Prospect Info: 17th Overall - Lukas Reichel

[No Fun Shogun]

Which Beer League is drafting tomorrow?

Now, if you said "beer league team," you would've set me up for a Buffalo or Edmonton joke.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Which Beer League is drafting tomorrow?

The one KFCeabs started up to pass the time in LTIRetirement

 

[Blackhawks26]

This is awesome

 

[u2wojo]

From what I've seen it looks like he was ranked 31st-43 in most rankings.

Should have just traded down.

Chris Peters (ESPN) had him 17th to the Hawks, Pronman (Atlantic) had him 21 to Columbus, Steve Kournianos (Draft Analyst) had him 16 to Montreal, Mercogliano (USA Today) had him 30 to Dallas, and Button (TSN) had him out of the first round.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Mod assignment: someone make a gif of the Holloway non-reaction to Edmonton taking him compared to this reaction of us taking him.

Do it, HFHawks.

And only post it on this board. I ain't protecting you on the General or other team boards.

 

[Blackhawks26]

Chris Peters (ESPN) had him 17th to the Hawks, Pronman (Atlantic) had him 21 to Columbus, Steve Kournianos (Draft Analyst) had him 16 to Montreal and Button (TSN) had him out of the first round.

Yeah, idk if im taking a guy who is legit all over the place at 17. Then again, im writing this from behind my computer in my house and I am not paid to scout NHL prospects. Unfortunately I just have YouTube.

the hawks euro scouts are awesome. I hope they nailed this one too

 

[ColbyChaos]

Chris Peters (ESPN) had him 17th to the Hawks, Pronman (Atlantic) had him 21 to Columbus, Steve Kournianos (Draft Analyst) had him 16 to Montreal and Button (TSN) had him out of the first round.

Eh Button is a clown when it comes to the draft a majority of the time so going against his opinion doesnt hurt

 

[Mrfenn92]

https://thehockeywriters.com/2020-nhl-draft-rankings-forbes/
2020 NHL Draft: The final top 31 rankings (not the best, but didn't even get listed)
We looked at 12 sources to come up with EOTP’s Consensus NHL Draft Rankings (a bit higher on here #27 to be exact)

Some others had him at 23. I just think there was much better talent on the board. Kid already came out and said hes two years away from the NHL. Our core is only aging more and more.

You don’t make this pick with the core in mind

 

[Crow]

f*** sorry. I shouldn’t have posted in the other thread. I trust our European scouts more than the rest of them. Though it appears they got dach right.

 

[Styles]

Mod assignment: someone make a gif of the Holloway non-reaction to Edmonton taking him compared to this reaction of us taking him.

Do it, HFHawks.

And only post it on this board. I ain't protecting you on the General or other team boards.

Give me both videos and I can make it happen.

 

[featherhawk]

would have taken Mercer myself but who knows, out Euro scouts are top notch.

Lukas was climbing a lot of boards recently so who knows.

Some say has top 6 potential and that he has a good amount more upside than Mercer who projects as a middle six guy

does Robert Riechal have any ties to the Hawks?

 

[Larmer83]

He'll be in the Covid thread by weeks end.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Who the hell knows middle of the first round but good luck to Lukas

 

[Styles]

Who the hell knows middle of the first round but good luck to Lukas

Best player in the draft now don't be dumb. Going to be a star!

 

[HockeySauce]

Yeah, idk if im taking a guy who is legit all over the place at 17. Then again, im writing this from behind my computer in my house and I am not paid to scout NHL prospects. Unfortunately I just have YouTube.

the hawks euro scouts are awesome. I hope they nailed this one too

That's... literally how the draft works. Each team has different lists, valuing players differently. 3 good scouts/prospect reporters had him in the 16-21 range. Seems like a fair pick at 17.

 

[HockeySauce]

You don’t make this pick with the core in mind

You don't make any pick expecting them to impact your team soon. You pick the guy that you think will be the best player. Especially in the first round.

 

[Mrfenn92]

You don't make any pick expecting them to impact your team soon. You pick the guy that you think will be the best player. Especially in the first round.

Yep

 

[Styles]

Mercer the next pick could bite us but there were probably 4-7 players I would have been okay with there. Time will tell.

