Steal of draft so far

[Ox]

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins

 

[Hale The Villain]

Nick Shore - 82nd overall to the Predators
Joseph Labate - 101st overall to the Canucks
Shane McColgan - 134th overall to the Rangers
Andrew Shaw - 139th overall to the Blackhawks

 

[Thricecube]

Surprised to see both McColgan and Friberg fall as far as they did.

 

[TheMuumio]

Michael Schumacher (La Kings #200) 7 time world champion can't beat that

 

[Finnish Your Czechs]

I think Detroit picking Phillippe Hudon in the 5th round was a huge steal.

 

[sexytime]

Michael Schumacher (La Kings #200) 7 time world champion can't beat that

F'ing awesome name! He's going to be a star!

 

[Wheatking]

Apparently a lot of scouts from around the league are telling the Edmonton media that Klefbom is going to be the steal if the 1st round. We'll see...

 

[Bibeen]

Nathan Beaulieu IS the steal.

 

[dingdong]

Who's the steal? We'll find out in 3 or 4 years

 

[bigbadbruins1]

Dougie Hamilton falling to 9th for Boston.
All things considered I think that is the perfect team for him... and the look on peter Chiarelli's face when he realized he was available was priceless.

 

[Milamber]

Nick Shore - 82nd overall to the Predators
Joseph Labate - 101st overall to the Canucks
Shane McColgan - 134th overall to the Rangers
Andrew Shaw - 139th overall to the Blackhawks

FYI Nick Shore was drafted by The Kings...They traded up for the pick

 

[Kraken Jokes]

Who's the steal? We'll find out in 3 or 4 years

I was wondering who would be the first Mr. Obvious.

 

[The Fuhr*]

Soberg

if he was from Sweden instead of Norway he would have been the top goalie picked in the draft

 

[BigEyedPhish]

Nikita Filatov for a 3rd

lol!

 

[Jabba11]

Homer pick but Nathan Beaulieu at 17th is incredible. I really liked Detroit's drafting though...Alexei Marchenko 7th round is going to be their next gem.

 

[featherhawk]

johan mattsson

 

[jmelm]

Khokhlachev

One of the youngest players in the draft and put up really good numbers including 20 points in 18 playoff games as a rookie... supposedly just oozing skill

Looks like he could be a huge steal at 40... but there is always the russian question marks

This.

I'm not so concerned about the Russian questionmarks, because this kid's work ethic on the ice is sensational. Has the potential to be one of the top 10-15 forwards from this draft.

 

[dubey]

In this deep of a draft, stop naming "steals" in the 1st round plz..

only the 1st round

how about stop naming steals after a draft just finished? these threads always make good comedy material 5 years later

 

[Petes2424]

Homer pick but Nathan Beaulieu at 17th is incredible. I really liked Detroit's drafting though...Alexei Marchenko 7th round is going to be their next gem.

Marchenko would've been a first round pick last year but he had his spleen removed. I thought he signed in the KHL so that might be a problem getting him over here to play. But we are speaking of the Detroit Red Wings here. My guess, they'll find a way to make it happen in the next couple of years. By far this would obviously be the steal of the draft.

 

[TheBradyBunch]

I strongly disagree, Larsson is. And the fact he's the best Swedish in your opinion doesn't mean he's a top-5 talent. I see the homer connection considering your location though. I'm sure glad you're not head scout for my favorite team!

The beauty of this post is that you think you can talk condescendingly to someone about a player they have evidently watched quite a bit based on what you have seen from 3 scouting service rankings, some mock drafts, and maybe a bit of hockey if we're being optimistic.

 

[jukon]

I say Samu Perhonen. He's got a lot to grow/develop but has a huge upside.

But of course I'd like to see all of Edmonton's picks do really well.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I thought the rule was whoever the Leafs draft is the steal of the draft

 

[Dread Clawz]

Larsson wasn't a steal, it was expected that he could fall that far with RNH being the obvious Oilers pick, the Avs in love with Lando and the Panthers needing a forward. Although yes, the Devils are absolutely thrilled to have landed him at #4. Still, not a huge value discrepancy between potentially #2 and #4.

Some people are saying Grimaldi to the Panthers, and that may be true.

But Russo at #95 to the Isles could definitely turn out to be the steal of the draft, it shocked me how far he fell. Ambroz to Columbus in the 5th round also has to get consideration as someone we could look back on say wow how did they get him there. Friberg to Anaheim in the 6th is in the same boat.

 

[Mc5RingsAndABeer]

I thought the rule was whoever the Leafs draft is the steal of the draft

Well I supposed the Bruins are guilty of grand larcency after what they did with the Kessel deal.

 

[Zeroknowledge*]

Larsson at 4
Beaulieu at 17
Grimaldi at 33