Prospect Info: 2019 NHL Entry Draft Part I

[Zippy316]

That's how we got Gomez in 1998 as well. It's interesting to me as a draft geek that the analytics say it's better to trade down and accumulate more picks but historically the team trading up tends to do a lot better.

That makes sense.

You don't trade up unless you have a guy rated very highly on your board relative to draft position (especially first round). So unless you have horrendous scouts, you should be trading up for a great prospect that fits your team relatively well.

But looking at the overall data, a #29 overall pick pans out way more than a #35 pick. However, if that #29 pick you trade up for was ranked top 10 on your board, it's absolutely worth the extra picks it takes rather than taking a guy ranked #20 on your board.

 

[RememberTheName]

This Vasily Podkolzin is really something. His numbers are not too mindblowingly great, but god dam every single goal this kid scores is a highlight real one.

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

We dont have enough of that already?...

This team needs shooters damn it. Also need some high end flashy skill because besides Bratt and the occasional Palmieri deke, this team has zero flash

I wish i can like this a million times.

 

[MartyOwns]

what are the best names in the draft this year? something like Archibald Knuckles, or Beaufort Wagonwood. last year had some great ones

 

[devilsblood]

This Vasily Podkolzin is really something. His numbers are not too mindblowingly great, but god dam every single goal this kid scores is a highlight real one.

His int'l #'s are pretty impressive.

 

[ScottyK]

Been watching a ton of Cozens lately...kid is amazing. Win the lottery, trade down an take Cozens at 2 or 3 lol.

 

[MichaelJ]

Been watching a ton of Cozens lately...kid is amazing. Win the lottery, trade down an take Cozens at 2 or 3 lol.

The clips are impressive aren’t they? Looks like a man among boys and is fast as hell. Could be a great RH/RW scorer for this team, I think he’d probably mesh well with Hischier.

 

[Bleedred]

what are the best names in the draft this year? something like Archibald Knuckles, or Beaufort Wagonwood. last year had some great ones

Jackin Smallwood was a pretty good one from several years back.

 

[MadDevil]

what are the best names in the draft this year? something like Archibald Knuckles, or Beaufort Wagonwood. last year had some great ones

Tag Bertuzzi has a nice ring to it. And there's apparently some kid named Bailey Peach. Isn't that a cocktail drink?

 

[Scooooooooooooot]

Been watching a ton of Cozens lately...kid is amazing. Win the lottery, trade down an take Cozens at 2 or 3 lol.

If we win the lottery we are taking Hughes or Kakko lol Both are heads and shoulders above the rest of the players in this draft.

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

If we win the lottery we are taking Hughes or Kakko lol Both are heads and shoulders above the rest of the players in this draft.

lol yea, if we win the lottery and trade down i won't be happy.

 

[Emperoreddy]

We need to draft a stud Dman

 

[My3Sons]

We need to draft a stud Dman

A stud goalie wouldn’t hurt and neither would a stud center. Agreed that a stud RD to pair with Smith would help. Really just BPA.

 

[Scooooooooooooot]

A stud goalie wouldn’t hurt and neither would a stud center. Agreed that a stud RD to pair with Smith would help. Really just BPA.

Need LD more than RD imo (Byram, Broberg)

 

[Emperoreddy]

A stud goalie wouldn’t hurt and neither would a stud center. Agreed that a stud RD to pair with Smith would help. Really just BPA.

LD. We need LD badly. Our left side is a tire fire.

 

[My3Sons]

LD. We need LD badly. Our left side is a tire fire.

True but in three or four years when you’d normally expect a draft pick to start making a difference it’s hard to know what the team will need.

 

[Emperoreddy]

True but in three or four years when you’d normally expect a draft pick to start making a difference it’s hard to know what the team will need.

We don’t have any LD depth at any level past Smith.

 

[My3Sons]

We don’t have any LD depth at any level past Smith.

I guess it depends upon how you see Mueller and Butcher going forward. My view is that Mueller could grow into a decent second pair guy with the right partner. Maybe a more mature Sevs. Butcher I’m skeptical but beyond that he cupboard is bare no question. I also see a bare cupboard at center though. Beyond Hischier I’m not seeing any sure fire offensive centers in the NJ system. Maybe Boquist but I think he will be a wing.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I guess it depends upon how you see Mueller and Butcher going forward. My view is that Mueller could grow into a decent second pair guy with the right partner. Maybe a more mature Sevs. Butcher I’m skeptical but beyond that he cupboard is bare no question. I also see a bare cupboard at center though. Beyond Hischier I’m not seeing any sure fire offensive centers in the NJ system. Maybe Boquist but I think he will be a wing.

Middle 6 centers are a bit easier to trade for then top 4 D though.

I also have more faith in Zacha becoming an effective center then either of Mueller or Butcher being legit top 4 D.

We currently have zero NHL quality D in Bingo. We have some decent picks outside of Smith at the lower levels, but overall we really lack blue chip D prospects.

We still have a good crop of forward talent at a bunch of levels.

 

[Darkauron]

We also dont have anyone good on RD besides Walsh too

 

[mtnet]

Palms is a good shooter

But a "Palmieri deke"?

But yes, if not LD we need someone that gets to the net and never saw a shot he didn't like

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

We need to draft a stud Dman

If we end up at 3, I'm going with Byram.

We don’t have any LD depth at any level past Smith.

Do you not like Davies?

 

[Spoiled Bratt]

To this day, I still don't know why some fans would go with immediate need versus BPA.

Case in point... Pavel Zacha. We had nobody up front and went with Zacha over Provorov. Ivan Provorov was by far the best possible option at #6 and Sam Consentino, the prospect guru at Sportsnet, couldn't believed we passed up on Provorov. Not because Zacha was a poor choice but more so because Provorov was the better player then and would turn out to be the better player long term as well... and he was 100% spot on.

If the best player available is a center, a winger or a dman, that's who we need to take, period. What we need today might not be what we need in 2 to 3 years from now.

 

[ScottyK]

If we win the lottery we are taking Hughes or Kakko lol Both are heads and shoulders above the rest of the players in this draft.

I know, with Hughes I can't stop worrying about his size though.

 

[Darkauron]

Hughes size is nothing really to worry about. He has the IQ, motor, and the good center of gravity. He is a better version of Bratt and Bratt does pretty well