 

[Zaddy]

You guys got a hell of a player. For my money Reichel has the best hockey IQ in the entire draft. Which is the same thing I said about Kirby Dach last year. This guy was immensely underrated in the draft rankings. He's going to be a star. Enjoy guys.

Your team actually has drafted pretty much my 3 favorite prospects in the last 3 drafts with Boqvist, Dach and Reichel. I always liked the Hawks and cheered for you guys in the playoffs all those years, I'll be tuning in to a lot more games over the coming years to see this group of players develop. Future is bright in Chicago.

 

[hawksfan50]

Just because Mercer was ranked higher by almost all ranking organizations fans usually read lists from,,tgat obviously did nit matter to the Hawks...

It could be that they always had Reichel as onevofvtheirc4 stated targetsvof equal value they expected to still be on the borad..It maybe tfat 1 or 2 of these already went off the board...so maybe Reichel was only #19 on their list ...maybe they also expected Amirov and Holloway would akso be there...Maybe they thought Mercerxwoukd be off the board but ranked hom 20th on their list after Reichel...we do not know..but I suspect Reichel was nit 17th on their list.

If the decision down to Reichel vs.Mercer then 4 factors could have made the decision for them:

1.Maybe they thought Mercer projected RW as a RW not a C ....whereas Reichel for sure was LW (great system need than RW) ...

2 Maybe they preferred to gamble on the nearly 8 months younger player ...that even if behind in development at this stage the ceiling after full development looked higher?

3.Some think because Reichel is always around the puck and has a natural instinct forvtge game already in how he processes Nd anticipates play ,that he actually could transition to Center.

4.Reichel already grew 3 inches from 5'9 to 6'0 but given his younger Ge may still spurt some more whereas the 8 month older Mercer might not.


So they are betging tge finished product with Reichel is better than tge ceilingvtgeyvsee forcMercer?

Do not know how any or all of this pkayedvout...but given past history when equal value is part of the equation Stan likes to bet on the younger player to develop.

We will not know for z few years if Stan made the right call ..but given that the consensus of BobMcKenzie's NHL professional scouts he polled put Reichel at #20 it is not a stretch to see him taken at #17...

Maybe Hawks had expected Mercer and 1 or other of Amirov and Holloway to also stiller there at #17...but since they were gone maybe they decided Reichel they younger guy was a better fit or better bet for them than Mercer.

Time will tell..but there either was not much gap or Haeks perceived taki g the yoinger guy to develop woukd bevthe better dexision.

We shall know in few years.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

 

[Styles]

Are you guys not worried that not a single prospect can be developed in rockford? Dach, Cat, Boqvist, Saad, whatever. The Hogs cant develop anything to save their life. What is up with that? They might be there for 10 to 30 days but thats it. Weird.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Are you guys not worried that not a single prospect can be developed in rockford? Dach, Cat, Boqvist, Saad, whatever. The Hogs cant develop anything to save their life. What is up with that? They might be there for 10 to 30 days but thats it. Weird.

Colliton had them going in the right direction then they promoted him and Rockford went to shit again...They def need to figure that situation out, there was talk of the team leaving RFD which would maybe require them to find a new affiliate, not sure how that works but maybe it would be good for org...It's almost a sure bet based on history that if a player spends a meaningful amount of time in Rockford they're likely not going to be with the org for very long.

 

[Styles]

Colliton had them going in the right direction then they promoted him and Rockford went to shit again...They def need to figure that situation out, there was talk of the team leaving RFD which would maybe require them to find a new affiliate, not sure how that works but maybe it would be good for org...It's almost a sure bet based on history that if a player spends a meaningful amount of time in Rockford they're likely not going to be with the org for very long.

Blah blah blah something might happen...

 

[bwana63]

You guys got a hell of a player. For my money Reichel has the best hockey IQ in the entire draft. Which is the same thing I said about Kirby Dach last year. This guy was immensely underrated in the draft rankings. He's going to be a star. Enjoy guys.

Your team actually has drafted pretty much my 3 favorite prospects in the last 3 drafts with Boqvist, Dach and Reichel. I always liked the Hawks and cheered for you guys in the playoffs all those years, I'll be tuning in to a lot more games over the coming years to see this group of players develop. Future is bright in Chicago.

I like your style.