2023 NHL Entry Draft Thread (June 28-29, Nashville, TN) -- Who is your choice at 3rd?

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[I3LI3]

makes me sick reading ‘3rd’ after watching that rigged shitshow just now.

i’m sick as hell.

 

[traffic cone]

Why isnt Michkov an option?

 

[SteelCityCannon]

I want to puke. Fantilli and Carlsson are both gonna be real good but this hurts.

And the answer is whatever one Anaheim doesn’t take.

 

[ClevelandJacketFan]

i'm so annoyed I almost don't even care.

 

[Long Live Lyle]

Should be Carlsson. Jarmo will get cute and pick Smith.

 

[CBJx614]

I'm happy we get Carlsson.



I'm just pissed at Chicago. God damnit.

 

[stevo61]

Leo! Fantilli is unlikely to be there as Anaheim will probably like the appeal of Fantilli-MacTavish as the big centers. We'll be fine with Carlsson-Johnson

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Why is Fantilli even an option here.

They’re going to take will smith but I would take Leo Carlsson

 

[CBJx614]

So I guess the question is.

What do the floors and ceilings of Carlsson and Smith project to be?

Carlsson seems to be the better off puck/defensive player? Bigger body and higher IQ guy. And when I talk about his IQ I don't just mean offensively, is he in the right spots to make plays in his own zone as well? I don't want the guy reading the play and cherry picking offensively, I want the guy whose reading the play and is a step ahead when the other teams starts breaking into our zone.

 

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Feeling so relieved right now.

We got the top-3 pick and no metro/east team jumped ahead of us.

Why is Fantilli even an option here.

How do you know for certain Ducks want him?

 

[CBJWerenski8]

How do you know for certain Ducks want him?

Why wouldn’t they? It’s the Bedard draft but Fantilli is seen as a significant step up from both Carlsson and Smith

 

[Viqsi]

Why isnt Michkov an option?

Added that option now.

 

[Viqsi]

Feeling so relieved right now.

We got the top-3 pick and no metro/east team jumped ahead of us.

And if that was all that had happened I'd be perfectly fine. But that's not all that happened.

It's not any worse for the Jackets, except inso far as it's worse for the integrity of the game and the League as a whole.

 

[Ice9]

Maneuver to #2 with the LA pick and whatever else it takes. I'm not for it but Anaheim might be swayed somehow..

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

Feeling so relieved right now.

We got the top-3 pick and no metro/east team jumped ahead of us.


How do you know for certain Ducks want him?

I think the only way Anaheim doesn't draft Fantilli is if Jarmo has compromising blackmail photos of the Duck's GM or the Ducks hire Doug McLean before the draft.

 

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Why wouldn’t they? It’s the Bedard draft but Fantilli is seen as a significant step up from both Carlsson and Smith

While every scout surveyed by TSN had Bedard as the obvious and clear-cut No. 1, four other gifted prospects earned consideration from the scouts at No. 2, behind the phenom.

Those four prospects include: University of Michigan dominant offensive Canadian centre Adam Fantilli; surging U.S. Under-18 National Team Development Program centre Will Smith; Swedish two-way centre Leo Carlsson; and dynamic Russian goal-scoring winger Matvei Michkov.

Fantilli, the 2023 Hobey Baker Award winner as the top Division I men's college hockey player, remains the consensus No. 2 prospect in our Draft Lottery Edition rankings, just as he was in TSN’s Mid-Season Rankings from late January. Of the scouts surveyed by TSN this week, the product of the Greater Toronto Area was either No. 2 or No. 3 on every ballot.

One scout said he believes Fantilli is closer to Bedard than the other three top prospects — Smith, Carlsson and Michkov — are to Fantilli.

Nevertheless, each of that trio is viewed by some as a viable consideration at No. 2.

Plenty of intrigue after Connor Bedard in Bob McKenzie's NHL Draft Lottery Edition ranking | TSN

There is no doubt whatsoever who will be taken No. 1 overall in the talent-laden 2023 NHL Draft. Beyond that, though, at Nos. 2 through 5? Check out TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie's Top 12 Lottery Edition Draft Ranking.

www.tsn.ca

 

[BB88]

Should be Carlsson

 

[Columbus Hockey Dad]

Any chance Columbus thinks about moving down to #7?

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Plenty of intrigue after Connor Bedard in Bob McKenzie's NHL Draft Lottery Edition ranking | TSN

There is no doubt whatsoever who will be taken No. 1 overall in the talent-laden 2023 NHL Draft. Beyond that, though, at Nos. 2 through 5? Check out TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie's Top 12 Lottery Edition Draft Ranking.

www.tsn.ca

You can pick my avatar if the ducks pass on Fantilli

 

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You can pick my avatar if the ducks pass on Fantilli

And you can decide my next avatar if we pick Smith

 

[stevo61]

You can pick my avatar if the ducks pass on Fantilli

what about if Columbus passes on Smith?
Nevermind, he set it up better

 

[GOilers88]

Really wanted to see you guys win the lottery as I felt CBJ deserved it more than the rest of them. Here's to hoping Bedard falls way short of the insane expectations and Leo/Fantilli/Michkov wind up being the top of the class! Sorry guys.

 

[VT]

It is difficult. If look at talent, Michkov. But it isn't all.

 

[MAHJ71]

No desire to even vote right now, that's how I feel about next season.

Fantilli isn't going to be an option