GDT: 2020 NHL Draft Round 1 - 7 PM - NBCSN

[OmNomNom]

Stop sticking up for a bad pick. It was a terrible pick given the talent on the board still. Christ on a cross.

There were better defensive prospects in the board still and we go all the way off it for a guy with questionable hockey iq and foot speed

Idk there are worse D picks

But it's not like it was an unranked guy, so all we can do is assume they did their research and crucify them in a few years... Or not

 

[JimEIV]

This scouting staff being this scouting staff I almost guarantee there will be picks in late rounds that show at least second round promise and someone will emerge even if one or two of the first rounders aren’t what they hope for

We just had 3 first round picks and you are hoping for 3+ round to "emerge" to make up for first round picks...that about sums up the first round we had with more picks than we've ever had in a a higher spots than about 90% of our history.

 

[Guttersniped]

Pop's didn't play in the KHL in his draft year. In his +1 year he put up 1 point in 12 games. Shak did play in the KHL in his draft year and already has 6 points in 14 games in his +1 year. And of course Shak is a D-man.

Yeah, that was sarcasm, Pop isn’t comparable because he didn’t play in the KHL in his draft year and make the U18 team. The poster compared them and argued Shak should have been drafted in 4th round too.

 

[OmNomNom]

I'm just intrigued that mukh was internally ranked over the other D available

 

[devilsblood]

Stop sticking up for a bad pick. It was a terrible pick given the talent on the board still. Christ on a cross.

There were better defensive prospects in the board still and we go all the way off it for a guy with questionable hockey iq and foot speed

Stever K says he has #1 potential. What more can you ask for at 20?

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

We just had 3 first round picks and you are hoping for 3+ round to "emerge" to make up for first round picks...that about sums up the first round we had with more picks than we've ever had in a a higher spots than about 90% of our history.

Why do Holtz and Mercer need to be “made up for”? I preferred Rossi, but that wasn’t a bad pick. Mercer was excellent at 18. The Russian I think was poor but who knows, if they saw something, who the hell knows?

 

[Emperoreddy]

I'm just intrigued that mukh was internally ranked over the other D available

His start to this season in Russia might have jumped him up the draft board.

 

[Emperoreddy]

They got superstar talent at a position of need in Holtz. They got a safe but high value forward in Mercer, and took a swing for the fences at D with the Russian.

Works for me.

 

[The Wumpus]

Six picks tomorrow:

1-7 Alexander Holtz
1-18 Dawson Mercer
1-20 Shakir Mukhamadullin
3-84
4-99
4-120
5-130
6-161
7-192

 

[glenwo2]

Seems the Devils miss Pickles more than they let on.

 

[Oneiro]

I mean, these are our guys now. Time to root for them.

But post Zacha and McLeod...ya know, I get it.

 

[RememberTheName]

Holy shit

 

[Auto Pilot]

Idk there are worse D picks

But it's not like it was an unranked guy, so all we can do is assume they did their research and crucify them in a few years... Or not

Nah, I’ll curriculums them now because there were much better players available, same when we picked 7th.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Six picks tomorrow:

1-7 Alexander Holtz
1-18 Dawson Mercer
1-20 Shakir Mukhamadullin
3-84
4-99
4-120
5-130
6-161
7-192

Wonder if we can try to bundle one of the 4th and another pick this or next year to get into the 2nd round?

Guess it depends who is available.

 

[glenwo2]

Holy shit

Yeah. I think someone jumped the shark there.

 

[Devils731]

Holy shit

Someone should inform him about mock draft boards and that his internal list shouldn’t matter.

 

[JrFischer54]

There will still forwards on the board with much higher upside (by consensus) than this kids upside.

Sure he could be great. I sure as hell hope he is. But it's still a reach by consensus.

I'll be interested to hear STI's thoughts.

isnt our forward depth pretty deep though? At some point enough is enough and you have only so many spots to play kids before it hurts their development

 

[Blender]

Holy shit

Doesn't he know that this was a terrible pick as there were much better players available there by consensus.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

isnt our forward depth pretty deep though? At some point enough is enough and you have only so many spots to play kids before it hurts their development

This is a fair point, but you can always trade from a position of strength to address a weakness. A first line forward prospect is going to have more value than a second pair D prospect.

 

[Forge]

Holy shit

Wow.

I'm not going to lie... Barely knew who he was. I think I knew the name and can't even say that with certainty lol

 

[My3Sons]

We just had 3 first round picks and you are hoping for 3+ round to "emerge" to make up for first round picks...that about sums up the first round we had with more picks than we've ever had in a a higher spots than about 90% of our history.

If the team had six first round picks and each one was great are you telling me you wouldn’t hope that lower round picks emerge? My point was to try to remind folks it’s a long process and always surprising three and four years later. I don’t have any opinion on any of the picks. I’ve read some stuff by people I’ve never met and I haven’t watched the prospects play. For now I’ll presume the scouts who have made good late picks can also make good higher picks. Maybe they are all incompetent. We will see.

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

Pick 7 - was hoping for Drysdale or Sanderson, but when both are gone immediately before our pick, I thought Holtz was the pick that made the most sense for NJ. We need a winger more than a center and we need goalscorers. I have no problem picking Holtz over Rossi.

Pick 18 - love the pick. Mercer was best player available and a no brainer at this selection.

Pick 20 - Fitzgerald reached for Mukh after Rangers swooped on Schneider, whom I believe would of been NJ's pick. A little disappointing.

 

[Forge]

His start to this season in Russia might have jumped him up the draft board.

No doubt... And if we are going to be honest...I have to concede I understand it. I made up my rankings and had some people up based on what I thought they were doing in their +1 already out what I was projecting them to do

 

[Blender]

If the team had six first round picks and each one was great are you telling me you wouldn’t hope that lower round picks emerge? My point was to try to remind folks it’s a long process and always surprising three and four years later. I don’t have any opinion on any of the picks. I’ve read some stuff by people I’ve never met and I haven’t watched the prospects play. For now I’ll presume the scouts who have made good late picks can also make good higher picks. Maybe they are all incompetent. We will see.

Yea I don't care who we pick in the early rounds, I still want depth picks to also work out the same way I want earlier picks to work out. Scoring on picks throughout the draft is pretty critical to any sort of sustained success in the NHL, you need to be able to do it or you end up like Edmonton.

 

[NJDevs26]

Holy shit

LOL...but it is Jarmo. I remember when he got dragged for reaching for Dubois over Pujiarvi (sp), he certainly got proven right on that one.