2019 Entry Draft Thread Part IX

[Mrb1p]

I personally really like Harley but I won’t have problem with Newhook and Bolduc with the CBS 2nd pick

Whats the point of Harley when Bolduc has been just as effective and he's going to be there in the 3rd ?

 

[Vachon23]

Whats the point of Harley when Bolduc has been just as effective and he's going to be there in the 3rd ?

I really like Harley tools + progression and I think we have the good guys in place with Bouchard Richardson to work on his defensive game. I think he can be a good top 4 even top 2. Reminds me a little bit Sanheim in his draft year

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Now you're getting it. Let's not put any two players in the same tier.

Or maybe we can put the guys with legit top line upside in the same tier and the gambles and middle six guys in a tier below.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Or maybe we can put the guys with legit top line upside in the same tier and the gambles and middle six guys in a tier below.

Nah, I feel like we just made a break through here. Rank the players. That is all.

But for reference, is Brink a ''middle 6 guy'' to you?

 

[phillytennis]

Someone will have to slide in the 2nd round, and if he does, he'll be worth it. There's absolutely no reasons to go for a guy like York, Harley, Broberg in the first. GO FORWARD.

I liked Harley before this game....he and York are not great defensively....but Harley is the youngest defenseman in the draft.

 

[ahmedou]

Bolduc vs Korczak what do you guys think ?

If you search an talentless D go for Bolduc. If you search an basic D go for Korczak.

 

[Mrb1p]

If you search an talentless D go for Bolduc. If you search an basic D go for Korczak.

You think Bolduc is talentless ? He's a good skater, good first pass and a good shooter. There's upside there.

 

[Vachon23]

You think Bolduc is talentless ? He's a good skater, good first pass and a good shooter. There's upside there.

And he is a monster

 

[ahmedou]

You think Bolduc is talentless ? He's a good skater, good first pass and a good shooter. There's upside there.

I think so. Initializing rushes. His mobility upfront is quite outstanding. A non-static skater.
Occasionally with the Armada, they tryna to tell him to not do so much tho.

 

[Yoshidas Island]

I've liked Pelletier today. Don't think he'll make it to our first 2nd round pick though

 

[ahmedou]

I've liked Pelletier today. Don't think he'll make it to our first 2nd round pick though

Noticed that Tomasino was everywhere.

 

[Yoshidas Island]

Noticed that Tomasino was everywhere.

Yeah there's no way he'll make it into the 2nd round now. I think it's more likely he goes in the teens than him making it to the 30's.

 

[Vachon23]

Teply need to be stronger. He is often on the ice after a hit.

 

[Yoshidas Island]

Teply need to be stronger. He is often on the ice after a hit.

He's got decent skills for a large lad, but I'm still left wanting more

 

[ahmedou]

Spence go reproduce that type of presences on ice you brought. But into a daily and nightly basis... That's the example of leadership that's must be implemented on you. Like permanently. To be the first to defend and to attack.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Nah, I feel like we just made a break through here. Rank the players. That is all.

But for reference, is Brink a ''middle 6 guy'' to you?

I think he’s likely a 2nd liner or an offensive minded 3rd liner.

 

[NotProkofievian]

There's lots of plays in this video that are pretty special, but check out 1:18 and 4:15 in particular.

At 1:18 he takes a pass off his skate, peels off a check and goes straight for the net, head up all the way, perfect pass to Riley Hughes.

At 4:15 he streaks into the lane to present the passing option, the pass skips over his stick. No matter, he just circles around, head up again, and sends a ridiculous pass over to Johnson for his 100th point of the season.

When he attacks he is a very high I.Q. player.

 

[NotProkofievian]

I think he’s likely a 2nd liner or an offensive minded 3rd liner.

Lol k.

 

[WeThreeKings]

He's got decent skills for a large lad, but I'm still left wanting more

He showed some great vision and playmaking with a willingness to shoot. That big at his age? The upside is pretty great.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I think at this point we have to acknowledge that Jamison Rees has some of the highest IQ in the draft.

 

[Mrb1p]

I think at this point we have to acknowledge that Jamison Rees has some of the highest IQ in the draft.

Exactly what Ive been saying for a while now.

I have a hard time deciding who's the better "Buzzsaw manlet" Robertson, Brink, Rees, Krebs, Caufield, Cajkovic, heck, even Pitlick. I have a really hard time ranking them.

Also, I don't even know if Zegras is better than any of them. Caufield is outproducing him on the same team, but is he better or not ? Hard to say.

 

[Yoshidas Island]

He showed some great vision and playmaking with a willingness to shoot. That big at his age? The upside is pretty great.

He had a couple of nice rushes with the puck and had the ability/sense to change angle before the shot (which is a positive tell for me), it's less the skills and more the ability to use them that I'd have apprehension with. I found him to be a bit behind the play without the puck on his stick. It was my first viewing of him so I haven't written him off, will definitely watch again to see if I see what I'm looking for.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Lol k.

Not bad value in the mid to late first, but Caulfield and Newhook are going to be gamebreakers.

 

[webersshot]

Caufield will be ranked top 3 in the mock redraft they do 5 years later

 

[WeThreeKings]

He had a couple of nice rushes with the puck and had the ability/sense to change angle before the shot (which is a positive tell for me), it's less the skills and more the ability to use them that I'd have apprehension with. I found him to be a bit behind the play without the puck on his stick. It was my first viewing of him so I haven't written him off, will definitely watch again to see if I see what I'm looking for.

It's a tough thing too because he's played with men all year, so you go back to the junior game and players tend to struggle with that. Is he behind the play or is he used to the pro game and having an adjustment back to this less structured style?

Hard to say. But for me he's got so many tools that I want to develop this player.