Speculation: 2019 NHL Draft

[Malkin72]

Players drafted high out of the BCHL have had mixed success at reaching their pre-draft hype, but Newhook's U18 tournament thus far is encouraging..

hes also committed to Boston College. I do like him a bit more because hes from Newfoundland (where i live) and it would be exciting to cheer for a kid from my home province on my team

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Players drafted high out of the BCHL have had mixed success at reaching their pre-draft hype, but Newhook's U18 tournament thus far is encouraging.

I'd be happy with Brinks or York. If we can get a 2nd I'd like Legare. I like Kaliyev but he's probably too much of a risk for where we'll be picking. And fo course when they inevitably pick a bunch of guys I've never seen or heard of before I'll absolutely lose my ****.

Have come down just a taste on York. Think he’s behind Harley now, with Heinola. Wouldn’t be upset picking him though.

If they add a pick there, hoping for Rees/Beecher/Fagemo in round 2. Would love Poulin if he slips too. Don’t know much about Legare tbh.

 

[StaalForOne]

Cole Caufield is tailor made for this team. Look at those stats and attributes! Too bad he’ll probably be gone by the time we pick, but that’s exactly the type of player we need moving forward.

Prospects board is pretty high on him. A few have said they expect him to go before 15 or so OA

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Prospects board is pretty high on him. A few have said they expect him to go before 15 or so OA

Yeah, can’t see him top 10 because end of the day he’s a 5 foot 7 one-trick pony (a really f***ing good one tho); but unfortunately don’t think he’ll slip to us. Be great if he did though.

 

[The Old Master]

Have come down just a taste on York. Think he’s behind Harley now, with Heinola. Wouldn’t be upset picking him though.

If they add a pick there, hoping for Rees/Beecher/Fagemo in round 2. Would love Poulin if he slips too. Don’t know much about Legare tbh.

we might have a chance for him he wont go as high as Harley although he seems to be still moving up

 

[The Old Master]

Prospects board is pretty high on him. A few have said they expect him to go before 15 or so OA

I think there is a chance he could fall because of his size. but i'm not sure he would make it to us.

 

[Burn]

As far as a style... Who is Caufield closer too? Skinner or Pacioretty.

One more of a skater... The other a little more grits and gravy

 

[WayneSid9987]

Things are lookin' up!

DAL vs STL in Round 2 means we just moved from pick #23 to pick #22 in the 1st rd of the draft this year. Both finished with less points than us but since one is guarenteed to go to the Western CF now, the team that gets there goes from picking before us to after us.

If Vegas beats SJ we move up to #21.
If SJ wins, we'd need COL to beat SJ to move to #21.

To move up more we need CBJ or CAR to reach the Eastern Conference Final.

 

[Freeptop]

Updated draft order, as of tonight:
1 Devils
2 Rangers
3 Blackhawks
4 Avalanche (from Senators)
5 Kings
6 Red Wings
7 Sabres
8 Oilers
9 Ducks
10 Canucks
11 Flyers
12 Wild
13 Panthers
14 Coyotes
15 Canadiens
--- Playoff Line ---
16,28-31 Avalanche
16-17,28-31 Golden Knights
16-18,28-31 Stars
16-19,28-31 Senators (from Blue Jackets)
16-20,28-31 Sabres or Ducks (from Blues)
17-20,28-31 Hurricanes
18-21 Rangers (from Jets)
19-22 Penguins
20-23,28-31 Kings (from Maple Leafs)
21-24,28-31 Sabres or Ducks (from Sharks)
22-24,28-31 Islanders
23-24,28-31 Bruins
24-25 Predators
25,28-31 Capitals
26 Flames
27 Lightning
28-29 Conference Finalists
30 Stanley Cup Finalist
31 Stanley Cup Winner

This is definitely an unusual year, in that 3 out of 4 division winners are already eliminated in the first round, and the fourth division winner is at least going to a game 7! (Go Hurricanes! If only to help our draft pick!)

 

[The Old Master]

Updated draft order, as of tonight:


This is definitely an unusual year, in that 3 out of 4 division winners are already eliminated in the first round, and the fourth division winner is at least going to a game 7! (Go Hurricanes! If only to help our draft pick!)

great news! every spot we move up could be huge, where we are drafting.

