The All-Purpose 6th Overall Discussion Thread PT IX

[The Stig]

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[GPNuck]

Getting close to draft day... Poll Please.

 

[LaVar]

Nylander.

 

[CCF23]

Ritchie or Nylander.

Have to swing for the fences. Either go with the power forward with the potential to be a force, or go with the most purely skilled player available.

 

[GPNuck]

I stick with Ehlers

 

[monster_bertuzzi]

Ritchie or Nylander.

Have to swing for the fences. Either go with the power forward with the potential to be a force, or go with the most purely skilled player available.

If we're swigin' for the fences it's Nylander or Ehlers.

 

[CCF23]

If we're swigin' for the fences it's Nylander or Ehlers.

Ritchie has the potential to be the next dominant power forward in the league.

 

[monster_bertuzzi]

Ritchie has the potential to be the next dominant power forward in the league.

Sure, just like Nylander has 100 point potential and Ehlers has electric all-star potential. You gotta try and propject who reaches what. Ritchie couldnt even muster up a PPG in the playoffs as an 18 year old and as consistency issues - I've got a lot of doubts with him.

 

[ddawg1950]

Can't we all just get along!

 

[LiquidSnake]

Sure, just like Nylander has 100 point potential and Ehlers has electric all-star potential. You gotta try and propject who reaches what. Ritchie couldnt even muster up a PPG in the playoffs as an 18 year old and as consistency issues - I've got a lot of doubts with him.

And looks like Big Country.

I don't want to be constantly reminded of that dark time in my life.

 

[bo2shink*]

I stick with Ehlers

Can't wait until the ECHLers threads start.

 

[Orca Smash]

That sportsnet article which seems completely way off base about torontos offer not being good enough for number 1 also has this. Take it for what its worth.

"As Marek noted, he knows of one scout who had pronounced Ritchie No. 1 overall. I know another who, if trusting his gut rather than heeding his GM, would do the same. I also know two other scouts who had Ritchie at No. 2.

But insert the asterisk here: It is making the rounds that one team has Ritchie 18th on its list. As bad as it sounds, it’s worse than you think—most scouts consider this a shallow draft, maybe only 16-deep."

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl-draft/kadri-package-not-enough-to-get-no-1/

 

[medhatcanuck]

Just an update of public opinion

Phase 1. Ritchie
Phase 2. Ehlers
Phase 3. Nylander
Phase 4. Virtanen
Now: we don't know.

Sounds good. Not happy that there isn't a solidified #6, but at least we know we're getting a solid prospect.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

My preferences haven't changed:

- Ehlers
- Ritchie
- Nylander
- Virtanen

In that order.

 

[JerkChicken]

Outside of the 'Big 5', my wish list is...

1-Ritchie
2-Ehlers
3-Nylander
4-Virtanen

 

[Bleach Clean]

Sure, just like Nylander has 100 point potential and Ehlers has electric all-star potential. You gotta try and propject who reaches what. Ritchie couldnt even muster up a PPG in the playoffs as an 18 year old and as consistency issues - I've got a lot of doubts with him.

Ritchie put the Petes on his back to beat the Fronts.

I have doubts on him too, but his playoff performance certainly doesn't make me second guess him.

 

[arsmaster*]

Sure, just like Nylander has 100 point potential and Ehlers has electric all-star potential. You gotta try and propject who reaches what. Ritchie couldnt even muster up a PPG in the playoffs as an 18 year old and as consistency issues - I've got a lot of doubts with him.

PPG arguments, cool!

Watch game 5-7 against the Frontenacs. Kid put the team on his back. Scored the series clincher.

You're as bad as y2k with his irrational Nylander hate with your Ritchie hate.


Edit ^ bleach clean. You have an echo. Lol

 

[y2kcanucks]

PPG arguments, cool!

Watch game 5-7 against the Frontenacs. Kid put the team on his back. Scored the series clincher.

You're as bad as y2k with his irrational Nylander hate with your Ritchie hate.


Edit ^ bleach clean. You have an echo. Lol

My Nylander hate isn't irrational.

 

[arsmaster*]

My Nylander hate isn't irrational.

You may think hate because his Swedish is irrational.

I doubt many agree.

But I digress....

 

[y2kcanucks]

You may think hate because his Swedish is irrational.

I doubt many agree.

But I digress....

I agree hate because of his nationality is irrational. That's not why I dislike him as a prospect.

 

[Verviticus]

That sportsnet article which seems completely way off base about torontos offer not being good enough for number 1 also has this. Take it for what its worth.

"As Marek noted, he knows of one scout who had pronounced Ritchie No. 1 overall. I know another who, if trusting his gut rather than heeding his GM, would do the same. I also know two other scouts who had Ritchie at No. 2.

But insert the asterisk here: It is making the rounds that one team has Ritchie 18th on its list. As bad as it sounds, it’s worse than you think—most scouts consider this a shallow draft, maybe only 16-deep."

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl-draft/kadri-package-not-enough-to-get-no-1/

holy **** that entire article, top to bottom, is garbage

 

[y2kcanucks]

holy **** that entire article, top to bottom, is garbage

Why? Because you disagree with it?

Ritchie is the real deal.

 

[monster_bertuzzi]

I don't hate Ritchie, I just prefer the pure skill of Ehlers or Nylander.

 

[Verviticus]

Why? Because you disagree with it?

Ritchie is the real deal.

no, because most of the **** there is nonsense. ritchie at #1 is insane.

"But insert the asterisk here: It is making the rounds that one team has Ritchie 18th on its list. As bad as it sounds, it’s worse than you think—most scouts consider this a shallow draft, maybe only 16-deep."

what the **** is this? either the implication is that this idiot mystery team said both statements, in which its Dramatic Hyperbole like you'd see in a hollywood trailer or they're taking the one team that has a massive outlier in their scouting and then pretending it just meshes with the rest of the scouts in the league that ostensibly have the dude at considerably more reasonable spots

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

no, because most of the **** there is nonsense. ritchie at #1 is insane.

"But insert the asterisk here: It is making the rounds that one team has Ritchie 18th on its list. As bad as it sounds, it’s worse than you think—most scouts consider this a shallow draft, maybe only 16-deep."

what the **** is this? either the implication is that this idiot mystery team said both statements, in which its Dramatic Hyperbole like you'd see in a hollywood trailer or they're taking the one team that has a massive outlier in their scouting and then pretending it just meshes with the rest of the scouts in the league that ostensibly have the dude at considerably more reasonable spots

I don't know if I agree that Ritchie @ #1 is "insane"... But personally I don't think he's the best player in the draft.