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

[HatTrick Swayze]

Yea he also said McIlraths end of the season reminded them of Weber. Lol

 

[Raspewtin]

Near .50ppg in his draft year in a top men's league is production.

Two points less than former Ranger and 33 year old Erik Christensen.

I don't think you really get that his scoring in Sweden was solid.

Nick Backstrom had 26 in 46

It's all seniority in Swedish mens leagues.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Would he have been on the board later? I think it's not good value.

Maybe a couple of picks after. But how do we know that any team wanted to deal with us? None of that is known. We have no clue what the negotiations were.

 

[darko]

They could have gotten him at 21st pick. WTF.

No they couldn't. Seen him mocked in 9-12 range

 

[Chaels Arms]

If you feel like taking their comparison literally, Chris Kunitz actually had a very good career...

All we need to do now is trade for Sidney Crosby.

 

[RGY]

We didnt need a gamer. We have had plenty of those.

We needed talent. Scoring talent. Pathetic

 

[Ail]

He just put up 19 in 42 in Sweden.

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

Yeah that's a pretty good indicator of where he's at in his development, oh wait no it isn't. Please forgive me if I don't care what the master of the hot takes opinion is.

 

[Filip Chytil]

So a retiring scout with really nothing to lose if he's wrong has enough sway that he dictates the direction of the franchise's highest pick in years. I'm on board with this strategy...

Bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for 'em.

 

[Alluckks]

Muh gamer, muh competitive.

I bet he's going to be a warrior too.

What the **** is a gamer, anyway?

A "gamer" is the opposite of what Kreider and Miller were in this years playoffs.

 

[Hockey Gamer]

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

my thoughts exactly. its as if he was picked only as a gracious gesture to retiring scout, otherwise, he wouldn't have been picked. NYR front office just being classy with an early retirement gift.

 

[Mandar]

Bro this is gonna be the new Jessiman/McIlrath meme, gonna be hearing it from a lot of people for a long time.

 

[Machinehead]

Near .50ppg in his draft year in a top men's league is production.

Two points less than former Ranger and 33 year old Erik Christensen.

I don't think you really get that his scoring in Sweden was solid.

He's played 64 pro games in Sweden and he has 19 points.

What are you talking about?

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Nick Backstrom had 26 in 46

It's all seniority in Swedish mens leagues.

Exactly. If he had two points it'd be one thing.

He was nearly at a .50ppg pace. That's nothing at all to criticize for a draft year player in Sweden. No clue what Machinehead is even getting at. He's flat out wrong, frankly.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

I see no reason to freak out honestly

At least we're not the Red Wings and took Rasmussen

 

[Ghost of jas]

They went safe.

 

[Atax]

I'm just sad we wont see Machine twerk.

 

[Alluckks]

If we are doing a real comparable - Duchene.

 

[duhmetreE]

I can't wait to get a #1 center @ 21

 

[aufheben]

All we need to do now is trade for Sidney Crosby.

He was just as good on Anaheim.

 

[Griffinbw]

He's played 64 pro games in Sweden and he has 19 points.

What are you talking about?

Swedish league is pretty solid. He lit it up in International U20s. I have faith in our scouting

 

[LeetchisGod]

Yea he also said McIlraths end of the season reminded them of Weber. Lol

You beat me to the punch. Good show.

 

[Mikos87]

Love what Pierre just said.

 

[offdacrossbar]

He's a player you win with in their eyes.

Maybe the upside isn't there, but he's one of those guys you can with with.

Very low risk pick.

this

http://thehockeywriters.com/the-next-ones-2017-nhl-draft-prospect-profile-lias-andersson/

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

Does he project to be a centre in the NHL?

 

[AIexisLafreniereNYR]

Why can't we draft someone who is actually skilled and exciting? When was the last time we drafted a star player?