Who would be your top five picks in a 2016 NHL Re-Draft?

[Lavar Ball]

In other words, who do you think will end up as the five best players from the 2016 NHL Draft?

Some interesting results from the 2017 Draft Thread: Who would be your top five picks in a 2017 NHL Re-Draft?

Ended up looking like this through about 500 votes:

1. Cale Makar - 96.3%
2. Miro Heiskanen - 85.2%
3. Jason Robertson - 81.8%
4. Nico Hischier - 70.7%
5. Elias Pettersson - 60.9%
6. Nick Suzuki - 34.8%
7. Jake Oettinger - 25.2%
8. Robert Thomas - 14.1%

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[Mrb1p]

Thats tough. Do we assume Fox wants to play with the team that is drafted or not ?

Matthews
Fox
McAvoy
Tkachuk
Thompson
Bratt

I feel bad leaving off the best goalscorer on the list, Patrik Laine. I feel like his career hasn't been the sum of his talent and I feel he should be a lock for top 3. If Fox is playing in NY Id go him or Thompson

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Fox
Matthews
McAvoy
Bratt
Thompson/Tkachuk/Laine - chose Thompson for position

 

[RapidKnight]

Don’t be a Bratt. Jesper > Tage

 

[Mickey Marner]

Real drop off after 4. Thompson, Bratt, Laine or Sergachev could all be argued.

 

[Lavar Ball]

Thats tough. Do we assume Fox wants to play with the team that is drafted or not ?

Matthews
Fox
McAvoy
Tkachuk
Thompson
Bratt

I feel bad leaving off the best goalscorer on the list, Patrik Laine. I feel like his career hasn't been the sum of his talent and I feel he should be a lock for top 3. If Fox is playing in NY Id go him or Thompson

Lol, good point. Let's assume Fox will play for whoever drafts him

 

[Play]

Thats tough. Do we assume Fox wants to play with the team that is drafted or not ?

wow

 

[centipede2233]

Fox
Matthews
McAvoy
Bratt
Thompson/Tkachuk/Laine - chose Thompson for position

Bratt over ktachuk?

 

[Regal]

wow

Why wow? It’s a legitimate question. He passed through two teams and was clearly only interested in playing for the Rangers if given the option.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Bratt over ktachuk?

Yeah. Tkachuk is great and is off to an awesome start in Florida, but I have a strong preference for guys who can transport the puck. Speed kills these days, especially in the playoffs.

Interestingly enough, their 5v5 production has been essentially identical in the last few years, but Bratt has been doing it on a bottom feeder.

 

[Mrb1p]

Yeah. Tkachuk is great and is off to an awesome start in Florida, but I have a strong preference for guys who wear the forked red and black uniform. Speed kills these days, especially in the playoffs.

Interestingly enough, their 5v5 production has been essentially identical in the last few years, but Bratt has been doing it on a bottom feeder.
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Ftfy bud

wow

You dont agree? Teams passed on Jagr for this too. I dont blame Fox for choosing where he wants to live, power to the people.

 

[JKG33]

Real drop off after 4. Thompson, Bratt, Laine or Sergachev could all be argued.

Pretty much. I'm taking Chychrun at 5. Once he finally leaves the mess that is Arizona people are going to be wondering how he fell so far in that draft

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Ftfy bud

You must not be very familiar with my post history if you think I'm out here blindly supporting devils players.

I was never high on Hall, even when he was a Devil, or Hamilton for that matter. And Severson. And Holtz. I don't even have Brodeur as a top 10 goalie. There are plenty of receipts to back up all of this.

 

[RapidKnight]

wow

My reaction to you opting to only choose McAvoy.

 

[Stealth JD]

I think they're properly listed through about the top-8 in the poll...so, the first 5 guys.

 

[TheDoldrums]

Matthews
McAvoy
Fox
Bratt
Thompson

 

[Filthy Dangles]

wow

I like how you scrutinized that over them leaving Auston MAtthews off their list, lol.

 

[Boreal01]

Matthews
McAvoy
Fox
Bratt
Tkachuk

 

[Xspyrit]

There's really people who didn't vote Matthews and Fox? wow HF never cease to amaze... Even McAvoy and Tkachuk are impossible to leave out

Matthews, Fox, McAvoy and Tkachuk is a pretty clear Top-4 IMO

Tage Thomson is also too much of a beast to not make it (and yes late bloomer)

Then you have Bratt, Kyrou, DeBrincat, Laine, etc... another pretty good draft but lacking a bit in quality depth and goalies

Why wow? It’s a legitimate question. He passed through two teams and was clearly only interested in playing for the Rangers if given the option.

It's not important in these re-drafts IMO

We are evaluating the quality of the hockey player.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

There's really people who didn't vote Matthews and Fox? wow HF never cease to amaze... Even McAvoy and Tkachuk are impossible to leave out

Matthews, Fox, McAvoy and Tkachuk is a pretty clear Top-4 IMO

Tage Thomson is also too much of a beast to not make it (and yes late bloomer)

Then you have Bratt, Kyrou, DeBrincat, Laine, etc... another pretty good draft but lacking a bit in quality depth and goalies



It's not important in these re-drafts IMO

We are evaluating the quality of the hockey player.

Matthews Fox and McAvoy should be locks for everyone.

Unrelated but damn what a strong draft for Americans. Add in Tkachuk, Thompson, Keller, and Debrincat too. Right now the consensus top 5 are all American, that's pretty insane.

 

[tarheelhockey]

It's really close at #4. Part of me says it's nonsense not to take Laine, but somehow he just doesn't seem to add as much as he should. That leaves Thompson and Bratt, who are super close. Went with Thompson because I just really like what I see from him, but it's a coinflip.

 

[BoHorvat 53]

I think the first 4 are very easy in Matthews, Fox, McAvoy and Tkachuk, then went with Laine at 5 just because I still think he has potential to be a 50 goal scorer.

 

[M2Beezy]

1 Chychrun
2 Kyrou
3 PLD (Pierre Luc Dubois)
4 Keller
5 Sergachev

 

[Mitch nylander]

1. Matthews
2. fox
3. Mcavoy
4. Tkachuk
5. Thompson/Bratt
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Americans had quite the draft...

Matthew Tkachuk - Auston Matthews - Alex Debrincat
Clayton Keller - Tage Thompson - Luke Kunin
Rem Pitlick - Ross Colton - Trent Frederic
Kieffer Bellows - Logan Brown - Max Jones
Tufte/Eyssimont/Gambrell/Duhaime/Anderson/Lasczynski/Lockwood/Gettinger all logging games

Adam Fox - Charlie Mcavoy
Ryan Lindgren - Andrew Peeke
Casey Fitzgerald - Cam Dineen
Chase Priskie

Joseph Woll

 

[CowbellConray]

Thompson is essentially what everyone thought Laine would turn into