Speculation: 2018 NHL Draft Talk :)

[bleedgreen]

We'd probably do fine if we went with a consensus pulled from the media generally. Sad but true. The Lindy over Monahan questions are frustrating when they come up. Some teams had him higher than we had him, Flyers had him at the second overall pick. I don't remember anyone having Monahan above him. We didn't talk about him a ton because we didn't think he would be falling to us if I remember right. Fleury was right where he was supposed to be. The "bigs" year was the only truly stupid one. And any year we traded down.

 

[Cane mutiny]

Three more days and he belongs to me...

 

[NotOpie]

I think my pondering is being misconstrued. I'm not asking about taking the higher-ranked prospect who is remaining to be selected. I'm asking about taking a prospect who has elevated his ranking as his draft approached. Angelo Esposito is a notable example of a faller. Jesperi Kotkaniemi is a riser. Nico Hischier was a riser, Nolan Patrick a faller.

An example would be a guy who started the year at #X, then at the halfway point had moved up 5 spots, then just before the draft had moved up another 6 spots....that sort of thing.

I think this is even more pronounced in the late 1st round and the mid-rounds. To wit...over the next few years one has to wonder about guys like Dominik Bokk, Jakub Lauko, Serron Noel, Jonny Tychonik, Jay O'Brien or Gabriel Fortier (or the combine favorite, Liam Foudy). All of these guys were progressive risers throughout the season, especially this past Spring.

 

[Led Tasso]

Draft Hats this year are being done by fanatic. Thoughts on it?

 

[Unsustainable]

Draft Hats this year are being done by fanatic. Thoughts on it?

Looks sharp

 

[wolfofthesteppes]

Draft Hats this year are being done by fanatic. Thoughts on it?

It will look great on Svechnikov.

 

[SlavinAway]

It will look great on Svechnikov.

I was going to say I wish it had more black but as long as Svech is wearing one I won't care.

 

[Svechhammer]

Fanatics?

Meh

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Not really feeling it.

 

[GoldiFox]

I don’t like the stippling. Logo looks bold, material looks nice, and I do like the Raleigh, NC.

 

[MinJaBen]

Draft Hats this year are being done by fanatic. Thoughts on it?

True story, there is one dot for every fan.

 

[Canes]

Draft Hats this year are being done by fanatic. Thoughts on it?

I like them better than last year other than maybe the branded fanatic logo. Doesn't need to be so prominent on the hat.

Might get one to wear as a running hat so people will know I'm one of the dozens Canes fans around!

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Draft Hats this year are being done by fanatic. Thoughts on it?

Those dots are f***ing stupid.

 

[HisIceness]

Take away the dots and the hat is fine. Much better than that crap where half the logos were cut out and positioned in a really odd angle. 2015 I think?

 

[HisIceness]

I don’t like the stippling. Logo looks bold, material looks nice, and I do like the Raleigh, NC.

I could probably wear that hat with electric arrows pointing at 'Raleigh' while walking around Uptown Charlotte and someone will still ask me if they play at Spectrum Center or Bojangles Coliseum.

 

[My Special Purpose]

Maybe you are on to something AD. From what I can tell, in the last 5 drafts, here was the top player from McKenzie's rankings still available when the Canes picked in the 1st round.

2013: Elias Lindholm
2014: 1) Nick Ritchie, 2) Haydn Fleury
2015: Noah Hanifin
2016: Jake Bean
2017: Martin Necas

So the Canes ended up picking the top ranked player on the board from McKenzie's rankings (which is a poll of scouts) in every draft the last 4 years, except for 2014 where they took the 2nd highest ranked player left on the board.

Maybe we're already doing this and our scouting department really consists of a drunk Joni Pitkanen firing off emails from his couch after every Karpat game.

 

[My Special Purpose]

I think my pondering is being misconstrued. I'm not asking about taking the higher-ranked prospect who is remaining to be selected. I'm asking about taking a prospect who has elevated his ranking as his draft approached. Angelo Esposito is a notable example of a faller. Jesperi Kotkaniemi is a riser. Nico Hischier was a riser, Nolan Patrick a faller.

I knew what you meant. Somebody, probably Cullen, looked into exactly what you're asking and found that late risers don't succeed any more often than others taken in the same spot and later fallers don't fail at any higher rate than the normal rate at that draft position.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Take away the dots and the hat is fine.

But then it’s just a plain red hat, like one they’d give away at Fan Appreciation Night.

 

[Svechhammer]

But then it’s just a plain red hat, like one they’d give away at Fan Appreciation Night.

They should partner with Red Hat downtown and make our draft hat a red fedora. Go full millennial on this bitch

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Maybe we're already doing this and our scouting department really consists of a drunk Joni Pitkanen firing off emails from his couch after every Karpat game.

And that approach has brought us our best player.

 

[HisIceness]

Plain Red Hats sounds like a good name for a late 2000s rock band who became popular with some sappy ballad about a girl named Delilah, or something close to that. Then we never hear from them again but their song will always be around as long as receptionists at the dentist tune the radio dial to the soft rock channel .

 

[Led Tasso]

went and picked one up from the Eye today on my way home. It is comfortable, fits better than the adidas hats, on me at least, and I usually get a draft hat except for two so far that were dumpster fires.

 

[tarheelhockey]

They should partner with Red Hat downtown and make our draft hat a red fedora. Go full millennial on this *****

We can the hockey fanbase equivalent of those American soccer fans who fail miserably at making scarves look cool, except in this case it’s brigtly colored fedoras and there are no women around.

 

[Svechhammer]

We can the hockey fanbase equivalent of those American soccer fans who fail miserably at making scarves look cool, except in this case it’s brigtly colored fedoras and there are no women around.

f*** it, fedoras and scarves. Make it a thing.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

We can the hockey fanbase equivalent of those American soccer fans who fail miserably at making scarves look cool, except in this case it’s brigtly colored fedoras and there are no women around.

That’s generally what happens when one wears a fedora in this day and age.