GDT: 2018 NHL Draft

[Tobi Wan Kenobi]

Do you really think this team will have a chance at those players this year? This thread will be dead by midseason. It'd be great to get Dahlin though

 

[Breakers]

Tried to search some older posts and it didn't work. Now how can we hold people accountable for being wrong on the internet?

I wanted Haydn Fleury in 2014

 

[y2kcanucks]

I wanted Haydn Fleury in 2014

And @WTG wanted Jake Bean over Tkachuk.

 

[VanillaCoke]

I wanted ehlers based only on yt vids.

 

[vancityluongo]

Tried to search some older posts and it didn't work. Now how can we hold people accountable for being wrong on the internet?

Nah it's still possible just takes a little longer.

6) Nick Ritchie
24) Brendan Lemieux
36) Thatcher Demko
50) Roland McKeown (would't have traded this pick)
66) Alexis Vanier
126) Dysin Mayo
156) Edgars Kulda
186) Vladimir Tkachev

 

[WTG]

And @WTG wanted Jake Bean over Tkachuk.

Still would.

I wouldn't take him @ 5 though.


IIRC you wanted Virtanen or Ritchie over Nylander/Ehlers

 

[Breakers]

And @WTG wanted Jake Bean over Tkachuk.

I'd still take Haydn Fleury over Virtanen though.
Fleury
Keller
Pettersson

I'm not looking too good on these top 10 picks. Batting .500 with peterson still up for debate.

 

[WTG]

I'd still take Haydn Fleury over Virtanen though.
Fleury
Keller
Pettersson

I'm not looking too good on these top 10 picks. Batting .500 with peterson still up for debate.

2014: Didn't follow draft
2015: DeBrusk
2016: Bean
2017: Mittlestadt

 

[y2kcanucks]

Still would.

I wouldn't take him @ 5 though.


IIRC you wanted Virtanen or Ritchie over Nylander/Ehlers

Ritchie would have been my pick. 3rd ranked player on that list.

Still better than Bean over Tkachuk. And IIRC you ranked Bean 4th

 

[Breakers]

2014: Didn't follow draft
2015: DeBrusk
2016: Bean
2017: Mittlestadt

You're looking really good here. Minnesota had a bunch of guys return this year, and they are playing in the weak BIG 10.

 

[WTG]

Ritchie would have been my pick. 3rd ranked player on that list.

Still better than Bean over Tkachuk. And IIRC you ranked Bean 4th

I did, over Dubois and Tkachuk.

1:Matthews
2:Laine
3ulj
4:Bean
5ubois
6:Nylander
7:McLoed
8:Jost
9:Chychrun
10:Tkachuk
11:Juolevi
12:Sergachev
13:Keller

That was my list. I can see some clear fails here. Keller too low, McLoed too high, Tkachuk too low. I still am a huge fan of Bean, and I think he will be a 50 point defenseman.

 

[WTG]

You're looking really good here. Minnesota had a bunch of guys return this year, and they are playing in the weak BIG 10.

Yeah, but I didn't really follow the draft that much. So I'm completely fine with the Pettersson pick. Kind of like I was fine with the Boeser pick.

 

[Eddy Punch Clock]

With all the hype surrounding some of the other players in his draft I completely forgot about Dubois. Don't think I heard his name all year. I'm even having a brain fart trying to remember who drafted him. Did he go back to Junior? What kind of year did he have?

 

[Breakers]

With all the hype surrounding some of the other players in his draft I completely forgot about Dubois. Don't think I heard his name all year. I'm even having a brain fart trying to remember who drafted him. Did he go back to Junior? What kind of year did he have?

He had a bad year apparently.
Started in Cape Breton and was one of their captains and just struggled.
They traded him, he caught fire right after being traded , then cooled off big time, and had a decent playoffs.

 

[Knight53]

Dead at y2k wanting 6'3 235 farmboy Ritchie over Nylander/Ehlers

2014 - Ehlers
2015- Boeser
2016 -Tkachuk/Keller
2017 - Pettersson
2018 - Kotkaniemi (Assuming no top 2 pick)

 

[Zombotron]

@Knight53, what do you think of Adam Boqvist?

 

[Knight53]

Best d-man at the Hlinka. Big fan of Boqvist. When I watch no questions arise about IQ so that is a good sign. Watching Merkley/McIsaac, they both make me hesitate with some of their decision-making/ defensive reads.

It's early but a guy like Jett Woo who might not have the offensive ceiling as those guys is so far advanced defensively compared to them that he might be more valuable.

Just based on limited viewings these are the prospects that would make me very happy - Dahlin, Svechnikov, Kotkaniemi, Tkachuk, Boqvist, Zadina

Super Early though, lot's can change.

 

[Tv9924]

I feel like a lot of people had warmed themselves up to Virtanen because Benning and Linden made it so obvious that they were taking him.

 

[Zombotron]

Oh boy. It's written in the stars.

 

[Nuckles]

 

[Shattered Dreams]

Wow! Kotkaniemi has sick hands. 17 years old and he is playing this well in Liiga. Watching Finland and Sweden will be fun at the World Juniors this year.

 

[Peter10]

Interesting game to watch in the SHL today, Växjö vs Frölunda -> Pettersson vs Dahlin. 9 AM PT

 

[StreetHawk]

Canucks will be in the lottery. I have no doubt about it. Most people are talking about the twins bouncing back. Please.... They are 37 now and their production has declined over the past 2 seasons from an average of 75 to 58 to 47 between them. Suddenly, we expect them to move up to 60 points between them? They now depend more and more on their winger and need mobile puck moving D to support them. Dan isn't a shooter anymore. He's more a passer. Brock is the only legit RW sniper the Canucks have, but he's an average skater speed wise. Can't be asking a rookie to cover for the twins defensively. Goalies are unproven and D lacks depth.

All down to luck. Arizona could be better with Hammer, Stepan added, plus if their young offensive talent takes another step. Depends on their goaltending. Avs and Knights, don't expect much. Avs have to deal with the Duchene situation and Vegas will sell off big time at the TDL and then plummet in the standings. East, Buffalo with a healthy Eichel should be better. Detroit, is the team that could struggle. I don't see the east as having as many low end teams as the west.

 

[Zombotron]

Interesting game to watch in the SHL today, Växjö vs Frölunda -> Pettersson vs Dahlin. 9 AM PT

Dahlin's got one assist after the first period. No, it's been corrected. He scored the goal.

 

[Nuckles]