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e: Live-posting starts here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=0&threadid=3776228&perpage=40&pagenumber=5#post461416321 Pick Order 1. Toronto Maple Leafs — Auston 20:16 2. Winnipeg Jets — Patrik Laine 3. Columbus Blue Jackets — Pierre-Luc Dubois 4. Edmonton Oilers — Jesse Puljujarvi 5. Vancouver Canucks — Olli Juolevi 6. Calgary Flames — Matthew Tkachuk 7. Arizona Coyotes — Clayton Keller 8. Buffalo Sabres — Alex Nylander 9. Montreal Canadiens — Mikhail Sergachyev 10. Colorado Avalanche — Tyson Jost 11. Ottawa Senators (from New Jersey Devils - pick swap) — Logan Brown 12. New Jersey Devils (from Ottawa Senators - pick swap) — Michael McCleod 13. Carolina Hurricanes — Jake Bean 14. Boston Bruins — Charlie McAvoy 15. Minnesota Wild — Luke Kunin 16. Arizona Coyotes (from Detroit Red Wings - Datsyuk trade) — Jakub Chychrun 17. Nashville Predators — Dante Fabbro 18. Winnipeg Jets (from Philadelphia Flyers - pick swap) — Logan Stanley 19. New York Islanders — Kieffer Bellows 20. Detroit Red Wings ( from NY Rangers - Yandle trade, via Arizona Coyotes - Datsyuk trade) — Dennis Cholowski 21. Carolina Hurricanes (from LA Kings - Sekera trade) — Julien Gauthier 22. Philadelphia Flyers (from Chicago Blackhawks - Ladd trade via Winnipeg Jets - pick swap) — German Rubtsov 23. Florida Panthers — Henrik Borgstrom 24. Anaheim Ducks — Max Jones 25. Dallas Stars — Riley Tufte 26. St Louis Blues (from Washington Capitals - pick swap) — Tage Thompson 27. Tampa Bay Lightning — Brett Howden 28. Washington Capitals (from St. Louis Blues - pick swap) — Lucas Johansson 29. Boston Bruins (from San Jose Sharks - Jones trade) — Trent Frederic 30. Anaheim Ducks (from Pittsburgh Penguins - Kessel trade, via Toronto Maples Leafs - Andersen trade) — Sam STEEL TRADES D1 Montreal gets: Andrew Shaw, WSH 2017 2nd, WSH 2018 2nd Washington gets: Lars Eller Chicago gets: #39, #45 Calgary gets:Brian Elliott St Louis gets: #35; Conditional 2018 3rd New Jersey gets: #12, #80 Ottawa gets: #11 Detroit gets: #20, #53, Joe Vitale Arizona gets: #16, Pavel Datsyuk Philadelphia gets: #22, #36 Winnipeg gets: #18, #79 St Louis gets: #26 Washington gets: #28, 87 TRADES D2 That I care to mention Buffalo gets: Dmitri Kulikov, #33 Florida gets: Mark Pysyk, #38, #89 New Jersey gets: Beau Bennett Pittsburgh gets: #77 LA gets: Jack Campbell Dallas gets: Nick Ebert  It's that time of year where we all pull up our badly stuffed computer chairs, flick on our monitors or phones and use our limited knowledge to berate each others about the NHL readiness of awkward teenagers! Yes, that's right it's almost time for the 2016 NHL ENTRY DRAFT taking place June 24-25, 2016 in Buffalo, NY! So what's happening this year? Well, as you may or may not have heard the 1st overall pick belongs to the self-described Centre of the Hockey Universe Toronto Maple Leafs having won the first of the three anti-Oilers pick lotteries held last month. Somehow, no one is really all that upset with this because the Leafs have been the NHL's punchline for the last decade and people are almost happy to see something go right for them now that they seem to be competently run. This feeling will fade once the TSN YOUNG BUDS specials start airing on a biweekly basis. The Jets and Blue Jackets will pick 2nd and 3rd respectively after winning the other two draft lotteries. No one has any strong feelings about either of these franchises, so sure why not? Who are the top prospects this year and why have I never seen them play outside the WJC? The first three picks this year are as close to locks as you can possibly get. They are Auston Matthews, Patrik Laine and Jesse Puljujärvi and they'll be selected in that order and there's no real question about that. All three of them play in Europe, so despite what people may tell you no one has actually seen them play live outside of international tournaments. Auston Matthews - C - 6'2" - 195lbs - Shoots Left  Effective, efficient and completely boring. Switzerland was a good choice. A half-Mexican, California born, Arizona raised childhood Coyotes fan currently plying his trade in Zurich, Switzerland. Needless to say, he's breaking a great deal of new ground for the NHL here. Continually labelled as an example of the success of southern NHL expansion, he's going to Toronto so loses all of his worthwhile marketability. He's a classic two-way centre. Good at