Official 2019 Draft Thread

[Captain Dave Poulin]

The nickname committee will be in disarray. Kaks? Kaps? Kakker? Kapper? Personally I'm leaning towards Kap'n Crunch

No.

 

[Embiid]

Well the guy at the top is worth sucking for.

Btw, how great is it to be a fan of the Avalanche this season?

We ain't getting him anyway.....

 

[Embiid]

Kakkos name is atrocious. Pass.

Is he related to Kaka...the Brazilian soccer player? I mean talk about a terrible name.

 

[Appleyard]

Is he related to Kaka...the Brazilian soccer player? I mean talk about a terrible name.

One of my favourites is Finnish hockey player Arsi Piispanen...

 

[duffy9748]

I hope the pick is traded if it’s not 1 or 2.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Anyone seen Moritz Seider? Huge RHD playing for Germany's top club in their top league. Captained Germany to the U20 D1A Gold and was named the best defenseman at the tournament. 7 points in 5 games. Seems to be getting some 1st round buzz.

Can't remember the last time a top prospect came directly out of the German system, but this kid seems to have a shot.

 

[Appleyard]

Anyone seen Moritz Seider? Huge RHD playing for Germany's top club in their top league. Captained Germany to the U20 D1A Gold and was named the best defenseman at the tournament. 7 points in 5 games. Seems to be getting some 1st round buzz.

Can't remember the last time a top prospect came directly out of the German system, but this kid seems to have a shot.

Yeh, I think he 100% should go 1st round. Maybe even in the ~10-20 range by seasons end as a big righty Dman.

Good skater, crisp passer, really nice stick-work, really big shot (even if can sometimes be hay-wire)...

his offensive upside is hard to pin down, but he is better offensively for sure at the same age as someone like Leon Gawanke (5th rounder) who is almost PPG in Q in draft +2 season. Plus heading for best draft year for Dman playing in DEL ever... it took Ehrhoff another year before he was at ~level Seider is now.

Certainly has top 4 upside and I could understand why some may think he could be say a #2 down the line.

 

[GKJ]

Anyone seen Moritz Seider? Huge RHD playing for Germany's top club in their top league. Captained Germany to the U20 D1A Gold and was named the best defenseman at the tournament. 7 points in 5 games. Seems to be getting some 1st round buzz.

Can't remember the last time a top prospect came directly out of the German system, but this kid seems to have a shot.

Draisaitl would be the last German. He had one of the worst tournaments I've ever seen a draft-eligible player have.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Draisaitl would be the last German. He had one of the worst tournaments I've ever seen a draft-eligible player have.

He didn’t come directly out of the German system. He played two years in the WHL.

Bokk was a first rounder last year but played in Sweden.

Draisaitl was great in the Ufa tournament right after his 17th birthday.

 

[Rebels57]

I hope the pick is traded if it’s not 1 or 2.

Id entertain moving it too. What if Dallas is willing to move Seguin for the pick (and a few small extras)? Id absolutely do it.

I think you are the first to bring this up. I am on board.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Can't remember the last time a top prospect came directly out of the German system, but this kid seems to have a shot.

Marco Sturm. Beyond that, the closest you can get are mid rounders like Jochen Hecht, Greiss and Ehrhoff.

 

[Outlaw Samurai]

Id entertain moving it too. What if Dallas is willing to move Seguin for the pick (and a few small extras)? Id absolutely do it.

I think you are the first to bring this up. I am on board.

Wow, that would be huge. I would too, especially when they take back some salary *cough cough* Farmer and Weiss.

 

[TheKingPin]

Well the guy at the top is worth sucking for.

Btw, how great is it to be a fan of the Avalanche this season?

I’ve gone on their board just to say that. You’ve got a good season going including a breakout player and two players that are at the top of the points all the while having a decent shot a great player playing the exact position that you need and having several really good players coming up. I really hope they don’t get Hughes. I’d rather him go to a team like LA.

 

[duffy9748]

Id entertain moving it too. What if Dallas is willing to move Seguin for the pick (and a few small extras)? Id absolutely do it.

