GDT: Draft Day Thread

[Sweech]

Quite possible. who knows. not stoked on Stanley but it would be great to see him over achieve all our expectations.

Right now, looking at his comparables, having an NHL career at all would be exceeding expectations.

 

[CorgisPer60]

All I can say is that I'm glad that Chevy didn't get cute with the 2nd pick. That takes a lot of the edge off of the Stanley pick. I _really_ hope that he turns out to be a good prospect.

 

[Edgar Halliwax]

Button usually is a decent judge of talent - probably a bit moreso than the "experts" here.... His take on Stanley:

“Big man who has continued to improve his overall game. Mobility is good. He makes solid plays with the puck and he can play a territorial game that isn’t pleasant for opponents.†- TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button

Time will tell....

 

[scelaton]

I am a big supporter of Jets management, but they make mistakes, and this was the biggest mistake they have made at any draft yet, puts Lucas S to shame.
The highlights they showed of Stanley were mostly of him fighting, FFS!
I'm no expert on Logan Stanley, but the numbers on him are extremely damning!
To make it worse--- the next 2 players selected--Bellows and Cholowski--are the players we should have taken.

 

[SIV]

Well....you can't spell the nhl championship cup without.....

 

[Sweech]

Times have changed buddy, Let that sink in.!

Yes, they have, players like Stanley are now extinct in the NHL. It's very much sunk in for me.

 

[BrianFromAIH]

Not only do we draft this peasant, we miss out on likely Clague/Dineen/Cholowski, etc.

This. I'm sick.

 

[Romang67]

To the people saying that people being upset about this pick will have to eat their words...

I really hope so.

 

[Mud Turtle]

Quite possible. who knows. not stoked on Stanley but it would be great to see him over achieve all our expectations.

So he'll play in the AHL and we should be happy?

 

[Inflict]

Button usually is a decent judge of talent - probably a bit moreso than the "experts" here.... His take on Stanley:

“Big man who has continued to improve his overall game. Mobility is good. He makes solid plays with the puck and he can play a territorial game that isn’t pleasant for opponents.†- TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button

Time will tell....

While Button has gotten better at scouting prospects, he is still one of the last people whose opinion I trust.

 

[Johnny HFBOARDS]

I like the Stanley pick, this guy can be a real D man and not the next Coffey many expect every draft. He said the right thing, "the coach tells him what to do and he does it".... we just need to clean house with our trash D coaching system and we're trending up.

 

[Thai jet*]

This

Hmmm chychrun or stanley? They had better make ****ing use of that caproom. Otherwise its a joke.

At least we have Laine.

100 Baht says it doesn't get used.

 

[Deedog]

Stuart had 20 points in 38 games in the NCAA when he was drafted.

Mark Stuart is better offensively...let that sink in.

The kids 18. Let that sink in!

 

[aqsw]

Yes, times certainly have changed. Away from the concept of guys like Stanley as viable NHLers.

Hope he develops his skating and finds a bit of an offensive touch, otherwise this is flushing two picks down the toilet.

Would you be happy with another Myers with this pick, or do expect better?

 

[kylbaz]

To the people saying that people being upset about this pick will have to eat their words...

I really hope so.

The issue is why not get him at #22 and get another Dman at #36?

 

[Sweech]

The kids 18. Let that sink in!

And that's how old Stuart was when he could actually score points, which Stanley can't.

 

[Joe Hallenback]

Myers had 19 points and was -16 when he was drafted at 12. These big guys big years usually are there 18/19 year old seasons so relax

 

[Arthur Fonzarelli]

I stopped watching the draft now. Last year we drafted Kyle Connor in a similar draft position, this year...so mad!

 

[wabagee]

Not sure of the pick? But pretty sure we did not have to trade down to get a scrub!

 

[MrBoJangelz71]

He also had an impressive combine

 

[JetsFan815]

We have idiots in charge. This proves the people in charge are dinosaurs and explains the prevalence of Stu and Pavelec. Look at what Arizona did, we could have gotten 2 amazing prospects at 22 and 36. Seems like if Chevy/his scouts don't get lucky with a faller they are prone to shoot themselves in the foot

 

[Imcanadianeh]

The issue is why not get him at #22 and get another Dman at #36?

Maybe Detroit was planning on taking him...

 

[JetsFan815]

He also had an impressive combine

Are hockey games won by lifting weights and riding bikes?

 

[Hank Chinaski]

And the Flyers take the guy that wouldn't have been a terrible pick at #18.

 

[DeepFrickinValue]

Some consolation? Other teams seemed to value Stanley pretty highly too.

My take was Detroit was going to take him as well.