2018 NHL Entry Draft Thread

[Daximus]

Tychonick, Woo, Perunovich should all be 2nd-3rd round. I'd be very happy getting one or two of those three. Or moving up to grab Merkley. There are definitely options.

I don't think the Jets will touch Merkley with a first rounder or a 2nd. The complete opposite of a Jets pick.

 

[Daximus]

I'd publish my top 31 but I don't think it matters if we don't have a 1st rounder.

 

[Joe Hallenback]

I'd publish my top 31 but I don't think it matters if we don't have a 1st rounder.

Never know but the more stuff to read and debate the better

 

[StatisticsAddict99]

I don't think the Jets will touch Merkley with a first rounder or a 2nd. The complete opposite of a Jets pick.

Pretty much but Merkley on our Powerplay would be some other worldly type stuff..

 

[Fire Chevy]

Never know but the more stuff to read and debate the better

If we did trade to get in the 15-20 range in the first round who do you think the Jets would target?

 

[Daximus]

Pretty much but Merkley on our Powerplay would be some other worldly type stuff..

Our PP runs through Laine anyways. All we need is someone who can make a 40ish foot one-timer pass. What scares me about Merkley is his complete lack of compete. He just gives up on plays like you wouldn't believe.

 

[DeepFrickinValue]

Pretty much but Merkley on our Powerplay would be some other worldly type stuff..

Isn't petan made for that role? Sorry Meant for message above concerning power play

 

[nobody imp0rtant]

I'd publish my top 31 but I don't think it matters if we don't have a 1st rounder.

Come on, publish it. We can still hope for getting a first rounder right up until Washington makes their pick.

 

[Atoyot]

I don't think the Jets will touch Merkley with a first rounder or a 2nd. The complete opposite of a Jets pick.

He's really not that far off from Morrissey at the same age. Same size, better point production, great skater, great playmaker, questionable defense.

 

[surixon]

He's really not that far off from Morrissey at the same age. Same size, better point production, great skater, great playmaker, questionable defense.

Nothing like Morrissey in terms of character, leadership and compete.

 

[Daximus]

He's really not that far off from Morrissey at the same age. Same size, better point production, great skater, great playmaker, questionable defense.

I watched a lot of MoJo in PA and Kelowna. Morrissey never had questionable defence, never gave up on plays and was 1000x more physical and assertive on the defensive side of the puck. I also don't think he has quite the skating ability Merkley displays. He did however play on a pretty meh PA squad outside of Draisaitl. And the character MoJo displayed makes him much more likeable as a team mate and coachable. The things I've heard about Merkley make me think he'd be the next tracksuit victim.

 

[Whileee]

I watched a lot of MoJo in PA and Kelowna. Morrissey never had questionable defence, never gave up on plays and was 1000x more physical and assertive on the defensive side of the puck. I also don't think he has quite the skating ability Merkley displays. He did however play on a pretty meh PA squad outside of Draisaitl. And the character MoJo displayed makes him much more likeable as a team mate and coachable. The things I've heard about Merkley make me think he'd be the next tracksuit victim.

Agree. Morrissey is nothing like Merkley.

 

[StatisticsAddict99]

Isn't petan made for that role? Sorry Meant for message above concerning power play

Merkley is a much better talent, he’s still a decent size at like 5’11”(compared to Petan at 5’9”), he’s an elite skater, has better hands all-around and much better playmaking skills as a defender.

 

[StatisticsAddict99]

I watched a lot of MoJo in PA and Kelowna. Morrissey never had questionable defence, never gave up on plays and was 1000x more physical and assertive on the defensive side of the puck. I also don't think he has quite the skating ability Merkley displays. He did however play on a pretty meh PA squad outside of Draisaitl. And the character MoJo displayed makes him much more likeable as a team mate and coachable. The things I've heard about Merkley make me think he'd be the next tracksuit victim.

Agreed, Morrissey was a complete different beast, great at everything while Merkley is just too top heavy in his offensive skills.

