GDT: 2014 NHL Draft - June 27 6pm CDT NBCSN & June 28 9am CDT NHL Network

[Jbcraig1883]

Chase Lang? CT?

 

[Circulartheory]

Chase Lang? CT?

Asking lol give me a few

 

[Quicy]

Reid Duke

 

[Jbcraig1883]

Reid Duke "6'0 forward is a strong skater who handles puck at top speed. Does well on PP. Effort varies."

 

[Circulartheory]

From a WHL-based scout for one of the services: "Good Pker, limited role this year". Chase Lang.

 

[Jbcraig1883]

Seamus Malone or Brandon Fortunato in the 7th!

 

[Circulartheory]

Kase? Anyone?

 

[tyratoku]

Wouldn't surprise me to see them trade a 7th next year (or both, now that we have two) to move up here just to take a token Minnesotan or two.

 

[Jbcraig1883]

So the big fallers right now are Kase, Kulda, and Aho, right?

 

[Jbcraig1883]

C'mon Kase, Aho, Malone, Fortunato!

 

[Jbcraig1883]

Pavel Jenys.

 

[Circulartheory]

Pavel Jenys.

I wanted the other Czech

EDIT: Still good toolsy center prospect.

 

[DANOZ28]

and its over , its all over.

 

[Jbcraig1883]

Well, several guys I liked more than some of who we selected (some will go undrafted) but that is why I am a fan.

Pleasure spending the draft with you all. Gonna go workout and get some blood flowing.

 

[Circulartheory]

Finally Kase goes! My fantasy team DOESN'T suck!

 

[tyratoku]

Michael Russo verified
#mnwild had a trade done to pick up a 2nd, but the four guys the #mnwild was keying on literally went in a row, Fletcher said

Alright, who are they?

EDIT: Guessing three of the four are:
Ryan MacInnis (ARI) #43 C
Eric Cornel (BUF) #44 C
Brett Pollock (DAL) #45 LW

Or possibly

Nic Aube-Kubel (PHI) 48 RW
Vaclav Karabacek (BUF) 49 RW
Roland McKeown (LAK) 50 D
Jack Dougherty (NSH) 51 D

 

[Digitalbooya]

Alright, who are they?

Gotta think Dougherty is in there somewhere.

 

[tyratoku]

Gotta think Dougherty is in there somewhere.

Yeah I put up a second guess and I am willing to bet money it was that group of four. Solid group right there.

 

[Digitalbooya]

If it's the Dougherty bunch then it REALLY sucks cause we missed him by freaking one pick........

 

[DANOZ28]

Alright, who are they?

EDIT: Guessing three of the four are:
Ryan MacInnis (ARI) #43 C
Eric Cornel (BUF) #44 C
Brett Pollock (DAL) #45 LW

Or possibly

Nic Aube-Kubel (PHI) 48 RW
Vaclav Karabacek (BUF) 49 RW
Roland McKeown (LAK) 50 D
Jack Dougherty (NSH) 51 D

my guess we wanted to get demko. i think we should have picked husso with our 3rd since he was still available (i think). maybe next year.

 

[Circulartheory]

my guess we wanted to get demko. i think we should have picked husso with our 3rd since he was still available (i think). maybe next year.

As much as I wished he had Husso, drafting Belpedio instead makes total sense as he is an excellent prospect. I have no qualms taking Belpedio over Husso.

 

[tyratoku]

In the post-draft video, Fletcher said he moved back one from 79 to 80 with Tampa Bay because he valued two players at the same level and trading back one pick, while picking up a future 7th, allowed him to take whoever remained and gain assets at the same time.

So those two were Brayden Point and Louie Belpedio, presumably.

And the trade to pick up a 2nd rounder involved trading next year's second as well as a pick this year. Probably a 6th or 7th. Kind of glad we didn't do it. As much as I like a guy like Dougherty.

 

[AJ Thelen]

This is one of the most ****ed up drafts in Wild history.

Lets hope you prove me wrong Fletch.

 

[Circulartheory]

This is one of the most ****ed up drafts in Wild history.

Lets hope you prove me wrong Fletch.

How so? Picked up, potentially, a top six powerforward, 2nd pairing two-way all situation defenseman, a promising goaltender, and a number of either depth players (Faith, Lang) or gambles in the late rounds (Sjalin, Duke, Jenys).

There isn't considerably high reward as a group as a whole but its a pretty safe collection of players with a good amount of upside (low risk/above average reward).

 

[tyratoku]

This is one of the most ****ed up drafts in Wild history.

Lets hope you prove me wrong Fletch.

Because they didn't pick a Minnesotan at any point, right?

Yeah, there was certainly something wrong this year. :