Daily draft position watch

[Hrkac Circus]

At this point we need to hope for wins from: Pittsburgh, Calgary, Washington, Buffalo, New Jersey, Minnesota and Seattle. Any other teams are either comfortably ahead of us or so far behind us they’re not likely to catch us.

So far today:
Buffalo wins in OT.
Pens are getting run over by Boston.
Calgary not looking good vs. Florida.
Devils lose to the Canes.

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[Majorityof1]

 

[Mike Liut]

Too many bad teams to move up very high. We’ll be lucky to finish 10th. We can use a nice 10 game losing streak about now

 

[Hrkac Circus]

Too many bad teams to move up very high. We’ll be lucky to finish 10th. We can use a nice 10 game losing streak about now

The good news is, this bunch is grouped together pretty tight so it wouldn’t take much to drop. And at this point I’d settle for 10th. Hoping for 8 though.

 

[sfvega]

The good news is, this bunch is grouped together pretty tight so it wouldn’t take much to drop. And at this point I’d settle for 10th. Hoping for 8 though.

And don't forget that we could move up in the lottery like the Blackhaw.....bhahahaha, no I'm just kidding. We're wayyy too small of a market to have that kind of luck.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

15/16 wins in 62/63 games played is absolutely wild lol. I know that’s by design for those teams but still.

 

[Blanick]

I could see us falling all the way to 8th with how we are playing recently plus our tough schedule rest of the way.

My hope is that happens so we can be in on Sam Dickinson who is projected to go anywhere from 5-10. Even though most rankings have Silayev or Levshunov as the top 2 defenseman in this draft I feel like Dickinson is the most well rounded. It would give us him and Lindstein down the left side for the next decade.

 

[Mike Liut]

I could see us falling all the way to 8th with how we are playing recently plus our tough schedule rest of the way.

My hope is that happens so we can be in on Sam Dickinson who is projected to go anywhere from 5-10. Even though most rankings have Silayev or Levshunov as the top 2 defenseman in this draft I feel like Dickinson is the most well rounded. It would give us him and Lindstein down the left side for the next decade.

I like Berkley Catton too. Very skilled center

 

[Hrkac Circus]

Washington beats the hapless Hawks to move two ahead of us.
We’re in a four way tie at 67 points with Seattle, Calgary and Minnesota.
Pens, Wild and Flames all go tomorrow. Let’s get some wins you mediocre teams!

 

[sfvega]

I could see us falling all the way to 8th with how we are playing recently plus our tough schedule rest of the way.

My hope is that happens so we can be in on Sam Dickinson who is projected to go anywhere from 5-10. Even though most rankings have Silayev or Levshunov as the top 2 defenseman in this draft I feel like Dickinson is the most well rounded. It would give us him and Lindstein down the left side for the next decade.

Dickinson is also my #1 target. Getting him and one of Elick, Emery, or Badinka in round 2 would be a dream draft.

 

[Blueswin]

I like Berkley Catton too. Very skilled center

I like Catton too but we really need a defenseman is one is available.

 

[Blanick]

I like Berkley Catton too. Very skilled center

I like Catton as well but I think he is going in top5. I also would rather see us target one of the defenseman in that range. My ranking would be

1.Dickinson
2.Buium
3.Jiricek
4.Yakemchuk
5.Parekh

Honestly, even though I definitely prefer a defenseman I would consider a forward over the bottom 3 depending on who is available.

 

[MissouriMook]

Looking at the remaining schedule, I feel like 10-8 is best case scenario. More likely, though, we lose more games that we should win than win games we should lose. I’m guessing we finish 8-10 for 83 points. I feel like that puts us drafting somewhere between 8-10 as there are currently 8 teams at or below NHL 500. At that point, hopefully we find a way to move up a couple of slots if “our guy” on D is still on the board and make sure we get him.

 

[BadgersandBlues]

There's no chance we break into the top 7 at this point, so 8th is the best we can hope for. With the way this team has played over the last two weeks, I could see us securing a top 10 pick. The only x-factor is just how well Binner is going to play - I'd start Hofer a bunch down the stretch here and maybe even call up Zherenko for a game or two.

 

[PerryTurnbullfan]

Dickinson is also my #1 target. Getting him and one of Elick, Emery, or Badinka in round 2 would be a dream draft.

Dickinson will be the first left defenseman taken. What may help us is the Canadiens don’t need any defense on the left side nor does Ottawa. So they will be looking at one of the right hand D if they are going to take one. I think we will all be surprised that both Parekh and YakemChuck may well be off the board.

