Wed Jun 16 01:51pm PDT
Bruins GM says they're happy with No. 2 in their hands
Boston Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli said today, via Bruins
Blog, that his
team isn't moving its No. 2 overall selection in the 2010 NHL Draft next
week; adding that they're "going to take one of those two forwards."
Meaning that either left wing Taylor Hall or center Tyler Seguin, seen here lifting an invisible refrigerator, will be wearing the Spoked B and trying to decipher Zdeno Chara's(notes) congratulatory cell phone message next Friday.
Not that Chiarelli hasn't been tempted by the fruits of another. From WEEI:
"There was actually one that I was impressed with," Chiarelli said, seemingly entranced by the offer as he spoke. Even so, Chiarelli made clear that every offer involving giving up the choice will end the same way.
"I'm not moving it," Chiarelli said of the second pick, one of two first-round selections received in the Phil Kessel(notes) trade. "We're going to take one of those two forwards.
"I've gotten quite a few [interesting offers] actually. A lot of them are prefaced with the comment, 'Look, I have to do this,' because I've been quite clear that I'm not going to move this [pick]."
Chiarelli also said "I know who we want," and one assumes it's the guy who won't add another talented body to a position that already boasts Marc Savard's(notes) long-term contract, David Krejci(notes) and Patrice Bergeron(notes) ... and who would join a left wing corps that has Milan Lucic(notes), one more (half?) year of Marco Sturm(notes) and the glaring need for someone as explosive as Taylor Hall can be.
So now the question becomes: Will Boston really sit by and accept the Edmonton Oilers' seconds (nothing sloppy about either player, for the record) or will they get aggressive and "nudge" the Oil into taking the guy they don't covet first overall? Are they really cool with "either/or," roster needs be damned?
By the way, for you draft nuts: Follow day-by-day news, analysis and features on top prospects over on Buzzing The Net, Yahoo! Sports Canada's brilliant new juniors blog.
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Edmonton should take Seguin for another reason - Longer term, I doubt Hall (who has Bobby Orr as his agent & wears #4 on his jersey in tribute), will want to stay in Edmonton, given how accustomed he's become to the limelight & media spotlight of the best hockey player on the best team in junior for the last two years. Seguin may not stay either, but he seems to prefer flying under the radar & might be less of a "flight risk".
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Hall is better, Edmonton should take him. Boston still gets a future stud, whether they make an opening at center or convert him to the wing.
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Get it done Tambellini and dont screw it up!
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Seguin can put the puck in the net. Whether he does it from in front of the net, behind the net, the boards, the blue line, or the popcorn stand is irrelevant. He's a scoring forward. That's what the Bruins need. Period.
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And Seguin will be just fine if that's the way it falls. Most rookie forwards come into the league on the wing anyway since they don't play defense so well.
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If you look at many of the teams that have won a Cup it the past 20 years they built the core of their teams with draft picks. Toronto is doomed to sit in the basement of the NHL for the next 10 years. They need a GM that will build with draft picks and occasional smart trades. (NOT giving up the No.2 Draft pick for ONE player)
Wow... This move makes John Ferguson look smart-
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I think the Bruins could get something very worthy in trade for Tuuka Rask around draft time. I'd be for moving Thomas but his contract is too much of a burden, so I assume that would fail. Trading Rask should help get Thomas back on track, he can have an amazing season still.
As far as the Bruins choking goes, they can't get injured, and they need players who won't fold to the physical style Coach Julien demands.
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Either Seguin or Hall is a huge upgrade to the B's and I can't wait to watch it. Seguin seems like a true professional off the ice in the all the interviews I've seen - level headed. Assuming we end up with him, he will start out on wing just as Bergeron did 6 years ago and eventually make the move back to Center.
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