Prospect Info: The Abnormal 2021 Draft Thread

[McDoused]

'We' can use a player of either ilk.

Idk. Did he have like 4 or 5 suspensions this year and was wildly inconsistent?

 

[longtimeoilfan]

Idk. Did he have like 4 or 5 suspensions this year and was wildly inconsistent?

No idea ... but the Oilers could use a few more players who get suspended on occasion. It's not pairs figure skating that they do out on the ice.

 

[Beerfish]

I was just going through past oiler drafts for interest sake, boy we have some real doozies of awfulness.

Lots of 1st round utter busts.

1990 draft we had 11 picks, not even one nhl game for the whole draft.....woof.

 

[Oilception]

Alright on minimal research here is my hope for tomorrow in order of how I’d like it:
1. Trade it for a good young player
2. Draft Cossa
3. Draft Othmann

 

[McShogun99]

I hope that Cossa makes it to our pick. If we can somehow get a late 2nd I’d like to draft Ostachuck.

 

[snipes]

Cossa
Othmann
Pinelli
L’Heureux

 

[Not Canada Drai]

Abby Normal is that you? I haven't read a shred about this draft and realized an hour or two ago that it's tomorrow. What the hell.

 

[Stud Muffin]

If a goalie isn’t there I think I’m most interested in drafting Raty, I just feel he has the most potential of becoming a impactful forward even if he is a riskier pick.

 

[Defsta]

If a goalie isn’t there I think I’m most interested in drafting Raty, I just feel he has the most potential of becoming a impactful forward even if he is a riskier pick.

He hasn't really been that good to be a 1st round pick in Finland and u want us to use another 1st rounder for forward from Kärpät?

 

[McDrai]

If a goalie isn’t there I think I’m most interested in drafting Raty, I just feel he has the most potential of becoming a impactful forward even if he is a riskier pick.

A couple years ago he was definitely slotted to be in the top 5 of this draft. His offensive game is non existent at this point despite possessing all of the tools. If the goalies are off the board I wouldn't mind him as our pick as he simply just needs to figure it out at the pro level. If he does in fact figure it out then he's a top line center in the NHL.

 

[Canovin]

I'd trade down if Pinelli, Cossa, Wallstedt are taken and draft Raty

 

[Whyme]

A couple years ago he was definitely slotted to be in the top 5 of this draft. His offensive game is non existent at this point despite possessing all of the tools. If the goalies are off the board I wouldn't mind him as our pick as he simply just needs to figure it out at the pro level. If he does in fact figure it out then he's a top line center in the NHL.

I didn't watch Kärpät closely enough during the rest of the season so I can't say much about it, but I was stunned by the way they handled Räty at the beginning of the season. I feel they pretty much set him to fail under those circumstances.

While I'm not freeing Räty from all the responsibility I think he definitely makes sense if he's still available. I guess the risk is there, though I think it's quite small in that draft position, but we are basically just a year away from him being seen as a top pick and I've personally seen what the circumstances at the beginning of the year were. I wouldn't be too shocked if he turned this around and even becomes a star player at the NHL level one day.

 

[Whyme]

How to make a young player fail after a pretty strong preseason:
- very low ice time
- 4th line usage with pretty much the worst possible linemates
- everchanging linemates
-no much/any PP usage

That's how the ball started rolling. Even afetr scoring goals at a decent rate for the ice time there was no reward and in the end this usage IMO cost the place in the WJC-2 0 roster.

After that I don't know well enough to say much as I lost interest during the covid season and my interest has been driven towards the Oilers anyway. I did see him in lower lines (mainly 3rd) and felt I wanted to see him with better linemates, but no idea if he deserved more, very possibly not at that stage.

Having said that, another pretty good prospect Samu Tuomaala looked good and slimey in his first FEL games (though no points) so who knows how these turn out to be.

 

[GOilers88]

Going with the bold prediction that Cossa drops and we don't take him.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

Cossa
Othmann
Pinelli
L’Heureux

I like these guys too. I expect them to take Raty because whoever the hell they targeted is picked and they scramble.

 

[Gordian Knot]

I would trade up to get Lucius.

 

[CornKicker]

I know very little about this draft aside from Cossa, so whoever we draft tomorrow.. I'd have to check what fans say about him here.

be careful which fans you listen too, remember the OUTRAGE at the 4th line grinder Holloway pick last year?

LOL i told everyone then oilers fans would love him

 

[Whyme]

be careful which fans you listen too, remember the OUTRAGE at the 4th line grinder Holloway pick last year?

LOL i told everyone then oilers fans would love him

I thought most fans were pretty pleased with picking him, but I'm sure there were exceptions. This is a pretty good page to check how fans felt about the picks at the time:

Post-Game Talk: - 2020 Draft Review / Grade The Oilers Draft

 

[Whyme]

Fans were excited about some prospects, especially getting Tullio at that stage so I wonder what's going on with the other prospects, are they still as exciting as they were at the time?

 

[Seachd]

In Pronman’s last mock draft, he has the Oilers taking Zach Bolduc, but also mentions their interest in the goalies if they’re available.

 

[Smartguy]

In Pronman’s last mock draft, he has the Oilers taking Zach Bolduc, but also mentions their interest in the goalies if they’re available.

People can recall he nailed the Oilers pick the last 2 years. He was one of the first to report the interest in Broberg, and had Holloway last year. But I think he’s a little less confident in his expected picks this year because of the unpredictable nature of the draft. He doesn’t even say he’s heard interest in the player, just thinks big skilled forwards won’t go past there. Does mention most teams think if Cossa or Walstedt survive this long they we will take them.

The Oilers pick has a tendency to leak… people can recall in 2017 it was reported pre draft they were hot and heavy for Yamamoto too

 

[Defsta]

In Pronman’s last mock draft, he has the Oilers taking Zach Bolduc, but also mentions their interest in the goalies if they’re available.

I really hope Cossa is there, but chances are very slim. Wallstedt is definitely gone in top 10.

 

[BarDownBobo]

The kinda nice thing is we should know early if Cossa is a possibility. If he’s still on the board after Chicago picks there’s a really good chance he’s there for the Oilers as every team between us has a higher end goalie prospect in their system already.

 

[5 14 6 1]

If a goalie isn’t there I think I’m most interested in drafting Raty, I just feel he has the most potential of becoming a impactful forward even if he is a riskier pick.

Everything I've read on Raty makes me not want him unless its outside round 1.

 

[McDoused]

be careful which fans you listen too, remember the OUTRAGE at the 4th line grinder Holloway pick last year?

LOL i told everyone then oilers fans would love him

I was team Holloway as well. Obviously I wanted someone to fall but he was my highest ranked player available and tried to tell people the NCAA is an adjustment and takes a while to figure out. He really started to produce once as the season went on.