Post-Game Talk: 2019 NHL Draft, Day One | Podkolzin is our man

[THE Green Man]

Kaliyev, Lavoie, Korkzac would be my top 3. Also like Legare and Puistola but not at 40, would like to add another 2nd somehow to grab one of the latter 2.

 

[Canuckle1970]

Biggest surprise picks of the 2019 draft:

1) Detroit - Seiden
2) Vancouver - Podkolzin

 

[Ainec]

m...maybe more people should try it

Doesn't lead to wins

 

[GPNuck]

10 picks before Nucks.

My List updated:

10. Arthur Kaliyev, 6'2, RW - Hamilton (OHL)
19. Egor Afanasyev, 6'3, LW - Muskegon (USHL)
20. Raphaël Lavoie, 6'4, RW - Halifax (QMJHL)
21. Danil Misyul, 6'3, D - Yaroslavl 2 (Russia)
23. Nils Hoglander, 6', LW - Rogle (Sweden)
31. Bobby Brink, 5'9, RW - NTDP
-
35. Kaeden Korczak, 6'3, D - Kelowna (WHL)
36. Nicholas Robertson, 5'9, RW - Peterborough (OHL)
37. Vladislav Firstov, 6'1, LW - Waterloo (USHL)
38. John Farinacci, 6'0, C - Harvard (NCAA)
39. Brett Leason, 6'4, LW - Prince Albert (WHL)
40. Shane Pinto, 6'2, C - U. North Dakota (NCAA)
41. Jackson LaCombe , 6'2, D - Shattuck - St Marys Prep (High-Mn)
42. Matthew Robertson, 6'3, D - Edmonton (WHL)
43. Connor McMichael, 5'11, C - London (OHL)
44. Alexei Protas, 6'5, C - Prince Albert (WHL)
45. Graeme Clarke, 6'0, RW - Ottawa (OHL)
46. Pavel Dorofeyev, 6'1, LW - Magnitogorsk (Rus)
47. Jamieson Rees, 5'10, C - Sarnia (OHL)
48. Mads Sogaard, 6'8, G - Medicine Hat (WHL)

I really Hope we can get Leason, he super impressed me at the WJC's

 

[MS]

Here's my interpretation of Kaliyev:

1. He's an introvert with an underbite and motor tics; idiot GMs interpret this as bad character

or

2. There were questions about age falsification and perhaps that's torpedoed his draft stock

Interesting notion but there hasn’t been a shred of a rumour of this that I’ve seen.

You can correct me if I am wrong but I never understood the importance of the interview.

It’s so silly.

These guys are all coached and programmed what to say by their agents. They’re all high achievers to make it this far.

As anyone knows, there are shitty people with charisma who are great in settings like this and there are terrific people who are awkward. To draft a guy because you loved that he said that he was going to win a Cup is just stupid.

 

[MS]

I really Hope we can get Leason, he super impressed me at the WJC's

Leason is a better prospect by a mile than 3 WHL guys that went in the first round.

 

[Tryforthekingdom]

Here's my interpretation of Kaliyev:

1. He's an introvert with an underbite and motor tics; idiot GMs interpret this as bad character

or

2. There were questions about age falsification and perhaps that's torpedoed his draft stock

I think there might be something to that first one. Bit of a tic and what seems to be a very slight speech impediment is easily the sort of ridiculous thing I think could contribute to a drop.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

Leason could play on the Canucks next year!

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

Interesting notion but there hasn’t been a shred of a rumour of this that I’ve seen.

Kaliyev was born in New York, not Equatorial New Guinea...

 

[Josepho]

I must say I sympathize with Kaliyev since I'd probably be a similar interview to him.

 

[canucksfan]

It’s so silly.

These guys are all coached and programmed what to say by their agents. They’re all high achievers to make it this far.

As anyone knows, there are ****ty people with charisma who are great in settings like this and there are terrific people who are awkward. To draft a guy because you loved that he said that he was going to win a Cup is just stupid.

That's my thinking as well. Furthermore, if you someone who is an introvert or English as a second language they won't be as comfortable. Their interview skills aren't relevant to what they do on the ice.

