2021 NHL Draft (new season tank edition)

[STL Shark]

Injuries only came into play once the season was already gone. And goaltending would only improve if we got a better goalie. We did not.

This team has only gotten worse over the off season. We have the worst goalie tandem in hockey. Did not fill any of our needs in UFA. And our aging core only got older. The cherry on top is really swapping a declining Thornton for an obsolete Marleau.

This is a bottom-5 team.

Goaltending improved drastically once Deboer and Co. were fired so that statement is literally nothing but a falsehood in its entirety. By the time Boughner got any sort of a system established he was playing with basically an AHL forward group due to injury. So while this team is not a Cup Contender, it is assuredly not a bottom 5 team unless they sustain horrible injury luck and are the worst coached team in the league for half the season again like they were under Deboer.

 

[Groo]

Prospects of interest
M. Beniers. C/LW
C. Lambos LHD
C. Ceulemans RHD

 

[Doctor Soraluce]

Prospects of interest
M. Beniers. C/LW
C. Lambos LHD
C. Ceulemans RHD

Yeah but... can they defend...?

 

[Kcoyote3]

Time to revive this.

Been looking at William Eklund at eliteprospects.com

 

[Bowie22]

Time to revive this.

Been looking at William Eklund at eliteprospects.com

He's going to be a player. E5

 

[themelkman]

Getting Lysell, Eklund or Beniers would be amazing.

 

[fasterthanlight]

He's going to be a player. E5

EK the type of guy to fall in love, get married, have a kid, get him excited about hockey, drive him to practices for 18 years, and convince him to move to NA to get better insider tips

 

[Sharksrule04]

Hughes, Power or Beniers are the picks for me. Guenther has had a great start to the WHL season. What do people know about him?

 

[anthonyyy]

I've also been loving Eklund! Is he rising up draft boards too much for the Sharks to be able to draft though?

 

[one2gamble]

I've also been loving Eklund! Is he rising up draft boards too much for the Sharks to be able to draft though?

I dont think thats a concern this year lol

 

[Bowie22]

Tankathon | 2021 NHL Draft Order & Lottery Simulator

 

[themelkman]

Everything depends on a lot, but if the sharks win the lottery this year but then arent allowed to next year, that would be 100% normal Sharks luck.

 

[anthonyyy]

Everything depends on a lot, but if the sharks win the lottery this year but then arent allowed to next year, that would be 100% normal Sharks luck.

I would hurt myself.

 

[Friday]

Seems like the Sharks will be picking in the Kent Johnson, Dylan Guenther, Aatu Raty, Fabian Lysell area so I dunno which one of those guys jumps off the most. Crazy how far Raty has fallen in the last year, was a cant miss number one pick a couple years ago.

 

[Juxtaposer]

Luke Hughes is my guy, but I like Beniers and Eklund a lot too. I’d like to end up in the 4th/5th overall range.

 

[fEyD08]

The Episode from Locked on Sharks with Will Scouch on the 2021 Draft Class was very interesting. I'm not sold on Power, would definitely take Hughes over him if its possible.

 

[themelkman]

The Episode from Locked on Sharks with Will Scouch on the 2021 Draft Class was very interesting. I'm not sold on Power, would definitely take Hughes over him if its possible.

Power is a great pick at like 10, but not top 5. Let a worse scouting team make the mistake

 

[jarr92]

Without even knowing who the player is, I'd say go after the consensus #1 ranked center from Canada and start there

 

[Juxtaposer]

Power is a great pick at like 10, but not top 5. Let a worse scouting team make the mistake

Agreed. I actually like Power quite a bit but I’d be more comfortable with taking him in the 7-10 range than top-5.

Without even knowing who the player is, I'd say go after the consensus #1 ranked center from Canada and start there

You have to scroll pretty far down the consensus list to find one of them. And that’s even if you think Kent Johnson projects as an NHL center.

 

[themelkman]

Without even knowing who the player is, I'd say go after the consensus #1 ranked center from Canada and start there

Kent Johnson it is I guess.

 

[Pavelski2112]

Who are we kidding, we all know that they're gonna go off the board

 

[themelkman]

Who are we kidding, we all know that they're gonna go off the board

Its kind of exciting to have a top ten pick again because they will ignore all my favorites just like they did with Werenski, Barzal and Zacha

 

[Gecklund]

Its kind of exciting to have a top ten pick again because they will ignore all my favorites just like they did with Werenski, Barzal and Zacha

And they go with the guy we wanted the least in Timo.

 

[LadyStanley]

Still no decision on timing of entry draft. Part of the problem is the legalese/handling CBA changes if it gets delayed. (Teams would realistically be basing their decisions from 19-20 season observations. Kids grow "fast", so could have vastly improved, or really fell off because of forced inactivity.) A number of podcasts calling for NHL/owners and NHLPA to "do the right thing" WRT the players. (Some teams complaining about having to handle two draft classes "at once".)

After Detroit, who finished 30 points behind #30 team) did NOT win the draft lottery, there's been some discussions about tweaking the system (to allow a team with similar "big gap") to have more chances to win lottery.


So, that's all up in the air. Will there be a NHL entry draft in July? Will it only be round 1? What about the 20 yos that might not get a chance to be drafted?

And how can Seattle get enough bodies to stack their depth? 30 teams from expansion draft. Possible additions from future consideration trades. And then free agency? Trades?

 

[themelkman]

And they go with the guy we wanted the least in Timo.

Oh no that was Crouse. Everyone knew Crouse sucked and the Yotes still took him