 

[TheOrganist]

A bit “concerning” we still have 6 games left against SJS, ANA, CHI and Ottawa. We really need to lose the two games against Minnesota.

 

[Hrkac Circus]

Pens down 3-0 late against the Oils.
They look almost as bad as we do.

 

[Blueston]

Pens down 3-0 late against the Oils.
They look almost as bad as we do.

pens are so done. they look to be only team (other than bottom few) more committed to getting to top of lottery than we do.

 

[Majorityof1]

 

[Spektre]

The Blues best hopes are what, 8th overall, but most likely somewhere around 10-12?

Good going Minnesota, 3-2 lead

 

[Majorityof1]

The Blues best hopes are what, 8th overall, but most likely somewhere around 10-12?

Good going Minnesota, 3-2 lead

Assuming every team below us plays at a 10% better point capture rate than they have all season (already wishful thinking). Here is where we will finish with various point capture for us.

Current Point capture (.523) - Tied for 9th
-10% (.423) - 8th
-20% (.323) - 8th
-30% (.223) - Tied 5th
-40 (.123) - Tied for 3rd
.000 - tied for 3rd

So I think this shows that top 3 is almost impossible. Top 7 is highly unlikely. 8th is about the best we could hope for but a lot would have to break right. Calgary got rid of a lot of assets, so they should play worse. I'd add them to the pile of teams we are unlikely to pass. So we are looking at 9th for the best. Pittsburgh lost a big piece as did NJ. We stayed put. So its possible they pass us, but not guaranteed.

On the flip side, it would be tough to make the playoffs being 8 points out, though not impossible. We could fairly easily be the best non-playoff team, being 3 points out. That would put the worst case scenario at picking 16th.

I'd say we are picking 12-15ish. Sure does show that when people were saying, "man that come back is going to hurt us", they weren't wrong. Would be nice to have 6-10 less points right now.

 

[Blanick]

Minnesota won today. I think realistically we end up right where we were last year at 10. I could see the Devils and maybe the Sabres passing us but no way does Pittsburg. They have packed it in.
Everyone lower than that is out of reach unless someone goes on a heater or we go damn near winless the rest of the way.

Let's say we end up at 10. Would you add both of our 2nds this year to our 1st to move up a few spots and grab Dickinson? I think I would, we have a lot of potential depth guys now we need to target some high end.

 

[PerryTurnbullfan]

Minnesota won today. I think realistically we end up right where we were last year at 10. I could see the Devils and maybe the Sabres passing us but no way does Pittsburg. They have packed it in.
Everyone lower than that is out of reach unless someone goes on a heater or we go damn near winless the rest of the way.

Let's say we end up at 10. Would you add both of our 2nds this year to our 1st to move up a few spots and grab Dickinson? I think I would, we have a lot of potential depth guys now we need to target some high end.

Ottawa screws up their draft choices every year and goes on a run. I think you have some guys playing for their life in hockey so I don’t think we get in to the ten spot personally.

 

[Hrkac Circus]

The Flames get hammered by the Canes. Thanks for nothing.
The Wild pull out the two points in ot!

Devils, Caps and Blues all go tomorrow.

 

[oPlaiD]

Assuming every team below us plays at a 10% better point capture rate than they have all season (already wishful thinking). Here is where we will finish with various point capture for us.

Current Point capture (.523) - Tied for 9th
-10% (.423) - 8th
-20% (.323) - 8th
-30% (.223) - Tied 5th
-40 (.123) - Tied for 3rd
.000 - tied for 3rd

So I think this shows that top 3 is almost impossible. Top 7 is highly unlikely. 8th is about the best we could hope for but a lot would have to break right. Calgary got rid of a lot of assets, so they should play worse. I'd add them to the pile of teams we are unlikely to pass. So we are looking at 9th for the best. Pittsburgh lost a big piece as did NJ. We stayed put. So its possible they pass us, but not guaranteed.

On the flip side, it would be tough to make the playoffs being 8 points out, though not impossible. We could fairly easily be the best non-playoff team, being 3 points out. That would put the worst case scenario at picking 16th.

I'd say we are picking 12-15ish. Sure does show that when people were saying, "man that come back is going to hurt us", they weren't wrong. Would be nice to have 6-10 less points right now.

Don't worry, we'll win the lottery!

And not move up to #1...

Few things more Bluesy than that.