GDT: HFNYR 2014 Draft Day, Friday June 27th/Saturday June 28th. 7:00 P.M. EST.

[Bluenote13]

Scoring Demko or Husso in the second would make me a very happy boy.

Johansson too. Any of those 3 is a nice mid/late 2nd.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Johansson too. Any of those 3 is a nice mid/late 2nd.

Yep. Agreed.

I want a goalie high for sure. 2nd or 3rd round.

 

[Fitzy]

I really like Husso, but with our prospect core the way it is, I'm a bit iffy on drafting a goaltender.

Anyone we picked this year would be 26 by the time Henrik's contract runs out.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

I really like Husso, but with our prospect core the way it is, I'm a bit iffy on drafting a goaltender.

Anyone we picked this year would be 26 by the time Henrik's contract runs out.

Ideally you have them splitting time towards the end of his contract.

 

[Clown Fiesta]

Ideally you have them splitting time towards the end of his contract.

Yep. Let them ease into the starting role, Hank at the end of his career is definitely not going to stand in the way of anyone IMHO.

 

[RGY]

We have a lot of solid young players. Wonder what sather and company are gona do

 

[Zil]

We have a lot of solid young players. Wonder what sather and company are gona do

In our system? I would say that we have a very shallow system actually. I like the guys that we have, but there aren't nearly enough of them. It thins out even more when you look at the center position: Miller, Lindberg, and Nieves. It's a longshot that any of those guys develop into top-six pivots.

 

[RGY]

In our system? I would say that we have a very shallow system actually. I like the guys that we have, but there aren't nearly enough of them. It thins out even more when you look at the center position: Miller, Lindberg, and Nieves. It's a longshot that any of those guys develop into top-six pivots.

I like Fast, Buchnevich, Duclair up front. Also like the NCAA signings. We shall see.

 

[Steve Kournianos]

This is going to be a wild first day. So many rumors about the top-20. It's gotten to the point where a kid answering one question wrong will drop him 15 or 20 spots.

Florida should trade down. Ekblad was no more flashy or dominant than Larsson and Gudbranson were in their draft years. Same with Jovonovski.

Trade down. Grab a skill center later on.

There isn't a player in this draft who pegs me as an instant impact/bonafide franchise player.

Next year is a different story.

 

[Clown Fiesta]

I like Fast, Buchnevich, Duclair up front. Also like the NCAA signings. We shall see.

They are definitely doing a good job of supplementing our system with undrafted kids, unfortunately there is a limited quantity of those players each year, and our cupboard is starting to get pretty empty. I like the boom potential of a lot of our guys and think we're still in decent shape but you can never have too many good prospects.

 

[Steve Kournianos]

MILFs everywhere. Maybe their cougar girlfriends.

 

[RGY]

Rangers brass just arrived according to Gross

 

[Clown Fiesta]

Anyone got a stream?

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

bold prediction: Bennett out of the top 5, Viratanen takes his spot at 4

 

[McDonagh]

Draft Day, Johnny Manziel

 

[SixGoalieSystem]

Anyone got a stream?

PM'd you

 

[Hunter Gathers]

In our system? I would say that we have a very shallow system actually. I like the guys that we have, but there aren't nearly enough of them. It thins out even more when you look at the center position: Miller, Lindberg, and Nieves. It's a longshot that any of those guys develop into top-six pivots.

We have a ton of solid young players considering half of our team is made up of solid young NHLers.

 

[Steve Kournianos]

So Vancouver offered Shinkaruk (whatever), No. 6 and No. 24 for first overall.

How do you turn that down?

 

[McDonagh]

Let's get Antoine lafleur out of retirement

 

[Steve Kournianos]

The Rangers struck out with o-dmen. Sangs, MDZ and Staal -- all provided offense in the OHL and couldn't do it two levels up.

Mcdonagh is a stud but he needs help. They need a Green/Karlsson type - pure offense.

Girardi has no business on the PP.

Luc Snuggerud (Leetch's former teammates son) and Alexis Varnier are two PPQBs who will be available.

Take a chance. Roll the dice. They need a modern day Zubov-Leetch or Greschner-Reijo

 

[Clown Fiesta]

The Rangers struck out with o-dmen. Sangs, MDZ and Staal -- all provided offense in the OHL and couldn't do it two levels up.

Mcdonagh is a stud but he needs help. They need a Green/Karlsson type - pure offense.

Girardi has no business on the PP.

Luc Snuggerud (Leetch's former teammates son) and Alexis Varnier are two PPQBs who will be available.

Take a chance. Roll the dice. They need a modern day Zubov-Leetch or Greschner-Reijo

Clark seems to think Calle Andersson could be what they need.

 

[Rangerfan4life90]

The Rangers struck out with o-dmen. Sangs, MDZ and Staal -- all provided offense in the OHL and couldn't do it two levels up.

Mcdonagh is a stud but he needs help. They need a Green/Karlsson type - pure offense.

Girardi has no business on the PP.

Luc Snuggerud (Leetch's former teammates son) and Alexis Varnier are two PPQBs who will be available.

Take a chance. Roll the dice. They need a modern day Zubov-Leetch or Greschner-Reijo

I think the injuries ruined Staal's offense game (least he's still a rock on defense). MDZ has put up 37 and 41 point seasons, so I think it's still early to write him off. But yeah, I see your point.

 

[Steve Kournianos]

Clark seems to think Calle Andersson could be what they need.

From what I see, he's not a PPQB in the classic definition.

I mean, Smith said Peter Andersson was as well.

I want Zubov's clone. We all do.

 

[Joey Bones]

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

I want Ho-Sang

Hope he'd rock that 66 at the NHL level