Also if I believe Laine had a fair share of his character issues as well(how’d that work)? All I’m saying that if Merkley is still around at 60, we should have to consider picking him up, worst case scenario we have a kid who we give the Petan treatment/ move him and best case scenario we have the Mike Green 2.0 which I believe the possibility of that chance out ways the negative because we already have a great roster(why not take a shot at taking a impact player).

 

[DRW204]

I liked Merkleys potential earlier this year but more I saw and more I read it was like an onion

 

[Daximus]

Agreed, Morrissey was a complete different beast, great at everything while Merkley is just too top heavy in his offensive skills.

Also if I believe Laine had a fair share of his character issues as well(how’d that work)? All I’m saying that if Merkley is still around at 60, we should have to consider picking him up, worst case scenario we have a kid who we give the Petan treatment/ move him and best case scenario we have the Mike Green 2.0 which I believe the possibility of that chance out ways the negative because we already have a great roster(why not take a shot at taking a impact player).

The only known character issue with Laine was with an isolated event with a coach, which I don't think you can even say is a character issue given it wasn't serial behavior. A lot of Merkley's issue's I can't talk about on here because of site rules. But I've heard things from people that have connections to the Storm and it isn't pretty. I have zero issues grabbing a high risk/high reward player. And based purely on his play on the ice Merkley is that. But based on his behavior, discipline, coach-ability issues and other things I've heard I wouldn't touch the kid.

 

[StatisticsAddict99]

The only known character issue with Laine was with an isolated event with a coach, which I don't think you can even say is a character issue given it wasn't serial behavior. A lot of Merkley's issue's I can't talk about on here because of site rules. But I've heard things from people that have connections to the Storm and it isn't pretty. I have zero issues grabbing a high risk/high reward player. And based purely on his play on the ice Merkley is that. But based on his behavior, discipline, coach-ability issues and other things I've heard I wouldn't touch the kid.

Oh, I wasn’t aware his behaviour issues where that bad.

 

[Daximus]

Oh, I wasn’t aware his behaviour issues where that bad.

Yeah it's not great. It's why he is sinking like a rock. Makar was another high risk/high reward type. But he never had the behavior issues looming overhead which is why he still went high. There were questions about his lack of defensive play but there was never any questions about his behaviour and character. Merkley should by all accounts be a top 15 pick. Risk/reward be damned. But at this point he will likely fall to the bottom of the 1st.

 

[DRW204]

Read Merkleys prospect thread. First round talent, seventh round heart/brain

Oh, I wasn’t aware his behaviour issues where that bad.

 

[DeepFrickinValue]

Read Merkleys prospect thread. First round talent, seventh round heart/brain

If he was missing courage he would be Wizard of Oz type of player.

 

[JetsFan815]

Wise falling to late in the 2nd round as McKenzie's list says and us drafting him would be absolutely amazing but I just can't see him falling that far. Getting him would be like getting a top-20 talent at #60.

 

[ps241]

Yea I trust a few of the guys that are very informed about Merkley and no thanks. 9 times out of 10 I go for the highly skilled players and work through challenges but this is that 1 in 10 kid I don’t want any part of.

 

[ps241]

Wise falling to late in the 2nd round as McKenzie's list says and us drafting him would be absolutely amazing but I just can't see him falling that far. Getting him would be like getting a top-20 talent at #60.

I just can’t see him reaching 60. The problem about this season is it’s not like we just lost our 1st round pick we actually pick at #60 so we are feeling the beautiful sting of team success biting us in the ass on draft. It’s like we lost our 1st and 2nd round picks.

This is where have have to pray for the Griffin Reinhart draft day miracle

 

[DRW204]

Wise falling to late in the 2nd round as McKenzie's list says and us drafting him would be absolutely amazing but I just can't see him falling that far. Getting him would be like getting a top-20 talent at #60.

i know! i have been noticing this too. He was regarded as a top 10 prospect i remember. It seems like the collarbone injury/surgery and slow first half of the year hurt his value. The late 1st-mid 2nd have a good group of Cs. I think Wise goes late 1st

 

[Whileee]

Olofsson?

Hallander?

Jenik?