NotOpie
"Puck don't lie"
As much good as I've read about Kotkaniemi, there are significant concerns around his skating...awkward stride and all. I'm thinking that's a pretty significant negative in the eyes of the franchise.
Can I get some of whatever you just had?
....I believe the phrase you're looking for is "more unreadable".Why would you want to get something that makes your posts unreadable?
well its just best scenario, its not 100% serious.Can I get some of whatever you just had?
Only for us on the outside.Why would you want to get something that makes your posts unreadable?
Always BPA...it's just that sometimes you have to hone the definition of BPA to "best player available at the position of greatest need". Right now we need a dynamic scoring forward, best if it was a centerman. However, we just aren't that deep on the right side on defense and if Dobson, Bouchard, or Wilde is available and we've deemed them BPA, you take 'em. Just because Ron Francis wasn't able to pull off a trade involving one of our young defensive assets doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
Think we can draft a guy who is a 1C, starting goalie, head coach, and GM??Since the Canes are apparently completely incapable of discerning who the actual BPA is, I'm good with shopping for need.
Not from the position we’re gonna be drafting from, unfortunately.Think we can draft a guy who is a 1C, starting goalie, head coach, and GM??
Since the Canes are apparently completely incapable of discerning who the actual BPA is, I'm good with shopping for need.
My sense is that was one of those, "best player available at the position of greatest need". I'm still pretty high on Fleury. I've just chosen to put my blinders on when it comes to the context of missed opportunity.I thought drafting Haydn Fleury over Nylander and Ehlers was viewed as a "draft for need"?
I thought drafting Haydn Fleury over Nylander and Ehlers was viewed as a "draft for need"?
#4 - Carolina Hurricanes
The Hurricanes have gotten a lot of good, young, smart players and have hit on a high percentage of their picks for a while now. Noah Hanifin was an all-star this season, while Jaccob Slavin remains one of the more underrated defencemen in the league. The only thing holding the 'Canes out of the top-three has been their limited ability to find premium scoring talent. The closest they've gotten is with Aho, who has 25 goals already this season.
Not saying I agree with the methodology or the premise, but there is an interesting piece over on theAthletic.com on how successful teams are at drafting using a more quantitative analysis of the performance. The author identified two areas of measure: "teams' ability to complete the baseline task of drafting players who can play in the NHL, and teams' ability to draft young, potential core players." He goes into more detail how he measures those two areas in the article.
What he found as results pertaining to the Canes had the team ranked...
They were behind the Ducks, the Jets, and the Lightning, in that order. The year range of drafts considered was 2011 through 2015.
From worst to first, ranking how each NHL team performs at the draft
We'd probably be No. 2 (or even No. 1) if Frederik Andersen signed here. We'd also probably have made the playoffs the past three seasons. I know we're grumpy about it, but looking back, that's probably the single most important factor in the mess we're in.
Yeah, they bump the year back to 2010, and we get Skinner and Faulk and Anderssen in that draft. That doesn't hurt us in the author's analysis.The study MJB showed was only 2011-2015, so Andersen wouldn't have counted even if he signed since he was a 2010 draftee. I agree with the rest of what you posted though.
Rank | Player | Goals | Drafted Overall |
1 | Alex Ovechkin, LW | 42 | 1st (2004) |
2 | Patrik Laine, RW | 41 | 2nd (2016) |
3 | Evgeni Malkin, C | 40 | 2nd (2004) |
4 | Eric Staal, C | 37 | 2nd (2003) |
5 | Tyler Seguin, C | 37 | 2nd (2010) |
6 | William Karlsson, C | 35 | 53rd (2011) |
7 | Nikita Kucherov, RW | 33 | 58th (2011) |
8 | Nathan MacKinnon, C | 32 | 1st (2013) |
9 | Connor McDavid, C | 31 | 1st (2015) |
10 | Anders Lee, RW | 33 | 152nd (2009) |
11 | Taylor Hall, LW | 31 | 1st (2010) |
12 | John Tavares, C | 31 | 1st (2009) |
13 | James van Riemsdyk, LW | 31 | 2nd (2007) |
The Draft Analyst | 2018 NHL Mock Draft: Picks 1-31 (March)
Saw this table in the article above. It's 10 days old so the data isn't exact but the top-13 scorers are still the same.[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Rank Player Goals Drafted Overall 1 Alex Ovechkin, LW 42 1st (2004) 2 Patrik Laine, RW 41 2nd (2016) 3 Evgeni Malkin, C 40 2nd (2004) 4 Eric Staal, C 37 2nd (2003) 5 Tyler Seguin, C 37 2nd (2010) 6 William Karlsson, C 35 53rd (2011) 7 Nikita Kucherov, RW 33 58th (2011) 8 Nathan MacKinnon, C 32 1st (2013) 9 Connor McDavid, C 31 1st (2015) 10 Anders Lee, RW 33 152nd (2009) 11 Taylor Hall, LW 31 1st (2010) 12 John Tavares, C 31 1st (2009) 13 James van Riemsdyk, LW 31 2nd (2007)
10 of the top 13 goal scorers are either #1 Overall or #2 Overall picks. Kind of drives home the point that picking perpetually in the 5-15 range doesn't cut it.
The Draft Analyst | 2018 NHL Mock Draft: Picks 1-31 (March)
Saw this table in the article above. It's 10 days old so the data isn't exact but the top-13 scorers are still the same.[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Rank Player Goals Drafted Overall 1 Alex Ovechkin, LW 42 1st (2004) 2 Patrik Laine, RW 41 2nd (2016) 3 Evgeni Malkin, C 40 2nd (2004) 4 Eric Staal, C 37 2nd (2003) 5 Tyler Seguin, C 37 2nd (2010) 6 William Karlsson, C 35 53rd (2011) 7 Nikita Kucherov, RW 33 58th (2011) 8 Nathan MacKinnon, C 32 1st (2013) 9 Connor McDavid, C 31 1st (2015) 10 Anders Lee, RW 33 152nd (2009) 11 Taylor Hall, LW 31 1st (2010) 12 John Tavares, C 31 1st (2009) 13 James van Riemsdyk, LW 31 2nd (2007)
10 of the top 13 goal scorers are either #1 Overall or #2 Overall picks. Kind of drives home the point that picking perpetually in the 5-15 range doesn't cut it.
Good thing to remember is that he would have never done that here apparently...I cry inside every time I keep getting reminded that Eric is top 5 in goal scoring this year.