Draft position - Tank/Win? Upcoming Schedule, etc.

[Bonsai Tree]

Where did "Fail for Nail" get Edmonton? We need to do whatever we can to get this squad to the best place going forward with all the young kids on the team. If it means picking 6th instead of 2nd in a draft with no headliners, so be it.

 

[Murf]

I'm not lobbying for the tank. I just find it amusing that this team can be so, so bad when it mattered, and then look pretty ok once the season is effectively over. They are playing well enough that Chayka could be sifting through the leftovers of the 1b draft tier.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

We welcome all of Detroit's refugees. GRA is a sanctuary arena.

 

[Heldig]

My lottery simulator...

Dallas Stars
Arizona Coyotes
New Jersey Devils

So outside of the top 2 I am most interested in Vilardi, Glass, Liljegren, and Valimaki.

 

[ParisSaintGermain]

Play the best you can, not convinced we even keep the peak in the end

 

[Spirit of Lindgren]

We are tanking..Using OEL in a shootout?
We are tanking

 

[Matias Maccete]

We are tanking..Using OEL in a shootout?
We are tanking

He's scored 20 goals in the last two seasons, but if his thumb is still bothering him it's a strange call.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

In the draft, I want us to draft the most electric player available regardless of any holes in his game.

We have plenty of good players. We need an electric player and I think we should keep swinging, even if we miss on a few, until we hit one out of the park.

 

[plgilbert]

In the draft, I want us to draft the most electric player available regardless of any holes in his game.

We have plenty of good players. We need an electric player and I think we should keep swinging, even if we miss on a few, until we hit one out of the park.

I'm pretty sure that Keller is gonna be that electric player though but I do think they need to draft the BPA at their position and not draft for need like they did in Strome case.

 

[Plub]

In the draft, I want us to draft the most electric player available regardless of any holes in his game.

We have plenty of good players. We need an electric player and I think we should keep swinging, even if we miss on a few, until we hit one out of the park.

You should look up this Keller guy. He was drafted last year, can't remember by who. Think Domi, but more offensively talented. Pretty electric.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

You should look up this Keller guy. He was drafted last year, can't remember by who. Think Domi, but more offensively talented. Pretty electric.

So now we need our Malkin for our Crosby (or visa versa)

 

[Llewzaher]

We should be sending our rookies that qualify, down to Tucson to see if at least one team can get into the playoffs.

 

[Sinurgy]

So now we need our Malkin for our Crosby (or visa versa)

Their names are McDavid, Eichel and Matthews and the Coyotes already ****ed that up. If we're lucky Strome will pan out but he's not going to be anywhere near Malkin much less Crosby. Everyone likes to compare him to Joe Thornton because of the similar non-flashy but decidedly productive style but even that is probably wishful thinking. Production wise I think he lands somewhere between Mikko Koivu and Eric Staal.

 

[pfp]

LA is currently on the outside looking in. Who are they chasing, St Louis. We still play St Louis 3x and LA once. Good opportunity to play spoiler for them.

 

[Rink Rage]

Where did "Fail for Nail" get Edmonton? We need to do whatever we can to get this squad to the best place going forward with all the young kids on the team. If it means picking 6th instead of 2nd in a draft with no headliners, so be it.

This is so irrational. In today's in NHL you build the team through the draft. Doing that becomes that much easier with the 1st overall pick. The season is over, there's nothing else to play for.

 

[lanky]

The season is over, there's nothing else to play for.

Not true.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

This is so irrational. In today's in NHL you build the team through the draft. Doing that becomes that much easier with the 1st overall pick. The season is over, there's nothing else to play for.

I disagree. There is no McDavid, Eichel or Matthews in this draft. Any one of the top 12 or so could be a game changer, or a bust for that matter. Better to get the team on the right path going into next year. Also, with the new system, the benefits of finishing 2nd over 3rd are less than before.

 

[Rink Rage]

Patrick and Hischier are pretty good. Tanking is what's best.

 

[PhoPhan]

Their names are McDavid, Eichel and Matthews and the Coyotes already ****ed that up. If we're lucky Strome will pan out but he's not going to be anywhere near Malkin much less Crosby. Everyone likes to compare him to Joe Thornton because of the similar non-flashy but decidedly productive style but even that is probably wishful thinking. Production wise I think he lands somewhere between Mikko Koivu and Eric Staal.

I'll gladly settle for a Keller/Strome/Dvorak trio that works out along the lines of a Giroux, a Sedin and a Stepan.

 

[Sinurgy]

Patrick and Hischier are pretty good. Tanking is what's best.

Are you familiar with the new drafting rules?

 

[Sinurgy]

I'll gladly settle for a Keller/Strome/Dvorak trio that works out along the lines of a Giroux, a Sedin and a Stepan.

Absolutely and I think that's a fair expectation but technically it still needs to actually happen and you know...Coyotes.

 

[Rink Rage]

Are you familiar with the new drafting rules?

Who cares?

 

[lanky]

Who cares?

-People interested in the draft
-Coyotes fans
-General fans of hockey
-Pretty much anybody that would read anything in this thread

 

[Bonsai Tree]

Patrick and Hischier are pretty good. Tanking is what's best.

Are you familiar with the new drafting rules?

Who cares?

Wow. Ignorant.

 

[Rink Rage]

The odds of your team being rewarded go up as your team loses more and more. Until that changes, tanking doesn't away.