GDT: NHL DRAFT | Friday, June 24th, 5pm MT (NBCSN, SN) | Round 1

[Jayevs]

Damn son...

 

[JoeSakic13]

Well there's our first true off-the-board pick.

 

[hockeyfish]

Who???

 

[Avs_19]

McKenzie had this kid 35th but he was much lower everywhere else I saw.

 

[Papa Francouz]

I hope we trade up for Max Jones, at this point. We need an agitator that other teams hate us for employing.

 

[tigervixxxen]

I'm not sold on Gauthier at all. I know he scored 40+ goals this season but I question his all around game. Seems like a one dimensional guy for sure.

Could say that about a few other bigger favorites too

 

[AslanRH]

Barkov recommended?

 

[tigervixxxen]

Hey, I wrote about this guy in my draft article

 

[Avs_19]

Not a fan of this jersey.

 

[hockeyfish]

Ok, I will pay all the money in the world I have to see Pickard fight Borgstrom.

Make it so.

 

[avsfan09]

Is that like Andy Ricther the Swedish-German?

Was I thinking the same thing. Love Norm Macdonald.

 

[hattrick3518]

Now I'm rooting for DeBrincat to fall to us at #40

Wouldn't that be nice.

*Quebec City/Seattle/Portland

I would happily take the Seattle Hurricanes.

Philly got a steal with Rubtsov at #22.

They have done very well with drafting in the past few years, seem to be the beneficiary in more than one instance.

I'm not sold on Gauthier at all. I know he scored 40+ goals this season but I question his all around game. Seems like a one dimensional guy for sure.

If they can pair him with some defensive minded forwards it could work out just fine.

 

[Hans Landaskog]

Not a fan of this jersey.

I think they are slick. Much better than a certain burgundy and blue one.

 

[chet1926]

Whoa, it's going to get cray now

Yeah that was a bit of an oddball pick by Florida. I didn't think he'd go until maybe mid to late 2nd round.

 

[Nalens Oga]

That's the most off the board we have so far, average rank of 64.2 and rated 58th on the average consensus. Button has him rated 34, McKenzie 35, and then at the lower end, Draftbuzz and TheDraftAnalyst both at 87.

 

[Foppa]

Borgstrom's stock has been skyrocketing and in the prospects forum, people were mentioning he was edging into first round territory with some. This is a little off-the-board but not as much as some may think. I know some here were hoping to grab the DU product with #40.

 

[hattrick3518]

I think they are slick. Much better than a certain burgundy and blue one.

That jersey was the best, it was so unique and unberrable.

 

[chet1926]

Ok, I will pay all the money in the world I have to see Pickard fight Borgstrom.

Make it so.

This legitimately made me laugh.

 

[CobraAcesS]

So it looks like we're not improving the defense this year, either through the draft or trade.

Yey another season of Holden as a top four defender!

 

[JoeSakic13]

I think they are slick. Much better than a certain burgundy and blue one.

Agreed....yuck...

 

[InjuredChoker]

Yeah that was a bit of an oddball pick by Florida. I didn't think he'd go until maybe mid to late 2nd round.

strong chance he'd have gone earlier. he was scouted a ton the second half of the season.

 

[AvsFanJosh]

That jersey was the best, it was so unique and unberrable.

Almost miss Berra already haha

 

[Sea Eagles]

So it looks like we're not improving the defense this year, either through the draft or trade.

Yey another season of Holden as a top four defender!

IKR. Guess it's a matter of, ok, lets keep the status quo, do nothing, and hope that magical "on" button gets hit.

Sakic has failed to improve the blueline for the 3rd year straight.

 

[Hans Landaskog]

Ok, I will pay all the money in the world I have to see Pickard fight Borgstrom.

Make it so.

 

[Foppa]

So it looks like we're not improving the defense this year, either through the draft or trade.

Yey another season of Holden as a top four defender!

Or, we could, you know...just not play Holden in top 4 minutes and assume betweem EJ, Barrie, FB and the two kids - we could cover that extra 4-6 minutes he should not be playing.

But...with Roy that may be asking for too much.

Hope that rumor of us dealing depth players for extra mid and late picks comes true tomorrow. Holden off the team is good even if he is a serviceable 5/6 because it won't let Roy have that bad option of playing him 22 minutes a night every single night.