"Never in our wildest dreams did we think we’d get those two players on the first day," Murray said. "All day long we kept thinking about moving up. Finally we just said, ‘You know, things are falling our way. Let’s just leave it alone’. It turned out to be a really good day. We haven’t given away anything and we’ve done okay."I agree 100% on that sentiment. I had absolutely no idea, that those two guys (Fowler, 12th overall, Etem, 29th overall) would fall that hard and straight into the laps of our Anaheim Ducks. I'm very happy with those two selections and judging by those Murray's comments (and that stupid grin he made both times when announcing the Ducks selections), I'm guessing he is too. Here is the complete list of Ducks Draft picks:
12th Overall - Cam Fowler
29th Overall - Emerson Etem
42nd Overall - Devante Smith-Pelly
122nd Overall - Chirstopher Wagner
132nd Overall - Tim Heed
161st Overall - Andreas Dahlstrom
177th Overall - Kevin Lind
192nd Overall - Brett Perlini
I have to admit, I don't know whole lot of those late round picks, but the Ducks Director of Amateur Scouting Martin Madden described them as "longer-term projects, more in the home run category", so I don't mind them that much. It would be nice, if someone of those late round guy's would turnout to be a real player's. Anyhow, for me, this draft was a real positive surprise, and it would be cool to see a guy like Cam Fowler or Emerson Etem make an impact for the Ducks in the not-so-distant-future, as they both seem like really smart, hard working guys, who are willing to do whatever it takes to be a successful NHL player.
Next up, we have the free agency, where hopefully Murray is looking re-build the Ducks defence a little bit. Player's like Paul Martin, Pavel Kubina and Zbynek Michalek would all be nice additions to the Ducks young and inexperienced defence. Let's see what happens, but if this Draft is any indication to this year's offseason, I'm thinking we all will be very pleased to see what's next.
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