2018 NHL Entry Draft Thread

[Mrb1p]

But their GM is Garth Snow, MB's rival when it comes to the NHL Annual Mentally Handicap Achievement Award.

Even hes not stupid enough. None of those teams need wingers. Islanders have Lee, Bailey, Eberle... pacioretty would be behind those guys and Barzal and Tavares... The Oilers do need wingers, but they need defenders A LOT more.

 

[Habs Icing]

Even hes not stupid enough. None of those teams need wingers. Islanders have Lee, Bailey, Eberle... pacioretty would be behind those guys and Barzal and Tavares... The Oilers do need wingers, but they need defenders A LOT more.

Captain Ready is better than those three wingers (over his career) and even if I concede that he isn't that's still only three wingers. You need four for your top two lines. Barzal and Tavares are centers.

 

[NotProkofievian]

You guys are talking about Captain Ready for Oliers' pick. Do you think it's unrealistic to trade Captain Not-So-Ready for the Islanders two first rounders?

I think if we win the 3rd overall pick, it might be smart to trade back for both of their picks. At 4 it's pretty much a slam dunk. It would require Garth to ''fall in love'' with a player, though, IMO.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

I think the Isles are a more likely option for Weber or Price. They need help stopping goals.

I'm hoping Snow has a major hardon for Price and gives up an insane amount for him in an effort to convince Tavares to stay.

 

[tooji]

Just give me pick 1 or 2. Bettman pls, we took John Scott!!!

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

10 Days!

 

[sandviper]

Not thrilled about Dallas winning, but i can live with this if it means us getting Svechnikov and both Buffalo and Ottawa falling out of the top-3.

 

[le_sean]

Dahlin and Heiskanen. I guess Dallas won’t have any more issues on defence.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Ranking recent Liiga draft year notables by EVP/G

Aleksander Barkov 27 EVP / 53 GP = 0.5094
Artturi Lehkonen 22 EVP / 45 GP = 0.4889
Jesperi Kotkaniemi 25 EVP/ 57 GP = 0.4386
Patrik Laine 18 EVP / 46 GP = 0.3913
Mikko Rantanen 20 EVP/ 56 GP = 0.3571
Sebastian Aho 9 EVP /27 GP = 0.3333
Rasmus Kupari 10 EVP /39 GP = 0.2564

 

[The Great Weal]

Even hes not stupid enough. None of those teams need wingers. Islanders have Lee, Bailey, Eberle... pacioretty would be behind those guys and Barzal and Tavares... The Oilers do need wingers, but they need defenders A LOT more.

The oilers have been trying to find dmen since forever now, Pacioretty fits that speedier regime and he will light it up with Mcdavid.

 

[Mrb1p]

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Not thrilled about Dallas winning, but i can live with this if it means us getting Svechnikov and both Buffalo and Ottawa falling out of the top-3.

Dallas would probably the best location for Dahlin aside from MTL, out west, not the Oilers or the Coyotes... I'd like that.

 

[LastWordArmy]

Our look at Bokk

Dominik Bokk Scouting Report: 2018 NHL Draft #21

 

[JeffreyLFC]

After several weeks of thought I came to the conclusion that attaining more picks (by trading down) would help us more in the long run than to get one top player.

We could (and should) use Pacioretty as bait for another 1st pick this year but also consider moving down from our position and collect multiple picks.

This draft would serve us as a stepping stone to a quick rebuild (if we do select the right players).

 

[G0bias]

So what's with Svechnikov not taking part in U18s if he's not with the national team? Not that he really needs to mind you.

Should be a good challenge for Morozov, Ishkakov and Marchenko, with Russia missing their top line.

 

[NotProkofievian]

After several weeks of thought I came to the conclusion that attaining more picks (by trading down) would help us more in the long run than to get one top player.

We could (and should) use Pacioretty as bait for another 1st pick this year but also consider moving down from our position and collect multiple picks.

This draft would serve us as a stepping stone to a quick rebuild (if we do select the right players).

Agreed, unless we land top 2.

 

[NotProkofievian]

So what's with Svechnikov not taking part in U18s if he's not with the national team? Not that he really needs to mind you.

Should be a good challenge for Morozov, Ishkakov and Marchenko, with Russia missing their top line.

Barrie is apparently not releasing him. Which is all kinds of odd.

 

[WinterLion]

After several weeks of thought I came to the conclusion that attaining more picks (by trading down) would help us more in the long run than to get one top player.

We could (and should) use Pacioretty as bait for another 1st pick this year but also consider moving down from our position and collect multiple picks.

This draft would serve us as a stepping stone to a quick rebuild (if we do select the right players).

Unfortunately trades of picks (especially in the top rounds) has become much less frequent. I think teams are cluing in to the fact that it is almost always a bad gamble to trade up at traditional prices...

 

[WinterLion]

10 Days!

Did I miss the boat? Is the draft lottery date set?

 

[Per Sjoblom]

Did I miss the boat? Is the draft lottery date set?

April 28th

 

[WinterLion]

April 28th

Great thanks!!


Plus the U18's start tomorrow!! Fun fun fun! I'm looking forward to getting a good look at Wahlstrom, Boqvist and others!

 

[Vachon23]

IF McIssac drop am I the only one who really want him

 

[NotProkofievian]

IF McIssac drop am I the only one who really want him

Yes.

 

[WinterLion]

Watching the lottery is the epitome of terrible fan logic. We have about a 10% chance of being happy with the results....but we will watch and expect the best anyway

 

[WinterLion]

Yes.

haha... harsh

 

[WinterLion]

Ranking recent Liiga draft year notables by EVP/G

Aleksander Barkov 27 EVP / 53 GP = 0.5094
Artturi Lehkonen 22 EVP / 45 GP = 0.4889
Jesperi Kotkaniemi 25 EVP/ 57 GP = 0.4386
Patrik Laine 18 EVP / 46 GP = 0.3913
Mikko Rantanen 20 EVP/ 56 GP = 0.3571
Sebastian Aho 9 EVP /27 GP = 0.3333
Rasmus Kupari 10 EVP /39 GP = 0.2564

If you think you can teach Kotkaniemi to skate, you might be really high on him.... like really high...