Official 2017 Stars Tank Watch

[LT]

Necas sounds appealing to me.

Honestly, I'd be fine with a top ten pick. This draft seems to have a big grouping of players in the top ten to fifteen slots, any of whom I'd be happy to acquire.

 

[masinaLFC]

I was there too at the game against SJS, and it was fun to watch.

I am also hoping for some draft lottery magic too haha.

What we don't want is to be picking in the double digits in the 1st Round...just hoping for a faller. We know that movie all too well.

I do think this draft is deeper than originally thought, but we don't want to push our luck.


Nolan
Hischier
Tippett
Glass
Mittlestadt
Tolvanen
Suzuki
Necas

I would pick Petterson ahead of 6 guys from that list

 

[OttMorrow]

I would pick Petterson ahead of 6 guys from that list

This list was in no particular order and meant to show that the draft wasn't awful. I didn't leave off Petterson as a slight to him as a prospect.

I haven't done much research on Petterson, haven't seen a shift-by-shift or a game of his.

What's the scoop on him?

 

[Satan]

the draft is rather ****

 

[masinaLFC]

This list was in no particular order and meant to show that the draft wasn't awful. I didn't leave off Petterson as a slight to him as a prospect.

I haven't done much research on Petterson, haven't seen a shift-by-shift or a game of his.

What's the scoop on him?

Great skater, quick hands, the best hockey IQ in this draft and I think he could become the best player from this draft... he just needs to add strength because he is 6,2 and 161lbs...

I've have never seen such a weird draft to be honest... Patrick still number one on most lists, but I don't know what to think about his injuries and sometimes lackluster performances. I think Hischier's ceiling is higher than Patrick's and I hope he is just tired right now, because he was amazing the 3/4s of the season. Then I have Pettersson, Vilardi, Liljegren and Mittelstadt in my top 6.

There is many ifs this year and no surefire top players, but it is gonna be great fun to watch as there could be such a different scouts rankings on the draftday

 

[WhoahNow]

I dont like the look of the next 3 games: ARI, NSH, and COL all at home

 

[txomisc]

I dont like the look of the next 3 games: ARI, NSH, and COL all at home

yeah ill try to be happy if we just lose one of them

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

Looks like DET and VAN could possibly pass us up in the standings, dropping us from 6/7 (with LV) to as low as 4. But, we could also pass Buffalo, and be drafting 7/8.

Time will tell, but I wish we had finished the season with a 17 game road trip.....

 

[Morry83]

I have a bad feeling we'll be picking 8th

 

[Satan]

I have a bad feeling we'll be picking 8th

Should be able to draft a future 3rd liner there

 

[OttMorrow]

Should be able to draft a future 3rd liner there

Yeah...we'll have to wait 3-4 years for that 3rd liner too haha

Maybe at 8th we can get Scott Glennie v2.0?

 

[MBTendy]

Well Wings won. Let's hope they can pull off another victory against a depleted Sens team, and the Yotes can build off their last win tomorrow.

 

[OttMorrow]

The Wings won last night and passed us in the standings. Good news.

For those of you trying to figure out where our draft seed will be come season end. The math allows for quite a range still:

Clinched Draft Seed Range: 4th-11th including LV
Current Draft Seed: 6th including LV

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

We need a hat trick of tank games to finish out the season. Our third jerseys should be tank tops, in honor of the mission.

 

[OttMorrow]

We need a hat trick of tank games to finish out the season. Our third jerseys should be tank tops, in honor of the mission.

 

[OttMorrow]

Necas sounds appealing to me.

Honestly, I'd be fine with a top ten pick. This draft seems to have a big grouping of players in the top ten to fifteen slots, any of whom I'd be happy to acquire.

Necas is one of the guys I'd be happy to get. I've only watched one game of his, but he looked sharp against pros.

Yes, this draft looks to be ok wherever we pick in the LIKELY 8th-11th range.

I have a feeling I'm going to be wanting one of Tolvanen, Necas, or Suzuki when our pick is up...The ones most likely to still be there for us and high up on my list...and I probably won't get any of them haha.

The odds of an out-of-left-field pick are high in a draft year like this one at the range we will be picking.

 

[OttMorrow]

After last night's action...

Current Draft Seed: 8th including LV

Clinched Draft Seed Range: 6th-9th including LV
Likely Draft Pick: 9th-12th

We're in Oleksiak range now. haha
I called this mediocre draft position...and I hate being correct, right now.

 

[Magic Mittens]

Buffalo at least won, and Buffalo and Florida play each other. Good chance Buffalo finishes ahead of us. With some luck we lose both games left and the Wings pass us

Come on Nashville!

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

ROW is the tiebreaker for draft odds too right?

So even with a win, Detroit can't catch us in the standings. Likewise, we'd need Florida to pick up at least a point today while Buffalo has to win their game outright.

So, currently in 9th position. Could finish as high as 7th depending on Buffalo and Florida?

 

[Magic Mittens]

If we Florida loses in regulation we will have the same record, and I believe head to head we both won a game. The next tie breaker is goal differential and Florida beats us there. So if my memory is right we should finish behind Florida no matter what. Only Buffalo can pass us today then

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

NHL playoff seedings are determined by

1) Points
2) ROW
3) Head-to-head season series
4) Goal differential

It's different for the draft then?

 

[Magic Mittens]

Shouldn't be, those are the rules for the standings. Which reflects playoff standings and draft order

 

[Morry83]

According to Tankathon, ties are broken by ROW. Stars have 33, Florida has 29.

 

[txomisc]

expect both those teams to win and then someone behind us in the lottery moves up

 

[Magic Mittens]

According to Tankathon, ties are broken by ROW. Stars have 33, Florida has 29.

Oh right I looked at that wrong. Dammit Florida

Go Panthers and Go Sabres today