GDT: The 2021 NHL Entry Draft Thread! Round 1, 8pm EST on ESPN2!

[JustJokinenAround]

JFC

league is garbage

not good. bergevin was in chicago 2010 and then does this, leaves a pretty bad taste. only hope is the hammer is laid down after the investigation into the blackhawks.

 

[MBH]

bergevin is an idiot…logan is too

Montreal wants the kid.
Nothing idiotic about it.
Hopefully they help the kid mature.
Throwing yourself at the mercy of the apology seekers never works.

 

[Christoph53]

What a clown Bergevin is

 

[MBH]

Also, 2 drafts in a row Minnesota is looking like a clear cut winner.

Jesper Wallstedt and Carson Lambos. 2 guys that should have been in the top 12 picked 20 and 26.

I officially hate this draft now.

One of the winners.
Detroit: Edvinsson and Cossa
Minnesota: Wallstedt and Lambos
Nashville: Svechkov and Zachary L'Heureux
Columbus: Johnson, Sillinger, Ceulemans

 

[Sweetpotato]

Just a bitter Oilers fan dropping in to say you guys had one hell of a first round. Detroit, Minnesota and Columbus making massive moves that I love this week. Congrats on Cossa and Edvinsson.

 

[Go Wings]

He had a life threatening case. There's no need to be a dick.

There is absolutely the need to be a dick because you have been a dick all night. If you dont like the picks who the f*** cares. Steve Yzerman and the scouting staff know more than anyone on this board.
And yah there have been plenty of times when I havent like picks but you know what I am not a scout.
In the last few weeks Yzerman has shored up 2 big holes in the lineup
LD and in Goal
We added a top 4 LD and a calder finalist goalie. Tonight we added a potential top pairing LD and a potential starting goalie.

Minnesota did get good value for their picks but picking Wallstedt at 6th and Lambos at 15th is terrible value. Most people would have been all over Detroit say they really reached.

Wait 5 years or so and then have a fit and bitch if you are proven to be right. Rest assured a lot of us will remember what you said about Cossa and Edvisson tonight. If they turn out like Yzerman hopes we will remind you of the shit you said tongiht.

 

[lilidk]

Kid made a mistake, regret it, want to be a good citizen, and people just throwing stones on him. What , you never made stupid thing in your life

 

[FabricDetails]

"Steve do you want big defensemen who can play with skill?"

Haha. Nah, bro...

 

[Ezekial]

One of the winners.
Detroit: Edvinsson and Cossa
Minnesota: Wallstedt and Lambos
Nashville: Svechkov and Zachary L'Heureux
Columbus: Johnson, Sillinger, Ceulemans

I'd like this post if I could, but I really liked those other 3 drafts outside of ours, they would be the first 3 I would list as well.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

There is absolutely the need to be a dick because you have been a dick all night. If you dont like the picks who the f*** cares. Steve Yzerman and the scouting staff know more than anyone on this board.
And yah there have been plenty of times when I havent like picks but you know what I am not a scout.
In the last few weeks Yzerman has shored up 2 big holes in the lineup
LD and in Goal
We added a top 4 LD and a calder finalist goalie. Tonight we added a potential top pairing LD and a potential starting goalie.

Minnesota did get good value for their picks but picking Wallstedt at 6th and Lambos at 15th is terrible value. Most people would have been all over Detroit say they really reached.

Wait 5 years or so and then have a fit and bitch if you are proven to be right. Rest assured a lot of us will remember what you said about Cossa and Edvisson tonight. If they turn out like Yzerman hopes we will remind you of the shit you said tongiht.

My comment wasn't about anything other than you making a shitty comment about a player developing a life threatening ailment. I could care less about you not agreeing with my preference in players at the draft.

 

[jfrank21]

There is absolutely the need to be a dick because you have been a dick all night. If you dont like the picks who the f*** cares. Steve Yzerman and the scouting staff know more than anyone on this board.
And yah there have been plenty of times when I havent like picks but you know what I am not a scout.
In the last few weeks Yzerman has shored up 2 big holes in the lineup
LD and in Goal
We added a top 4 LD and a calder finalist goalie. Tonight we added a potential top pairing LD and a potential starting goalie.

Minnesota did get good value for their picks but picking Wallstedt at 6th and Lambos at 15th is terrible value. Most people would have been all over Detroit say they really reached.

Wait 5 years or so and then have a fit and bitch if you are proven to be right. Rest assured a lot of us will remember what you said about Cossa and Edvisson tonight. If they turn out like Yzerman hopes we will remind you of the shit you said tongiht.

Are you serious? Posting some gifs and memes and being disappointed about not getting the guy you wanted is not being a dick. He was adding some levity to the situation. Im happy that you are content with lapping up the Stevie Y scraps, but people are allowed to express their opinions without being attacked.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

One of the winners.
Detroit: Edvinsson and Cossa
Minnesota: Wallstedt and Lambos
Nashville: Svechkov and Zachary L'Heureux
Columbus: Johnson, Sillinger, Ceulemans

I'm not in love with Johnson at 5 and think that Edvinsson or Clarke should have been their pick after losing Jones. But Sillinger at 12 (technically at 11, where his dad was drafted by Detroit) and Ceulemans were great choices.

