GDT: 2017 NHL Draft: The waiting is over! The NYR will pick in the first round!

[Mikos87]

Bust.

 

[Doctor King Schultz]

Team is a joke

 

[Ail]

If he can make the NHL sooner than later I like the pick even more.

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

The Porzingis of the NHL. Just watch.

Slats gunna take over in a couple years and try to trade him because he doesnt fit his 80s style??????

#Knicks

 

[Machinehead]

They don't learn from all the off the board picks that didn't work.

 

[TheBloodyNine]

We're hurting for potential top line talent though. I think it's a waste of a pick.

If we wanted top line talent they should have traded up to the 3. They weren't getting that there.

 

[nevesis]

 

[Joey Bones]

This is a great pick, even if it is a "reach". He's solid for sure!!

 

[Don Chytil]

Room for improvement: offense

Wonderful.

And yet, putting up 0.5 ppg in the SHL in your draft year is no small feat

 

[Filip Chytil]

So is Mckenzie telling me that Dallas dude who announced their pick is in better shape than this Mittlestadt dude?

 

[darko]

He can play right away. Tremendous skater. Great first step. Very good instincts. Has a really high compete level. Big body, strong on the puck and boards. Good passer. Good in front of the net.

Lot to like. I'm sold.

 

[KOVALEV022473]

I love everybody... oh draft picks... rebuild! This organization is ****ing clueless!!

 

[JCrusher*]

What a bunch of whiners. Maybe we should give the kid a damn chance

 

[GregSirico]

We there you have it folks. Stepan AND Raanta for DeAngelo and Andersson.
Still like the trade people??

Way too early to tell.

 

[Trxjw]

Andersson at 21? Great. Andersson at 7? Awful. Just awful. You don't waste that high of a pick on a guy who likely tops out as a 2nd line two-way player. You just don't.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

This is a great pick, even if it is a "reach". He's solid for sure!!

So we trade our 1C to go for a "solid" pick at 7? Why are we going for a safe player that high up?

 

[aufheben]

I can't believe how much stock people are putting into the broadcast crew's evaluation lol

 

[The Undertaker]

This Mittelstadt kid looks like he's 14.

 

[NewLife]

Gonna hate whatever team that picks Lijegren too much, Lias will probably do great but not who I wanted.

 

[Speedtrials]

This reminds me of when they picked Maholtra. However, these aren't the Dark Ages, and maybe we can develop this kid properly.

 

[Machinehead]

If he can make the NHL sooner than later I like the pick even more.

He just put up 19 in 42 in Sweden.

If he's in the NHL anytime soon, it's as a 4th liner.

 

[Don Chytil]

Stepan for Andersson?

Thats a not an upgrade.

Why doesn't this board have a "remind me" function.. check back in a few years

 

[Hunter Gathers]

TSN had him at 13. Not too off the board. I'll trust the NYR scouts.

Saving this thread for some laughs in 5 years

Same **** as the Stepan thread.

 

[RGY]

So we trusted our future, our first top ten pick since when? With a scout that is retiring.

Good Lord this organization is a joke

 

[QJL]

This team hasn't had many picks. It they've made solid picks in the last 5 years. Hope we got this one right.