GDT: 2015 NHL Draft Thread (STREAM, TV info and draft data in post #1: please read)

[LegionOfDoom91]

The smaller picture under Provorov in the Orr uniform. It's labeled Provorov, but that's Marner, correct?

Correct.

 

[Stizzle]

Correct.

Typical.

 

[BillDineen]

The smaller picture under Provorov in the Orr uniform. It's labeled Provorov, but that's Marner, correct?

No, Marner was on team Cherry.

I really want Provorov, but I am not sure about trading up for him.

 

[BillDineen]

Provorov was No. 9 on team Orr and Marner was No. 93 on team Cherry.

 

[Stizzle]

No, Marner was on team Cherry.

I really want Provorov, but I am not sure about trading up for him.

I was talking about the smaller picture, not the Orr uniform picture. That is Marner.

 

[BillDineen]

Oh yes, you are correct.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I was talking about the smaller picture, not the Orr uniform picture. That is Marner.

Here you go:
http://www.philly.com/philly/galler...n_defenseman_Ivan_Provorov.html?viewGallery=y

Click to the second picture.

 

[BillDineen]

I guess that is the type of careful reporting that gets you hired by TSN.

 

[Flyers Time]

One scout says if Provorov is still available when the Flyers select at No. 7, that he "unequivocally" will be heading to Philadelphia. Of course, this is just the speculation of the season, because nothing in this draft is unequivocal after McDavid and Eichel. But it just adds to the intrigue of the process.

One source says Flyers amateur scout Mark Greig, the WHL expert who pushed for defenseman Travis Sanheim at No. 17 overall last June, has pleaded with Hextall to trade up to ensure the Flyers can snag Provorov. That might prove difficult, since the Flyers likely would need to package a roster player in addition to the No. 7 pick just to jump up a couple slots in this high-end draft.

That's because he has roots much closer to Philadelphia than Yaroslavl, Russia, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he played the 2013-14 season, or even Brandon. Provorov spent his first two years on North American soil playing in Pittston, Pa., the town that splits Wilkes-Barre from Scranton.

"I think I'm ready this year," Provorov said of playing in the NHL. "I think I can adjust my game to the speed and the physical play. I'm going to work hard in the summer. If not, definitely by the age of 19."

Provorov's only disappointment from the scouting combine was not getting to meet Hextall - after seeing him on the wall so many times.

"He's a big Brandon alumni," Provorov said. "We'll see. Maybe I'll see him at the draft

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports...o_covet_Russian_defenseman_Ivan_Provorov.html

 

[Roo Mad Bro]

Had dream where Flyers drafted Barzal and Devils took Zacha. Provorov fell to the teens.

 

[BillDineen]

Had dream where Flyers drafted Barzal and Devils took Zacha. Provorov fell to the teens.

I had a dream a 400 pound beaver bit my leg and severed an artery. I think my dream is as unlikely as Provorov falling to the teens.

 

[Tripod]

Here you go:
http://www.philly.com/philly/galler...n_defenseman_Ivan_Provorov.html?viewGallery=y

Click to the second picture.

Huh....no wonder we took Sanheim:

"Sanheim plays for another WHL team, in Calgary, but he is from small-town Elkhorn, Manitoba, and his mother's stepbrother is related to Hextall"

Nepotism again.

 

[Tripod]

I had a dream a 400 pound beaver bit my leg and severed an artery. I think my dream is as unlikely as Provorov falling to the teens.

Be careful if you go to Belarus.

http://www.christiantoday.com/artic...death.after.beaver.bites.him.in.leg/32686.htm

A man has died after being attacked by a beaver in Belarus.

The unnamed 60-year-old fisherman bled to death after the animal sliced one of his major arteries.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Huh....no wonder we took Sanheim:

"Sanheim plays for another WHL team, in Calgary, but he is from small-town Elkhorn, Manitoba, and his mother's stepbrother is related to Hextall"

Nepotism again.

Unreal. Will it never end with this organization????

 

[sa cyred]

Be interesting to see who would play the right side with Provorov, Sanhiem, Morin, & Gostisbehere all are leftys.

