So You Think You Can Draft - 2021 Edition

[vancityluongo]

No one did this yet? Let's keep it going!!!

The Canucks picks: Vancouver Canucks Draft History at hockeydb.com

41 - Danila Klimovich
137 - Aku Koskenvuo
140 - Jonathan Myrenberg
169 - Hugo Gabrielson
178 - Connor Lockhart
201 - Lucas Forsell

Make your picks:

(9*) -
41 -
(73**) -
137 -
140 -
169 -
178 -
201 -

*traded in the deal with Arizona to acquire OEL and Garland. Arizona selected Dylan Guenther.
**traded for Jason Dickinson. Dallas selected Ayrton Martino.

Feel free to include these if you wouldn't have made those trades.

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As always, I don't know jack shit about the draft, but here are my picks anyways.

(9*) - Cole Sillinger
41 - Sasha Pastujov
(73**) - trade
137 - Aku Koskenvuo
140 - Cole Jordan
169 - Sebastian Jasecko
178 - Daniil Pylenkov
201 - Jacob Guevin

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Previous years:

So You Think You Can Draft - 2020 Edition
So You Think You Can Draft - 2019 Edition
So You Think You Can Draft - 2018 Edition
So You Think You Can Draft 2017
So you think you can draft!!!!!
So you think you can draft - 2015 edition
So you think you can draft - 2014 edition
So you think you can draft? - 2013

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[Pip]

Give me Stankoven at 41 and defer to the potato for the rest

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

All I know is I would have kept the 1st (and drafted Guenther).

If the 2nd could not be traded for a Top 6 F or Top 4 D upgrade, I would have gone Pinelli.

But instead we got OEL and a U18 star.

 

[VIPettersson]

41 - Aleksi Heimosalmi
137 - Jack Bar
140 - Ty Voit
169 - Connor Lockhart
178 - Aleksi Malinen
201 - Lucas Forsell

 

[Nucker101]

Don't have time to follow all the prospects myself, but I do like reading scouting reports from the HF posters in the prospects section who actually watch these guys play full games.

(9*) - Dylan Guenther
41 - Francesco Pinelli
(73**) - Jack Bar
137 - Francesco Arcuri (would've gone Bar here with the traded pick above and then taken Arcuri next)
140 - Cole Jordan
169 - Justin Janicke
178 - Connor Lockhart
201 - Simon Motew

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

9- Dylan Guenther
41- Aleksi Heimosalmi, probably gonna regret not picking Stankoven here
73- trade, but if I could get another 3rd Alexei Kolosov
137- Justin Robidas
140- Joshua Roy
169- Ethan Samson
178- Connor Lockhart
201- Jalen Luypen

 

[Royal Canuck]

Give me Stankoven at 41 and defer to the potato for the rest

Still shocks me how much of a gap there was between Guenther and Stankoven. Watched Stankoven in particular very closely the last couple years and I think he'll be a stud.

 

[vanuck]

Quite honestly... whoever the potato favours at our picks. Plus Guenther at 9th OA (definitely would NOT have traded for OEL/Garland).

Edit: this would be it.

I guess that's a wrap.

So, not final as I'm too lazy to verify all this, but I think it's:

41 - Ayrton Martino
137 - Dmitri Buchelnikov
140 - Joshua Roy
169 - Brenden Sirizzotti
178 - Connor Kurth
201 - Peter Reynolds

 

[mratch19]

9 - Guenther... easy pick, imo
41 - Stankoven - what an absolute steal! (backup would be Chibrikov)
73 - Ayrton Martino (backup Guillaume Richard, steal from CBJ, imo)
137 - Jake Martin
140 - Cole Jordan
169 - Lorenzo Canonica
178- Marcus Almquist
201- Peter Reynolds

honorable mention from 169 - 201: Jacob Guevin

I'll admit, after 100 I am wayyyyy less studied!

 

[Canucker]

9. Sillinger
41. Stankoven
73. I'm ok with this trade, but if we had the pick I'd go with Ayrton Martino.
137. Tyson Galloway
140. Cameron MacDonald
169. Simon Knak
178. Nikita Novikov
201. Jalen Luypen

 

[sting101]

*9 - Dylan Guenther seems like the no brainer here. Would have still taken Fyodor Svechkov. Feel like Nashville got a bit of a steal considering who went in front of him. Shot does need work but i will stick with my projection of him over Guenther

41 - i really do like the Klimovich pick as he has legit top6 talent. If he was from North America i feel he would have been a top 10-20 pick based on talent but he also would have been scrutinized and had to face better competition. Its definitely a big swing but i like it. Stankoven and Chibrikov would be what i would have expected and ultimately making a decision would have taken Nikita Chibrikov. I like his east west game and has a wicked snipe. Chase Stillman is who i wanted here but NJ really reached and took him 1st round. Kinda thing you can do when you have multiple 1st round picks.

*73 - I only focussed on what i thought to be the top50 or so picks this year and without watching many junior games i think i will just take Ethan Del Mastro due to my exposure. I like his mobility and fundamentals for a big man. Kirsanov would be another i would have liked here.

 

[Paulinbc]

No one did this yet? Let's keep it going!!!

The Canucks picks: Vancouver Canucks Draft History at hockeydb.com

41 - Danila Klimovich
137 - Aku Koskenvuo
140 - Jonathan Myrenberg
169 - Hugo Gabrielson
178 - Connor Lockhart
201 - Lucas Forsell

Make your picks:

(9*) -
41 -
(73**) -
137 -
140 -
169 -
178 -
201 -

*traded in the deal with Arizona to acquire OEL and Garland. Arizona selected Dylan Guenther.
**traded for Jason Dickinson. Dallas selected Ayrton Martino.

