2017 Draft Discussion - Part Deux

[Grimes]

I feel like Vilardi projects to be Dvorak 2.0. That seem about right or am I underrating him? To be clear I'm totally ok with that as I like Dvorak, just trying to align my expectations properly should they end up with Vilardi.

Vilardi is more of a tank than Dvorak.

If Dvorak projects to be somewhere between ROR and Stepan than Vilardi would be more similar to a Hovart and Pavelski.

 

[Grimes]

Vilardi would be more like Mark Stone 2.0 if he pans out.

This is a better comparable than mine. Hovart/Mark Stone depending on position.

 

[BB88]

If I may ask do you think Arizona would draft Heiskanen at 7 or go for C/Liljegren instead?

 

[XX]

If I may ask do you think Arizona would draft Heiskanen at 7 or go for C/Liljegren instead?

Heiskanen would be BPA and I wouldn't expect him to be there at 7.

 

[hbk]

If I may ask do you think Arizona would draft Heiskanen at 7 or go for C/Liljegren instead?

Heiskenan. I don't think until coaching issue is clarified we will have an idea on whether OEL wants to sign and we have no choice but to go BPA.

 

[BB88]

Heiskanen would be BPA and I wouldn't expect him to be there at 7.

Heiskenan. I don't think until coaching issue is clarified we will have an idea on whether OEL wants to sign and we have no choice but to go BPA.

I'm a big Heiskanen fan and just for fun have tried to play few different scenarios where he could go, and drop if he gets past Dallas/Colorad as it sounds like Colorado is really high on Makar and Dallas could be more in the win now window.

Vancouver won't take him, Benning and the rumours have been pretty clear it's either playmaking C or Makar/Liljegren(offensive pp D-prospect), Vegas won't start their journey with a Finnish D-man, I bet they go for C and for D-prospect at 13th(Valimaki?), but then Arizona has been a ? at 7 to me.

(He still should go top4, but how far could he drop if he doesnt).

 

[XX]

I'm a big Heiskanen fan and just for fun have tried to play few different scenarios where he could go, and drop if he gets past Dallas/Colorad as it sounds like Colorado is really high on Makar and Dallas could be more in the win now window.

Vancouver won't take him, Benning and the rumours have been pretty clear it's either playmaking C or Makar/Liljegren, Vegas won't start their journey with a Finnish D-man, I bet they go for C and for D-prospect at 13th(Valimaki?), but then Arizona has been a ? at 7 to me.

(He still should go top4, but how far could he drop if he doesnt).

Chayka is 100% about BPA and it'd be a no brainer, he wouldn't get past the Coyotes. Hell, he only has Kevin Connauton to beat out for a job.

 

[rt]

Chayka is 100% about BPA and it'd be a no brainer, he wouldn't get past the Coyotes. Hell, he only has Kevin Connauton to beat out for a job.

OEL
Goligoski
Chychrun

I'd still take Heiskanen but he's got a rougher road a hoe than KConn

 

[XX]

OEL
Goligoski
Chychrun

I anticipate that the new coach (please let it happen) won't give a **** about handedness and will put out the best guys, moving Goligoski to the right and Chychrun up to the 2nd pair. I expect Murphy to get traded at some point.

 

[BB88]

Chayka is 100% about BPA and it'd be a no brainer, he wouldn't get past the Coyotes. Hell, he only has Kevin Connauton to beat out for a job.

OEL+Chychrun+ Heiskanen should challenge for best top3 in the NHL quite soon.

Heiskanen to me has #1D potential. Played against top competition in Liiga, both special teams and posted team(D-group) leading adv.numbers as a 17y. Was called his teams best D-man by his coach and by multiple Liiga fans.
Elite skating, IQ, smooth hands& great defensively.

His weaknesses were considered size& slap shot but at close to 6'1 size concern is gone, and slap shot could just improve as he gains strenght and mass, he's 172lbs today.

OEL
Goligoski
Chychrun

I'd still take Heiskanen but he's got a rougher road a hoe than KConn

He can play RD but that was my thinking on could they go for Liljegren/Pettersson/Vilardi instead.

 

[Matias Maccete]

Meh slap shot as a weakness is no biggie. Wrist shots are more effective from the point often anyway.

 

[lanky]

I'd be ecstatic if Heiskanen fell to 7.

 

[OriginalJetsCoyotes]

The last mock drafts done by NHL.com all have us taking Oettinger at 23. That is 3 for 3. Kimelman, Lepage and Morreale. I guess we'll see how it goes tonight.

 

[rt]

Reactionary nonsense because we traded Smith. Somehow the answer is a goalie that's 5yrs away. As though we couldn't have our pick of the litter on available young NHL goalies today with that 23rd pick.

 

[Mosby]

Went through THN’s top 100. Here’s the breakdown by team, in terms of how many of those top 100 each team drafted:

8: VGK
6: AZ
5: PHI, LAK
4: VAN, SJ, CHI, CAR, MTL, EDM, ANA, NJ
3: FLA, BUF, TOR, NSH, DAL
2: BOS, COL, MIN, NYR, OTT, STL, WPG, CGY, TB, DET
1: CBJ, NYI, PIT
0: WSH

6 THN picks went undrafted:

65: Artyom Minulin, D, WHL
74: Jesse Koskenkorva : C, Finland
87: Rickard Hugg, C, Sweden
91: Brannon McManus, C, USHL
92: Patrick Khudorenko, C, Michigan
94: Joel Teasdale, C, QMJHL

Here’s where our 6 ranked, and where we picked them in parenthesis:

26, Joseph (23)
40, Entwistle (69)
59, Crotty (82)
76, Schnarr (75)
82, Hoefenmeyer (108)
86, Westerlund (44)