Draft 2021 NHL Draft and FA thread Part 2

[Joey Bones]

I’m sorry but Wallstedt shouldn’t need 4 to 6 years to make the NHL. If you were tracking him you would know that. He plays on Nils Lundkvist’s Lulea team and made that team as a 17 year old. He’s 6-3 214 lbs. By season’s end he’d played half Lulea’s games. Lulea is an SHL team. It’s not a CHL team or an NCAA team. The SHL is a good level above all that. Wallstedt could probably play in the AHL as soon as next year if his drafting team wanted him to and do okay.

And to put further context into this, no goalie at this age was playing as a starter in a pro league. Not Vasilevskiy, not Price, not Fleury.

Kid is in a league of his own!

 

[Joey Bones]

I mean what he did was REALLY bad, but I got to hand it to the kid... Good for him.

Still won't play in the NHL..

 

[mas0764]

He probably saw what happened to that kid last year and figured he has a better long term chance to get into the league if he does his penance up front.

 

[Savant]

Trade up and get me Coronato..

Don’t think you need to trade up for him. Don’t think you should trade up for him either.

 

[Joey Bones]

Don’t think you need to trade up for him. Don’t think you should trade up for him either.

Preach!

 

[duhmetreE]

I mean what he did was REALLY bad, but I got to hand it to the kid... Good for him.

Never heard of him or his situation... but.. I'd take him in the 4th

 

[Savant]

He probably saw what happened to that kid last year and figured he has a better long term chance to get into the league if he does his penance up front.

That is 100% what happened and he will get no credit from me. Let someone else deal with that jerk

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

I mean what he did was REALLY bad, but I got to hand it to the kid... Good for him.

Try to break into a car at 2 AM with a woman inside: No repurcussions

Take some sneak pics and share during sex them with friends in a group chat: Forced to renounce from the draft

I'm not saying what he did isn't wrong, but damn, the double standard in the NHL is ridiculous.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Take him in the 7th round.

 

[Joey Bones]

Try to break into a car at 2 AM with a woman inside: No repurcussions

Take some sneak pics and share during sex them with friends in a group chat: Forced to renounce from the draft

I'm not saying what he did isn't wrong, but damn, the double standard in the NHL is ridiculous.

Probably still won't get picked because of this.

 

[Joey Bones]

Never heard of him or his situation... but.. I'd take him in the 4th

Sex offender.... 'nuff said.

 

[redwhiteandblue]

Try to break into a car at 2 AM with a woman inside: No repurcussions

Take some sneak pics and share during sex them with friends in a group chat: Forced to renounce from the draft

I'm not saying what he did isn't wrong, but damn, the double standard in the NHL is ridiculous.

Is this in reference to him or someone else?

 

[Clark Kellogg]

2021 BOLD PREDICTIONS

Welcome back to this nonsense, right? lolol

This year hopefully saw the light at the end of the tunnel in regards to covid and we can finally get back to normal come September. We, unfortunately, have one more virtual format of the draft, but this week will be insane regarding Expansion, Draft, and Free Agency all in a short time frame. But nevertheless, here are some bold predictions that I think could happen in the following weeks...

... but first... a crack at Seattle's picks...

Expansion Draft
ANA: C: Derek Grant
ARI: RW: Christian Fischer
BOS: D: Jeremy Lauzon
BUF: C: Zemgus Girgensons
CAL: D: Mark Giordano
CAR: D: Jake Bean (RFA rights)
CHI: D: Nikita Zadorov (RFA rights w/ arbitration)
COL: RW: J.T. Compher
CBJ: C: Max Domi
DAL: LW: Blake Comeau
DET: D: Troy Stecher
EDM: C: Jujhar Khaira (RFA rights w/ arbitration)
FLA: RW: Frank Vatrano
LAK: D: Kurtis MacDermid
MIN: G: Kaapo Kahkonen
MON: C: Phillip Danault (UFA rights)
NAS: RW: Colton Sissons
NJD: RW: Nathan Bastian
NYI: RW: Josh Bailey
NYR: C: Colin Blackwell
OTT: C: Chris Tierney
PHI: D: Robert Hagg
PIT: RW: Brandon Tanev
SJS: D: Radim Simek
STL: RW: Vladimir Tarasenko
TBL: C: Mathieu Joseph
TOR: D: Travis Dermott
VAN: G: Brayden Holtby
WAS: G: Vitek Vanecek
WIN: RW: Mason Appleton



Without further ado...