I think I remember Morin playing the right side on the Ghost-Morin pairing last preseason. Only preseason, I know. I remember watching video's of Provorov and noticing he wasnt the best suited on his off side. Can Sanhiem play there?

Provorov-Sanheim
Gostisbehere-Morin
Hagg-xxx

If we do take Provorov, I am really hoping Hex starts to slowly bring the kids in. One at a time would be better than all at once.

 

[Prongo]

Damien Cox tweeted that the 3rd, 9th and 10th picks are available.

 

[Curufinwe]

Be interesting to see who would play the right side with Provorov, Sanhiem, Morin, & Gostisbehere all are leftys.

I think I remember Morin playing the right side on the Ghost-Morin pairing last preseason. Only preseason, I know. I remember watching video's of Provorov and noticing he wasnt the best suited on his off side. Can Sanhiem play there?

Provorov-Sanheim
Gostisbehere-Morin
Hagg-xxx

If we do take Provorov, I am really hoping Hex starts to slowly bring the kids in. One at a time would be better than all at once.

I'm pretty sure Ghost played the right side with Morin.

 

[SchennSational1022*]

I have a hard time believing we have Provorov ranked 3rd over Strome/Marner. Id be happy if we pi ked him though obviously, we need a forward so damn bad though.

 

[Icedog2735]

Be interesting to see who would play the right side with Provorov, Sanhiem, Morin, & Gostisbehere all are leftys.

I think I remember Morin playing the right side on the Ghost-Morin pairing last preseason. Only preseason, I know. I remember watching video's of Provorov and noticing he wasnt the best suited on his off side. Can Sanhiem play there?

Provorov-Sanheim
Gostisbehere-Morin
Hagg-xxx

If we do take Provorov, I am really hoping Hex starts to slowly bring the kids in. One at a time would be better than all at once.

Totally agree but the impatient fan in me really wants to see these kids all playing together asap haha typical Flyers impatient attitude!

 

[Prongo]

I have a hard time believing we have Provorov ranked 3rd over Strome/Marner. Id be happy if we pi ked him though obviously, we need a forward so damn bad though.

I don't get why you think it's that hard to believe? Hexy has said numerous times he will pick BPA but if the forward and defender have the same potential he will lean forward in that case. If the player we pick at 7 is Provorov and they have him ranked higher than all and feel his potential is sky high, I believe it in a second. We need forwards but this team also needs defense regardless of the potential we have in the others. Defense also takes longer to come along than forwards. We could draft Provorov at 7 and then a forward at 29+61. Next year take another forward and we are sitting pretty with defense and forward prospects then.

Major thing is they have to make these picks hit.

 

[Tankadelphia]

Please provorov please provorov please provorov please hockey gods

 

[BrindamoursNose]

I read we are supposed to grab Brock Boeser at 29.

As a WWE fan, I giggled at Brock because of Brock Lesnar.

Then I saw Boeser's face:

Boy I think he's similar looking (in the face) to the Beast Incarnate:

 

[Psuhockey]

I have a hard time believing we have Provorov ranked 3rd over Strome/Marner. Id be happy if we pi ked him though obviously, we need a forward so damn bad though.

A couple of things:

One if you look at the drafts when Hextall followed Lombardi to LA, they took 4 defensemen in the first two rounds in back to back years after already trading for Jack Johnson: Hickey, Doughty, Teubert, and Voynov. That team needed forwards too but Lombardi and Hextall stacked the defense first and a good thing because a couple of them were busts.

Two, 3 of the Flyers "big 4" defense prospects were drafted before Hextall got here. He might not share the organizations view of these guys a future impact defensemen. He might not be as high on guys like Morin due to his pucks skills or Gostisbehere due his size and doesn't view them as top 3 defensemen. I am not saying that is case, but they weren't really his picks so one shouldn't assume he is in love with these players.

 

[Jtown]

I have a feeling the hurricanes may pick provorov

 

[Prongo]

I have a feeling the hurricanes may pick provorov

I think Hanafin slips to 5 and they pick him. It all depends on who Arizona takes at 3. I don't think they move the pick and they take Strome instead of Hanafin.