As we contemplate the week ahead for the Caps, we might take a moment to look a little further ahead. Although you've probably seen them in other venues already, below you will find Central Scouting's midterm rankings for 2008 draft eligibles:
NA skaters:![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKtE8FhznV2rtGxOEBZu6oK9vrWHW6dOORZcjMEm2N3w-7N85zRxcAVFgm4lKJL8hJHliwWUcOzNyuwinCP_uzYxJsJ2bA7SY8zCuA0Jr7vu4gG7kkE6l4ZWOslqAtWgNTUWzdg/s400/naSKATERS_MIDTERM.bmp)
International skaters:
NA goalies:
International goalies:![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibL2R9ZUdVkOnDvpbxebtc19LWJJW4NUH4q-JMQXeZ5wuNXPMg4Es0g7YJiv-Wafq-zLqoCrbqK4B0VUgTEeRfDaUT-cF6bjRcf7IlAv7CAx4rhyd8lMAc0pjzqfOvH_Dc0Leuhw/s400/INTLgoalies_midterm.bmp)
And McKeen's Top-30:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5WCXNBJ03_NKc0DnTYX3veBWojsmXDBH1K1LigUbZlwamS4fKgBiXC2W_1kIij3EyGdHOnlP9-R3rsHInejbiTVgGOZ89_ydBr79QT0tMP4arxK-ulPxS5MC0ar1dcUqM5vbdbw/s400/mckeens_top30.bmp)
If the draft were to be held today, the Caps (should they not win the Stanley Cup) appear to be in the seventh overall position in the first round.
3 comments:
If the Caps finished bottom 10 . . .
. . . would you draft 'best player' available or would you go for needs?
IMHO, our needs are at RW and Goalie . . .
I'm almost always of a mind of taking the best player available. Since that player isn't likely to be seeing any time for at least a year or two, it's hard to project needs that far in advance.
That being said, we hope the best player available is a center. Once you get past Nicklas Backstrom, the prospect pool is thinner there than perhaps any position on the club.
I watched all the World Juniors this year, and the person who impressed me the most was Luke Schenn. I think that guy could step on the ice for the Caps tonight and be a very good defenseman.
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