EDIT: Almost forgot about Svechkov and L'Heureux. I don't think L'Heureux develops into anything better than a 2nd/3rd line tweener but he'll be a scrappy one that's hard to play against. The kind of guy you hate on the other team but wish was on yours.

And I know people are loving the Cossa pick but man...I just hate missing out on Svechkov. That is a guy who I think we'll look at 3 years from now and ask ourselves why we skipped over him.

 

[RedWingzz]

we could be sitting here with Eklund and Wallstedt...

I believe in Steve, but man, we could have Eklund and Wallstedt.

I'm cool with Cossa over Wallstedt, but I really don't like Edvinsson.

 

[Shaman464]

Montreal wants the kid.
Nothing idiotic about it.
Hopefully they help the kid mature.
Throwing yourself at the mercy of the apology seekers never works.

Besides the issue with the fact this was really really recent, the fact he asked not to be drafted as part of his penance makes this a pretty shitty move. Kid would have been draft eligible next year, where he could have shown he's grown from being a dumbshit.

 

[FabricDetails]

Yzerman gives credit to Al Murray for Vasi. Pretty sure Stevie has said that before but do people actually know that?

 

[better Red than Dead]

Some guys need to cheer up, it could be worse, you could be an Oiler fan and have to live with Ken Holland running your team

 

[MBH]

Besides the issue with the fact this was really really recent, the fact he asked not to be drafted as part of his penance makes this a pretty shitty move. Kid would have been draft eligible next year, where he could have shown he's grown from being a dumbshit.

Who gives a f***? That's Montreal's choice. It's their pick.
This kid is in a pressure cooker the likes NONE of us have ever seen.
Marc Bergevin understands that more than you or I.
And in six weeks, this kid might be just fine being a Canadiens pick.

For all we know, the kids' agent told him to put it out there - knowing full well the request would fall on deaf ears - but knowing it would win him sympathy.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Some guys need to cheer up, it could be worse, you could be an Oiler fan and have to live with Ken Holland running your team

Bourgault is a very good swiss army knife , middle 6 player and I'd be glad to have him in our pool...

...But what the hell was Holland thinking trading back when Wallstedt was still on the board? And when the team's best goalie is 39 years old on a 2 year contract?!

That's just Ben Simmons passing on an easy dunk right there.

 

[RedWingzz]

Some guys need to cheer up, it could be worse, you could be an Oiler fan and have to live with Ken Holland running your team

But we passed on Eklund, I can't cheer up....

Eklund is gonna be the best player out of this draft. Let's see what Edvinsson can do. Yeah he skates well, but if he can't handle the puck we're screwed.

 

[FabricDetails]

Bourgault is a very good swiss army knife , middle 6 player and I'd be glad to have him in our pool...

...But what the hell was Holland thinking trading back when Wallstedt was still on the board? And when the team's best goalie is 39 years old on a 2 year contract?!

That's just Ben Simmons passing on an easy dunk right there.

I've been tempted to explore over to their board but... Nah...

 

[Shaman464]

Who gives a f***? That's Montreal's choice. It's their pick.
This kid is in a pressure cooker the likes NONE of us have ever seen.
Marc Bergevin understands that more than you or I.
And in six weeks, this kid might be just fine being a Canadiens pick.

For all we know, the kids' agent told him to put it out there - knowing full well the request would fall on deaf ears - but knowing it would win him sympathy.

If he was in Canada or the United States he'd be facing felony charges for making and distributing child pornography. His luck was only that he was in Sweden when he did this. This isn't trivial at all.

 

[RedWingzz]

Montreal wants the kid.
Nothing idiotic about it.
Hopefully they help the kid mature.
Throwing yourself at the mercy of the apology seekers never works.

I just chuckle at the fact that they could have done this in the 6th or 7th round, but they did it in the first.

Ballsy move for sure, I was genuinely shocked, but like....do this tomorrow in round 6 lol

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

But we passed on Eklund, I can't cheer up....

Eklund is gonna be the best player out of this draft. Let's see what Edvinsson can do. Yeah he skates well, but if he can't handle the puck we're screwed.

 

[MBH]

I just chuckle at the fact that they could have done this in the 6th or 7th round, but they did it in the first.

Ballsy move for sure, I was genuinely shocked, but like....do this tomorrow in round 6 lol

My guess is Montreal knows other teams are going to be in on this kid.

Say 15 teams think he's a first round talent?
How many of those GMs do think are going to pass up first round talent when he's available?

 

[Roomba With a Bauer]

Ballsy move for sure, I was genuinely shocked, but like....do this tomorrow in round 6 lol

The pick was a statement.