2019 NHL Entry Draft Thread

[Mrb1p]

One of the scout: "If we are looking for a homerun pick, Fonstad could be that guy."

Theyre right though. Fonstad is an amazing player.

 

[L4br3cqu3]

Damn for a moment I was wondering who Muscle Granpa was... around 2:40, twas a shock

 

[Andrei79]

Good stuff.

Didn't know Alain Chainey had Kotkaniemi there too. That guy had Getzlaf 5th in 2003. Convinced his GM to trade two 2nds to draft Perry.

Had Karlsson very, very high, but dumbass Burke didn't want a 5'10 D, so he traded down from 12th to 18th despite Chainey's protests.

Guy's drafts helped Anaheim get that cup, despite high picks in awful drafts and low ones in good ones.

 

[Mrb1p]

Damn for a moment I was wondering who Muscle Granpa was... around 2:40, twas a shock

He's only 45

 

[Mrb1p]

Good stuff.

Didn't know Alain Chainey had Kotkaniemi there too. That guy had Getzlaf 5th in 2003. Convinced his GM to trade two 2nds to draft Perry.

Had Karlsson very, very high, but dumbass Burke didn't want a 5'10 D, so he traded down from 12th to 18th despite Chainey's protests.

Yeah, he has some good calls.

There's a lot more real scouts that had Kotkaniemi in the top five than scouts that had him outside the top 5.

 

[Andrei79]

Yeah, he has some good calls.

There's a lot more real scouts that had Kotkaniemi in the top five than scouts that had him outside the top 5.

Yeah.

And its validating to hear these guys share a lot of what we saw in these players too (Fonstad, Ylonen, Hillis). Cause, we don't get much feedback aside from the posters who come in in May/June to tell us all how dumb and arrogant we are in our rankings.

And I'm like 100% sure one of the players they talked about was Merkley too (the guy that had one as a ND).

I also have a theory that the team invested more since 2016. For one, our drafts are better(not that it was hard - we were shit for 7 years), they've (MB aside) started talking about skill quite a bit more and the pros they consulted (that guy with the PhD) I don't remember being there 5-10 years ago. They seem to taken a lot of data and different perspectives. I like it.

 

[G0bias]

Who's the weakling (but very good player) Rockstrom's talking about. Berggren, Ylonen?

 

[The Great Weal]

Love that the Habs did this. I have wanted them to do something like this for a while now.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Who's the weakling (but very good player) Rockstrom's talking about. Berggren, Ylonen?

Maybe Zadina ? He did have a pretty bad combine.

 

[The Great Weal]

That guy who said that he wouldn't touch him even in the 7th sounds like Merkley.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

That guy who said that he wouldn't touch him even in the 7th sounds like Merkley.

Probably yeah, he does fit the bill.

 

[The Great Weal]

So Hillis was our guy with that last 2nd before we traded down and we still got him, nice.

 

[TheBuriedHab]

Lol Timmins looked pissed when Bergevin traded that pick. Was pretty cool to see the behind the scenes draft for once.

Marty Lapointe looks like hes the head of a biker gang.

 

[montreal]

So Hillis was our guy with that last 2nd before we traded down and we still got him, nice.

not to make something of nothing but it looked like Timmins kind of rolled his eyes when MB says we got a trade, guess he really wanted Hillis.

 

[ProspectsFanatic]

Not taking someone in the 7th round that as we seen been taken by another team in the mid first round would be really dumb of them. It shouldn't be black and white for players of that skill level, I don't like him therefore ND list is a wrong way to approach this if Merkley is the guy they are speaking of.

 

[The Great Weal]

not to make something of nothing but it looked like Timmins kind of rolled his eyes when MB says we got a trade, guess he really wanted Hillis.

Ya I saw that too. I wouldn't have traded down either, but it worked out.

 

[The Great Weal]

Not taking someone in the 7th round that as we seen been taken by another team in the mid first round would be really dumb of them. It shouldn't be black and white for players of that skill level, I don't like him therefore ND list is a wrong way to approach this if Merkley is the guy they are speaking of.

I really don't like Merkley, but I think it's idiotic not to gamble on him with a 7th.

 

[L4br3cqu3]

So Hillis was our guy with that last 2nd before we traded down and we still got him, nice.

not to make something of nothing but it looked like Timmins kind of rolled his eyes when MB says we got a trade, guess he really wanted Hillis.

And I'm damn glad we did get him, to me, Hillis could be the steal of the draft. (yeah, I'm that high on him)

 

[montreal]

Not taking someone in the 7th round that as we seen been taken by another team in the mid first round would be really dumb of them. It shouldn't be black and white for players of that skill level, I don't like him therefore ND list is a wrong way to approach this if Merkley is the guy they are speaking of.

there was no name given though so we can't really say. But look at David Fischer, at least one scout had him at a ND if I recall correctly and it was the right call despite him being a smooth skating blueliner with size. That said in the 7th round you should be taking chances on players that others don't want. To think we could of had Anders Lee in the 7th round, wanted him so badly but teams were scared off since he was so good at HS football they didn't draft him.

 

[Andrei79]

not to make something of nothing but it looked like Timmins kind of rolled his eyes when MB says we got a trade, guess he really wanted Hillis.

He said he was nervous about the trade, didn't want to miss out on Hillis.

 

[G0bias]

Maybe Zadina ? He did have a pretty bad combine.

I was thinking Euro-based since that's his territory but it could be.

 

[Mrb1p]

I was thinking Euro-based since that's his territory but it could be.

Well Zadina played in europe last year, might be him. Maybe a guy like Nordgren? Boqvist?

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

 

[JeffreyLFC]

He reminds me so much of Jeff Carter from 2003. Same fluid strides, same vision, same hands, same shot. He's going to be a good one.

 

[TheBuriedHab]

The more of Alex Turcotte I watch the more I'm hoping he will be our pick next year. This kid will undoubtedly become my fav prospect to watch this season. Blazing speed, great hands and the vision.