Prospect Info: 2020 NHL Draft

[MauDevils]

Draft every Jesper

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

I don't necessarily think that a goalie needs to be drafted high, but don't blame this shitshow on the current goalies being bad then. The only way they're going to be able to improve in that area is from luck in later rounds and so then they need to focus on being better despite the goalies being crap.

Is Askarov ideal choice for me? No not really, but will I be really pissed if he's the pick? No not really.

 

[NJDevs26]

Mac will be much less of a question mark after this season.

Not really, he'll be 23 years old with 1.5 seasons playing for a **** team under his belt.

Yeah I'd much rather keep drafting goalies in the 4th round and beyond, just praying that one of them works out. Rather than draft a top 5-10 talent, that's cool.

Like I said, it's not that he would be the be all end all. Just the whole aversion to getting a goalie early on just because he's a goalie is ****ing nuts to me. In the same breathe some of you are saying our goaltending is awful and costing us, you're saying to avoid Askarov. Hope Domingue works out lmaoooooooo

It's the Saquon Barkley dilemma. Yeah you might be drafting a great talent but it's at a fungible position where teams don't want to spend premium assets and most top goalies aren't drafted with a top five or ten pick. How many high goalies were really a success? Fleury at #1 OA has a HOF career though he was never the best goalie in the league. Luongo at #4 at least a borderline HOF career (no Cups though), Price at #5 was pretty good, not that the Habs have won anything with him though.

But you have other guys like DiPietro who was streaky and injury prone, Kari Lehtonen at #2 OA, Al Montoya at #6 OA, Pascal Leclair at #8 OA. You're picking a goalie that high you BETTER get it right cause it's a double whammy if you don't. And I'm not sure a team with as many holes as we do should be the ones to draft a goalie that high, how is this organization the best situation for Blackwood, or Askarov to play well?

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[MartyOwns]

if ari ahonen was born 20 years later, we wouldn’t be in this mess

 

[Blackjack]

if ari ahonen was born 20 years later, we wouldn’t be in this mess

If only Manon Rheaume had frozen some eggs.

 

[devilsblood]

So who are the 5 best d-men in this draft?

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

So who are the 5 best d-men in this draft?

It looks like most mock drafts are very forward heavy at the top. With how high we’re gonna be picking, it’s probably gonna be a forward with our first pick. We likely draft a dman with the late first we get for Hall. Maybe we can land Sanderson or Schneider.

I want Byfield, he’s a big boy.

 

[devilsblood]

It looks like most mock drafts are very forward heavy at the top. With how high we’re gonna be picking, it’s probably gonna be a forward with our first pick. We likely draft a dman with the late first we get for Hall. Maybe we can land Sanderson or Schneider.

I want Byfield, he’s a big boy.

I know you never know how things will look a couple years down the line.

But we have Nico, we have Hughes, we have Zacha, are we going to draft another center?

Meanwhile our D is iffy now, we have no one in Bing, Greene is 37, Vat's is a UFA with serious concussion issues, Subban (I'm assuming) is not near what he once was and is clearly not a long term piece.

We need to find an impact d-man, and they are near impossible to find outside the draft.

So maybe we don't use our top pick on a D, but if we get a #1 for Hall, I am using that plus whatever to trade up and pick one.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Or you trade the late first for immediate D help.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I know you never know how things will look a couple years down the line.

But we have Nico, we have Hughes, we have Zacha, are we going to draft another center?

Meanwhile our D is iffy now, we have no one in Bing, Greene is 37, Vat's is a UFA with serious concussion issues, Subban (I'm assuming) is not near what he once was and is clearly not a long term piece.

We need to find an impact d-man, and they are near impossible to find outside the draft.

So maybe we don't use our top pick on a D, but if we get a #1 for Hall, I am using that plus whatever to trade up and pick one.

We have solid wing prospects but no high end ones, and with Hall leaving there will be a need for a high end scoring wing.

We could address that externally, but using a high end pick isn’t a bad idea either. Especially since BPA should rule the day.

