Prospect Info: [Official]: 2016 Draft Thread

[joeyabs]

Dante's inferno.

 

[marbsarebad]

Patrik Laine's face scares the hell outta me. On the opposite side, Puljujarvi looks like the happiest person on the planet.

 

[Master Bill]

There's someone with the first name Dante? We have a winner folks.

 

[Yung Rotini]

Dante Fabbro is ****ing amazing I love him

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Patrik Laine's face scares the hell outta me. On the opposite side, Puljujarvi looks like the happiest person on the planet.

Puljujärvi smiles often, he's a dream poster boy.
But also he's one of the best prospects, in Finnish 1998 born age group.

Laine really has, NHL level wrist shot which will cause horror for opposite side goalies.
Also he likes play hard physical game, only difference between Puljuärvi and Laine is that, Puljujärvi is versatile player.
He can score but also, he can create scoring chances for his line-mates.

Puljujärvi is also really fast skater, and he knows his responsibility in defensive end.
Laine use his size, and protects puck better than Puljujärvi.

If Flames wants Laine or Puljujärvi, their prospect pool next summers draft.
They have to draft, in TOP5 to get either these elite Finnish wingers.

There's no many NHL teams, which will pass Laine and Puljujärvi.

 

[Kahvi]

Interesting story on Patrik Laine from the Ivan Hlinka Memorial tournament

Link to the original article (in Finnish)

Translation:

That's old news. While it raises a question about his character, he also apologized it earlier this year and he was immature.

 

[Kahvi]

He's some comments from Laine in Finnish http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/a1443414343604

Translation of one part: "My past (bad) reputation has been earned, but I'm trying to let go of that and prove myself on the ice"

And he looks like young Ville Nieminen in that picture

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

These guys are still kids. I did a lot worse than flip someone off at 16. The big thing is that he owned up to it.

I'm concerned with how his teammates like him and how competitive he is. A little fire doesn't bug me.

 

[Kahvi]

I just think that threatening to kill your coach isnt the best way to show you are competitive and dont like being benched.

 

[Turning Mangiapanese]

Top ten in order of the quality of their hockey name (which often determines a player's fate):


1. Sam Steel (C)
2. Tyson Jost (RW)
3. Kieffer Bellows (C)
4. Jakob Chychrun (D)
5. Tyler Benson (LW)
6. Dante Fabbro (D)
7. Mike McLeod (C)
8. Pierre-Luc Dubois (LW)
9. Austin Matthews (C)
10. Dillon Dube (LW)

Sam Steel would be cool although he would make Bennett sound a bit pedestrian. In 2017 we should definitely make sure we get Trygve Many Guns.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

I just think that threatening to kill your coach isnt the best way to show you are competitive and dont like being benched.

Have you seen some hockey mom's though? Maybe the coach made an inappropriate comment.

Obviously that was a big mistake, I don't even know the player so I'm not partial to him either way. But I'm just saying these are kids learning how to be adults. Playing an emotional game as a teenager sometimes can get the best of you. If a team passed on him for that reason when he was clearly the best player at that spot, it could be a massive mistake. But a team needs to do their homework, if he does have real attitude issues (and it's possible) then a guy like that could end up falling.

 

[biggbose]

Julien Gauthier
Or
Tyson Jost
Or
Logan Brown

Not my first choice but my best guess of who we get

 

[Volica]

I think 'my picks' will be made much later in the season when we kind of know where we're at. I don't think we'll be a bottom team this year... If the boys have a good showing on this road swing, the entire season can really change.

There are really, really good players available at the start of this draft. Clearly, Matthews is the class of the draft; and would be sick in a Flames jersey. The chances of that happening are slim to none, in fact, he has a much better chance at being part of that oil fire up north.

 

[Johnny GODreau]

I'm guessing we pick a d-man as our first rounder. Since we haven't picked one since '09.

 

[Volica]

I'm guessing we pick a d-man as our first rounder. Since we haven't picked one since '09.

Just added two pretty good ones last year, and picked up Dougie too. I think this team's fairly comfortable with the backend. BPA all day.

 

[SmellOfVictory]

I'm guessing we pick a d-man as our first rounder. Since we haven't picked one since '09.

I'm guessing you're right, because the Flames will win the lottery for 2nd OA from 17th place, and draft Chychrun.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

I'm guessing we pick a d-man as our first rounder. Since we haven't picked one since '09.

The majority of our best prospects are d-men IMO. I think we need help at forward more then anything.

 

[Johnny GODreau]

Just added two pretty good ones last year, and picked up Dougie too. I think this team's fairly comfortable with the backend. BPA all day.

The majority of our best prospects are d-men IMO. I think we need help at forward more then anything.

Good points. Now that I think about it, Flames could use additions everywhere.

 

[Pizza the Hutt]

From the main thread: number of goals scored by draftpicks since 2004:

01 Washington - 1,102 goals
02 Chicago - 1,057 goals
03 Boston - 1,053 goals
04 Pittsburgh - 1,053 goals
05 Colorado - 966 goals
06 Montreal - 856 goals
07 NY Islanders - 824 goals
08 NY Rangers - 818 goals
09 Los Angeles - 800 goals
10 St. Louis - 800 goals
11 Arizona - 789 goals
12 Edmonton - 767 goals
13 Columbus - 687 goals
14 San Jose - 665 goals
15 Carolina - 638 goals
16 Ottawa - 636 goals
17 Detroit - 635 goals
18 Nashville - 631 goals
19 Buffalo - 610 goals
20 Dallas - 587 goals
21 Tampa - 558 goals
22 Anaheim - 550 goals
23 Florida - 503 goals
24 Toronto - 489 goals
25 Philadelphia 485 goals
26 Vancouver 484 goals
27 Minnesota - 440 goals
28 Winnipeg/Atlanta - 417 goals
29 New Jersey - 374 goals
30 Calgary - 299 goals

I think we should draft someone who can score goals.

 

[Volica]

Monahan, Bennett and Gaudreau will help that number out quite a bit.

Also have to keep this in mind, from 2004 to 2010 the highest draft pick Calgary had was the 23rd overall. The comparison and the 'success' mark should be at Detroit, the teams that have the 700+ were the teams drafting pretty friggen high during that period. Not excusing our poor drafting, but there's a difference between 300 and 600; versus 300 and 1000.

 

[Master Bill]

I'm surprised Arizona is that high.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

I'm surprised our number is that low, considering Kobasew and Lombardi were so great.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Yeah pretty sad that Monahan, Gaudreau and Backlund account for nearly half of that total.

 

[Johnny GODreau]

I'm surprised our number is that low, considering Kobasew and Lombardi were so great.

Kobasew and Lombardi where drafted in '01 and '02 respectively.

 

[SmellOfVictory]

Monahan, Bennett and Gaudreau will help that number out quite a bit.

Also have to keep this in mind, from 2004 to 2010 the highest draft pick Calgary had was the 23rd overall. The comparison and the 'success' mark should be at Detroit, the teams that have the 700+ were the teams drafting pretty friggen high during that period. Not excusing our poor drafting, but there's a difference between 300 and 600; versus 300 and 1000.

In addition to that, the Flames had literally one 2nd round pick in that time period. Your chances aren't great when you have a grand total of seven picks in the top 60 over seven years, with none in the top 20 (thank you based Jokinen).