Speculation: Florida's pick - Watch thread - (Upon request, thread title change lol)

[calder candidate]

I can’t see FLA passing BOS, TOR or TB and there is 6 teams battling for those 2 wildcard spot NYR, NYI, WSH, BUF, and all in better situation even DET, OTT and MTL have game in hand and could past them…
That FLA D is pretty bad can’t see them turn it around. It is still very early but it look like they are missing the playoff and we are aiming for #7 with our pick and we likely get 8-12 with the FLA pick.

 

[Goldenhands]

I don't know about everyone else but the Panthers 1st rounder is looking decent now at the quarter way of the season.

I remember during the off-season people were tossing it in deals to improve the team.

I was of the mindset their defense is alot weaker this year. Knight seems to be their go to guy. They got the Staal brothers playing decent minutes. Plus the biggest thing that got me more excited about the pick was they brought Maurice in at coach.

Currently sitting out of the playoffs and losses to Columbus again tonight. The team was playing on a huge high last year they just don't look or feel like the same Panthers of last year.

I feel like Hughes might have gotten another theft of a deal possibly here, where everyone was portraying the Panthers as the same squad which they are not and thought the pick would be 27-32.

I know it's still early but I got a really good feeling about that pick.

How does everyone else feel about it?

They lost some great depth. They miss Jason Marchment alot, great energy player, they miss Duclair and Weager as well. Team is fighting every nght from what Ive seen, but they just struggle to keep the head out of the water.

 

[EXPOS123]

I said this when he was the coach of the Jets and didn’t win anything with the amazing roster he had - Paul Maurice is terrible.

It simply blows my mind how this man keeps finding work

 

[Captain97]

The crazy thing is if they are a bubble team again next year we can decide not to take Calgary's pick and defer it to 2025 where we get the better of Florida and Calagary top 10 protected.

So we could end up with a pick in the 10-20 range because of Florida again.

 

[Paddy17]

The crazy thing is if they are a bubble team again next year we can decide not to take Calgary's pick and defer it to 2025 where we get the better of Florida and Calagary top 10 protected.

So we could end up with a pick in the 10-20 range because of Florida again.

If Florida misses the playoffs in 2025, the Calgary pick is only first OVR protected. If they get #2 or anything else, we get it.

 

[calder candidate]

The crazy thing is if they are a bubble team again next year we can decide not to take Calgary's pick and defer it to 2025 where we get the better of Florida and Calagary top 10 protected.

So we could end up with a pick in the 10-20 range because of Florida again.

Yes we can call it in to Calgary right now we will defer to 2025 these two team aren’t getting any better… even if the protection kick in the better of Calgary or Florida pick in 25 or 26 will be the better that a late 2024…

 

[WeThreeKings]

Delete jinx thread.

Thanks,

 

[417]

I said this when he was the coach of the Jets and didn’t win anything with the amazing roster he had - Paul Maurice is terrible.

It simply blows my mind how this man keeps finding work

Truly shocking tbh

 

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

Regardless of what bottom 10 to 12 they finish... they will both win the lottery and pick 2 and 3.

Mishkov and Fantilly, come on down!

 

[NotProkofievian]

I said this when he was the coach of the Jets and didn’t win anything with the amazing roster he had - Paul Maurice is terrible.

It simply blows my mind how this man keeps finding work

The NHL recycling coaches over and over again and paying them ridiculous salaries is a market inefficiency, I'm convinced. Paul Maurice being a head coach yet again, while Jukka Jalonen can't get a job offer is proof positive.

 

[General Fanager]

Im not sure it matters but they have the 6th hardest schedule left....

Habs have the hardest btw.

 

[Legend123]

Im not sure it matters but they have the 6th hardest schedule left....

Habs have the hardest btw.

Idk how much this will matter. It seems the panthers play better vs top teams than the trash teams

 

[Scintillating10]

Be good if wheels fell off in Florida.

 

[jaffy27]

I see the East lower standings finishing in this order:

13.Florida
14.Philadelphia
15.Montreal
16.Columbus

Bodes well for us, we can realistically envision adding Barlow/Stramel with these 2 picks to our talent pool come this June!!

 

[BLONG7]

Is Barkov out for long down in FLA??
It sure looks like they will miss the playoffs...................great news we have 2 chances of moving up in this draft.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Im not sure it matters but they have the 6th hardest schedule left....

Habs have the hardest btw.

It's a factor among many other factors. Each team has up/downs in the season with momentum/confidence and they will face injuries at bad times. I wonder if that hardest schedule factors in if we are facing teams on a back/back?

I'm expecting the Habs pick to be 5-10 range and the Panthers pick 8-16 range. I can see the Panthers slipping more or making a push and falling short.

 

[DAChampion]

Drafting Bedard with the Florida pick will really shine a new light on the old Victor Mete vs Ben Chiarot debates.

 

[SwiftyHab]

Does anyone remember a year when ottawa traded a first rounder that won the lottery and became a 1OA pick?

I’m trying to find out which team and who was the pick

 

[WeThreeKings]

Does anyone remember a year when ottawa traded a first rounder that won the lottery and became a 1OA pick?

I’m trying to find out which team and who was the pick

Ottawa traded a first rounder that became Bowen Byram.

But they also acquired a first rounder that became Tim Stutzle or Jake Sanderson.

 

[26Mats]

Ottawa traded a first rounder that became Bowen Byram.

But they also acquired a first rounder that became Tim Stutzle or Jake Sanderson.

Everyone said the Rysn O'Reilly trade from Buffalo to st. Louis was highway robbery for St. Louis. But one of the many pieces Buffalo got was Tage Thomoson.

Futures are good. Trading vets for futures is good, on top of hopefully pushing us into the top 6 pre-lottery. We're a much weaker team without Monahan and Savard in the lineup.

 

[GrandBison]

I said this when he was the coach of the Jets and didn’t win anything with the amazing roster he had - Paul Maurice is terrible.

It simply blows my mind how this man keeps finding work

People here complaining about how French requirement prevent the Habs to hire the best coach, yet teams continue to recycle guys who have been outcoached by Dom Ducharme.

 

[waitin425]

Unless they go on a pretty awesome run, Florida is looking like they are going to miss the playoffs. From 5th last to 16th last is wide open at this point.

I can truthfully see a scenario where we finish in the 4th or 5th last and Florida around 8-10.

I don't see anyone catching Hawks, Ducks or Jackets. Coyotes are a wild card.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Does anyone remember a year when ottawa traded a first rounder that won the lottery and became a 1OA pick?

I’m trying to find out which team and who was the pick

It was the Duchene trade (Avs to Sens one)

* Sens trade their 2018 1st with protection for Duchene. Due to protection, they kept the pick and took Tkachuk.
* In the following season, they finished last but Avs own the pick. It didn't win the lottery and Avs took Byram 4th.

 

[FrankMTL]

Toronto traded two unprotected 1st round picks (and a 2nd round pick) to Boston for Phil Kessel. Those first round picks ended up being 2nd overall and 9th overall.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Be good if wheels fell off in Florida.

That Hischier cross check Barkov's knee is a big issue. Even if Barkov comes back, I would imagine that is a nagging injury for him to deal with for a while.