2019 Entry Draft Thread

[deepdrive]

I think the guy from the state that got the #1 overall pick twice in 3 years has left his tin foil hat in the closet.

I'm in California so I'll wear mine.

[NJHalo]

1 hour ago, deepdrive said:

I think the guy from the state that got the #1 overall pick twice in 3 years has left his tin foil hat in the closet.

I'm in California so I'll wear mine.

Might be from NJ, but hate the Devils. 

Rangers have gone 54 years without picking this high. If anyone should be complaining about fixes and conspiracies.....

 

[Lou]

FACE !

[Tank]

3 hours ago, deepdrive said:

I think the guy from the state that got the #1 overall pick twice in 3 years has left his tin foil hat in the closet.

I'm in California so I'll wear mine.

does yours continue to have a 2013 stanley cup playoff logo on it?

[Thomas]

 

[deepdrive]

21 hours ago, Tank said:

does yours continue to have a 2013 stanley cup playoff logo on it?

I was going to update it the next time the Ducks were in the Stanley Cup Finals. It could be a while.

[gotbeer]

Watching that video.  Wow, Turcotte jumps to 4.  He was around 8/9.  I guess it makes sense, since now looking at the rankings, he's at 4th, 5th, 6th, with a few at 9th.

If Dach is still available at 9, I'm sure the Ducks will get him.  They've never drafted based on need.  They've always drafted best available.

[deepdrive]

On 4/10/2019 at 8:07 PM, NJHalo said:

Might be from NJ, but hate the Devils. 

Rangers have gone 54 years without picking this high. If anyone should be complaining about fixes and conspiracies.....

 

More likely, 'If anyone should be complaining about a draft system that supports poor hockey operations management.'

The systems better now. But could be vastly improved to stop screwing well run organizations.

[deepdrive]

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

Watching that video.  Wow, Turcotte jumps to 4.  He was around 8/9.  I guess it makes sense, since now looking at the rankings, he's at 4th, 5th, 6th, with a few at 9th.

If Dach is still available at 9, I'm sure the Ducks will get him.  They've never drafted based on need.  They've always drafted best available.

We have two things going for us at 9. First, obviously our scouting has an exceptional track record. Second, Edmonton moved ahead of us in the draft order, not Vancouver.

[Angel Oracle]

I don't trust Rob Blake at #5.    Frustrating

[gotbeer]

NHL Central Scouting Releases Final 2019 Rankings

http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftprospectbrowse.htm

Interesting that the international players after the top 2 are pretty much all defensemen.  If Byram is available at 5, do the Kings pass on him?  

[arch stanton]

I think he will fall to 5. I could see Chicago taking Turcotte and the Avs taking Dach

[gotbeer]

NHL Draft 2019: Kaapo Kakko has 5 goals in two games after hat trick at World Championships

Kakko is making some noise for draft day.  That's a pretty impressive World's showing, considering he is facing older and NHLers.  And his last game, 2 goals was against Canada.  

[arch stanton]

Now that the Cup is decided we can turn full attention to draft. The first 2 are pretty much set in stone. Given Chicago's love for the US players I think Turcotte is a pretty strong choice there. If this happens I've created a scenario in my head where Edmonton covets Byram enough to final work out the long anticipated swap with the Avs. As principles they send Nugent-Hopkins and the #8 to Colorado for Barrie and the #4 and they work out some minor adjustments to make it work all the way around.

I think the Kings take Zegras, Detroit Podkolzin, then Buffalo, Colorado, the Ducks and Vancouver take some order of Cozens, Dach, Krebs, and Boldie

At 16 I see the Avs taking Newhook

[gotbeer]

Here is NHL's final mock draft.

https://www.nhl.com/news/2019-nhl-mock-draft-jack-hughes-kaapo-kakko/c-307896372?tid=277764372

Looks like the Kings are going D.  and maybe even the Ducks.  

[arch stanton]

Byram is far ahead of the other D. Assuming Chicago takes Turcotte then whoever wants Byram might look to jump ahead of the Kings. It would be surreal to me to see Sakic and Yzerman cut a deal to bypass Blake. Or maybe Sakic cuts a deal with Blake so the Kings can take  Byram without worrying about getting leapfrogged. I’m pretty sure the Avs are taking Dach in any case

[gotbeer]

I agree.  That #4 pick may be in play to get Byram.  I even hear the #3 pick may be in play.  The other rumor I'm hearing is that the Canucks want to move ahead of Edmonton.  

This is why the NHL and NFL and NBA drafts are so much more fun and watchable than the MLB draft.  So many deals that could be made.

[arch stanton]

Yeah it’s probably Dach or Turcotte if he’s available at 4 but I think they’ll look to move up or down from 16 depending on the board. If someone like Florida jumps at Knight and someone else reaches for Bachstrom or Seider then they’ll try to move up for one of the next tier forwards 

[Thomas]

Dach off the board to Chitown

[gotbeer]

Dach to Chicago.  Wow.  Guess no hometown love for Turcotte.

[Thomas]

Byram to Colorado. Hmmph.

[gotbeer]

Just now, Thomas said:

Byram to Colorado. Hmmph.

Well, that's one way to screw the Kings even more.  Now Blake has to make the correct choice that isn't going to get criticized for the next 5 years.  

[Thomas]

3 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Well, that's one way to screw the Kings even more.  Now Blake has to make the correct choice that isn't going to get criticized for the next 5 years.  

Blake with the safe choice Turcotte

[nando714]

Center. 

Carter old and injured. Kopi entering the wrong side of his career

lets hope this pans outs. Still waiting for vilardi 

Pick #22 next 

[Thomas]

Detroit with the reach. But it's hard to doubt Yzerman.