Speculation: KOTR's Fan Base Mock Draft (Arizona on the clock now)

[IPreferPi]

We don't need LHD. If it was a need, we would just pick Hanifin.

We have a far bigger organization void at RHD, but wouldn't hurt to replenish some of our LHD depth.

That being said, it should be easier to pick-up veteran stop-gaps at LHD than at RHD, so I'm not really worried about it. Focus on getting righties in the draft.

 

[CC96]

We honestly have needs at literally every position. The whole thing is a complete mess, haha.

 

[Mosby]

Jeremy Bracco.

If it's going to be a train wreck, might as well have some fun and skill.

I like Bracco but heard he bombed the fitness portion at the combine. Even without that, I think he falls around the late second. Maybe we can get him with the NYR pick.

 

[IPreferPi]

We honestly have needs at literally every position. The whole thing is a complete mess, haha.

Not LW

 

[CC96]

Not LW

Now that I think about it, we are pretty set at LW going forward.

We honestly have needs at literally every position except LW. The whole thing is a complete mess, haha.

 

[rt]

Yep. We have C depth at the prospect level but lack high end upside. RW prospects are fairly bare after Hank and Duke(who's LHS). LD has elite talent in OEL, a few coin tosses in Gormley, Moore and Dahlbeck but nothing at all in the prospect pipeline. Just bare. Same goes for RHD. Murphy and Stone are promising. That's all we've got. We need C, RW, LD, and RD.

 

[CoyotesFan18]

Carlo

 

[CoyotesFan18]

Hockey future thinks we are going to take Ilya Samsonov at our 30th though

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/124851/arizona-coyotes-2015-draft-preview/

 

[Mosby]

I think we'll draft a goalie this year. I hope it's not in the first round.

 

[ck26]

I think we'll draft a goalie this year. I hope it's not in the first round.

Having 0 good goalies is a nightmare.
Having 1 is great.
Having 2 is really great.
Having 3 is a waste.

No other position has as sharp a spike in terms of how many you need for success. Smith is under contract for 4 more years, a decent veteran backup is available every year and a decent veteran AHL goalie is available every year.

Given how hard goalies are to project, I'd rather never draft goalies, just sign solid UFA veterans, and use my late picks on skilled, under-sized sliders. Forwards who can score. Big, strong centers who might be a touch slow. Undersized defensemen who can skate. You can never have too many lottery tickets when searching for these types of players.

 

[Matias Maccete]

Having 0 good goalies is a nightmare.
Having 1 is great.
Having 2 is really great.
Having 3 is a waste.

No other position has as sharp a spike in terms of how many you need for success. Smith is under contract for 4 more years, a decent veteran backup is available every year and a decent veteran AHL goalie is available every year.

Given how hard goalies are to project, I'd rather never draft goalies, just sign solid UFA veterans, and use my late picks on skilled, under-sized sliders. Forwards who can score. Big, strong centers who might be a touch slow. Undersized defensemen who can skate. You can never have too many lottery tickets when searching for these types of players.

I'd be ok with a goalie in the mid to late rounds but your last paragraph is dead on, it may be better to take fliers on guys like that.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

I'd be ok with a goalie in the mid to late rounds but your last paragraph is dead on, it may be better to take fliers on guys like that.

IMO the 7th round pick was meant for goalies (no offense to goalies). Goalies are such a crap shoot anyway in terms of development that it's nearly impossible to justify spending a higher-round pick on them.

 

[crazyhockeylover96]

I'm okay with late round goalie picks only if the scouts fell in love with one. No goalie should be picked in the 1-2 rounds. Look back at all the "sure thing" goalies picked in the first half of the drafts but amounted to nothing. Every year we're told about some "Next One" kid and the can't miss bona fide #1 goalies.

Check out our PHX/AZ goalie draft pick history:
http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/draftstats.htm?year=All&round=All&team=PHX&position=G&supl=N

Our previous 2007 6th round goalie pick that was never qualified and kicked off the college team due to attitude/alcohol issues just got his name on the Cup with Chicago.- Scott Darling


Just sign/trade for goalies after they've proven they belong on a plane and not the bus.

 

[LAKings88]

Arizona selects Brandon Carlo. Thanks for participating.