McKinney, Philip Ekberg, Malcolm Spence, Milton Gastrin, Daniil Prokhorov to name a few more

Forwards of interest: Shane Vansaghi, big and mean Jack Murtagh, all around solid Nathan Behm, skill with some warts Mathew Gard, big bulldog There's others but that was just a quick scan.

Kindel was very productive and other than size this pick is good. Zonnon and Horcoff give them some size and Zonnon has a ton of skill but needs better skating. Horcoff is big and solid. Outside of Kindel going a bit high, it's pretty solid drafting.

Don't tell Paul Hamilton. He was in wgr having a fit about it.

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Mrtka is better with more offense.

Hard to have confidence in the management group

Idk if I'd go that far.

It's my motto. Tattooed on my... well never mind.

It's cliche but there's a ton of untapped potential there. Schaefer, Smith, Mrtka/Aitcheson Only 1 of them shoots right.

Knew we were in trouble when Bettman opened by blabbing about how amazing it was with them new fangled video chat thingies

Mrtka received the following 'superlatives' from EP for the 2025 draft: #1 : best shutdown defender #2 : best neutral zone defender #4 : best puck moving defender #5 : best offensive defensemen

It is. It's just not sexy. Lots of... "that's fine" in the Sabrehood this week.

Here's Mrtka smiling since apparently that's a talking point or something.

No idea what the thumbs down is for Thorny. Is it the Kevyn Adams joke or telling you Cole Reschny's height? Maybe we'll get lucky and Nestrasil will fall to us.

Ok now trade Byram to St Louis for Kyrou and Carbonneau

I think mrtka competes. Energy... not like the 2 you mentioned. Skill, idk I go back n forth on his skill. Yes he does.

Carter Bear

Kinda like Kevyn Adams He's also only 5'10.75" and 180lbs.

No it isn't. He's perfectly fine as a pick at #9 though.

Schaefer, Aitcheson, and Eklund is pretty solid work.

Hagens went to Boston

Should add Mrtka is a June bday so his younger for this class. You kinda hope he has the Dickinson glow up next year and then you're feeling good about the pick. It's not a bad pick, he's probably the 3rd best defenseman in this draft.