Trade/Signing Rumors
1. Tuukka Rask WILL retire.
2. Gabriel Landeskog WILL re-sign in Colorado long-term.
3. Oliver Ekman-Larsson WILL be traded to a team out east.
4. Tampa Bay WILL unload Tyler Johnson, Alex Killorn, AND Ondrej Palat in separate trades. They WILL keep Yanni Gourde.
5. Alex Ovechkin WILL NOT be signed by anyone other than the Capitals.
6. Evgeni Malkin WILL get traded to a team that has cap space.
7. Vegas WILL trade Robin Lehner and WILL NOT trade Fleury.
8. Zach Parise and Ryan Suter WILL sign with the same team.
9. Matthew Tkachuk WILL be traded to a team out east and it WILL NOT be the Rangers.
10. Seattle WILL select Phillip Danault in expansion and sign him before he hits Free Agency.

Draft
1. Luke Hughes goes in the top 5.
2. Jesper Wallstedt goes in the top 10.
3. Carson Lambos goes in the top 15.
4. Zach L'Heureux goes in the top 20.
5. The biggest risers in the 1st round will be Fedor Svechkov and Francesco Pinelli.
6. The biggest fallers in the 1st round will be Matthew Coronato and Fabian Lysell.
7. More goalies will go in the 1st round than we originally anticipated.
8. Chaz Lucius WILL NOT drop out of the top 10, but Kent Johnson WILL.
9. Shai Buium, Oskar Olausson, Prokhor Poltapov, and Jack Peart will be 1st round picks on Friday.
10. Aatu Raty, Daniil Chayka, Corson Cuelemans, and Xavier Bourgault will fall out of the 1st round.


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Fedor Svechkov

Quote this post with your thoughts!! Although I said multiple times that they'll trade this pick, the bold thing to do is select Svechkov with it.

I wonder what Calgary will get for Matthew Tkachuk?

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Is this in reference to him or someone else?

I think that was Auston Matthews.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Take him in the 7th round.

I want the organization to draft Miguel Tourigny with the seventh we have left.
If he goes undrafted I hope once he is eligible they sign him as a free agent.

 

[redwhiteandblue]

I think that was Auston Matthews.

What I figured. I remember the story was he pulled his pants down at a woman and was mooning her. I had a feeling there was more to it but must have toed the line.

 

[TheBloodyNine]

Anyone have any thoughts on Doaner's kid with one of our thirds?

 

[RangersFan1994]

Anyone have any thoughts on Doaner's kid with one of our thirds?

Josh Doan, son of Coyotes legend Shane Doan, signs with ASU hockey I bet Arizona takes him

 

[Joey Bones]

I wonder what Calgary will get for Matthew Tkachuk?

You're welcome, lolol

 

[Joey Bones]

Anyone have any thoughts on Doaner's kid with one of our thirds?

Absolute must, IMO. Think he could slide into the 2nd somehow. Kid has a motor and a mindset. Would be a solid pickup.

 

[TheBloodyNine]

Absolute must, IMO. Think he could slide into the 2nd somehow. Kid has a motor and a mindset. Would be a solid pickup.

Good thing for us we have pick #1 in that round then!

 

[Gospel of Prospal]

If we trade our first round pick and don't pick until the 3rd round, I hope Oliver Kapanen falls to us

 

[Joey Bones]

If we trade our first round pick and don't pick until the 3rd round, I hope Oliver Kapanen falls to us

Before Bob's list, I would've said he won't make it that far. He's ranked No. 52 IIRC so it really isn't too far off into the 3rd.

 

[RangersFan1994]

 

[mas0764]

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Can I swap Chytil for 15OA?

Cause if so that's exactly what I've been saying the package should look like.

I would have to swallow real hard to include Chytil but keep 15.... but at least I'd be keeping Kravtsov and Nils. And at that juncture I'd think the plan is to keep Zibanejad and Eichel, so the long term need for Chytil is far less.

Whooooooooooo buddy.