Post-Game Talk: Give Benning and Scouts a 2017 Draft Grade (Mod warning post #164)

[DownGoesMcDavid]

Whats your evaluation grade for Benning and.Co in the 2017 draft ?


Heres our choices. ( update to come)

5. Pettersson
33. Lind
55. Gadjovich
64. Dipietro
95. Jack Rathbone
135 . Gunnarsson
181. Palmu
188 brassard

Whats your choice ? Obvioisly only pick players that would be available for that position if you were to make a change.

I personally give this draft an A- our forward prospect cupboard has significantly improved w. More skills. Its also nice to have another elite goalie prospect aside from Demko.

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[Verviticus]

A or A- so far. outstanding draft

 

[Rotting Corpse*]

Looks pretty damn good so far, minus the goalie.

It will be very interesting to see what the announced scouting changes are in the coming weeks (if that indeed comes to fruition.)

 

[Pip]

Hard to say so far since on draft day most picks look very good. From my understanding we've been sticking close to BPA (which is good). Overall I've been happy with our selections.

 

[DownGoesMcDavid]

Looks pretty damn good so far, minus the goalie.

It will be very interesting to see what the announced scouting changes are in the coming weeks (if that indeed comes to fruition.)

Who would u have taken instead of dipietro at 64

 

[absolute garbage]

You are 3 years too early.

 

[NoShowWilly]

looks good. Wanted Vilardi and Glass over Petterson but i'm alright there. minor deduction for missing multiple picks over Larsen and Etem.

For now i'll give in an Incomplete

We'll see how it ages.

 

[clunk]

On paper as of now?

A.

A- if they lost out on the chance of a free 2nd round pick for not keeping their mouths shut.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Other than the Vegas thing, A-

 

[vancityluongo]

Pretty good so far.

 

[Roy Baby*]

A. Every single player I liked got chosen.

Also, the balls to take Pettersson is absolutely legendary. Would've taken him at 1

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

A. Every single player I liked got chosen.

Also, the balls to take Pettersson is absolutely legendary. Would've taken him at 1

Pettersson is the living definition of boom/bust. He's either going to become a star or won't be able to handle the physicality of the NHL.

 

[Canucks LB]

A honestly

 

[DownGoesMcDavid]

On paper as of now?

A.

A- if they lost out on the chance of a free 2nd round pick for not keeping their mouths shut.

Can u elaborate

 

[DownGoesMcDavid]

Pettersson is the living definition of boom/bust. He's either going to become a star or won't be able to handle the physicality of the NHL.

I think Petterssom will be the toast of this towin 5 yrs. Plays soo much like Backstrom w .Caps

 

[clunk]

Can u elaborate

Report from Botchford (or Sekeres) I believe that suggested Vegas was really close to trading up from 6 to 5 to make sure they get Glass since they thought we were considering him, (the deal supposedly was 6th + one of their 2nds), but somehow they found that the Canucks were crazy about Pettersson and dropped the offer.

 

[CanaFan]

Obviously time is the missing ingredient here but at the present time I'd give it an A based on:

1. No obviously bad picks or reaches. Pettersson wasn't my favorite option but there's a strong case for picking him there. Lind was near the top of the guys available at 33, Gadjovich is seems to be good value at 55, and Dipietro is a good gamble at 64. Can't complain about any of them really.

2. Just HAVING some ****ing picks in the second round is a major win in itself!! Jesus, hopefully the days of throwing them away on junk players is done and we can begin piling up some high 2nds to keep building up our talent pipeline.

This has definitely been my favourite draft of the 4 Benning has overseen. Still hate a lot of what he has done but this draft goes on the "good" pile for me.

 

[Tryamkin]

A-. Can't complain aside from Rathbone who I'm not too high on.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

Don't have a bad word to say about this years draft class.
Wish they took the Vegas trade for the pick; Who knows what actually happened with that.

Still: Happy = Me.

 

[Horse McHindu]

I told you guys all along that Benning was the goods.

Absolutely great draft so far that looks extremely promising.

A-

 

[ihaveyuidonttouchme]

pretty happy with the first 3 rounds. expected a lot worse scenario
after 4th is pretty much a moot at this point. so i dont care who they picks

 

[DownGoesMcDavid]

Report from Botchford (or Sekeres) I believe that suggested Vegas was really close to trading up from 6 to 5 to make sure they get Glass since they thought we were considering him, (the deal supposedly was 6th + one of their 2nds), but somehow they found that the Canucks were crazy about Pettersson and dropped the offer.

This is highly spevulative . I can only grade these guys based on the proof thats in the pudding

 

[Canadian Canuck]

A. Love all the picks

 

[Dissonance]

Who knows what actually happened with Vegas but in general I'm fine not trading down if they were super high on Petterson. An extra second round pick is nice but it's definitely not worth the risk (however small) of losing out on the blue-chip guy you really want.

 

[LeftCoast]

Report from Botchford (or Sekeres) I believe that suggested Vegas was really close to trading up from 6 to 5 to make sure they get Glass since they thought we were considering him, (the deal supposedly was 6th + one of their 2nds), but somehow they found that the Canucks were crazy about Pettersson and dropped the offer.

What is more likely is that there was a tentative deal with Vegas, but when it became clear that Glass, Vilardi, Mittlestadt and Pettersson were all available, Vegas was willing to take the chance that Glass would be available and if not were content with another option (Vilardi, Pettersson or Mittlestadt).