Bruin Picks via Mock Drafts

[whatsbruin]

There are still some very good Defenseman that will be available at 37, Pilon Spencer Larsson being some of them...

Absolutely horrendous name for a defensemen.

 

[Ratty]

Absolutely horrendous name for a defensemen.

Believe it's pronounced "pee-lon". Would be a problem, though, if the "l" were missing.

 

[Coach Parker]

No chance Bruins draft a Russian in the first round. I wouldn't either. I hope Barzal is gone before the Bruins pick. Has a Zach Hamill feel to me. Just my opinion. Not a fan of Barzal obviously.

When you watch Konecny he has that killer goal scoring instinct that the Bruins really need.

If the Bruins do not select Konecny I hope Kylington is the pick, or the real dream would be if Werenski falls to #14.

Hamill in his dreams and fantasies while skating around with the puck doesn't even have the skills, speed, and elite hockey sense that Barzal has.

Barzal is elite and will be elite.

 

[OrrCam]

Absolutely horrendous name for a defensemen.

Yeah.....kinda like having a goalie named 'Lehtonen'.

 

[Dr Seldon]

Yeah.....kinda like having a goalie named 'Lehtonen'.

Or a point man on the power play named Wideman.

 

[RedeyeRocketeer]

Since when was Krejci enough to nab Ekblad? Sounds like more of a pipe dream than anything...

I missed it, someone said that?

Man I don't know what it would take to get Ekblad, probably something like Hamilton + Pastrnak. It would be tough.

 

[FireSweeney]

I missed it, someone said that?

Man I don't know what it would take to get Ekblad, probably something like Hamilton + Pastrnak. It would be tough.

Not even that. He will probably be a top 3-5 D-man in the league in a few years. Florida would be dumb to trade him. Would be a Seguin type trade.

 

[Dicky113]

I missed it, someone said that?

Man I don't know what it would take to get Ekblad, probably something like Hamilton + Pastrnak. It would be tough.

Hahaha.

The guy was legitimate 1D in his first season as a teenager. He is as untouchable as mcdavid. Offering them an unproven forward and a defenseman who is starting to look like he has major flaws is laughable.

 

[RedeyeRocketeer]

Hahaha.

The guy was legitimate 1D in his first season as a teenager. He is as untouchable as mcdavid. Offering them an unproven forward and a defenseman who is starting to look like he has major flaws is laughable.

I'm not disagreeing. But it would start there and probably need more. Anyway we agree it's way more than Krejci.

 

[Ratty]

My fantasy draft would have Timo Meier drop to us at #14. Then, Edmonton moves its second rounder (#33) to us and we select Jacub Zboril. With the Philly pick it's either Al Dergachev, Rasmus Andersson or Denis Guryanov.

Russians are a risk, no doubt, but look at Panarin and Tikhonov (Sp) who want to play in the NHL, the former on a two year ELC, after performing in the KHL.

 

[bbfan419]

One guy the Bruins should consider in the second round if he is availabe at #37 is Dennis Yan, very underrated, the kid can play.

 

[rcduthie77]

My fantasy draft would have Timo Meier drop to us at #14. Then, Edmonton moves its second rounder (#33) to us and we select Jacub Zboril. With the Philly pick it's either Al Dergachev, Rasmus Andersson or Denis Guryanov.

Russians are a risk, no doubt, but look at Panarin and Tikhonov (Sp) who want to play in the NHL, the former on a two year ELC, after performing in the KHL.

Draft Dergachev or Guryanov, then sign Panarin &/or Tikhonov and I'd be VERY happy.

Like both the potential draft picks, size, speed, skill and both have performed in professional leagues.

Panarin has explosive offensive potential & Tikhonov can play both ends of the rink with a bit of grit tossed in.

Also keep an eye on Fillip Ahl, hes plummeting down draft boards for some unknown reason (at least to me). If he's available in the 3rd round he could be a tremendous pickup. 6'4'' 200+ at 18 years old with a good stat line in both juniors and pros in Sweden.

 

[VanIsle]

If you want to take a look at a bunch of Mock's, I found this.
Plus there are some other hockey sites that I have not heard of before.

http://dcprosportsreport.com/NHLMocks.htm

 

[Dr Quincy]

Yeah.....kinda like having a goalie named 'Lehtonen'.

Or a tough guy named Playfair.

 

[Dr Quincy]

Draft Dergachev or Guryanov, then sign Panarin &/or Tikhonov and I'd be VERY happy.

Like both the potential draft picks, size, speed, skill and both have performed in professional leagues.

Panarin has explosive offensive potential & Tikhonov can play both ends of the rink with a bit of grit tossed in.

Also keep an eye on Fillip Ahl, hes plummeting down draft boards for some unknown reason (at least to me). If he's available in the 3rd round he could be a tremendous pickup. 6'4'' 200+ at 18 years old with a good stat line in both juniors and pros in Sweden.

I think Ahl is a guy who has size but doesn't always use it, isn't a great skater and has questionable offensive upside. I think he's a safe bet to be a player in the league, but is he more than a 3rd liner? Sometimes players like him do blossom and you get Jamie Benn. Sometimes you get Mikko Lehtonen.

 

[ChargersRookie]

Tavares, Ekblad and McDavid have what in common?

 

[BruinDust]

Tavares, Ekblad and McDavid have what in common?

Neither of them will ever play for the Bruins

 

[Ratty]

Or a tough guy named Playfair.

Or a softie named Ruff.

 

[FrankBruins]

Believe it's pronounced "pee-lon". Would be a problem, though, if the "l" were missing.

Actually the play on words Pilon/pylon is less of a stretch in French than in English if you pronounce his name right!

It's really pronounced [pilɔ̃] if you can read international phonetic alphabet, whereas you transcribed it as [pi:lɔ:n] so it's more like a short "pee" than a long, and the "on" sound is pronounced as vowel, with no consonant articulation at the end. It is called a nasal vowel, which English doesn't have. Think of the "on" in "Bonjour"!

 

[bbfan419]

Tavares, Ekblad and McDavid have what in common?

All three were granted exceptional player status and allowed to enter the OHL a year earlier at 15 instead of the usual 16 years old, also all 3 will be #1 overall NHL picks.

 

[slim399]

Move up and take Pavel Zacha.

This is what I was thinking.

Zacha-Krejci-Pastrnak Czechmate line

 

[Ratty]

This is what I was thinking.

Zacha-Krejci-Pastrnak Czechmate line

That's more of an offensive line than defense. Is Zacha ready to step in to a top NHL line right away?

 

[slim399]

That's more of an offensive line than defense. Is Zacha ready to step in to a top NHL line right away?

http://www.mynhldraft.com/2015/NHL-Draft-Profiles/Pavel-Zacha

This has him the most NHL ready center behind McEichel.

Would love having an offensive line like that and then a Lucic-Bergeron-Marchand to go against teams top line. Eriksson-Spooner-Connolly would be a solid 3rd line

 

[Ratty]

http://www.mynhldraft.com/2015/NHL-Draft-Profiles/Pavel-Zacha

This has him the most NHL ready center behind McEichel.

Would love having an offensive line like that and then a Lucic-Bergeron-Marchand to go against teams top line. Eriksson-Spooner-Connolly would be a solid 3rd line

Reading that evaluation it's obvious that Zacha's a centre. Not sure how that would work with Krejci, if indeed, he dropped to us at 14.

Love to have him though.

 

[Shaun]

Tavares, Ekblad and McDavid have what in common?

good ole canadian boys with exceptional status