Review the Coyotes 2019 draft

[SniperHF]

Hot take time, rate/review the draft performance

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[BigJCaRoach]

5, tbd on the names chosen but I expected more...

 

[Name Nameless]

No vote from me, I just wanted to say I congratulate all the draft picks.

I hope the team will stream a little from the prospect-camp, as in the scrimmage or something.

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

agree...they really do need to stream some of the prospect camp. I'm planning on going Day 2, can't go Day 1. Hoping someone will be there to post video

 

[Bonsai Tree]

Average. Not franchise changing for better (OEL) or worse (Strome).

 

[RufusG]

33% Italian names, exceeds all expectations. Whether any of the nine can play hockey, time will tell.

 

[Neighborhood Coyote]

Idk what I'd grade. I dont know most prospects well enough later on to know what the heck I'm talking about. So just based on the 1st rounder... I think Soderstrom will be good. If they felt they couldn't get him without trading up then they did what they had to.

Would be nice to see some really good success! Also loving the Italian names as well!

 

[moosemeister]

I’d say four.

We got one player who will likely be a solid NHLer in Soderstrom. Everyone else is waiver fodder for all I can tell

 

[TheLegend]

Quotes quotes and more quotes....

Matt Layman - Arizona Sports
Coyotes go forward-heavy, add character and skill at NHL Draft

Rick Morin - AZ Republic
'Collaboration' was key for Coyotes' new scouting department at NHL draft

 

[RemoAZ]

33% Italian names, exceeds all expectations. Whether any of the nine can play hockey, time will tell.

Thought I was the only one that was happy about that.

 

[_Del_]

I was able to reconstruct the whole staff and bring some young guys in who had a lot of energy and passion.

Great... Our team doesn't like on-the-job development -- -- unless it's in the scouting department or GM position.

Looking forward to seeing this play out...

 

[Snarky Coyote]

I don't know how you judge a draft right after it happens. I wish I could say that they blew the hell out of the 240th pick OA but I am not nearly knowledgeable enough to even bother after the second round. I was at the draft party for OEL and people were pissed that he was selected. I also remember how happy people were with Blake Wheeler. So um can we keep the poll open for 3 years please

 

[_Del_]

We all freaking lost it for the Wheeler pick. This forum was a fun place that day.

The worst part though was getting # on by all the other fan bases for that pick, only to see him ripen somewhere that we couldn't even enjoy the taste of the fruit first.

A bit like the Strome experience, only Strome was a consensus top five pick whole Wheeler came out of nowhere seemingly.

 

[rt]

Soderstrom was absolutely not a reach at #11. He was projected to go from 6-14 all season long by pretty much everyone. For all the hand wringing on this forum, no one else in the hockey world batted an eyelash.

 

[Jakey53]

I don't know how you judge a draft right after it happens. I wish I could say that they blew the hell out of the 240th pick OA but I am not nearly knowledgeable enough to even bother after the second round. I was at the draft party for OEL and people were pissed that he was selected. I also remember how happy people were with Blake Wheeler. So um can we keep the poll open for 3 years please

Exactly. No one know, even the so called experts. Like Ken Holland said " no body knows, these are 18 yo kids".

 

[Jakey53]

I’d say four.

We got one player who will likely be a solid NHLer in Soderstrom. Everyone else is waiver fodder for all I can tell

Waiver fodder? How can you say that? I mean, how the hell can you determine that?

 

[Mosby]

Like a 6 or 7. I like our first 3 picks. Also like Nussbaumer from a value standpoint. I like that we are finally looking at Russia and did so with two picks.

Carolina, Vegas, Minnesota. Couple of the teams who I can think of who did well.

 

[TheLegend]

Corey Pronman of The Athletic gives us a B minus....

Arizona Coyotes: B-minus

The Coyotes had a lot of picks and brought in a large quantity of talent. I had John Farinacci, Alexannder Daryin and Matias Maccelli on my list, while Aku Raty, Anthony Romano and Valentin Nussbaumer missed my cut, but I think are depth. Victor Soderstrom is an interesting prospect. I had a lot of debates with scouts about him through the season. Some, like me, think his skating is average, while others think it’s high-end. If the latter is true, I buy the draft slot; but I have some mild skepticism. Soderstrom will help the Coyotes, though, and possibly soon. I think Maccelli, Daryin and Farinacci all could reasonably play for the team, as well, in lower roles. Raty is an interesting shot in the dark. I know some scouts who think he’s going to play, but I wasn’t convinced.

(He also gives an assessment to each of the Coyotes’ picks - for subscribers)

 

[Bondurant]

 

[TheLegend]

Scott Wheeler of The Athletic rated us as “Overtime Winners”
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Arizona Coyotes

I was honestly pretty low on Matias Macelli early in the year, and questioned the ability of his skill to translate if he didn’t learn to play a little faster. But then I watched him more and more and he just kept producing, before finishing at No. 69 on my final ranking. He has middle-six upside and that could be real value at No. 98.

He wasn’t the only Coyotes pick I liked either. John Farinacci went exactly where I expected he would and has a chance to be a good player if the Coyotes can play the long game. And Anthony Romano and Valentin Nussbaumer were worthwhile gambles late in the draft.
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[Ebb]

I didn't do any research this off-season, but I'm overall fine with the draft. The thing I'm happy to see is that we seem to be focusing more outside of the U.S./Canada. As we improve, we'll be picking later and later, so this is probably a good "trial run" on the "new" drafting procedure. We won't know for at least 3-4 years whether or not we did decently, but I guess I'm somewhat hopeful.

 

[rt]

Soderstrom is a fine prospect. Soderstrom was not a reach at 11th. There isn’t a staff in the league that wouldn’t trade 14+45 for their #3. All of that is fine. The bummer is that Soderstrom isn’t going to score 30 goals in a season for the Coyotes. Which would be okay, except that it’s also true of Hayton. And POJ. And Chychrun. And Raanta and Stepan. And probably Keller.

No, you don’t draft for need. But you should aim to draft some f***ing goals. Because those are ALWAYS a need in the game of hockey.

Smart NHL teams often use their first round picks on kids they hope will someday score 30 goals for their team. Chayka hasn’t bothered yet. That worries me.

 

[moosemeister]

Soderstrom is a fine prospect. Soderstrom was not a reach at 11th. There isn’t a staff in the league that wouldn’t trade 14+45 for their #3. All of that is fine. The bummer is that Soderstrom isn’t going to score 30 goals in a season for the Coyotes. Which would be okay, except that it’s also true of Hayton. And POJ. And Chychrun. And Raanta and Stepan. And probably Keller.

No, you don’t draft for need. But you should aim to draft some ****ing goals. Because those are ALWAYS a need in the game of hockey.

Smart NHL teams often use their first round picks on kids they hope will someday score 30 goals for their team. Chayka hasn’t bothered yet. That worries me.

Don’t need 30 goals when you defense the f*** out of your opponents

 

[lanky]

At least the Maccelli pick shows that Chayka cares a little bit about goals.

 

[_Del_]

Don’t need 30 goals when you defense the **** out of your opponents

We can get 82 points playing to 0-0 regulation ties. We just need a couple shootout guys to find another 15 points and we'll be fine.