GDT: 2018 NHL Entry Draft l June 22nd & 23rd l "Don't screw this up, Avs!" Edition

[Tommy Shelby]

Someone in the org was scouting Russia's baby league pretty heavily

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

I'll be the first to say it...Shmakov for Vezina.

 

[Freudian]

With most of the goalie prospects not trending the right way (jury out on Martin and Werner) I'm glad they drafted two of them this year. Even if they are longshots, it's so hard to trade for NHL starters.

 

[UncleRisto]

Both goalies are giants.

 

[CoachBadkitten]

Disappointed that Nando Eggenberger hasn't been selected yet

 

[Avs_19]

The loser(s) of this could go hard for Stastny.

 

[Ncit3]

Disappointed that Nando Eggenberger hasn't been selected yet

Ditto. I've been pretty high on him. Wonder why he went undrafted. Has tons of skill but a bad year last year.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

HF has basically died because of a generally uneventful draft.

 

[UncleRisto]

Kristian Reichel also went undrafted. Now, that's not a huge surprise with the 20-year-old but I expected him to go late.

 

[Foppberg]

Really hope HF invests in some better servers for next year... Christ.

 

[Jeff_Dyck_#1]

"sure they will"

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

In the first ten drafts in the cap era, Avs drafted zero Russian players. In the last three drafts they have drafted seven Russian players.

They do pick them in rounds four to seven, but it's still a big change in drafting philosophy.

Had to happen. You can’t ignore an entire country’s prospects, of which there’s a multitude of damn good hockey players.

 

[LTC Pain]

Really hope HF invests in some better servers for next year... Christ.

After you pay them to upgrade your account. Don't you feel like upgrading/paying after the constant errors during the NHL draft

 

[Tommy Shelby]

This is Nate' s team now. He needs to be "the guy" and the lockerroom has a whole new leadership group and dynamic to it, that's why we aren't in on Tavares.

 

[McMetal]

Is the board acting loopy for anybody else? Posts appearing and disappearing, threads showing up as read, then unread, then read again, old alerts popping up. Either the boards just shattered or whatever they did to fix Error 520 has side effects.

 

[LTC Pain]

Is the board acting loopy for anybody else? Posts appearing and disappearing, threads showing up as read, then unread, then read again, old alerts popping up. Either the boards just shattered or whatever they did to fix Error 520 has side effects.

Yes. All through the 1st round last night and remaining rounds today. It took me a couple of attempts to post this.

Epic fail by the administrators of the HF Board Group! How about removing the spam "upgrade" banner now?

 

[lonelybadger]

Joe Smith with the athletic just posted an article saying the only two teams for sure are SJ and Toronto, with Dallas most likely having a spot and possibly Tampa being invited but based on his talks with Yzerman might not be a fit. Joe Smith mentioned their might be 1-2 mystery teams, maybe Vegas.

 

[kovacro]

Brandon Saigeon. 20 year old ranked 209 by Hockey Prospect and I'm assuming not ranked by others since it doesn't show up on EliteProspects.com

I can give you guys a little insight regarding Saigeon as I watched him in person numerous times with Hamilton this year.

First and foremost, he has an excellent shot. Kid can snipe it. Pretty good on the defensive end of the ice. I thought he was an average skater but that can be worked on.

Had an excellent OHL playoff but he must have gotten dinged up the first game of the Memorial Cup in Regina as he seemed limited and was not very effective for the duration of the tournament.

Was a former top 5 OHL draft selection.

The problem with him is his consistency. Some nights he was completely invisible.

I had talked to two scouts from NHL clubs during the OHL Final and they both mentioned it was likely he would be a late round pick.

He will be able to step in to your AHL club.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Still trying to get my head around that Flames/Canes trade. I think Hamilton is easily the best player in the deal right now but I really like Lindholm and Hanfiin has a ton of upside. IMO, it could look really good for the Flames if Hanifin reaches his potential.

Not surprised Hamilton got traded again....and wouldnt be shocked if he wears out his time in Carolina not long from now.