Official 2023 NHL Draft Thread

[BigToe]

This Yager guy has a nasty shot

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

I've watched about a period of this Canada/Slovakia game and Yager or Benson already look like suitable consolation prizes when the Flyers inevitably fail to pick top 3.

This is probably the extent of the junior hockey I will watch between now and the 2023 draft.

 

[phil162888]

Ritchie and Allen looked really good as well in Swiss game

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[Rebels57]

Pretty f***ing extra for a preseason game

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Pretty f***ing extra for a preseason game

Pretty standard for Emelin in reality.

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

Emelin is up there with Kronwall for me for the biggest cowards to ever play.

Never once answered for all the head destroying they did.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Emelin is up there with Kronwall for me for the biggest cowards to ever play.

Never once answered for all the head destroying they did.

He has a plate in his head, what do you expect him to do?! Not play like a dirtbag?!

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

He has a plate in his head, what do you expect him to do?! Not play like a dirtbag?!

That was always infuriating. How about you don’t continuously hit people low and high?

 

[BigToe]

Hollywood in the draft thread?

 

[FLYguy3911]

Those are pretty sweet sweaters. Too bad it’s Russia.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Hollywood in the draft thread?

Gotta keep my people informed.

This is also Away From His Desk HC.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Canada is wiping the floor with everyone. WAGOOON. Haven’t watched much but these games will sit on my dvr for 10 months.

 

[BigToe]

Canada is wiping the floor with everyone. WAGOOON. Haven’t watched much but these games will sit on my dvr for 10 months.

I should've did this year instead of last years draft.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Didn't realize how crummy Matthew Wood's skating was.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Denis Gauthier's son looks like a pretty good prospect.

 

[Nabrules]

Man is this draft looking elite. Here’s my pre season top 15 rankings!

1. C - Connor Bedard - 9B
2. LW - Matvei Michkov - 9B
3. LW - Zach Benson - 8.5C
4. C - Dilbor Dvorsky - 8.5C
5. C - Brandon Yagor - 8.5C
6. C - Adam Fantilli - 8.5C
7. C - Callum Ritchie - 8B
8. C - Leo Carlson - 8.5C
9. C - Charlie Stramel - 8B
10. Rd - Cameron Allen - 8C
11. LW - Eduard Salé -8.5D
12. C - Reily Heidt - 8C
13. LW/C - Otto Stenberg -8C
14. RW - Matthew Wood - 8C
15. LW - Quinton Musty - 8C

(HM - Colby Barlow, Ethan Gauthier)

My grading too looks like this -
10 - generational
9 - franchise
8 - top liner/top pair player
7 - top 6er/top 4 player
Letter indicates proabability I think the player hits his potentional ie, A - definitely, B - Most Likely, C- not likely but possible

For an example I game Cutter Gauthier a 7.5B last year (meaning I think he can be a strong top 6 forward who has some years producing like a first liner)

A guy who I ranked 6 got a 7.5 in the 2022 draft. Players I have ranked 15 in this draft are still getting 8s.

 

[FlyerNutter]

Dvorsky would be a guy I’d usually want the Flyers to draft, but he’s a non touch for me.

The skating is ass ugly.

 

[BigToe]

We need to tank 2 years in a row

 

[Magua]

We need to tank 2 years in a row

But isn’t part of you worried that if the Flyers tank and acquire franchise players, they may never be good again?

 

[Chinatown88]

 

[FLYguy3911]

Wonder who will be #1.

 

[Chinatown88]

Wonder who will be #1.

It has to be unanimous among his ten anonymous scouts right? I mean unless there's that one guy who likes Michkov.

 

[BernieParent]

There are potentially 3 franchise players to be had. It’ll be tough for them to screw this up, so long as they suck monkey balls under Torts.

 

[BigToe]

It has to be unanimous among his ten anonymous scouts right? I mean unless there's that one guy who likes Michkov.

Fantilli*