Draft lottery day! Will we be or or or after tonight?
Thought I'd create a "GDT" for discussion of the lottery proceedings. Go go, Jets luck!
Thought I'd create a "GDT" for discussion of the lottery proceedings. Go go, Jets luck!
Just going on the record to say when I have posted first in GDT's Jets ar undefeated. Thanks for thinking of this GIN.
Building a cup winner takes a combination of skill and luck and today represents one of those rare massive opportunities. One day a cup will be hoisted and there is a chance the lottery balls today will have played a big part.
No pressure so just relax and enjoy the event.
Should I dare go on these boards when they announce 6-9
Well over 75% chance that is where we reside when the dust settles but life could be worse. In this draft we have great options which get decided tonight or very good options. Not winding up in the top 3 will feel like a lost opportunity but 11 of 14 teams will be in the same boat. Not finishing off the tank hurt our seeding more than it hurt our chances tonight.
Ran it once, Jets got 2. Your welcome!
Ran it once.
Jets
Oilers
Leafs
I'd be OK with that.
If the Jets get bumped down by a team or two below them winning a top-3 pick, it could be argued that they should have tanked less and finished higher in the standings. The odds are that at least one team higher in the standings (lower in the lottery ranking) will end up winning at least one of the top-3 picks.
Overall, I think the Jets will be in a good drafting spot regardless of the results. Would love a top-3 pick though!
Should I dare go on these boards when they announce 6-9
For the seeding on draft day it was pretty big. For the lottery odds tonight I can live with it. That was a tough final week I am hoping tonight renders it moot
Winning one of the lotto's would be amazing, but there's a ton of talent around where we pick with Nylander, Tkachuk, Jost, Sergachev, Chychrun, Brown, etc.
2013 I was hoping for Domi, (curse you Arizona, another reason we have to steal your children), 2014 I was praying one of Ehlers or Nylander were available at our pick, 2015 I started hyper-ventilating after Boston's picks. This year I can't really make up my mind for one or two guys i'm praying fall to us outside the top 3, so i'll be happy as long as it's a prospect who can skate, and has high end skill.
If we don't win I hope it's not the Leafs. Oilers for the maximum lols and the greatest young C depth I can ever recall.
My first try with coffee this morning. Makes Leafs 4 and Oilers 5
I'd be ok with getting Logan Brown at 9
Here are the 1001 lottery tickets this year
http://www.nhl.com/nhl/en/v3/ext/pdfs/NHL-Lottery-2016-Look-Up-Table-Numerical.pdf
And sorted by team
http://www.nhl.com/nhl/en/v3/ext/pdfs/NHL-Lottery-2016-Look-Up-Table-Alpha-by-Team.pdf
All the Jets winning tickets
The fun simulator. Pick the numbers and watch the team odds change on the fly
http://nhllotterysimulator.com/lottery.html
If we do fall to #9 we would be extremely unlucky but so would all the 6 worst teams. Could we still get PLD at #9? Here's how.
1. ? Mathews
2. ? Laine
3. ? Pulj
4. Leafs Tkachuk (future winger for Marner)
5. Oilers Chychrun (need D)
6. Canucks Fanbro (need D best RHD available)
7. Blue Jackets Keller (american pedigree)
8. Flames Juolevi (just a feeling)
8. Coyotes Brown (crazy owners want an American to market)
9. Jets PLD (Chevy grin inserted here)
Both Jost and Brown are very interesting - high skill on both of them. Brown is obviously a huge kid - Jost isn't big, but he's not small either.
I think Jost's skating is probably stronger than Browns right now, but you never know how things will turn out with gangly-legged big guys like Brown. Witness Wheels. Brown seems to have decent speed, but needs work on acceleration.
Both have good vision and shots. Jost has quite the backhand as well - more than a few of his goals last year were in close bar-down backhands that caught goalies by surprise.
Still hoping for a lottery win, but there do appear to be some very good selections later further down as well.
I see Jost as a Little type of player, or maybe Toews-lite. He just seems to have that "it" factor. Nice that Brown and Jost are both natural C's.