GDT: LEND ME YOUR ENERGY | Draft Lottery GDT | Sens Edition

[Gil Gunderson]

My dream for those two picks is Byfield and Drysdale. My prediction is that we get neither.

Really curious to see who Detroit takes if Byfield/Stutzle are gone. Drysdale is BPA but RD’s are Detroit’s strength right now.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

What if the Isles lose the play-in and their pick wins #1?

honestly I would really want that to happen. I don’t want Lafreniere to go to any team like Toronto mtl Chicago Edmonton Vancouver Pitts.

he can gi Carolina or CBJ or Isles or Arizona

 

[Crosside]

Bruce said sens well be very very happy to take Stutzle. Nice to hear that coming from Garrioch

 

[BUCKLE UP]

We didn’t get enough energy

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Small part of me thinks we counter the likes of Matthews, Marner, Pastrnak, Marchand, Eichel etc with Sanderson.

other teams in our division may have more firepower but

Chabot-JBD
Sanderson-Brannstrom

we’d crush them defensively.

Tkachuk-Stutzle-Quinn
Mysak-Norris-Batherson

still solid top 6 offensively.

we gonna be the Nashville or STL of the East.

 

[Crosside]

Bruce said sens well be very very happy to take Stutzle. Nice to hear that coming from Garrioch

 

[OUTHOUSE]

honestly I would really want that to happen. I don’t want Lafreniere to go to any team like Toronto mtl Chicago Edmonton Vancouver Pitts.

he can gi Carolina or CBJ or Isles or Arizona

Yup, and we know how dangerous those unprotected firsts are. Imagine NYI bombing next year and then we get to experience this all over again

 

[Adele Dazeem]

Very happy with 3 and 5 but the whole draft lottery process was bogus if you ask me.
Call me a conspiracy theorist but this whole thing was set up by the NHL in a very diabolical way. They made it clear when they awarded a playoff team with the n.1 pick. This was all organized to appease the teams 8-15 who argued that they were getting the short end of the stick. But there's more to that. By awarding the n.1 pick to one of these teams the NHL increased viewership for the Playoffs because now not only is the Stanley Cup at stake but also the "franchise" player.

Well done Bettman,

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

On second thought...

Tkachuk-Stutzle-Raymond

what a first line that could be.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

“I think we’re going to have a lot of conversations,” Dorion said. “I’m very fortunate to be in a business where I work with 30 very smart counterparts. Discussions are always productive. Those discussions I’m sure will take place. Everybody knows how good this draft is. So, No. 3 and No. 5 will 99.99 per cent be off the table, but at the same time you always have to listen for the benefit of this organization.

“Part of the plan is taking two good players for this organization.”

Guys, I just read a Bruce Garrioch article where Dorion confirms we're trading the 3rd and 5th pick for Jack Eichel....(I am just kidding)

 

[L'Aveuglette]

I'm not happy about our picks or anything but I keep telling myself at least we're not Detroit.

 

[Peptic Balcers]

On second thought...

Tkachuk-Stutzle-Raymond

what a first line that could be.

oh baby

 

[danielpalfredsson]

Yup, and we know how dangerous those unprotected firsts are. Imagine NYI bombing next year and then we get to experience this all over again

There was a discussion about this in another thread, but I think people are swept up in how much fun it is to watch standings when an unprotected pick isn't your own. If the Islanders have a shot at the lottery, it means their pick is 13th-15th. In a deep draft, where we also have ammo to move up, that's much better than risking that a team who have made the playoffs twice in the last three seasons will give us a pick high enough to justify giving that up.

Basic point is, where does the best player available at 15 in this draft go in 2021? Would we need a top 10 pick to break even? Higher?

Putting it in the context of a trade, I think 15 this year would be more valuable than their unprotected 2021 1st.

 

[Icelevel]

I think we need to take Sanderson/drysdale.

Take a forward with the isles pick.

Hopefully Stutzle is available at 3. Otherwise Byfield.

 

[DrEasy]

Is it bad that I'm happier picking 3rd than 2nd? I think the Sens would draft Byfield for sure with 2OA, whereas now we might end up with Stutzle, whom I prefer.

and 5th is the perfect spot for drafting Rossi.

I'm satisfied with today's outcome.

 

[Sensinitis]

Any chance the Wings take Drysdale at #4 ?

 

[Icelevel]

This could work(I’m not giving up on L brown. Also, expensive 4C)

Tkachuk-Brown-Duclair/NYI pick
Norris-Byfield/Stutzle-Batherson
Formenton-Pinto-Abramov/C.Brown
Paul-White-Kastelic

Chabot-Sanderson
JBD-Brannstrom
Wolanin-Thomson

 

[branch]

Will our possibilities change if they call off the season after everyone tests positive for COVID? Which is likely

 

[Upgrayedd]

Laf is too rich for our blood, never had a chance and likely better off for him with real support anyways! Hope we go Stutzle and Rossi but trust the scouting staff with whomever they take, as their work speaks for itself imo.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Still find it funny that we'd be drafting 5th after all this shit if we didn't have San Jose's pick. In 2018, our pick slid 2 spots, 3 spots in 2019 (Avs), and 3 spots this year.

 

[Knave]

What did this:

"Also… stay tuned post-lottery for an announcement about something very new and exciting that will provide front-line access to what’s sure to be some thrilling upcoming hockey! "

end up being?

 

[Korpse]

Still find it funny that we'd be drafting 5th after all this shit if we didn't have San Jose's pick. In 2018, our pick slid 2 spots, 3 spots in 2019 (Avs), and 3 spots this year.

That's the way the lottery is designed though, most likely outcome for teams near the bottom of the standings is sliding down 2 or 3 spots.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Any chance the Wings take Drysdale at #4 ?

They have Seider and Hronek on RD, but Drysdale is probably BPA.

 

[SensFactor]

Small part of me thinks we counter the likes of Matthews, Marner, Pastrnak, Marchand, Eichel etc with Sanderson.

other teams in our division may have more firepower but

Chabot-JBD
Sanderson-Brannstrom

we’d crush them defensively.

Tkachuk-Stutzle-Quinn
Mysak-Norris-Batherson

still solid top 6 offensively.

we gonna be the Nashville or STL of the East.

Another scenario could be:

Tkachuk-Perfetti (5OA)-Stutzle (2OA)
Duclair-Norris-Batherson

Chabot-JBD
Guhle/Schneider (18OA)-Brannstrom

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Another scenario could be:

Tkachuk-Perfetti (5OA)-Stutzle (2OA)
Duclair-Norris-Batherson

Chabot-JBD
Guhle/Schneider (18OA)-Brannstrom

I think Perfetti will be a winger.