Speculation: Draft Pick Watch/Lottery Tracker 2019

[darkwingduck]

I feel strongly that ducks get the 2nd pick and get kakko. Finnish winger, and getting a winger when the team need a center feels so much like a duck's sort of thing.

 

[Exit Dose]

The team was never bad enough to get into the top 5. Even under Carlyle they would have pulled out of the nosedive, maybe not to the degree that they did, but it would have happened. The lotto was and is our only route there. This isn't a bottom five roster. It shouldn't even be in the bottom 15.

 

[Masch78]

Unlikely the players available at 9th help the NHL team in the next 3-4 seasons.

You can not say this in general. Btw, all USNDP players will head to college, except Hughes. So you never know.

 

[Static]

The team was never bad enough to get into the top 5. Even under Carlyle they would have pulled out of the nosedive, maybe not to the degree that they did, but it would have happened. The lotto was and is our only route there. This isn't a bottom five roster. It shouldn't even be in the bottom 15.

Yeah, through it all they missed the playoffs by five wins. That's nothing.

 

[McDonald19]

You can not say this in general. Btw, all USNDP players will head to college, except Hughes. So you never know.

Nothing is guaranteed, but it’s likely. Although teams favor 20 year olds over 30 year olds more now than 10-20 years ago.

 

[McDonald19]

You have advance knowledge of how the lottery turned out?

Did I say the Ducks are picking 9th? I made a statement based on their current lottery position.

 

[Deuce22]

Did I say the Ducks are picking 9th? I made a statement based on their current lottery position.

You said "the players available at 9th.." I wrongly assumed that you meant they were picking 9th.

 

[70sSanO]

The problem with “a” franchise player is that nearly every franchise has one and a lot of those franchises don’t come close to winning a cup.

Toronto is a great example of having not 1 but 2 franchise players, a decent goalie, and HOF coach and they probably won’t come out of the East. In all fairness they also had to overcome both Burke and Carlyle, but I digress. You need to get lucky with late 1st and 2nd/3rd round picks, and smart timely trades.

John

 

[KaseMeOutside]

How, exactly? His emergence was because he scored goals and assisted on goals, which led to Duck wins.

I'm saying he could've been scoring in losses and it would be just the same as scoring in wins. You guys can attempt to defend these meaningless wins but they do nothing to help this team moving forward. What we really needed is a franchise player and now it'll be alot harder to find that

Anaheim could've been pushing for a playoff spot if the GM acted sooner. We just suffered thru a trash season and don't even have a high pick to show for it

 

[KyleJRM]

I'm saying he could've been scoring in losses and it would be just the same as scoring in wins. You guys can attempt to defend these meaningless wins but they do nothing to help this team moving forward. What we really needed is a franchise player and now it'll be alot harder to find that

Anaheim could've been pushing for a playoff spot if the GM acted sooner. We just suffered thru a trash season and don't even have a high pick to show for it

The reason they were wins and not losses is because of his goals, and because other players who will be a part of the team's future also showed improvement. This is a good thing. This helps the team moving forward more than a shiny new toy prospect (which we're getting anyway, it just could have been 10% shinier).

 

[KyleJRM]

It's interesting to me that there was a run from 2003-2008 where five of the six No. 1 overall picks subsequently won Cups with the team that drafted them, and no one has since. It wasn't *that* common before either. That was just an insane cluster.

 

[duxfan1101]

Blues-Canucks starts now. Vancouver needs 1 point to jump back in front of us. St. Louis needs a win to guarantee they are at least in the #20 slot. Ideal scenario is a St. Louis OT win.

 

[bsu]

Blues-Canucks starts now. Vancouver needs 1 point to jump back in front of us. St. Louis needs a win to guarantee they are at least in the #20 slot. Ideal scenario is a St. Louis OT win.

Def not happening lol

 

[duxfan1101]

Def not happening lol

Tie game with 15 minutes left, it's a possibility

 

[bsu]

Tie game with 15 minutes left, it's a possibility

Never

 

[Ducks DVM]

It's interesting to me that there was a run from 2003-2008 where five of the six No. 1 overall picks subsequently won Cups with the team that drafted them, and no one has since. It wasn't *that* common before either. That was just an insane cluster.

There were rules changes to prevent the Cap manipulation shenanigans that Chicago and those other teams were pulling off. It’s worked. As has the substantial difference in the quality of the 1st overall picks.

 

[Static]

These lottery teams stink.

 

[ADHB]

Canucks had a lead with 4 minutes left last game. And they couldn’t even get to OT. That pretty much says it all.

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

These lottery teams stink.

Noted. We weren’t great this year, but the talent gap between us and the rest of the top 10 feels so wide, it’s ridiculous

 

[ADHB]

Can these assholes hold on for 2 minutes?

 

[Static]

Wow, come on Vancouver!

 

[duxfan1101]

They did it! We are now officially #8 pre-lottery. Now we just need St. Louis to get the W

 

[Static]

8th! Nice!

 

[ADHB]

Who puckered when Tarasenko nearly broke through with 5 seconds left?

 

[Static]

Who puckered when Tarasenko nearly broke through with 5 seconds left?

Oh yeah. Thank God he lost the handle.