 

[HischierSeDgewOrk]

Stinks that we won't have a high second rounder this year because of Subban.

 

[devilsblood]

We have solid wing prospects but no high end ones, and with Hall leaving there will be a need for a high end scoring wing.

We could address that externally, but using a high end pick isn’t a bad idea either. Especially since BPA should rule the day.

We do have a plethora of wings at the NHL level though. Palms Bratt Gusev Wood Boqvist.

Not to say a goal scoring winger wouldn't be helpful but the real need is on D.

And while I'm not such a BPA guy because BPA is a muddy idea to begin with, but the in general importance of a d-man as opposed to a winger does need to be factored in.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Stinks that we won't have a high second rounder this year because of Subban.

We will have another first. Maybe more depending what Simmonds fetches.

 

[Nocashstyle]

I know you never know how things will look a couple years down the line.

But we have Nico, we have Hughes, we have Zacha, are we going to draft another center?

Meanwhile our D is iffy now, we have no one in Bing, Greene is 37, Vat's is a UFA with serious concussion issues, Subban (I'm assuming) is not near what he once was and is clearly not a long term piece.

We need to find an impact d-man, and they are near impossible to find outside the draft.

So maybe we don't use our top pick on a D, but if we get a #1 for Hall, I am using that plus whatever to trade up and pick one.

Drafting based on need in the top 10 is silly. You always should take BPA. It’s easier for a C to switch to wing than wing to C anyway. Or trade down for a D.

 

[Lindys Lazy Eye]

We will have another first. Maybe more depending what Simmonds fetches.

Will we have to retain anything on Simmonds? Probably not probably since it's just one year.

 

[Blackjack]

Will we have to retain anything on Simmonds? Probably not probably since it's just one year.

I actually think we might. There area lot of teams really close to the cap. Retaining on Simmonds won't cost that much money and could really improve the return.

 

[devilsblood]

Drafting based on need in the top 10 is silly. You always should take BPA. It’s easier for a C to switch to wing than wing to C anyway. Or trade down for a D.

I'm open to a trade down.

But you can't go year after year saying "our D stinks" and then not address it.

We did draft a lot of guys last year, see where that goes, but obviously none were 1st round talents.

 

[BenedictGomez]

our D is iffy

The Death Star & the Titanic had "iffy" structural weaknesses; though I do like your optimism.

 

[devilsblood]

The Death Star & the Titanic had "iffy" structural weaknesses; though I do like your optimism.

So your saying I was understating the issue?

 

[Nocashstyle]

I'm open to a trade down.

But you can't go year after year saying "our D stinks" and then not address it.

We did draft a lot of guys last year, see where that goes, but obviously none were 1st round talents.

Yeah I absolutely see where you’re coming from. It’s probably best to trade down for a D unless a guy from that top echelon of forwards is still available. We could also always ship someone out for a D if drafting yet another high ceiling F makes a roster player expendable.

 

[Blackjack]

The Death Star & the Titanic had "iffy" structural weaknesses; though I do like your optimism.

Other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?

 

[Nocashstyle]

Getting another 1st in a Hall trade would be really nice. Let’s just hope it’s a wild card team that ends up missing in the end

 

[Emperoreddy]

Getting another 1st in a Hall trade would be really nice. Let’s just hope it’s a wild card team that ends up missing in the end

It will be lotto protected.

 

[Nocashstyle]

It will be lotto protected.

Probably, but you never know

 

[tealhockey]

It looks like most mock drafts are very forward heavy at the top. With how high we’re gonna be picking, it’s probably gonna be a forward with our first pick. We likely draft a dman with the late first we get for Hall. Maybe we can land Sanderson or Schneider.

I want Byfield, he’s a big boy.

Byfield would give this team such a nice spine if he realizes his potential. You get a bona fide #1 C, Hughes doesn't have to play their best players, Hischier can become one of the best middle six centers in the league. Seems like there is enough talent on the wing to spread around and develop some as well