GDT: 2018 NHL Draft Lottery - 7:30 PM ET

[Tawnos]

I’d be happier than a pig in ****!

I would cry because I would ****ing happy.

I'd dance so HARD, I would hurt myself.

What about

NYI
NYR
NYI

 

[GregSirico]

What about

NYI
NYR
NYI

Still happy as f***.

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

What about

NYI
NYR
NYI

Find an Islanders fan and hug and kiss him

 

[Tawnos]

Still happy as ****.

Find an Islanders fan and hug and kiss him

I just wanna know if there’s a line. So what about

NYI
NYI
NYR

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

I just wanna know if there’s a line. So what about

NYI
NYI
NYR

There's my line right there

 

[GregSirico]

I just wanna know if there’s a line. So what about

NYI
NYI
NYR

I'd deal with it but I'd be kinda angry.

 

[Alluckks]

I would give the Islanders the top 2 picks just so we could get 3. All I want is for the Rangers to do better and better, and if the road to the Cup involves beating an Islanders team that also got strong then so be it.

 

[Gardner McKay]

I just wanna know if there’s a line. So what about

NYI
NYI
NYR

Fine. Their management is too incompetent to build a winner around those two guys, even if Tavares stayed.

 

[GregSirico]

At the nd of the day, getting in the top 3 literally would define this rebuild and give us hope. If we stay at 8/9, yes there's good talent there but it would't be a cornerstone of this franchise.

 

[Fvital92]

Fine. Their management is too incompetent to build a winner around those two guys, even if Tavares stayed.

Tavares, Barzal, Dahlin and Svechnikov.... even they can't screw this up.

 

[Irishguy42]

https://nypost.com/2018/04/28/rangers-gm-knows-what-high-draft-pick-would-mean-for-team/

Looks like they're going BPA in the first round.

“If we’re in that range, we’re going to take the guy we feel will eventually be the best player, not necessarily the player who might be the most ready to contribute next year,” Gorton said. “And it won’t be a position-specific pick.

“We’re looking for assets, looking for the best players. I’m not a believer in picking by position. I don’t remember ever picking by position.”

 

[GregSirico]

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The Rangers, who have never selected first overall since the draft was inaugurated in 1963, had a 6 percent chance of winning the sweepstakes. The Blueshirts owned a 19 percent chance of moving into the top three from their pre-lottery eight-hole. The team hasn’t gone top three since selecting Brad Park with the second-overall selection in 1966.
“If you take a look at recent Cup winners, there are a lot of top-three picks on those teams,” Gorton said. “It’s difficult to say what the immediate impact would be of moving into that two, three position, but it would helpful, I’ll say that.”

 

[Tawnos]

At the nd of the day, getting in the top 3 literally would define this rebuild and give us hope. If we stay at 8/9, yes there's good talent there but it would't be a cornerstone of this franchise.

The more I read about this draft, the less I’m sold that there’s a big difference between 3 and 8. 1 and 2 is a different story.

 

[GregSirico]

https://nypost.com/2018/04/28/rangers-gm-knows-what-high-draft-pick-would-mean-for-team/

Looks like they're going BPA in the first round.

That makes me think Wahlstrom, Hughes, Dobson.

 

[GregSirico]

The more I read about this draft, the less I’m sold that there’s a big difference between 3 and 8. 1 and 2 is a different story.

Not that sold on Zadina?

 

[Tawnos]

I’m watching Jeopardy on NBC right now killing time. Doing pretty well.

 

[Edge]

“If you take a look at recent Cup winners, there are a lot of top-three picks on those teams,” Gorton said. “It’s difficult to say what the immediate impact would be of moving into that two, three position, but it would helpful, I’ll say that.”

Love how he basically just said what some on here have been arguing for a while.

 

[GregSirico]

Love how he basically just said what some on here have been arguing for a while.

Gorton knows whats up. He knows the value of a top 3 pick that becomes a buildingg block of this team.

 

[GregSirico]

Wow my typing is terrible RN.

 

[Thirty One]

I’m watching Jeopardy on NBC right now killing time. Doing pretty well.

Thank you for sharing.

 

[GregSirico]

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The Rangers, who have never selected first overall since the draft was inaugurated in 1963, had a 6 percent chance of winning the sweepstakes. The Blueshirts owned a 19 percent chance of moving into the top three from their pre-lottery eight-hole. The team hasn’t gone top three since selecting Brad Park with the second-overall selection in 1966.
“If you take a look at recent Cup winners, there are a lot of top-three picks on those teams,” Gorton said. “It’s difficult to say what the immediate impact would be of moving into that two, three position, but it would helpful, I’ll say that.”

“If we’re in that range, we’re going to take the guy we feel will eventually be the best player, not necessarily the player who might be the most ready to contribute next year,” Gorton said. “And it won’t be a position-specific pick.
“We’re looking for assets, looking for the best players. I’m not a believer in picking by position. I don’t remember ever picking by position.”

 

[Edge]

I am out on my feet with a bad virus.

Just trying to stay conscious long enough to know how tonight's dreams will trend.

 

[Tawnos]

Not that sold on Zadina?

I think he’ll be a good player but I don’t put him head and shoulders above others like I do Dahlin and Svechnikov.

 

[Fvital92]

Love how he basically just said what some on here have been arguing for a while.

To be fair, it's basically 3 teams that have won in the last decade so it's not a great sample.

 

[GregSirico]

I think he’ll be a good player but I don’t put him head and shoulders above others like Dahlin and Svechnikov.

I think his shot is lethal. He might not be the play maker and have the overall game Svech does, but his shot is outstanding.