Prospect Info: 2021 NHL Draft Part 2

[nbducksfan19]

Ya, after much internal debate, i think Clarke is locked in as my 2nd rated draft eligible Dman (after Power).

 

[Anaheim4ever]

3rd player the Ducks official FB posted about is Dylan Guenther. So many have the Ducks picking Guenther......hmmm

 

[GunnarStahl]

3rd player the Ducks official FB posted about is Dylan Guenther. So many have the Ducks picking Guenther......hmmmm. Eklund is so much better

Actually I think Johnson was

 

[gilfaizon]

Are they not doing North American skaters first?

Edit: Appears to be a mix. I see Edvidssons

 

[Mortal Wombat]

Whoever we take I just hope we get a chance to hear Bob pronounce their name in a funny way like he did with Zegras a couple years ago.

"Owen Powwow" it is!

 

[Arthuros]

"Owen Powwow" it is!

I prefer Owen Pow-eh.

You know, because Canadian, and we all speak French up here (allegedly) so the "er" is pronounced "eh". Bonus because it's a pun inside a pun!

 

[Anaheim4ever]

His nickname will be Austin or Austin Powers

Groovy !

 

[Anaheim4ever]

What worries me about 3rd overall is past 3rd overalls like Kotkaniemi, Drouin, Galchenyuk, Gudbranson, Jack Johnson, Bogosian.

I hope we get more of a Stuztle or Heiskenen than a Kotkaniemi

 

[ShadowDuck]

Shame ESPN is not bringing him in

 

[MMC]

 

[LuckyDucky]

I'm gonna give it a 75% chance that Bob would call him Owen PowerS.

 

[MMC]

McKenzie, in this very long twitter thread, explains his rankings for those interested.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Can it be 4pm tomorrow already? Please?!

I know work is going to go so slow tom

 

[405Entrance]

There’s two scenarios. Buffalo goes eklund at 1 in that case power falls to us at 3 or power goes to Buffalo and we get eklund.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

There’s two scenarios. Buffalo goes eklund at 1 in that case power falls to us at 3 or power goes to Buffalo and we get eklund.

I’m still confused why people assume Seattle doesn’t take power if he’s there at 2

 

[Mr Rogers]

Interesting comment from Murray - targeting a F perhaps?

“We just did a presentation for ownership,” Murray said, referring to Henry and Susan Samueli. “If you look at any of the top teams this season, and back when we were good, the core of their players, 80 percent of them, come from the draft, if not more. This is a big draft for us. Whoever we get (in the first round) has to be capable of playing in our core, in our top-six forwards.”

Draft serves as foundation for Ducks GM Bob Murray’s rebuilding project

 

[Mr Rogers]

Sounds like Teaford thinks they go with a forward - I think that’s the right choice.

 

[Boo Boo]

Interesting comment from Murray - targeting a F perhaps?


Draft serves as foundation for Ducks GM Bob Murray’s rebuilding project

I wonder if this quote is related to him trying to sell eklund to ownership?

Murray has dropped pretty big hints for the last couple of years prior to the draft and in retrospect they usually are pretty close to what we end up with.

 

[Sean Garrity]

If Eklund is there, and Murray doesn't draft him I'll flip my shit. I could be wrong, but it just seems too clear that Eklund should be in the running for #1 as opposed to #5.

 

[Mr Rogers]

I just like the trend of going for high ceiling guys in the past couple drafts. Hope it continues tomorrow

 

[HunterDuck]

If Bob drafts Eklund that will be the sweetest swan song and I’ll love him forever

 

[bsu]

I just like the trend of going for high ceiling guys in the past couple drafts. Hope it continues tomorrow

Agreed. I want Eklund beniers power or Edvinsson.

 

[cheesymc]

Looking at the Kraken roster… they don’t look like they will be targeting a defenseman… or center. They appear to be targeting offensive upside who might be able to play as early as next year… only guy that could be is Eklund IMO. Buffalo has some interest as well but everyone is expecting them to pick Power.

My guess is that it’s going to be
1 Power
2 Eklund

or
1 Eklund
2 McTavish (Crazy?)

That would leave us with many options… Murray wanted to trade down last year and it looks like we can do that if we get some hungry teams. Both Devils and BJS have excess picks to get the player that they want. Would we pass on Beniers/Power (BJS) and Hughes (Devils) for picks and maybe contract swaps? I feel that we might be high on Edvinsson (and he looks like a target for picks 5-10). We might be willing to go for a home run pick if we got more assets.

 

[HunterDuck]

Seattle had a ton of LD before they took Fleury from us.

 

[c4rcy]

I find it very hard for Seattle to not pick Beniers given their severe lack of Center depth. Yes FA and trades can solve it, but we're not there yet. (Literally could have picked several good options during the expansion draft: Henrique, Domi, etc.)

Any one of Eklund Beniers or Power and I'm a happy camper.