GDT: The 2015 NHL Entry Level Draft: In L̶o̶u̶ Shero We Trust Edition

[NJDevs26]

Snow manages to acquire high-end prospects with no draft picks the way Sather manages to offload big contracts and get heists while stuck up against the cap.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

We are gonna end up with 1 forward this this draft lol.

 

[Unknown Caller]

We just need to be careful with our assets

It cost them a third round pick...

 

[Team Concept]

Bet they take Dunn.

 

[MauDevils]

They have a deep system. They can do stuff like this. Us? Not so much.

We couldn't afford a second and a third to snag a guy many people had in the top 15?

We would have still had a 2nd even after that.

 

[Devils Trap]

It cost them a third round pick...

They only went up 5 slots. We would need to go up 10 picks

 

[MadDevil]

The Islanders have Tavares, Strome, Okposo, etc. They can afford to trade up. We can't.

 

[Devilsgrl35]

Do they take Bracco the LI kid?

 

[NJDevs26]

We just need to be careful with our assets

Well the Devils BETTER draft well if they're going to stand pat. Sometimes you kind of do need to trade up to get players that fall in the draft.

 

[mike30]

leafs trade pick to cbj..

 

[Devils Trap]

Toronto moving down

Again its a Division Rival. Columbus

 

[Zippy316]

Snow manages to acquire high-end prospects with no draft picks the way Sather manages to offload big contracts and get heists while stuck up against the cap.

Are we in any position to trade a Griffin Reinhart -- i.e. Severson for the Devils -- for two picks?

Until we get to there, we can't complain about what other teams that have been hoarding talent for years are doing. It takes patience to get to where the Islanders are at right now in terms of their NHL team and prospect pool.

 

[Tundra]

We couldn't afford a second and a third to snag a guy many people had in the top 15?

We would have still had a 2nd even after that.

If our scouting department believes that this is a deep draft, then we keep the picks.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

I'm tellin' ya - that's Crispin Glover.

 

[MauDevils]

Oh come on...

Islanders are killing it this draft. That's a good pick.

 

[ForeverJerseyGirl]

At this point, I'm fine with keeping the picks, not trading up.

 

[ghoti]

I don't care what the Islanders are doing. They sucked for all those years the Devils were good and built up a deep system. The Devils need to keep all their picks or even multiply them so they can get to that point. They should not be giving up assets at all.

 

[Marshal Rochambeau]

Lot of d men available not surprised Columbus moved up

 

[Tretyak 20]

I was hoping Beauvilier would fall.

 

[Brodeur]

TV cameras by sharks table for some reason.

Edit: standing between sharks and jackets. Jackets trade up to 29.

 

[EnglishDevil]

Id trade 36 and 67 for 30 if merkley is there

 

[NJDevs26]

Are we in any position to trade a Griffin Reinhart -- i.e. Severson for the Devils -- for two picks?

Until we get to there, we can't complain about what other teams that have been hoarding talent for years are doing. It takes patience to get to where the Islanders are at right now in terms of their NHL team and prospect pool.

Severson's done more at the NHL level than Reinhart at a younger age. No I wouldn't have wanted to trade him for Barzal and a two...but it just galls me that the Isles draft a guy top five, he looks like a very slow developer at best, then they offload him for another guy that had top ten talent and a second rounder. Maybe a better comp would have been trading Larsson last year but even then it's a faulty comparison cause Larsson had 100+ NHL games under his belt and Reinhart had like eight.

 

[Team Concept]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Team Concept View Post
Agreed. I don't see anyone worth giving the ranch for to move up. Lets stay where we are and pick up Sprong, Vince Dunn, Jack Roslovic, or Anthony Beauvillier.
Great, there goes Roslovic. 1 gone and now only 3 left.


Now there are only 2 left!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ghoti]

Are we in any position to trade a Griffin Reinhart -- i.e. Severson for the Devils -- for two picks?

Until we get to there, we can't complain about what other teams that have been hoarding talent for years are doing. It takes patience to get to where the Islanders are at right now in terms of their NHL team and prospect pool.

Absolutely 100% agree.

 

[TheDarkSideOfThePuck]

Hoping for Merkley, Sprong or Chlapik in the 2nd round