GDT: 2017 NHL Entry Draft - "Mo Money, Mo Problems"

[masinaLFC]

for a second I thought it is this guy http://www.eliteprospects.com/playe...=283102&team=&year=&status=&leagueid=&season=

 

[BigG44]

The Dallas Stars scouts faked out the Dallas Stars media staff. No fancy draft pick for Peterson. I guess they could find one.

 

[BigG44]

Is Parker Foo the brother of Spencer Foo? Chicago just drafted him, and I know I heard Spencer Foo is about to make a decision about who to sign with.

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

A Fin, a big goalie, reach on a lanky forward, and the token random Swede. Now I just need a USHL defender and I get Dallas Stars draft bingo

 

[Mr Misty]

Chekovich is still there?

 

[Vesna]

Chekovich is still there?

yess

 

[BigG44]

Dallas picks 163, and we're at 162 right now.

 

[serp]

 

[LT]

Chmelevski please

 

[BigG44]

Dallas on the board. Detroit took John Adams.

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

Brett Davis

 

[BigG44]

Another lesser known center ... Brett Davis.

 

[LT]

Brett Davis. Another center.

 

[masinaLFC]

NHL network have him as a RW

 

[BigG44]

This feels like the 2014 draft of defenders .... a bunch of little known, reach, centers. Hopefully the results aren't as bad as they were with the late round defenders that year.

 

[Morry83]

I can't believe Chmelevski and Chekovich haven't been taken yet

 

[BigG44]

Found a profile of him before the WHL draft.

 

[Starry Knight]

Something to keep in mind. Christian Dvorak got 14 points in 35 games in his draft year.

 

[Satan]

Need more defense

 

[BigG44]

Something to keep in mind. Christian Dvorak got 14 points in 35 games in his draft year.

That occurred playing on a very deep, talented team. Are you saying that's true of Guelph and Kootenay?

 

[Starry Knight]

That occurred playing on a very deep, talented team. Are you saying that's true of Guelph and Kootenay?

On the Soo, Hawel barely played, I know that much. For these guys (Hawel and Davis), on the teams they saw ice time on, their teams were abysmal. And both saw increases in their production after being traded.

Now I'm not trying to say they are going to be slam dunk picks or that they were the best picks at the spot, I'm just saying the hand-wringing over guys who are being picked based solely on stat-line scouting isn't warranted.

 

[BigG44]

On the Soo, Hawel barely played, I know that much. For these guys (Hawel and Davis), on the teams they saw ice time on, their teams were abysmal. And both saw increases in their production after being traded.

Now I'm not trying to say they are going to be slam dunk picks or that they were the best picks at the spot, I'm just saying the hand-wringing over guys who are being picked based solely on stat-line scouting isn't warranted.

Hawel sounds interesting, and Peterson is the obligatory lower level Swede that we've hit on above average. I'm not upset about either.

Brett Davis makes me nervous though ... like Rhett Gardner. There's ZERO information I can find on him, and he played Canadian Major Junior. He was literally on on one's radar it seems. It'll be interesting.

It's just really weird there's nothing on a guy playing major junior. Like you said about Hawel though, may have been better picks, but he's not a totally unknown player.

 

[Starry Knight]

Going off of EliteProspects, Davis is being picked at roughly where he was expected to (with the ISS and HockeyProspect rankings). I honestly know nothing about him, but from the looks of it, it wasn't totally out of left field.

 

[Hull Fan]

On the Soo, Hawel barely played, I know that much. For these guys (Hawel and Davis), on the teams they saw ice time on, their teams were abysmal. And both saw increases in their production after being traded.

Now I'm not trying to say they are going to be slam dunk picks or that they were the best picks at the spot, I'm just saying the hand-wringing over guys who are being picked based solely on stat-line scouting isn't warranted.

This makes me feel better, not worse. Kids who don't play much don't score. Playing on a bad team isn't ideal but ice time matters so getting traded and having a chance to perform is way better.

 

[Hull Fan]

Brett Davis article

Hoping to be drafted