 

[DFAC]

Bobby Brink at 40 please

 

[CanaFan]

I bet $20 that Kaliyev is off the board at 32 with Ottawa picking. His sexy statlines and drool worthy scoring upside will be a salve to fans still feeling burned over the high 1st. Not to mention the likely fallout of taking Thomson so bloody early.

 

[CloutierForVezina]

Pay what it costs to move up and grab Kaliyev at 32.

Walking away from this draft with Pod and Kaliyev would be an unbelievable heist.

 

[canucksfan]

3 Canadians taken in the top fifteen. That seems low.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

I bet $20 that Kaliyev is off the board at 32 with Ottawa picking. His sexy statlines and drool worthy scoring upside will be a salve to fans still feeling burned over the high 1st. Not to mention the likely fallout of taking Thomson so bloody early.

Not sure about that... but I can't see him getting by the Canes picking twice in a row. You'd think they would "gamble" with one of those picks.

I can see Ottawa going for Brink or Lavoie.

 

[NoShowWilly]

well I had fun booing but the only trade came while I went to the washroom.

 

[MS]

Kaliyev was born in New York, not Equatorial New Guinea...

Wasn’t he born in Uzbekistan and came to the US at age 2? But even then, yeah.

 

[Hansen]

Here's my interpretation of Kaliyev:

1. He's an introvert with an underbite and motor tics; idiot GMs interpret this as bad character

or

2. There were questions about age falsification and perhaps that's torpedoed his draft stock

Footage of an interview from the combine for those wondering



I can see something like this being an absolute anchor for NHL GMs, which is absurd

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

Wasn’t he born in Uzbekistan and came to the US at age 2? But even then, yeah.

Oh I think you're right, I was going by HockeyDB which has an incorrect location looks like...

 

[VanJack]

Really OK with Podkolzin pick.....most talented player still left on the board at #10....figured he'd never get past Detroit at #6, but they went way off the board. Benning really with no choice but to go with the BPA with this pick.

People are making a big deal about his two-year contract in the KHL, but realistically if the Canucks had picked anyone else, they'd probably have spent two years in the NCAA or back in junior for a couple of post-draft seasons anyway.

 

[Lindgren]

Really OK with Podkolzin pick.....most talented player still left on the board at #10....figured he'd never get past Detroit at #6, but they went way off the board. Benning really with no choice but to go with the BPA with this pick.

People are making a big deal about his two-year contract in the KHL, but realistically if the Canucks had picked anyone else, they'd probably have spent two years in the NCAA or back in junior for a couple of post-draft seasons anyway.

And as the end of that second NCAA year approached, some would be panicking about the player staying in the NCAA through two more years and then becoming a free agent.

But the "Russian risk" is real. What does Podkolzin do if he comes over after his KHL contract is up, and the Canucks think he needs to spend some time in Utica, or on the fourth line, perhaps flanking Jay Beagle in the final year of his contract?

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

I think I selected Vladislav Kolyachonok about eight times in a row in @jimmythescot 's fan draft. Maybe we can snag him at #40? I'd love that....

 

[thefeebster]

This doesn't have to deal with the draft per se. But i feel there are some really disrespectful few among the fans. I took the wrong exit and got stuck in the area with the buses. Anyways, i stood around awhile and there were these 4 guys who heckled and boo'd the bruins kid, the one they bring on stage, when he was at the exit door. Then when he and the rest of the Bruins group came out, those guys boo'd them again. I was in a position to see some of the exec's faces and they were cringing. I feel the boos in the arena were in good fun, but to heckle a little kid who was probably born into his fandom is kind of rude.

Anyways, saw Kakko and he positively towered over me. He looks huge.

 

[Bitz and Bites]

Man,Kaliyev is one of the most awkward interviews I've ever seen.
I'm not a fan of his overall game,I think he's this year's Oliver Wahlstrom in that he's primarily a a one trick pony and that trick might not translate against bigger and faster players and against better goalies.Pass for me.

Some interesting forwards should be available at 40.I think I'd go with Leason but Hoglander or Rees would be nice additions as well.
For D-men,Korczak or Robertson would be my choices here.