I think you are the first to bring this up. I am on board.

I’d move it for a forward or a defenseman. It would have to be someone like Seguin though or just below his talent level. Any target would have to be locked up with a number of years left at their current level.

I think it’s likely we finish in the 7-10 range. I’d move that pick+ for Parayko or Tarasenko.

 

[Appleyard]

Marco Sturm. Beyond that, the closest you can get are mid rounders like Jochen Hecht, Greiss and Ehrhoff.

Yeh, Kühnhackl is the last guy who went inside 4th round... that was 2010.

 

[GKJ]

He didn’t come directly out of the German system. He played two years in the WHL.

Bokk was a first rounder last year but played in Sweden.

Draisaitl was great in the Ufa tournament right after his 17th birthday.

Totally forgot about Bokk, don't really hear about him.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Anyone seen Moritz Seider? Huge RHD playing for Germany's top club in their top league. Captained Germany to the U20 D1A Gold and was named the best defenseman at the tournament. 7 points in 5 games. Seems to be getting some 1st round buzz.

Can't remember the last time a top prospect came directly out of the German system, but this kid seems to have a shot.

I've only read about him but Ia wasin Manheim Germany over the summer (where he plays) and that city loves its hockey. It wasn't even hockey season but the train station was all decked out for the team.

 

[BobbyClarkeFan16]

So here's something for everyone to think about. If the Flyers end up with the first overall pick, would they consider moving one of Patrick or Frost as part of a package for a top pairing right side defender under the age of 25? Hughes/Giroux/Couturier/Patrick or Frost/Vorobyov/Rubtsov would be ridiculous depth, so someone would need to be moved. Just throwing it out there....

 

[FLYguy3911]

Who is this top pair under 25 RH dman?

 

[VladDrag]

@Magua - what do you think about Cozens as a winger at higher levels? I’ve only seen a few games of his at prospect shifts but I thought he has a skill set more suited as a winger.

 

[flyersfan187]

Having too many centers that can also play wing would be a nice problem to have.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Who is this top pair under 25 RH dman?

Trouba would be closest to fit criteria

 

[Outlaw Samurai]

Ok, I'll risk jinxing it and ask..

Where is Deadhead? Last seen Dec 20th..Someone took him out or did he pass away into the giant vapour bowl in the sky?

 

[flyersfan187]

Ok, I'll risk jinxing it and ask..

Where is Deadhead? Last seen Dec 20th..Someone took him out or did he pass away into the giant vapour bowl in the sky?

He was really paid by Hextall to post on here to try and control the internet on the love of coach Hak.

 

[Magua]

@Magua - what do you think about Cozens as a winger at higher levels? I’ve only seen a few games of his at prospect shifts but I thought he has a skill set more suited as a winger.

I'm always eager to say a junior center will be a winger, but I actually think Cozens could stick at center. I also think he'd be a good PWF goal scoring wing with a great playmaking center. I'm sure his offensive ceiling is higher there. But I like his hockey sense and feel for the position at center: gives easy exit availability, solid defensively, moves really well at his size through NZ (or even stop starts in tight), physical in battles (even at the NHL level, when he fills out, he might be one of the tougher below the dots players to contain). I don't think he's much of a finesse player or passer, but his high IQ allows him to execute nice give and go plays or short area passes. He always has a plan.

My thing with Cozens, while most people have him 3-5 (again, this draft might not be the most talented), is that while he provides a lot of super high floor things that will project easily, I'm a little skeptical he has the high end puck skill to be a 1C type. But I have seen improvement this year from last year with his hands, though he's still not exactly a "stickhandle in a phone booth" type. I'd say more a 50-60 point 2C is my realistic hope. But again, wing maybe provides more. Like every non-Jaako Hughkko prospect, he has his pluses and minuses as a quintessential high pick, so he's certainly a possibility like any other. He's not exactly easy for me to comp either. Rosy ceiling.....smaller, more nimble Primeau? Maybe Star Man can chime in.