GDT: NHL Draft Lottery 2018 - 7:30 PM ET - Also 2nd Intermission

[ViD]

Carolina at #2 is going to be very interesting who they pick?

I could see them going in either direction fwd or D.

To me it's Boqvist or Zadina or Svechnikov? Or they may surprise and go with Tkachuk who has attributes players rarely have.

I think Boqvist is the 2nd best player in this draft. I would take him. But they could go either way.

Is this a joke ? Svechnikov goes 1st overall in any recent draft without McDavid/Laine or Matthews.

And yes, he’s better than Eichel.

 

[HOPE]

Why are you complaining? Your Habs jumped up a spot.

Ottawa dropped two spots in a year where we traded away a good prospect and a first round draft pick to win it all this year.

Read the post it literally says ottawa deserved better, buffalo and oilers just had enough, thats my point.

 

[S E P H]

No wonder why Hurricane fans didn't want Duchene, they knew they were going to get a top caliber forward prospect for free instead!

 

[sufferer]

Is this a joke ? Svechnikov goes 1st overall in any recent draft without McDavid/Laine or Matthews.

And yes, he’s better than Eichel.

He can’t hold Eichel’s jock.

 

[ViD]

He can’t hold Eichel’s jock.

He had better stats in USHL at the same age, so yeah.

 

[sufferer]

He had better stats in USHL at the same age, so yeah.

You conveniently left out the more relevant point of comparison.

 

[Negan4Coach]

He can’t hold Eichel’s jock.

I love it when "jocks" are referenced. They get either held onto or faked out of.

 

[La Cosa Nostra]

Just a FYI to everyone hating on Buffalo....even after finishing last 3 out of the last 5 seasons the Sabres are still SEVENTH in league history in points %. A few years ago they were 4th best in league history. I will enjoy Dahlin, Eichel and Mittelstadt the next 10 years

 

[zharkenby]

Just a FYI to everyone hating on Buffalo....even after finishing last 3 out of the last 5 seasons the Sabres are still SEVENTH in league history in points %. A few years ago they were 4th best in league history. I will enjoy Dahlin, Eichel and Mittelstadt the next 10 years

if this is a joke well done. If not ...

Joke of an organization along with edm, if Dahlin can’t save them... idk who will

 

[DaveG]

Carolina at #2 is going to be very interesting who they pick?

I could see them going in either direction fwd or D.

To me it's Boqvist or Zadina or Svechnikov? Or they may surprise and go with Tkachuk who has attributes players rarely have.

I think Boqvist is the 2nd best player in this draft. I would take him. But they could go either way.

You're nuts if you take a look at our defense and our forwards and still go "hmmm, I could see them taking a defenseman" when Svechnikov is on the board.

 

[HOPE]

Antoine - 2 seasons QMJHL 105 games, 157 points; 1 season AHL 74 games, 51 points - total 179 games, 208 points
Jack - 2 seasons USDP 111 games 137 points, 1 season Boston U 40 games 71 points - total 177 games, 208 points

I don't know how QMJHL and USDP compare, or a season of AHL v. a season at BU, but they look pretty darn close on the surface.

Both ranked #2 in Central Scouting.

Eichel 6'2 196
Svechnikov 6'3 184

Both with elite speed, Eichel better playmaker. Svhechinkov shoots first but also quality playmaker?

Haha what the hell are you talking about??

First of, who is antoine? Second of all if you wanted to say Andrei svechnikov, the stats you just showed us was his brother evgeni, if you we’re indeed talking about evgeni svechnikov, well its even more funny because eichel >> A.svech >>>>> E.svech.

If you were talking about andrei and put evgeni stats by accident, well i feel sorry for you because your trying to sell me a 2018 draft eligible player by showing me AHL number!

Anyway im lost, so many wrong things about your post.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

The lottery draw itself is up

 

[sabremike]

He can’t hold Eichel’s jock.

I wouldn't go quite that far, but yes Eichel is considerably better. People really don't realize just how ridiculously good Eichel is. He is almost a PPG player for among the worst offensive team in living memory. But the most incredible thing I saw him do last year (and he did it several times) was chase guys down like a bat out of hell on a breakaway and dispossess the guy of the puck.

 

[La Cosa Nostra]

I wouldn't go quite that far, but yes Eichel is considerably better. People really don't realize just how ridiculously good Eichel is. He is almost a PPG player for among the worst offensive team in living memory. But the most incredible thing I saw him do last year (and he did it several times) was chase guys down like a bat out of hell on a breakaway and dispossess the guy of the puck.

Hilarious. Not mentioning that Eichel is already a franchise center, someone thinks a winger who played in juniors is better then a center who has dominated against men for the last 4 years (3 in the NHL and one in college when he just destroyed everyone and won hobey baker and was the best college player period since Paul Kariya. Get real, Svechnikov is not close to Eichel.

 

[LeHab]

The lottery draw itself is up

They have all this transparency around the balls, the machine and the process but the 1001 combinations lists are never inspected by observers?

 

[Moskau]

They have all this transparency around the balls, the machine and the process but the 1001 combinations lists are never inspected by observers?

You mean the combination lists they make public before the balls are even drawn?

 

[LeHab]

You mean the combination lists they make public before the balls are even drawn?

Ah that makes sense if they are available.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

You mean the combination lists they make public before the balls are even drawn?

And as Bettman stated in the intro, all of the observers are given a copy of the combinations and which teams they correspond to. Here's this year's lookup table by combination number and by team

 

[Bones Malone]

 

[Svechhammer]

I wouldn't go quite that far, but yes Eichel is considerably better. People really don't realize just how ridiculously good Eichel is. He is almost a PPG player for among the worst offensive team in living memory. But the most incredible thing I saw him do last year (and he did it several times) was chase guys down like a bat out of hell on a breakaway and dispossess the guy of the puck.

Wait wait wait waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiit... I've been waiting soooo long to use this on someone after years of experience on the Trade Board.

"If he's such a good player, why hasn't he led them to the playoffs, yet"

oh man, that felt good. Did I use it right? Felt like I used it right.

 

[sabremike]

Wait wait wait waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiit... I've been waiting soooo long to use this on someone after years of experience on the Trade Board.

"If he's such a good player, why hasn't he led them to the playoffs, yet"

oh man, that felt good. Did I use it right? Felt like I used it right.

It was every bit as absurd as pretty much every time that line is ever used, so you used it perfectly!!!

 

[Insomniac99]

Just a FYI to everyone hating on Buffalo....even after finishing last 3 out of the last 5 seasons the Sabres are still SEVENTH in league history in points %. A few years ago they were 4th best in league history.

Don't forget, the Golden Knights skewed that list as well because of their single season record. Without them, the Sabres would still be 6th in the league for lifetime record.