What do you think of the draft for the kings 1-10?
I have mixed feelings.
The Dvorak pick I honestly need to see more of him, especially with how high he was taken. I don't want to call it "bad" but overall, he's the type of player whose game is not yet defined despite all his tools. I can't call it good, either.
Ziemmer I am absolutely hyped about. I wanted him at 54 and was disappointed the Kings passed on him then. I thought he'd go late in the first. I'm not sure if he'll ever become a top-six power forward, but he's an NHLer with his swagger and style of play.
Slukynsky is a goalie who will take a lot of time. I was hoping Suchanek would be the goalie they take, but that's more on me for not following high school hockey that much. Can't hate a 28-1-1 record at any level, but I've not seen any footage of him.
Mania; I think people nailed it. Reads a lot like Durzi, and he was a second round pick. Getting someone like him in the 5th? Cool. I'm pretty sure I have some footage of him, so I look forward to trying to watch him more.
Ryan Conmy, I'm ambivalent. He's someone who manages to score despite not having the best toolbox. He's one of the players who could surprise like Kenny Connors or he could plod along like Jared Wright. But for a 6th-round pick? Not really anything you should expect much out of.
So, out of 10, I'd give it a 7. One pick I feel they hit it out of the park. The rest have question marks. But without a 1st round pick, and only 5 picks total, they could have done a lot worse.
Those were your write-ups? I read those and they were good info
Thank you! I appreciate that!
Great job @King’sPawn thank you.
I particularly liked: Ziemmer is also an IV drip of (often unpenalized) violence (Elite Prospects)
So, bit of a story - a couple of these articles I wrote ahead of time (the past few nights up to 1 AM, specifically), to make sure the information was available as soon as possible and to minimize waiting time. I wrote I think a total of 45 articles and would delete them as soon as a player was taken.
We have a pretty standard format of our articles - which includes the scouting reports. I used 5 sources (Elite Prospects, Draft Prospects Hockey, Hockey Prospect, Future Considerations, and McKeen's), but to keep it as balanced as possible, I rotate which sources I use in the article; as you can see, we only use 3 reports per. This gives people a good foundation of information, but not too much, and it gives Hoven space to update it with tweets and interviews (so I encourage you to check back on them).
I still read what was written about some of them from multiple sources just to get a general idea and to give Hoven some material.
Anyway, I HAD to start with Ziemmer with my rotation to make sure that line from Elite Prospects was there, because it was so ****ing good, and it was the most entertaining line read about, well, anyone. So, once I had my first one picked, I was able to continue with my random rotation.
