Draft talk

[Fistfullofbeer]

I have so many mock drafts having us pick up Poehling, it is scary. More so considering the kind of player he is.

 

[Friday]

I have so many mock drafts having us pick up Poehling, it is scary. More so considering the kind of player he is.

I don't get it haha 13 points in 37 games this year and -8? He's 6'3 185 ish though, is that what people like?

 

[Friday]

Robert Thomas anyone? Only 17 and looking like a Bo Horvat kinda type.

 

[T0uGh C0oki3]

I don't get it haha 13 points in 37 games this year and -8? He's 6'3 185 ish though, is that what people like?

He is one of the youngest player in NCAA hockey, so you gotta give him credit for it. Poehling may not be the most gifted in offence , but his two way play is really something else.

If we must pick a two way C, I would not have a problem with Poehling, or Bowers at all.

At least he is not Robert Thomas.

And by the way, Josh Morris could be a Sharks pick, don't blink.

 

[Lebanezer]

This guy models his game after Toews, so Sharks should take him in the second round. We need those intangibles, also he's pretty good.

 

[Kcoyote3]

David Farrance, a teammate of Norris is an intriguing 2nd round selection.


Also I'm slightly biased, but I made an EHM game last year and David Farrance ended up being a #1 D with like maxed out stats.

 

[T0uGh C0oki3]

David Farrance, a teammate of Norris is an intriguing 2nd round selection.


Also I'm slightly biased, but I made an EHM game last year and David Farrance ended up being a #1 D with like maxed out stats.

David Farrance is pretty good. But I am higher on his teammate Max Gildon.

Big time boom bust player, we might as well swing for the fences. Solid pick for 49.

If we want someone with safer floor, I like guys like Josh Brook, Dylan Samberg etc.

Jokiharju will not be there at 49, I wouldn't be surprised if he is gone in the 20.

 

[Kcoyote3]

Man I completely forgot the reason we don't have a 3rd this year is we traded for Maxim Letunov last year.

 

[glasgow26]

Robert Thomas anyone? Only 17 and looking like a Bo Horvat kinda type.

He sounds like a very Wilson/Burke pick. Would not be surprised if that's who we take.

 

[hohosaregood]

Man I completely forgot the reason we don't have a 3rd this year is we traded for Maxim Letunov last year.

I don't think that's completely true. We got a 3rd for Sadowy and used that 3rd and a 4th on Letunov. If anything, he's the reason we didn't have a 4th until monday.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

Robert Thomas anyone? Only 17 and looking like a Bo Horvat kinda type.

That is the one comparable I have read. But it was more like a Bo Horvat without the offensive upside.

 

[Kcoyote3]

I don't think that's completely true. We got a 3rd for Sadowy and used that 3rd and a 4th on Letunov. If anything, he's the reason we didn't have a 4th until monday.

I'm not saying it's a bad thing. But I understand what you're saying.

 

[Sideshow Raheem]

"Bo Horvat without the offense" sounds ****ing horrible.

 

[Lebanezer]

"Bo Horvat without the offense" sounds ****ing horrible.

Horvat is awful at defense, so we'd be drafting a guy who's bad at everything.

 

[rangerssharks414]

I just hope that they stay away from the player comps tonight, but that's where all of the hot takes come in. So, I'm expecting them. Player comps are so stupid.

 

[Sideshow Raheem]

Horvat is awful at defense, so we'd be drafting a guy who's bad at everything.

For real. Thomas seems okay (he's pretty young so him only being a point a game this year doesn't bother me as much) but there should be better options at 19. I'm still holding out hope one of Petterson, Suzuki or Necas falls to us.

 

[Barrie22]

I just hope that they stay away from the player comps tonight, but that's where all of the hot takes come in. So, I'm expecting them. Player comps are so stupid.

Considering they have been there as long as the draft has been around. I think you have a better chance of winning the lottery without actually playing.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

"Bo Horvat without the offense" sounds ****ing horrible.

Horvat is awful at defense, so we'd be drafting a guy who's bad at everything.

Well .. I should rephrase and say that his play style is similar to Horvat. He has less offensive upside to Horvat.

I just hope that they stay away from the player comps tonight, but that's where all of the hot takes come in. So, I'm expecting them. Player comps are so stupid.

The Horvat comparison is one that Thomas himself agree with. But in general, yeah, they are pretty useless when comparing NHL players to 17-18 year old kids.

 

[Sideshow Raheem]

Considering they have been there as long as the draft has been around. I think you have a better chance of winning the lottery without actually playing.

My favorite was in the 2011 draft where literally every prospect's "comparable" was some Hall Of Fame stud. Then the Leafs drafted Tyler Biggs and his comparable was listed as Colby Armstrong. Of course it turned out even that was aiming high.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Considering they have been there as long as the draft has been around. I think you have a better chance of winning the lottery without actually playing.

True.

I am doing some research now. I will be so mad if they take Pierre-Olivier Joseph, which I have seen a few mocks having him going to the Sharks. He seems like such a Sharks pick... potential shutdown defenseman with no offense.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

I want Suzuki. Later in the draft I want Pavel Shen, Morgan Geekie and Patrick Khodorenko (because he's from Walnut Creek)

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

True.

I am doing some research now. I will be so mad if they take Pierre-Olivier Joseph, which I have seen a few mocks having him going to the Sharks. He seems like such a Sharks pick... potential shutdown defenseman with no offense.

Well. They do need a Mueller replacement.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Owen Tippett at 19! I know folks here arent high on him but hes a pure sniper, pair him with Meier and the boom/bust offensive potential is intriguing.

I think he'll be gone based off of what I'm reading. I have never seen any of these guys play, nor have I researched these guys before today. But he sounds like a player in a meh draft that could go in the top 10.

 

[The Nemesis]

The thing people seem to forget about player comps is that they usually aren't "this draftee will have this guy's career arc." The usual point of them is to illustrate play style in comparison to someone that most fans are going to know. That's why they tend toward comparing prospects to star or HOF-level players.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

I think he'll be gone based off of what I'm reading. I have never seen any of these guys play, nor have I researched these guys before today. But he sounds like a player in a meh draft that could go in the top 10.

He is supposed to have the best shot in the draft and is one of the best, if not the best, pure goal scorer. His issues appear to be a puck watching, floating when away from the puck. Even if he does make it to us, I will be shocked if we pick him.