2017 Re-draft #1 Overall

[Northern Avs Fan]

If you were to re-draft the 2017 draft in which order would you draft the players?

Let me know if I’m missing any names and I’ll add them for the next round. I’ll probably go until we get to 11th overall.

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[BCNate]

This is going to be a gong show. I hope that we can all agree that it is one of Heiskanen, Makar, or Petterson, and different people will have different reasons for which one they would go with. None of the three are wrong.

My choice is EP based on where he is at now, and his potential. When this kid fills out I think he will be frightening.

 

[Makaveli]

Heiskanen for me, but the top 3 (Makar,EP, Miro) should be really close!

 

[M2Beezy]

Liljegren

 

[Byron Bitz]

It’s a close top 3 that have separated themselves from the pack.
Makar
Heisianen
Petterson

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Liljegren

same for me

 

[AvroArrow]

Petterson, Makar, Heiskanen in any order. Voted Petterson because i value C over anything, but they're all in the same range.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Tough call, Heiskanen, Pettersson, Makar could all be number one,
sure for real, only one can be number one but...still.

Going for the homer vote; Heiskanen.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I'm still baffled how scouts got it so wrong. It's not one of those cases where 4 or 5 years out from the draft some kind drafted in the 2nd round (Kucherov) exploded into a superstar out of nowhere. We were like 1 year removed from the draft when it started to become obvious the top two players chosen weren't going to be the top two players.

Anyway, my vote is for Pettersson.

 

[North Cole]

Was between Heis and Makar for me, went with Heis. Oilers need help on the backend and one of these guys would be really good right now.

Petey is a good pick at 1 but I think the Oilers are one of the few teams that can afford to pass on him. No disrespect to the player.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Pettersson. It was even better than winning the draft lottery to have him still available as there was no way he’d be the top pick at the time of the draft. But I was still surprised he was available when the Canucks picked at fifth. I guess the scouts thought he was too skinny to succeed in the NHL.

 

[Spilot23]

Pettersson. It was even better than winning the draft lottery to have him still available as there was no way he’d be the top pick at the time of the draft. But I was still surprised he was available when the Canucks picked at fifth. I guess the scouts thought he was too skinny to succeed in the NHL.

Dang talk about it we are like the happiest losers of that draft. First the Avs lost the 1st OV having the best odds with historical horrible season. Then Avs misses the Heiskanen pick because we needed a LHD badly considering at the time we had EJ and Barrie as RHD but our only hope for a young good LHD was Zadorov yikes. So missing on Heiskanen was very very disappointing considering the need and getting Makar instead who was boom or bust type of prospect. Finally got the best outcome out of it with how Sakic managed to reshape that defense when 3 years ago we had Beauchemin, Zadorov, Barberio, Tyutin and Wiercioch as our LHDs

 

[ESH]

Way too early to re-draft this

 

[Mitch nylander]

Top 30

1. Elias Pettersson
2. Miro Heiskanen
3. Cale Makar
4. Nico Hischier
5. Nick Suzuki
6. Robert Thomas
7. Martin Necas
8. Kailer Yamamoto
9. Nolan Patrick
10. Filip Chytil
HM: Gabe Vilardi, Cody Glass, Juuso Valimaki, Alexandre Texier, Erik Brannstrom, Timothy Liljegren, Henrik Jokiharju, Drake Batherson, Josh Norris, Emil Bemström, Jesper Boqvist

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Pettersson, Makar, Heiskanen, Suzuki, Hischier

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Elias Pettersson for me. I think he'll secretly become a top-five player in the league and best Canuck ever.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Am I alone in thinking the 2017 and 2019 drafts seem eerily similar?

2017, Hischier and Patrick duke it out for #1, but it takes little time for Heiskanen, Makar, and Petterson to establish themselves as better players.

2019, Hughes and Kakko are the obvious top 2. Still super early, but both end up having subpar seasons, while Dach, Byram, and Seider all look like studs.

 

[Xirik]

Suzuki has good playoff run and suddenly he is better then Hischier. clap clap clap Montreal!

Dach Byram and Seider looking good compared to Hughes and Kakko? Well perhaps Mr. Wings fan here doesn't realize that Byram and Seider haven't played in the NHL yet so comparing them to Hughes and Kakko is laughable. Dach has basically the same points as Hughes and Kakko but has Toews taking the harder match ups and Has Kane on his line.

I see really don't feel any of the other 2019 draft picks have outperformed the top 2 draft picks.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Am I alone in thinking the 2017 and 2019 drafts seem eerily similar?

2017, Hischier and Patrick duke it out for #1, but it takes little time for Heiskanen, Makar, and Petterson to establish themselves as better players.

2019, Hughes and Kakko are the obvious top 2. Still super early, but both end up having subpar seasons, while Dach, Byram, and Seider all look like studs.

I don’t think Byram, or Seider have proven anything to be considered better than Kakko and Hughes at this point.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

I don’t think Byram, or Seider have proven anything to be considered better than Kakko and Hughes at this point.

I don't think Hughes or Kakko have done anything to prove they were worth the top 2 spots.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

I don't think Hughes or Kakko have done anything to prove they were worth the top 2 spots.

I just usually don’t get too high on prospects until they play in the league.

Playing in the NHL is a lot harder than junior, or the AHL. Those guys might end up better, but I can’t put them above Hughes/Kakko until I see them in the NHL.

 

[34]

Makar. Easy choice.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Makar. Easy choice.

It's def not easy. But I think a good case could be made for any of the top 3.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

I just usually don’t get too high on prospects until they play in the league.

Playing in the NHL is a lot harder than junior, or the AHL. Those guys might end up better, but I can’t put them above Hughes/Kakko until I see them in the NHL.

Fair enough, though I'd say, at least in Seider's case, he's looked dominant against men. (In three different men's leagues now)

And Dach, obviously, has done it in the NHL.

FWIW though, I never saw Hughes as being NHL ready, size-wise, and Seider and Dach are on the other end of the spectrum. If and when he puts on 10-15 pounds, things could be way different.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Fair enough, though I'd say, at least in Seider's case, he's looked dominant against men. (In three different men's leagues now)

And Dach, obviously, has done it in the NHL.

FWIW though, I never saw Hughes as being NHL ready, size-wise, and Seider and Dach are on the other end of the spectrum. If and when he puts on 10-15 pounds, things could be way different.

I’m not sure Dach proved himself much more than Hughes/Kakko, though he did look good in the return to play.

Seider has certainly proven himself more than Byram. I like Byram a lot, but he just hasn’t had the chance to show what he can do against men at this point.