Prospect Info: NHL Draft 2018 - Friday...Friday...

[Gwyddbwyll]

Old chat link, might wanna bookmark it now in case the site crashes Friday
HF Coyotes Draft Day Chat

Bookmarking and requoting in case anyone needs to do the same.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

I'll be happy with any of the likely options other then Tkachuk or Wahlstrom.

There's certainly enough talent in the top 10 to make all 10 fan bases happy. I would prefer not to trade down past 10.

 

[BUX7PHX]

Coyotes' drafting has improved, but they are in need of more prospects

Not certain if this article had already been posted, but this really brings everything into focus. So far, for draft picks taken prior to 2013, only 3 are still with the Coyotes. High talent also moved on to other teams in Wheeler and Turris, so poor showings at the draft in addition to some unexpected outcomes with picks (not just the aforementioned Turris/Wheeler, but what about Brett MacLean??) has been what put us in this position in the first place.

I get that money is tight, but Maloney really needed to put some dollars to scouting, otherwise we were going in an unsustainable direction. Trying to build a team with less information on prospects than other teams, and in a market that is desirable but not necessarily a winning market that makes it tough for free agents to sign, made it so the only way to gain an advantage was to try and do so through the draft, which we were under-resourcing already. So glad that the scouting department has really turned over a new leaf and helped make things work. The last 3 or 4 draft classes are all prepared to get more use out of the players than the previous 15.

 

[mouser]

Old chat link, might wanna bookmark it now in case the site crashes Friday
HF Coyotes Draft Day Chat

I'm sure the site will be fine, at least until the 3rd pick when Montreal selects Joe Veleno.

 

[IPreferPi]

I promise if we draft Tkachuk I'll just storm off silently, as I did when we ended up drafting Perlini lol.

 

[RABBIT]

 

[Coyotedroppings]

For fun.....

I take Ovechkin

 

[moosemeister]

Only time Brady should take a step in AZ is when his team is playing us.

Otherwise gtfo

 

[Tad Mikowski]

Only time Brady should take a step in AZ is when his team is playing us.

Otherwise gtfo

I like Brady but for some reason I just dont see him getting to us anyway. I kinda have Matthew Tkatchuk flashbacks of him being taken right before us and I see the same thing happening this year.

 

[Neighborhood Coyote]

Only time Brady should take a step in AZ is when his team is playing us.

Otherwise gtfo

 

[Jagged Ice]

I like Tkackuk too but my concern is his overly involved father. Pass for Hughes or Wahlstrom if Zadina is gone.

 

[Jethlan]

I hope they pick Wahlstrom or Zadina if he is still here.

 

[moosemeister]

I like Tkackuk too but my concern is his overly involved father. Pass for Hughes or Wahlstrom if Zadina is gone.

Fire both Brady and Keith right into the sun.

I'm afraid Keith could probably eat it though.

 

[IPreferPi]

Some quotes from Morgan's draft preview:

Chayka has said in the past that he weighs premium positions such as center and defense in his evaluation, but he cautioned against placing too much emphasis on that metric.

“I don’t weigh it a lot but I’ve always said you’ve got to weigh it,” Chayka said. “We include that in the decision-making process. If there’s two players and one is significantly better, then you’re going with the best player available.

“We all know how teams are built and we know the importance of [premium positions], but at the same time, it’s very tough to predict and project and get elite talented players so if you get a chance to pick an elite talented player just like we did with Clayton Keller, even though everyone wanted us to take a defenseman, we took the best player available.”