Feel free to include these if you wouldn't have made those trades.

_______

As always, I don't know jack shit about the draft, but here are my picks anyways.

(9*) - Cole Sillinger
41 - Sasha Pastujov
(73**) - trade
137 - Aku Koskenvuo
140 - Cole Jordan
169 - Sebastian Jasecko
178 - Daniil Pylenkov
201 - Jacob Guevin

_______

Previous years:

So You Think You Can Draft - 2020 Edition
So You Think You Can Draft - 2019 Edition
So You Think You Can Draft - 2018 Edition
So You Think You Can Draft 2017
So you think you can draft!!!!!
So you think you can draft - 2015 edition
So you think you can draft - 2014 edition
So you think you can draft? - 2013

Yeah I’ll bite

would have been happy with Guenther at 9. I had him at 5.
41. Pinelli
73. Would have loved to get Olsson here but since we missed out by one slot, I’d take Ryder Korczak from Moose Jaw.
137. Jack Bar
140. Cole Jordan. Another Kid from the Moose.
I probably would have used 168 on Lockhart. Like that kid, like the pick.
178. Ryan Mast.
201. Robert Flinton.

 

[kcunac]

(9*) - Would have traded down to get Scechkov and another pick.
41 - Francesco Pinelli (C)
(73**) - Kirill Kirsanov (LD)
137 - Jack Bar (RD)
140 - Oscar Plandowski (RD)
169 - Ty Gallgher (RD)
178 - Lucas Forsell (LW)
201 - Joe Vrbetic (G)

 

[DFAC]

(9*) - Dylan Guenther (LW)
41 - Logan Stankoven (C/RW)
(73**) - Ayrton Martino (LW)
137 - Jack Bar (D)
140 - Cole Jordan (D)
169 - Aleksi Malinen (D)
178 - Matvei Petrov (LW)
201 - Ty Gallagher (D)

 

[BC Ben]

9*) - I like Garland and think OEL can rebound enough. I’ll leave this deal here.
41 - would have taken the Kings deal (with Ottawa at 42) and dropped back to 49 and picked up a 5th (136 added).
49 - Ville Koivunen
(73**) - Traded for Dickinson
135 - Jack Bar
137 - Cole Jordan
140 - Ty Voit
169 - Ty Gallagher
178 - Connor Lockhart
201 - Jalen Luypen

Screwy with Zona’s forfeited pick… some sites show it as a slot taken and some don’t… my trade slots may be one off

 

[ahmon]

9) Fyodor Svechkov
41) Sasha Pastujov
73) Olivier Nadeau
137) Francesco Arcuri

After that don't know

 

[bossram]

@Melvin, any way to fire up the potato?

I'd go with Guenther at 9, Stankoven at 41, and the potato picks for the rest.

 

[xtra]

I didn’t follow this draft enough to do this for this year but I will say I would never have done that OEL trade

 

[Melvin]

@Melvin, any way to fire up the potato?

I'd go with Guenther at 9, Stankoven at 41, and the potato picks for the rest.

Well geez, now I have to get off my ass and enter in what all the picks were so I can see who was available. Alright then!

(9*) - Xavier Bourgault (Dylan Guenther basically tied.)
41 - Ryder Korczak
(73**) - Ayrton Martino (exactly who Dallas picked.)
137 - Joshua Roy
140 - Alexander Suvorov
169 - Dmitri Buchelnikov
178 - Avery Hayes
201 - Nikita Bespalov

 

[bossram]

Well geez, now I have to get off my ass and enter in what all the picks were so I can see who was available. Alright then!

(9*) - Xavier Bourgault (Dylan Guenther basically tied.)
41 - Ryder Korczak
(73**) - Ayrton Martino (exactly who Dallas picked.)
137 - Joshua Roy
140 - Alexander Suvorov
169 - Dmitri Buchelnikov
178 - Avery Hayes
201 - Nikita Bespalov

Thanks for your work Melvin! Always love seeing the Potato results.

Martino at 73 is exactly who I would've picked haha. I like the Roy and Buchelnikov picks; good production in their respective leagues and they are very young draft eligibles (both still 17). Interesting that the model finds another guy from the Belarussian league.

I think there might be a problem with Bespalov. I'm finding a 33 year old on Elite Prospects haha.

 

[FireBenningNow]

(9*) - Dylan Guenther
41 - Logan Stankoven
(73**) - Brent Johnson
137 - Cole Jordan
140 - Hugo Gabrielson
169 - Lucas Forsell
178 - Peter Reynolds
201 - Trevor Wong

 

[Melvin]

Thanks for your work Melvin! Always love seeing the Potato results.

Martino at 73 is exactly who I would've picked haha. I like the Roy and Buchelnikov picks; good production in their respective leagues and they are very young draft eligibles (both still 17). Interesting that the model finds another guy from the Belarussian league.

I think there might be a problem with Bespalov. I'm finding a 33 year old on Elite Prospects haha.

Nikita Bespalov - Elite Prospects.

Played in the same league as Danila Klimovich with basically the same production. I definitely treat these Belarus picks with a bit of suspicion as I don't really know how strong that league is compared to other Euro leagues.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Round 1 Lysell
Round 2 Klimovich
The rest... potato