 

[WayneSid9987]

Lookin' around at some kids this mornin' and this Russian me likey quite a bit. Pavel Dorofeyev.

 

[steelcityassault]

Lookin' around at some kids this mornin' and this Russian me likey quite a bit. Pavel Dorofeyev.

Imagine him and Pavlychev running around

 

[Andy99]

Lookin' around at some kids this mornin' and this Russian me likey quite a bit. Pavel Dorofeyev.

Hell will freeze over before the Pens draft another Russian player...idk why, but my guess is they really can’t stand skilled players anymore and want “pushback”...

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Updated draft order, as of tonight:
1 Devils
2 Rangers
3 Blackhawks
4 Avalanche (from Senators)
5 Kings
6 Red Wings
7 Sabres
8 Oilers
9 Ducks
10 Canucks
11 Flyers
12 Wild
13 Panthers
14 Coyotes
15 Canadiens
--- Playoff Line ---
16,28-31 Avalanche
16-17,28-31 Golden Knights
16-18,28-31 Stars
16-19,28-31 Senators (from Blue Jackets)
16-20,28-31 Sabres or Ducks (from Blues)
17-20,28-31 Hurricanes
18-21 Rangers (from Jets)
19-22 Penguins
20-23,28-31 Kings (from Maple Leafs)
21-24,28-31 Sabres or Ducks (from Sharks)
22-24,28-31 Islanders
23-24,28-31 Bruins
24-25 Predators
25,28-31 Capitals
26 Flames
27 Lightning
28-29 Conference Finalists
30 Stanley Cup Finalist
31 Stanley Cup Winner

This is definitely an unusual year, in that 3 out of 4 division winners are already eliminated in the first round, and the fourth division winner is at least going to a game 7! (Go Hurricanes! If only to help our draft pick!)

So we need teams with less regular season points than the Pens to make the conference finals, as regular season seeding stays in effect until the third round?

Ie Blues, Jackets, Canes, Vegas, Stars...

Hell will freeze over before the Pens draft another Russian player...idk why, but my guess is they really can’t stand skilled players anymore and want “pushback”...

The new "get to our game" is now "pushback".

Kind of ironic given that Sullivan's mantra was "just play"

 

[Jacob]

Dorofeyev played in the MHL and his production there is way better than even Podkolzin's.. not sure what to make of that though. Because he's a bit older? All PP points? Much better linemates? Different division? Don't know much about the MHL.

Spent more time in the KHL too.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Dorofeyev played in the MHL and his production there is way better than even Podkolzin's.. not sure what to make of that though. Because he's a bit older? All PP points? Much better linemates? Different division? Don't know much about the MHL.

Spent more time in the KHL too.

Skating/pace

 

[Beauner]

I swear if we blow our pick on a 6'4" defensive defenseman...

 

[BladeRunner66]

I swear if we blow our pick on a 6'4" defensive defenseman...

lol i'll make your proposition even worst, imagine that D guy of yours was mobile, good speed with piss poor passing abilities.

Seriously though, i hope for either a puck moving D with offensive upside or a Forward gem in the making, preferably a short term project.

 

[Andy99]

I swear if we blow our pick on a 6'4" defensive defenseman...

But but haven’t you heard? We need more pushback!

 

[66-30-33]

Imagine if we had 2 picks in the top 20 and picked up Dmen that both turned out elite puck movers and had blazing fast wheels.

 

[The Old Master]

Imagine if we had 2 picks in the top 20 and picked up Dmen that both turned out elite puck movers and had blazing fast wheels.

all these good thoughts are only going to make the pain worse.

 

[66-30-33]

all these good thoughts are only going to make the pain worse.

Imagine if we had the 16th pick and took Barzal.

Oh wait...

 

[Freeptop]

So we need teams with less regular season points than the Pens to make the conference finals, as regular season seeding stays in effect until the third round?

Ie Blues, Jackets, Canes, Vegas, Stars...

Basically, yes.

 

[Goalie_Bob]

Imagine if we had the 16th pick and took Barzal.

Oh wait...

Imagine we had Barzal and no Stanley Cups

Oh wait.....

 

[66-30-33]

Imagine we had Barzal and no Stanley Cups

Oh wait.....

Weird, this did not pop up in my notifications.


Oh wait...