GDT: 2023 NHL Entry Draft - Round 1 - June 28th - 7 P.M. / Round 2-7 - June 29th - 11 A.M

[SteveCangialosi123]

Fitz is playing 4D chess and has his eye on a 2024 7th round Jesper Bratt

 

[OmNomNom]

i care absolutely not at all about making a 7th round pick this year or next

honestly if we were just giving up the 7th i wouldn't even be too mad, those are nothing picks

it's a neat and classy thing to do

Lundqvist and Pavelski dislike this

 

[TrufleShufle]

Trade about to happen???

 

[glenwo2]

lolwut?

OMG! He's here, too!

That is so cool.

 

[forceten]

His draft rankings are over 100 spots higher than his #224... C/W... 6'1. I can see why they wanted to control his rights.

 

[Darkauron]

Fitz is such a nice human being

 

[Devs3cups]

LET FITZ COOK
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@Devs3cups

 

[OmNomNom]

lolwut?

OMG! He's here, too!

That is so cool.

who? what'd i miss? or do you mean mr irrelevant

 

[RememberTheName]

Seems like a solid Mr. Irrelivant.

 

[glenwo2]

Fitz is such a nice human being

beautiful

 

[PWiz30]

It's gotta be crazy to go to the draft in person as a prospect and wait until the very last pick to hear your name called.

 

[EnglishDevil]

Love that from Fitzy, a really nice gesture. Great to have a GM that's not only incredibly competent but also exudes class.

 

[My3Sons]

So no centers and no goalies? A bit of a surprise.

 

[glenwo2]

who? what'd i miss? or do you mean mr irrelevant

Seems like a solid Mr. Irrelivant.

Tyler Peddle.

I call ANYONE drafted last as "Mr. Irrelevant" even if they really aren't, talent-wise.

And Tyler still being there when everyone went home, just so he ends up hearing his name call was so damn awesome to see.

I'm very happy for him....even though he's going to Columbus.

 

[MauDevils]

Fitz was having a great summer until this huge 7th rounder gaffe.

 

[njdevils1982]

So no centers and no goalies? A bit of a surprise.

centers, no....goalies, maybe

 

[Lindys Lazy Eye]

After talking about bone dust and those origins the other night and space junk, I know I was calling Klee space junk for his brief tenure, which felt way too long. Only 24 games, regular season and playoffs combined, but it was 24 games too many.

I remember calling Lyle Odelein space junk back in 1996 or something.

That's exactly how I felt about the Kurtis Foster experience. Thankfully we greatfully upgraded before the playoffs.

 

[Brodeur]

lolwut?

OMG! He's here, too!

That is so cool.

I think last year's Mr. Irrelevant was in the building too. Belarussian kid playing in the Q, so he might have been nearby to the draft in Montreal.

Dustin Wolf was the 4th to last pick in 2019 and he looked pissed when he got to the floor since he expected to go much earlier. I think I read that he was ready to bail on the draft earlier but his entourage convinced him to stick around.

 

[Bleedred]

That's exactly how I felt about the Kurtis Foster experience. Thankfully we greatfully upgraded before the playoffs.

Kurtis Foster MUST go NOW!!!!! was one of the greatest threads I've ever seen on here.

It was started by @glenwo2

Unfortunately, it was banished to HTML hell probably only a year or so after he was on the team, when some of the old threads and content were deleted around 2013.

 

[MasterofGrond]

Honestly I liked foster

He was dogshit though

 

[AfroThunder396]

Overall, our current NHL/development situation gives us a lot of flexibility in how we could have approached this draft.

Seems like the plan was to draft high IQ players and hope that their physical skills catch up. A couple of guys who were late risers as the season went on, some are more projection picks.

But overall I think it's a good strategy and reminiscent of what Castron did in the early Shero years. Lots of upside and we can afford to play it slow with these guys, which seems to be a priority for this front office.

 

[forceten]

I think last year's Mr. Irrelevant was in the building too. Belarussian kid playing in the Q, so he might have been nearby to the draft in Montreal.

Dustin Wolf was the 4th to last pick in 2019 and he looked pissed when he got to the floor since he expected to go much earlier. I think I read that he was ready to bail on the draft earlier but his entourage convinced him to stick around.

Damn. Dustin Wolf has some solid goalie numbers.

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

If anyone’s curious, the last Devils 7th rounder to play NHL games was Jeremy Davies. 23 games so far between Nashville and Buffalo.

Davies might even be in the running for the best pick in that round. Depends how much you value….uh….. Joachim Blichfeld? Calvin Thurkauf?

And don’t forget the legendary Mauro Jorg. Our once and future savior Tyler Eckford was a 7th round pick in 2004, but that was back when there were 9 rounds. Nate Perkovich was taken in the 8th round and it looks he just retired from the ECHL in 2022.

And of course there was Ilkka Pikkarainen.

 

[My3Sons]

Overall, our current NHL/development situation gives us a lot of flexibility in how we could have approached this draft.

Seems like the plan was to draft high IQ players and hope that their physical skills catch up. A couple of guys who were late risers as the season went on, some are more projection picks.

But overall I think it's a good strategy and reminiscent of what Castron did in the early Shero years. Lots of upside and we can afford to play it slow with these guys, which seems to be a priority for this front office.

I like identification of IQ. It's an important skill and can allow a player to maximize their physical ability. Combine it with some compete and skating and you probably have a player who is at least a good checking/defensive player. I'd look more for the IQ skating combo though. The way the league is going if a player can't keep up all the smarts in the world won't help.

 

[glenwo2]

Kurtis Foster MUST go NOW!!!!! was one of the greatest threads I've ever seen on here.

It was started by @glenwo2

Unfortunately, it was banished to HTML hell probably only a year or so after he was on the team, when some of the old threads and content were deleted around 2013.

I did?

Man....that thread must've been glorious.