GDT: 2019 NHL Draft

[DeadPuckEra]

Keliyev looks special

 

[StaalForOne]

Hope we can add a 2nd or two. Looks of talent leftover from the first round.

 

[SouthGeorge]

Can anyone think of one example in very recent years (as the game switched to speed) where a prospect needed to work on their skating and then became a good skater at the NHL level?

That's just a legit question. Not saying it can go either way. Just wondering out loud.

None. If you can't skate at age 18. There's nothing that can be done.

 

[bigdaddyk88]

So whose getting traded for us to get draft picks and prospects if they aren’t moving letang or Kessel our GM is a liar lol

 

[DeadPuckEra]

When did Lavoie quit my chemical romance?

 

[Hottubber]

JR left

 

[ColePens]

Tavares

Thank you. Good stuff. There's hope! I honestly don't follow draft stuff because I can't stop laughing at these idiots on NBC saying a #15th pick overall has NHL skills equivalent to a European soccer mega star.

So other than laughing at it, I don't track it and remember down the road.

 

[canadianguy77]

Can anyone think of one example in very recent years (as the game switched to speed) where a prospect needed to work on their skating and then became a good skater at the NHL level?

That's just a legit question. Not saying it can go either way. Just wondering out loud.

Mark Stone.

 

[Malkinstheman]

 

[Empoleon8771]

Can anyone think of one example in very recent years (as the game switched to speed) where a prospect needed to work on their skating and then became a good skater at the NHL level?

That's just a legit question. Not saying it can go either way. Just wondering out loud.

Bryan Rust.

 

[MrBurghundy]

Thank God.

 

[dogthateats]

 

[canadianguy77]

So it was all bluster. Trying to motivate the boys I guess.

Lets see if it pays off Cotton or whatever that dodgeball meme is.

 

[EVGENIMERLIN]

Some talent will be available tomorrow

 

[Turin]

He said multiple times he wanted to retool. So far he has... traded Maatta.

 

[td_ice]

JR left

Got that 8am wake up call tomorrow to go mall walking.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Can anyone think of one example in very recent years (as the game switched to speed) where a prospect needed to work on their skating and then became a good skater at the NHL level?

That's just a legit question. Not saying it can go either way. Just wondering out loud.

Getzlaf and Perry are the two guys I always think of first... there were questions about their skating and they slipped.

The monster under JRs bed also had some questions about his skating coming out. Was considered a choppy skater.

Lucic same deal.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

But 3rd line upside!!!!

He is huge for his age, but I doubt that he is so huge that he is going to be able to walk over NHL players in a similar way.

My primary concern is the same as the Reaves trade. The Pens had a system. Finally. It worked. And then they went 180 degrees the other way for no good reason.

This kid may turn into a servicable player, but he does not fit what the Pens did to win a cup at all. Yeah, there were some gritty players like Horny on that team, but he parked in front of the net and battled there. I could think of several out west teams where a kid like this would fit, but the Pens were something else entirely and unilaterally disarmed. This kid is from what I can see making the same mistake all over again and never learing.

 

[ColePens]

New thread up