GDT: Draft Day 2016

[Unfriendly Ghost]

Wonder when we're going to see the undrafted kids sign. That's like the 8th round of the draft.

 

[InjuredChoker]

Deep defensive draft helps Red Wings

 

[InjuredChoker]

save for hronek, the Ds they picked fill the following boxes (according to wings scouting reports): size, mobility and puck-moving ability.

 

[WingedWheel1987]

Good that they drafted so many defenseman, but i think trading down is gonna end up being a huge mistake.

Hopefully I'm wrong and the Wings struck gold in the later rounds.

 

[GBFP]

Seems like a "Please Hakan, don't leave us for Toronto" draft...

 

[Bench]

save for hronek, the Ds they picked fill the following boxes (according to wings scouting reports): size, mobility and puck-moving ability.

They should keep going with that drafting philosophy. Every great NHL defender seems to have at least 2, and usually all 3 of those things.

Obviously right now we just wait and see if we hit the next Klingberg or Gostisbehere.

 

[Dotter]

This doesn't seem like an exciting draft, and not because they traded down either. Just not very many exciting players. Probably because they drafted D instead of boom or bust goal scorers?

Wings desperately needed to draft D though. It's just not as exciting.

 

[SpookyTsuki]

Seems like a "Please Hakan, don't leave us for Toronto" draft...

I think he got one pick last year and it was a goalie. So it was like 0

and the goalie had a bad year

 

[SpookyTsuki]

This doesn't seem like an exciting draft, and not because they traded down either. Just not very many exciting players. Probably because they drafted D instead of boom or bust goal scorers?

Wings desperately needed to draft D though. It's just not as exciting.

I'm kind of excited to see how malmstrom turns out

 

[SpookyTsuki]

I just hope if we suck next year we don't draft a forward because this draft was dheavy

 

[Vatican Roulette]

Any chance these players change leagues?

Anyone CHL import picks?

 

[Filppula]

Wright on Cholowski, "We believe he’s got top-four potential and that’s why we took him.” At pick 20 I should hope so.

 

[Gyldenlove]

I really like that they finally went balls to the wall on D. Hopefully one or two of those guys turn out to be players.

 

[SpookyTsuki]

I just hope they don't stop drafting d until we get a dcore. (And still draft one or two)

We need to stop drafting goalies until mrazek is like 29-30

 

[XO]

Pretty meh draft. Bit disappointed we didn't draft Tim Wahlgren and would rather have had Grundström over Smith. Not that excited over Håkan's picks anymore. Didn't bear much fruit in what? Since Nyquist was drafted?

 

[SpookyTsuki]

Pretty meh draft. Bit disappointed we didn't draft Tim Wahlgren and would rather have had Grundström over Smith. Not that excited over Håkan's picks anymore. Didn't bear much fruit in what? Since Nyquist was drafted?

He hasn't that many players that got drafted. Holland traded away most of them or they left the red wings in recent years.

 

[WingedWheel1987]

Corey Pronman over at ESPN gave the Wings a B- for their draft grade. Wasn't thrilled with the Wings drafting Cholowski in the first round. Felt he should have gone in the 2nd. He said he has good speed, above average offensive tools, and is good at evading pressure off the edges. He said Cholowski's physical game is a significant issue. Called him undersized and can have a real tough time winning one-on-one battles.

 

[Frk It]

Stransky, Sawchenko, Kuznetsov, Lazarev, Gleason are some of the undrafted guys I would like to send camp invites to.

Really have no clue why Kuznetsov was not drafted, thought he could go in 2nd round.