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Had to watch a couple times to see when he puts the puck in.
Me too.
Had to watch a couple times to see when he puts the puck in.
That's my boy ! Give me Zacha ! What a incredible package !
Don't forget that the kid hits like a truck too !
Love all those kids that are near the 10th or 11th spot...
But Zacha it is for me, please !
That's my boy ! Give me Zacha ! What a incredible package !
Don't forget that the kid hits like a truck too !
Love all those kids that are near the 10th or 11th spot...
But Zacha it is for me, please !
Zacha won't go below 8th. The kid is just too good.
Connor makes me nervous as he is headed to Michigan as that was a dream of his. What do we do if he gets it in his head he wants to graduate and become a UFA? It's my understanding the NHL will award a supplemental 1st round pick to the team that loses any 1st rounder to UFA through graduation, although I'm really testing my memory here. Still that's going form an 11th to 31st on top of having to wait for development.People have to remember that in this draft, you will always hear "No way this kid doesn't go top-8 or top-10" for about more than 10 players...
McDavid
Eichel
Marner
Strome
Hanifin
Provorov
Werenski
Crouse
Barzal
Rantanen
Zacha
Meier
Konecny
Connor
Those are the names thrown around for top-10 and they all seem legitimate, and they are !
So we'll have to pick one of the left-overs but it isn't that bad ! It's great, except if you don't like the game of some of the kids on this list... I'm not that high on Hanifin, Werenski or Connor, because they are the ones I've seen the less...
That's 3 kids... Out of that list... So that's 11 kids left, and out of those kids, maybe some won't like picking a defenseman... But they are all incredible building blocks and nearly can't-miss prospect !
if the Sam's from last year were in this draft what spot would they go? Just trying to gauge how good this draft is.
Connor makes me nervous as he is headed to Michigan as that was a dream of his. What do we do if he gets it in his head he wants to graduate and become a UFA? It's my understanding the NHL will award a supplemental 1st round pick to the team that loses any 1st rounder to UFA through graduation, although I'm really testing my memory here. Still that's going form an 11th to 31st on top of having to wait for development.
In hindsight, Bennett would still be 3 or 4 as no one knew the reason he couldn't do a pull up was because of an injury. After surgery and missing all this season he is looking real good for the Calgary. Reinhart is still good but I think he falls from 2nd to somewhere between 5-10. He had a very mediocre year since being sent back down from Buffalo.if the Sam's from last year were in this draft what spot would they go? Just trying to gauge how good this draft is.
if the Sam's from last year were in this draft what spot would they go? Just trying to gauge how good this draft is.
In the second tier behind McDavid and Eichel... He is comparable to Hanifin, Strome and Marner IMO.
After surgery and missing all this season he is looking real good for the Calgary.
Yeah, it shows you the thanks Tallon gets for drafting this guy when he probably wouldn't have been drafted at all. On top of that he attends all of our development camps and then says screw you. We will probably get a 3rd out of it if Tallon cannot sign him as that is what happened when we traded the rights to Knight.We already have one Michigan grad refusing to sign with us, why add another.
That's a team that is not afraid to put there young guys in the NHL early if they show promise. They have done well in the draft.You could give a jersey to a dead fly in Calgary and he'd look good. Everything they touch is gold apparently.
That's a team that is not afraid to put there young guys in the NHL early if they show promise. They have done well in the draft.
I think there's some risk involved with Zacha. Underperformed this year when you look at his skill set.
I think there's some risk involved with Zacha. Underperformed this year when you look at his skill set.
It's always luck on whose going to make a career in the NHL as an 18 yr old draftee. There have been plenty of busts of "sure things" in the top 10, let alone most that follow is an even bigger crap shoot. Monahan played that extra year in the OHL because of his birthday and was NHL ready when he started out. He is ahead of all his classmates in the goal scoring dept and certainly is the best value pick in that draft so far. It's way too early on Bennett to declare him a shoe in for next season but he hasn't hurt his chances with his performance so far in the playoffs. In either case, it says much about the Flames that they are not afraid to give these guys an NHL chance if they feel they are ready. Same holds true with the diminutive Gaudreau. In contrast, most NHL teams want their guys down in the minors for development.They got lucky with Brodie and Gaudreau. Other than that they haven't done really anything special.
In the second tier behind McDavid and Eichel... He is comparable to Hanifin, Strome and Marner IMO.