Prospect Info: The 2015 NHL Draft Thread Part VIII

[OmNomNom]

Well it looks like Jessiman was 19 at the time he was drafted. I guess he did not get drafted his first eligible season.

But he was going off the size thing, and a big time freshman year at Dartmouth.

Hockeydb does not have his pre Dartmouth stats, so I'm guessing US high school prior.

http://admin.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=11748

scored pretty well in HS

 

[ghoti]

Conte will not be taking rantanen unless Shero intervenes. So scratch him off the list.

That's disappointing. Why?

 

[Unknown Caller]

That's disappointing. Why?

He's a Finn

 

[dougiebrown]

This would be a perfect draft for the Devs:

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1907173

 

[Devil X]

This would be a perfect draft for the Devs:

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1907173

That would be pretty good.

 

[HobokenIrish]

Can't wait for the draft!

Unless something disastrous happens (bad picks, bad trades) our prospect pipeline will be dramatically improved as of June 28th! Hope for the future

 

[Cheddabombs]

Conte will not be taking rantanen unless Shero intervenes. So scratch him off the list.

I don't really care if Conte doesn't have Rantanen on his shortlist, that's his business and something we'll never know. I do care that people on here are writing him off and thinking there's no way we should be drafting him.

 

[Unknown Caller]

I don't really care if Conte doesn't have Rantanen on his shortlist, that's his business and something we'll never know. I do care that people on here are writing him off and thinking there's no way we should be drafting him.

The reactions by people who haven't been around long enough to understand Abo are hilarious. The Devils avoidance of Finns are a sore point for him, it's a joke.

 

[Cheddabombs]

The reactions by people who haven't been around long enough to understand Abo are hilarious. The Devils avoidance of Finns are a sore point for him, it's a joke.

Oops, that's my bad then.

 

[Tretyak 20]

The reactions by people who haven't been around long enough to understand Abo are hilarious. The Devils avoidance of Finns are a sore point for him, it's a joke.

Tough to be a Finnish Devils fan! I mean, how excited can you really get over Iilka Pikkarainen and Tuomo Ruutu?

 

[The Devil In I]

This would be a perfect draft for the Devs:

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1907173

Need to draft Garland in the 2nd/3rd round. Small kid that went undrafted last year, had a monumental increase in points this season, and won the Q scoring race by a ~25% differential? Swing for the fences, we need legit scoring talent.

 

[EspenK]

The reactions by people who haven't been around long enough to understand Abo are hilarious. The Devils avoidance of Finns are a sore point for him, it's a joke.

Maybe he should become a Jackets fan?

 

[Devils Dominion]

Need to draft Garland in the 2nd/3rd round. Small kid that went undrafted last year, had a monumental increase in points this season, and won the Q scoring race by a ~25% differential? Swing for the fences, we need legit scoring talent.

Garland should be considered but there may be better players still on the board.

 

[GeNeXt]

With Guryanov, I really want him, but you have to find out his intentions. If he's at the draft, I guess there's interest in coming to N.A. I'd be willing to move up into the late-first to select him. However, you have to interview him. Fly Shero or a trusted assistant over to Russia to interview the kid. If he's a top-10 talent, expected to fall, it won't hurt to take initiative and try to figure out the kids intentions.

 

[The Devil In I]

Garland should be considered but there may be better players still on the board.

At this time last year most on here were pissed that the Devils passed on Barbashev. Well, Garland just finished the season with an assist total comparable to the amount of points that Barbashev got (granted he played 10 more games). His PPG this season has him in the same category as Ehlers (a 9th overall last year) and Barbashev (who many had pegged as a first rounder last year). So...I'd be surprised if there were better bets by the 3rd round.

 

[New Jersey Devils]

Really cool probability tool that calculates the chance a certain player will be available at a certain spot. It uses rankings from TSN/McKeens/ISS and does an average.

http://donttellmeaboutheart.blogspot.de/2015/06/nhl-draft-probability-tool.html

 

[aboriginal]

The reactions by people who haven't been around long enough to understand Abo are hilarious. The Devils avoidance of Finns are a sore point for him, it's a joke.

No seriously tho, yeah it's sad but he's not a seriously consideration. In fact I doubt conte can even say his name. Or any of their names. Probably their main reason of hesitation.

 

[aboriginal]

Maybe he should become a Jackets fan?

I may be a softie for jarmo but **** that ****.

 

[MNDevilsfan]

Really cool probability tool that calculates the chance a certain player will be available at a certain spot. It uses rankings from TSN/McKeens/ISS and does an average.

http://donttellmeaboutheart.blogspot.de/2015/06/nhl-draft-probability-tool.html

This is neat! I clicked it expecting just some raw "consensus" averages of a bunch of different draft rankings, but it is actually a very cleverly done statistical analysis.

~40% chance Marner is available at 6.

 

[EnglishDevil]

No seriously tho, yeah it's sad but he's not a seriously consideration. In fact I doubt conte can even say his name. Or any of their names. Probably their main reason of hesitation.

So you know for sure that the Devils aren't considering Rantanen?

I figured him as more of a 10-12 range pick anyway, so i'm not totally surprised.

 

[Drewr15]

This is neat! I clicked it expecting just some raw "consensus" averages of a bunch of different draft rankings, but it is actually a very cleverly done statistical analysis.

~40% chance Marner is available at 6.

First thing I checked too!

 

[Devils Dominion]

We should try hard to move up to the mid-to-late teens of the 1st round and draft one of these players if they are still on the board:

Merkley, Koneccny, Meier, Svechnikov

An infusion of talent if we were able to snag a Zacha/Konecny package, or a Barzal/Svechnikov duo.

It will be tough to pull off however.

 

[Missionhockey]

We should try hard to move up to the mid-to-late teens of the 1st round and draft one of these players if they are still on the board:

Merkley, Koneccny, Meier, Svechnikov

An infusion of talent if we were able to snag a Zacha/Konecny package, or a Barzal/Svechnikov duo.

It will be tough to pull off however.

Mid to late teen picks are probably out of the Devils price rage. If the Devils want to package their two seconds I would think the highest they could get up to is around 25.

 

[Drewr15]

We should try hard to move up to the mid-to-late teens of the 1st round and draft one of these players if they are still on the board:

Merkley, Koneccny, Meier, Svechnikov

An infusion of talent if we were able to snag a Zacha/Konecny package, or a Barzal/Svechnikov duo.

It will be tough to pull off however.

Hence why I brought up on the team discussion thread about taking richards off the kings hands if it included their first. Without even really thinking about the ramifications of having Richards I was more thinking man could we get two of Marner/Barzal/Zacha?

 

[Devil X]

Hence why I brought up on the team discussion thread about taking richards off the kings hands if it included their first. Without even really thinking about the ramifications of having Richards I was more thinking man could we get two of Marner/Barzal/Zacha?

I thought it was a good idea but then i did a bit more digging and it really is stupid to take Richards on. To me there are so many more ways it can go wrong then right and hurt us in the long run.