GDT: 2020 NHL Entry Draft Discussion
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McMetal
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I have to believe it was the league. Literally every team took their full five minutes, that can't be an accident. Even teams who traded up to clearly target players took the EXTRA five minutes the trade bought them before they made the pick they knew they were making as soon as the trade was announced. I don't think it's tinfoil hat thinking to say the league ordered them to take their time. The Caps didn't jump up and then think for five minutes about whether they wanted Lapierre or JJP.
Avs_19
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There were a few times when the GM was on camera standing at the podium/desk and they still waited. Bergevin stood there for a good three minutes to announce his pick and they went to him with a few seconds left. Some of it you have to do for TV because there are a few hours to fill but it was a terrible viewing experience.
Richard88
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It's so disappointing to see them throw away late round picks year after year, while a team like Carolina have drafted players like Pesce in the 5th; Slavin in the 4th; and now Seeley in the 7th.
Our scouts just seem so clueless in the late rounds, like they've only watched 150 players in the draft and once it gets beyond that point they just have no clue what to do and just throw in the towel.
Richard88
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There were so few picks we actually got to watch being announced by the GM's today. Just a lot of studio talking and commercials, meaning that 90% of the time we found out the pick from the ticker bar rather than from the GM's mouth. Awful setup.
Interesting. Y'all are probably right. Kinda silly on their parts but I suppose the NHL is trying like hell to pattern their draft coverage after the NFL Draft, and that one takes FOREVER to get through. It really should've sped up after the first round at the very least.
The best part was watching the reactions with some of the feeds that were clearly on a delay. For a few seconds we all thought the Sanderson family wasn't at all enthusiastic about him getting picked.
Avs_19
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No doubt. They took nearly two hours to complete just round two today! I was out after the Avs third round pick and just followed online after that.
The NHL.com ticker bar was updating with the draft pick like 30 seconds before even the ticker bar on the show
I don't understand why they remained so frickin' formal after the first round. Why not just signal each team instead of having Daly up there doing nothing useful?
John Mandalorian
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With a greater proportion of revenue coming from tv contracts (due to no ticket revenue), maybe the television networks are more determined and emboldened to wield more power?
Gatorbait19
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Super like for the use of the TM symbol. Now if only I was super liking our our 3c situation...
Avs
1st - Justin Barron: C
3rd - Jean-Luc Foudy: A-
4th - Colby Ambrosio: B (From what I've seen and read)
5th - Ryder Rolston: B-
6th - Nils Aman: D+
Final score: C+, I think we could get at least two NHL players from that which is a good draft, but both will be more classified as depth pieces than actual solid contributors.
1st - Justin Barron: C
3rd - Jean-Luc Foudy: A-
4th - Colby Ambrosio: B (From what I've seen and read)
5th - Ryder Rolston: B-
6th - Nils Aman: D+
Final score: C+, I think we could get at least two NHL players from that which is a good draft, but both will be more classified as depth pieces than actual solid contributors.
Whocares about that, majority of the players I like probably won't ever make the NHL or might be in limited roles. I mentioned that teams like Leafs and Canes "killed it" in terms of them going after players who have all the chance of making it compared to low-end skill level that others go for.
Very surprised none of these lads get drafted. I mean if you're going to waste a pick on Sokolov, then Okulair absolutely deserves to be drafted. The biggest names probably for me is Peeters and Knak because those actually have legit NHL talent from what I've seen. I get with Rochette, he plays a very junior game even if he has fantastic vision. Joonas Oden also has all the tools to be a bottom 6 player and I've seen teams legitmately draft AHL fodder in those later rounds. You can add Ivan Ivan to that list as well, but it might not be surprising to see him not get drafted at all.
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To me, 2 nhlers, even if depth pieces, out of five picks is at least a B. Maybe I have lowered my standards too much
After Heard and Bleackley I'm pretty sure you have.To me, 2 nhlers, even if depth pieces, out of five picks is at least a B. Maybe I have lowered my standards too much
Papa Francouz
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I feel like you and I are the only ones holding out hope for Danault around here.
Gatorbait19
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I won’t let that dream die til it’s actually dead. 3c is as obvious a need this offseason as 2c was last offseason.
I refuse to believe Joe and JB have no plan to remedy that issue. Hoping/thinking Joe’s doing his classic lurking in the shadows routine and then pull off a stunner.
MaKarter
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I was hoping we would keep our 7th round pick and use it on the best skating goalie available.
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Pronman's Avalanche 2020 Draft Grade: B-
Grading the Avalanche's 2020 NHL Draft: What we know about Colorado's class
Sens' got an A
Grading the Avalanche's 2020 NHL Draft: What we know about Colorado's class
Sens' got an A
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Grigowski
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No shit? With 2 Picks in the Top5 in a deep Draft...
btw. I like our pick in Foudy...Kid is fast!
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Murray is not f***ing around with the BPA stuff...(paraphrasing) "we wanted a defenseman and there was only one left at #6 so we picked him"
Honesty >> PR crap
What led to the decision to take Jamie Drysdale with the sixth overall pick?
Murray: We only had a choice of one [defenseman] by the time we picked. Martin and I decided a while back, if at all possible, we were going to get a defenseman with that pick. We had the two defensemen go [side by side]. We had them [side by side]. Once Ottawa took [Jake] Sanderson, we weren't playing around with that draft spot anymore. We were going to get the defenseman we wanted. It worked out very well for us today. We were hoping both didn't go in front of us, and they didn't. Lucky for us today.
Ducks GM Murray, AGM Madden Recap First-Round Selections
Honesty >> PR crap
What led to the decision to take Jamie Drysdale with the sixth overall pick?
Murray: We only had a choice of one [defenseman] by the time we picked. Martin and I decided a while back, if at all possible, we were going to get a defenseman with that pick. We had the two defensemen go [side by side]. We had them [side by side]. Once Ottawa took [Jake] Sanderson, we weren't playing around with that draft spot anymore. We were going to get the defenseman we wanted. It worked out very well for us today. We were hoping both didn't go in front of us, and they didn't. Lucky for us today.
Ducks GM Murray, AGM Madden Recap First-Round Selections
