GDT: NHL Entry Draft Rounds 2 through 7! 11am ET

[MBH]

How many picks do we have left?

I want my Connor Lockhart dart throw.

One I think

 

[MBH]

I like our late picks much much more than our early ones.

I like every pick but Mazur.
Buium is a bit too high where he went - but I still like the kid as a prospect.
Mazur just feels like a throwaway.

 

[MBH]

William Von Barnekow Lofberg

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Dude didn't have a long-enough name. had to add Lofberg?

 

[MBH]

come on Peter Reynolds!
Zhigalov!
Trevor Wong!

 

[ricky0034]

"why didn't Arizona use a 1st on him?"

/Draper

 

[Hen Kolland]

Considering the guys that we picked up since Mazur, I do hope that this is evidence that they have an extremely high value placed on him. I think most of the people disappointed by that pick would have opted for Savage, Dower Nilsson, and Plandowski over Mazur.

I don’t believe that Mazur was doing anyone a favor at that spot, I just have to believe they were extremely high on him relative to what the public’s perspective was

 

[jfrank21]

Yeah, these last 3 picks are helping. I understand the thought process with the first 3 picks, even if it wasnt what I hoped for. For all my teeth gnashing, its been a solid draft if you trust the Yzerplan, which we should.

 

[Holden Caufield]

We’re one pick away..

Liam Gilmartin next please!

 

[Frk It]

That goalie Seattle just took looks interesting.

Looks like the kind of guy who maybe slipped through the cracks.

 

[Hen Kolland]

"why didn't Arizona use a 1st on him?"

/Draper

Because they were probably waiting for the seventh round before they made a sentimental favor pick

 

[MBH]

Would like Ivantsov here too maybe.

 

[ChadS]

No Finns yet, we've taken one the last 4 drafts. Maybe here?

 

[MBH]

Considering the guys that we picked up since Mazur, I do hope that this is evidence that they have an extremely high value placed on him. I think most of the people disappointed by that pick would have opted for Savage, Dower Nilsson, and Plandowski over Mazur.

I don’t believe that Mazur was doing anyone a favor at that spot, I just have to believe they were extremely high on him relative to what the public’s perspective was

I think it's more warped perspective by proximity than conscious favoritism

 

[Lil Sebastian Cossa]

William Von Barnekow Lofberg

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Dude didn't have a long-enough name. had to add Lofberg?

Had the Wings picked him, I would definitely at some point call him Bark Now.

 

[MBH]

Pasquale Zito

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[lhsgolf19]

Another Great Name... Onto Free Agency

 

[golffuul]

"why didn't Arizona use a 1st on him?"

/Draper

Unfair drafting advantage, probably Didn't want to lose next year's first rounder.

 

[Hen Kolland]

I think it's more warped perspective by proximity than conscious favoritism

I’ll say this, if we ever find out that it was some form of favor or bias, I’ll be the first to change my stance.

As it sits right now, I cannot fathom that a team is spending a 3rd round pick on a kid that they don’t like a hell of a lot based on real merits.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Man I would have rather had Gilmartin there in a big way.

 

[Holden Caufield]

Pasquale Zito, as a 16 year old fighting a much bigger veteran.
And check out the run he takes at that guy on the hit! Looks tough as nails

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

The Sharks seemed to pick a lot of the guys we mocked a bunch... Should be interesting to see that.

 

[Holden Caufield]

Zito destroying some poor guy in a line brawl.

Obviously a tough kid/pest type.
He was a 2nd rounder in his OHL draft year and put up great offensive numbers playing minor hockey for the Mississauga rebels.

So some upside for skill too.
Windsor GM Warren Rachel;
“Pasquale is a true Spitfire,” Rychel said. “He’s a 200-foot player that can score and play a physical brand of hockey. On top of that, he’s good in the faceoff circle, responsible in his own zone and I love his worth ethic.”

 

[ChadS]

Theo Jacobsson (SJS #177) is a skill guy I would have liked here late in the draft. Oh well.

 

[Christien]

Post-draft press conference going on at 5:55 pm eastern time

 

[lomekian]

Lots of good stories from our picks this year. The two best friends in Sweden 140-odd picks apart. The trading up for a goalie who sounds like a knowledge sponge who's already chatted to Osgood and to Draper about Hasek. The kid who idolised Lidstrom and Dats growing up. The reach with the draper connection who nearly quadrupled his production this year and always dreamt of being a red wing. The much lower than expected 2 way forward with the great name and the NHL bloodlines. The D-man with the skating coach mum and NHL scout dad who flies round the ice but is still working out how to translate skill into points. The fearless bulldozer in teh 6th round who no-one's seen in a year, but lots of people expected a big leap from.

Lots of skating, character and lots of guys who really want to be red wings too, which can't hurt down the line