1st round winners and losers

[A1LeafNation]

Stop yelling.

It was a copy/paste. Did not type it out.

 

[My3Sons]

It was a copy/paste. Did not type it out.

Just teasing. I find that internet etiquette funny.

 

[didimentionlarseller]

To me the key BAD move of this first round was Ottawa NOT taking Zadina at 4.

Sorry Ottawa

 

[FlyTimmo]

This threads are always ridiculous. I guarantee one of the proclaimed "winners" will end up being a loser. That just happens.

 

[Gurilla]

Islanders, Red Wings, Canucks with W's imo.

 

[bukwas]

Isles
Detroit
Edmonton

 

[periferal]

Winners: Islanders & Detroit

Losers: HF servers

This is the post of the weekend.


@HFBoards - Fix your ****

 

[Legionnaire]

The only losers are those from Dallas who booooooooooord Bettman without any respect to the loss of the Bronco's family.

 

[Strait2thecup]

Not a fan of Dobson, of the 12 players picked, they got my least favourite two. I thought Bouchard or Kravstov might fall to them, didn't happen.

Well I’m glad you weren’t making our picks!

 

[Syckle78]

Are you certain and absolutely sure we are destined to pick top 5 again???Because if are please tell me next weeks lottery numbers

God this is stupid. Picking numbers out of thin air and assessing a situation where there is plenty of information available IS NOT THE SAME THING HF.

 

[OUTHOUSE]

If I remember correctly, the Isles and Wings were also considered winners back in 2010 with their picks of Kabanov and Pulkkinen.

 

[gretskidoo]

If I remember correctly, the Isles and Wings were also considered winners back in 2010 with their picks of Kabanov and Pulkkinen.

A 3rd rounder and a 4th rounder are definitely comparable to top 10 ranked guys.

 

[Freudian]

Winners: teams that had higher ranked players drop to them in round 1-2.
Losers: teams that reached for lower ranked players in round 1-2.

Am I doing it right?

 

[me2]

I just don't get why Arizona didn't move down. Detroit and Vancouver would have been viable options to move up, especially with 8/9/10 breathing down their necks and NYI having 11+12. Zadina in particular must have been great bait, and with Detroit linked to a dman Van might well have wanted to block a team overtaking them.

 

[Bee Holder]

Winners: NY Islanders & NY Rangers
Losers: Montreal & Arizona

Rangers as winner?
Montreal as loser?
lol wut

 

[Fig]

I'm happy that NYI did well with our picks. Their fans and posters were nothing by classy and polite when we traded for Hamonic. We likely move those picks to improve our roster anyways and I'm cool with you guy drafting with our picks.

In regards to us being draft losers for not having our pick... IMO, if it wasn't NYI picking with our pick, I think we likely trade this pick anyways to someone else. We need some serious help on RW and a prospect thats probably 2-3 years away from hitting our roster is not going to help. That being said, it does sting a lot in the sense that we likely could have traded those picks directly for a RW we needed, with extra picks left over had we not traded for Hamonic, but I get why Treliving did what he did. Our season was a disaster even with several players essentially with career highs.

 

[hairylikebear]

The only losers are those from Dallas how booooooooooord Bettman without anhy repect to the loss of the Bronco's family.

Literally every city boos him on sight. He just decided to start with a sensitive topic and made it incredibly awkward. You can tell he was a little sick of the tradition.

 

[Holymakinaw]

Winners: Buffalo, Islanders, NYR

Losers: Montreal, Ottawa, Philly

 

[EdJovanovski]

Rangers as winner?
Montreal as loser?
lol wut

I'm not just referring to individual picks themselves, they are walking away with Kravtsov, Miller & Lundkvist.
Montreal picked based on positional need instead of BPA

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Rangers as winner?
Montreal as loser?
lol wut

Rangers had an excellent draft. Habs painted themselves into a corner with their awful trades and had to pass on better players to draft for position. Rangers got some very good prospects, and I wouldn't be shocked if they had the better draft

 

[RazorRamon]

Do you have any examples or is this just sour grapes for your club skipping the "faller"

Angelo Esposito.

 

[Kranix]

First round winner: Garth Snow. Standing up there, welcoming the new picks, sitting beside Lou, etc. Took the high road.

 

[LordNeverLose]

Angelo Esposito.

I raise you Mathew Barzal, Kyle Connor, Filip Forsberg, and Cam Fowler.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Winners were Chicago, Detroit, NY Isles, Vancouver, St Louis. Buffalo, Edmonton was the winner at the lottery really but followed through Friday night.

 

[Sasso09]

I had Dobson and Wahlstrom ranked 5 and 6.... Islanders clearly won.

Detroit 2nd.

Wild are the biggest loser, Rangers 2nd