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As a result, the Islanders have traded away Leddy for Raty and Panik
Not too shabby
Not too shabby
Yes, almost forgot, Kautonen is one of the Isles main scouts. Worked with the sharp Jarmo Kekalainen in St Louis before Columbus.Koivula, Salo, Rajaniemi, Liukas, and Malinen all Finns in the past few years, and I like a majority of these picks. Helps when our director of scouting is a Finn after all, and most of our staff is still kept over from Snow's days
Big plus too. 5.5M off the cap!As a result, the Islanders have traded away Leddy for Raty and Panik
Not too shabby
Looks like the scouting staff only took one scouting trip this past winter...
Colorado grabbing Makar’s brother of course.
getting a surefire NHLer in Raty at 52 - one who could still live up to the billing of his pre-draft year - makes this a win for the Isles.
I think they really didn't like the Canadians this time around either. Felt it was safer to go through FinlandI've felt that way many times before - Even when the was no Covid restricting travel. Felt like they rotated which scout would get the most picks each draft.
From Pronmon, who I hate and find is wrong a lot (Kabanov got an A from him)
Also, someone should ask is the Isles FInnish scout getting a bonus, Isles have been going Liiga heavy past couple of years.
Quite a few of these players did not play last season or played very few games. So probably nobody has seen any of these players just like most scouts didn’t see a lot of these players except on video.For those of you who like/love/hate this draft, just really curious how much of all these players you watched. I knew nothing after the top guys so just want to get a sense if we should be really happy with these guys or people are just recycling media reports on all the players.
Not like I won't want to try to keep an eye on Eetu either. If he can lay the body and become a guy like Joonas Donskoi, i'd love thatHad low expectations for this Draft considering we weren’t drafting early or often. The fact that we came out of it with at least 2 prospects (Raty & Lennox) that will be exciting to keep tabs on over the next few years is a huge win IMHO.
Yes, almost forgot, Kautonen is one of the Isles main scouts. Worked with the sharp Jarmo Kekalainen in St Louis before Columbus.
You forgot Chicago drafting Dach's brother...And the Devils drafting Hughes.
...And the Coyotes drafting Doan.
If there was ever a year scouting staffs just threw their hands up, this was it.
It is quite clear that he has a huge say in who the Islanders draft. That they were taking Europeans this year should not come as a surprise but I was expecting a Swede at least.Vellu-Pekka Kautonen is the Islanders Amateur Head Scout. He's actually worked in this role for a few years even before Lou took over. Lou never replaced him. He's flying between Europe and North America.
I know Raty will spend next season in Europe.
When do you think Raty will be ahl ready?Is he better served spending the next 2 seasons in the European league?
And thanks for the player scouting reports.
Thanks, I also take Pronman with a grain of salt. He is often wrong, but will say this prospecting 18 year old hockey players is not the easiest thing in the world. I think this draft will depend on the success of Raty, and 4-5 years down the line how Lennox is progressing. Later picks are a crapshoot and honestly, unless you are a full time scout, I am not sure what to make of them. The only thing I didn't like today was we passed on Dylan Duke who reminded me of Cizikas. But will gladly be wrong if the Isles pick pans out.
As a result, the Islanders have traded away Leddy for Raty and Panik
Not too shabby
I've felt that way many times before - Even when the was no Covid restricting travel. Felt like they rotated which scout would get the most picks each draft.
Prospect dissonance.
One feature that also stands out to me is that the NA scouting seem rather "lazy" for lack of a better word. This year we grabbed a Sarnia player again despite him not having played at all, and for the last couple of years we have taken players from that club. It is quite clear that they spend time watching their draftees and then proceed to draft their teammates as well. Might get more info on them that way of course, but to me it looks a little lazy. Lennox' numbers were pretty bad so what they have seen in him must be very, very raw talent but I'm fairly sure they could have grabbed him later.
Feels like this scouting staff has been staying away from the USNTDP since Lou "really" took over.
The 2018 draft was a real goodin' for us, but it was a month into Lou's time as the GM and he was busy trying to get Tavares back into the fold.
They haven't taken a USNTDP kid since.
In fact, the last three drafts have been decidingly different from the 2018 draft.
One thing I notice about this draft class is that there are no smurfs, a positive thing in my book. Tells me the organization wants to stay on the "heavier" side of team construction.
Raty - nice size at 6'2 and 185 already. Not a bruiser, but physicality won't be an issue.
Lennox - 6'4 goalie.
Berg - 5'11 192, plays bigger and with an edge. Stocky kid.
Liukas - 6'2 198, big boy who plays big.
Malinen - 6' 176, on the smaller size and probably our least physical pick. Seeing a lot of reports of high skating, getting an image of Leddy gliding effortlessly up the ice so some smurfiness can be forgiven.
Machu - 6'4 189 and a RHD so I'm happy. Don't know much, but I love it for a 7th rounder.