Euro Draft

[Oil For The Boys]

Sens 4th round pick from this year Filip Ahl, said he would like to play in the CHL next season.

 

[HamiltonOHL]

With Flint losing their 1st round pick does that mean that They go 3rd out of the OHl teams at 8th overall in chl import or hamilton?

 

[Petes]

With Flint losing their 1st round pick does that mean that They go 3rd out of the OHl teams at 8th overall in chl import or hamilton?

Flints draft pick penalty has nothing to do with the CHL Import draft so everything will be done in normal order. It will rotate through the leagues in the order of WHL-OHL-QMJHL.

 

[TcNorth]

Flints draft pick penalty has nothing to do with the CHL Import draft so everything will be done in normal order. It will rotate through the leagues in the order of WHL-OHL-QMJHL.

So that would give Flint the 9th overall pick (and 3rd pick for the OHL). Is this correct? Flint still has to figure out if Saarijärvi and Kantner will be coming back.

 

[FireBird71]

Saarijarvi has changed his Twitter account so it doesn't show anything Firebirds...Kantner told me wants to come back so we'll see

 

[HamiltonOHL]

So that would give Flint the 9th overall pick (and 3rd pick for the OHL). Is this correct? Flint still has to figure out if Saarijärvi and Kantner will be coming back.

Flint would have 8th overall

1st kootenay
2nd Guelph
3rd QMJHL
4th Vancouver
5 Sudbury
6 QMJHL
7 Saskatoon
8 Flint
9 QMJHL
10 Swift Current
11 Hamilton
12 QMJHL

 

[Savard18]

Saarijarvi has changed his Twitter account so it doesn't show anything Firebirds...Kantner told me wants to come back so we'll see

Kantner told you that Kantner wants to return right? Not Kantner told you Saarijarvi wants to return I'm assuming. It kind of reads both ways but I'm guessing that's what the "..." is there for. I read a quote from Kantner saying he wanted to return. He showed little flashes of potential last year and it wouldn't break my heart to see him return. Being that it's the 8th pick though......that kinda needs to be utilized to its fullest. If Flint can get said player to report, they should be able to score a gem there. IF. As far as Vili goes, he's still small and struggled to contain OHL forwards frequently. His offensive production dropped quite a bit after Oct. A lot actually. He never made the line up in Grand Rapids and he had 3pts in 5 games in Toledo but he also went -3 in 5 games too. I don't think he's AHL ready at all. He might be fine and see progress in Toledo next year, but would that really the best place for his progression? I don't think so and hopefully neither does Detroit. It would be nice to have a little better info coming out on who plans to come to the CHL if drafted.

 

[FireBird71]

Kantner told you that Kantner wants to return right? Not Kantner told you Saarijarvi wants to return I'm assuming. It kind of reads both ways but I'm guessing that's what the "..." is there for. I read a quote from Kantner saying he wanted to return. He showed little flashes of potential last year and it wouldn't break my heart to see him return. Being that it's the 8th pick though......that kinda needs to be utilized to its fullest. If Flint can get said player to report, they should be able to score a gem there. IF. As far as Vili goes, he's still small and struggled to contain OHL forwards frequently. His offensive production dropped quite a bit after Oct. A lot actually. He never made the line up in Grand Rapids and he had 3pts in 5 games in Toledo but he also went -3 in 5 games too. I don't think he's AHL ready at all. He might be fine and see progress in Toledo next year, but would that really the best place for his progression? I don't think so and hopefully neither does Detroit. It would be nice to have a little better info coming out on who plans to come to the CHL if drafted.

Kantner told me that he himself wants to come back to Flint...even after everything went down....and for Vili...his best bet is to come back to Flint and play the minutes he did last year.Even n Toledo I don't see him getting as many minutes as he did in Flint.
Not sure how the rules go but unless they know neither will return not sure if they can pick. I remember the year Plymouth had both imports coming back and either had to pass or traded the first

 

[TcNorth]

If by the draft, Flint still does not know where Vili will play, but think Kantner will be back, do we still pick at 8th? What if Vili ends up reporting? Then do we not have Kantner back?

 

[ZinErie]

In order to use their 1st round import pick, Flint would have to release one of their current imports.

 

[Ward Cornell]

In order to use their 1st round import pick, Flint would have to release one of their current imports.

Since a year will be up since the draft could they not trade their import players? Or is the rule "a year + a day?"

 

[GoKnightsGo44]

saarijarvi is not going back to flint he has better options and I dont think detroit has any confidence in the organization.... the city problems in flint also may play an impact in the decision as well.

 

[TcNorth]

saarijarvi is not going back to flint he has better options and I dont think detroit has any confidence in the organization.... the city problems in flint also may play an impact in the decision as well.

If he plays the way he did the 2nd half of the season, I don't think I would want him back. We shall see what happens He started out like gang-busters, but became a liability.

 

[Tigers1992]

If he plays the way he did the 2nd half of the season, I don't think I would want him back. We shall see what happens He started out like gang-busters, but became a liability.

He'd be your #1 defenceman.

 

[FireBird71]

saarijarvi is not going back to flint he has better options and I dont think detroit has any confidence in the organization.... the city problems in flint also may play an impact in the decision as well.

Sure has had an impact on their top 2 picks signing on

 

[ZinErie]

Since a year will be up since the draft could they not trade their import players? Or is the rule "a year + a day?"

I believe they can be traded, but not sure.

 

[HamiltonOHL]

The 2016 CHL Import Draft will be held at 11am eastern on Tuesday, June 28th. More information on the 2016 CHL Import Draft will be available soon.

http://chl.ca/importdraft

 

[Ward Cornell]

Damn good thing that Dave Branch isn't a moderator on this board since the post starter would be suspended/banned from this site for using the term "Euro"!......geesch!

 

[Duke Guy]

Branch might be busy following the Euro Cup.

 

[big papa]

So basically 3 days after the NHL draft like usual, with CHL Personal usually going to see their players get drafted as well as to catch up with people they know plus to maybe be able to talk to a team that drafts one of their USADP players (Keller drafted by Windsor) or even current Euro players NHL teams have drafted to see if they would be willing to recommend the CHL (Ottawa with Lindberg to Oshawa). Would think that draft weekend holds alot of value as GM's can chat with players agents as well as other GM's for potential trades in the works

 

[Firebrd828]

Saarijarvi was traded by Flint to Missy today, so I'd expect to see them make a pick at #8.

 

[Mitts Marner*]

Branch might be busy following the Euro Cup.

"Import Cup"

Come on.

 

[HamiltonOHL]

anyone know how long each pick is tomorrow is it 5 or 10 mins?

 

[Naz]

anyone know how long each pick is tomorrow is it 5 or 10 mins?

I think it is 3 mins but could be 5 it is defiantly not 10. but I've been wrong before

 

[HamiltonOHL]

3 russians and 2 czech to open the first 5 picks in the draft