2020 Entry Draft Thread

[Treb]

Anyone prepared for Timmins to take Askarov? Needs to be considered

If he's there in the 2nd, sure. I would be disappointed if we took him in the first.

 

[habsterr]

Anyone prepared for Timmins to take Askarov? Needs to be considered

Absolutely don't want a goalie with our first rounder.

 

[Geecko]

A pairing Romanov-Drysdale could potentially be very special. Unlike Kulak-Weber.

 

[Weber Fan]

Who do you guys compare Drysdale to Byram?

 

[Frank JT]

Who do you guys compare Drysdale to Byram?

Makar?

 

[HabsForHire]

Depending on where we draft i could see lundell being a MB/Timmons type of player

 

[Sagikev]

Depending on where we draft i could see lundell being a MB/Timmons type of player

If we draft around 8th, I'd be pretty happy with a guy like Lundell.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

I'd take a flyer on Gogolev, with all those late picks, they should aim for the fences on some picks instead of boring guys like Leguerrier.

Absolutely, couldn’t agree more.

 

[montreal]

I'd take a flyer on Gogolev, with all those late picks, they should aim for the fences on some picks instead of boring guys like Leguerrier.

with the way Timmins has picked teammates over the years, I could see it. We know they were looking for blueliners last year but we seem pretty good there and thin at forward so I could see them looking at more forwards this year.

 

[ItWasJustified]

I got this on the first click. I won't click it again until after the lottery, to please the hockey gods.

 

[Sagikev]

I got this on the first click. I won't click it again until after the lottery, to please the hockey gods.

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Man Ottawa actually made a good move... And they're terrific at drafting so having two potential top 5 picks... Yikes

 

[WeThreeKings]

Man Ottawa actually made a good move... And they're terrific at drafting so having two potential top 5 picks... Yikes

It just puts them back where they would have been if they never made the awful trade with Colorado

 

[Andrei79]

Man Ottawa actually made a good move... And they're terrific at drafting so having two potential top 5 picks... Yikes

I dont know why more efforts arent deployed at stealing their whole scouting and development teams. Have you seen the production their prospects are getting in the AHL ? It seems every year, they churn out good NHLers.

 

[Goldenhands]

Watching the Cataractes, I like Mavrik Bourque and Ponomarev alot late first early 2nd... Xavier Bourgault is the one that catched my eyes the most for the good reasons, kid is producing near at PPG pace and will be draft eligible only in 2021, definiely a kid to keep an eye on...

Edit: If I had to guess, Bourque should be selected 15-20th overall while Ponomarev should slid somewhere in the second round because of his defensive zone work....

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Anyone prepared for Timmins to take Askarov? Needs to be considered

Not if we're picking top 10. I'd consider him 15+ though.

 

[covfefe]

I don't doubt that Askarov has star goalie potential, but he's not the guy I am looking at in the 1st, because you can find starting goalies elsewhere, both in the draft and via FA markets. Here's the list of goalies drafted since 2004 who justified their 1st round selections:

- Price
- Rask
- Varlamov
- Vasilevskiy
- Samsonov - TBD, looks good though

Here are the top 20 goalies by SV%'s in the league this year:

- Jarry, 2nd round
- Khudobin, 7th round
- Kuemper, 6th round
- Halak, 9th round
- Francouz, undrafted
- Bishop, 3rd round
- Lehner, 2nd round
- Raanta, undrafted
- Varlamov, 1st round
- Greiss, 3rd round
- Hellebuyck, 5th round
- Markstrom, 2nd round
- Samsonov, 1st round
- Binnington, 3rd round
- Andersen, 3rd round
- Reimer, 4th round
- Korpisalo, 3rd round
- Talbot, undrafted
- Raanta, undrafted

Compare that to the league's current top ~20 scorers (last 3 are tied):

- McDavid, 1st round
- Draisaitl, 1st round
- Mackinnon, 1st round
- Pastrnak, 1st round
- Marchand, 3rd round
- Huberdeau, 1st round
- Panarin, undrafted
- Eichel, 1st round
- Kane, 1st round
- Matthews, 1st round
- Carlson, 1st round
- Scheifele, 1st round
- Barkov, 1st round
- Pacioretty, 1st round
- Josi, 2nd round
- Kucherov, 2nd round
- Perron, 1st round
- Guentzel, 3rd round
- Stone, 6th round
- Teravainen, 1st round
- Connor, 1st round

 

[Maitz]

Who would you rather have, Byfield or Raymond? Let’s say we finish bottom 5 and don’t get Laf, who is your pick? Holm seems like a good choice also

 

[Plekatorz]

Byfield, stutzle, raymond, drysdale

in this order

 

[SpeedyPotato]

Year after year, this ends up being the most exciting thread for me given how bad this team is. I really hope we get a top 5 pick!

 

[HabsForHire]

Byfield, stutzle, raymond, drysdale

in this order

Same as mine, i'll continue and say after drysdale for me would be lundell, holtz, rossi, holloway if finish at 8th or better we are getting a very good prospect no matter what

 

[HabsForHire]

Year after year, this ends up being the most exciting thread for me given how bad this team is. I really hope we get a top 5 pick!

I've paid more attention to these threads more then GDTs every year haha

 

[WeThreeKings]

Mysak may raise his draft stock as he moves to Hamilton of the OHL

 

[phillytennis]

Byfield, stutzle, raymond, drysdale

in this order

I would go with.... Stutzle, Byfield, Drysdale, Raymond....in that order.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Mysak may raise his draft stock as he moves to Hamilton of the OHL

I like him a lot, he's a really good skater, very fluid. I'll definitely keep an eye on him in the OHL.

 

[phillytennis]

I would use one of our second round picks and draft Sokolov....plays in Cape Breton.... great in the cycle game along the boards...good hands...he has needed size....he went undrafted last June.