everything, bad at nothing he's entirely unflashy but the type of player cup winners are built around. He set a bunch of scoring records with the USNTDP before eschewing both college and junior to sign a contract with Zurich in where he was the best player in the league. He's drat good and everything you want in a franchise centre, but whatever he does for the next decade is going to be analyzed in intense detail because of the market he's going to so fingers crossed he's allergic to hot dogs. He's also Toews level uninteresting. I'll leave you with the words of the drunk guy I overhead in the Thai restaurant to sum up how Matthews' time in Toronto will go: 'Ya hear about tha fuckin' Leafs getta that first overall pick eh? Like when we got Wendel Fuckin' Clark man, that guy could totally beat the poo poo outta like Surley and Memmeeso and them guys. That was hockey. Fuckin' Leafs man. Patrik Laine - LW/RW - 6'4" - 210lbs - Shoot Right  After glancing at a January weather report for Winnipeg, Patrik sets to work on a new career A bit of an after thought at the beginning of the year, he's established himself as a can't miss player and the most promising European prospect since Alex Ovechkin (who incidentally he is basically a carbon copy of stylistically). Big, strong and with a booming shot, he's a flashy attacking winger who's worth the price of admission alone. As punishment for not being a robot, he gets to spend his youth in Canada's Detroit. He won the Finnish league playoff MVP despite just turning 18 a month ago, can currently be found breaking Jagr's u-18 points record at the WHC, and doing rad poo poo. Jesse Puljujärvi - RW - 6'3" - 200lbs - Shoots Right  No, no! Not me, friends. He's talking about himself. But thanks for looking! The Other Guys  Consensus rankings per The Leafs Nation. Let's all continue to have a hearty chuckle at McKeen's having Michael McLeod at #3 TV Options The first round will air on Sportsnet (don't watch this channel) and NBC Sport Network (the one with the good analysts) on Friday, Jun 24, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. EST. Things will actually start happening a good 20 minutes later though, be prepared for a 3-4 hour night if you wanna watch all 30 picks. The second round to seventh rounds will be live streamed on NHL.com on Saturday, June 25, 2016. Somebody fucked around with this message at 16:31 on Jun 25, 2016 |
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Good thread. Assume Matthews is the #1 but I'd love to listen to the Toronto guys going over the pick. It should have been a slam dunk, but Laine is really making the case that it's not. Also, I asked this elsewhere but if anyone knows where I can grab old draft predictions from scouting services or magazines, I'd be appreciative. I'm looking for the top 30s for 2005-2009. Have TSN and CSS.
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Jordan7hm posted:Also, I asked this elsewhere but if anyone knows where I can grab old draft predictions from scouting services or magazines, I'd be appreciative. I'm looking for the top 30s for 2005-2009. Have TSN and CSS. If don't mind paying a few bucks a pop, THN sells digital copies of their draft primer dating back about a decade. https://secure.thehockeynews.com/online-store/?cat=S&utm_source=index_page&utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=special_issues
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Pronman's top-100 prospect writeups is apparently available on the ABC site without the need for the ESPN insider paywall. http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/top-100-prospects-2016-nhl-draft/story?id=39091742
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May 16, 2016 19:52
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My body is ready.
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May 16, 2016 20:18
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my preference for a thread title was "two finns and a baby"
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Poonerman posted:my preference for a thread title was "two finns and a baby" I think the thread title has an unnecessary "now" in it. Sky blue, water wet, Toronto Sports Network. As an Oiler fan this is the first year in forever where I have no idea who we'll draft. I'm honestly hoping for a chaotic trade with pick #4 to spice things up.
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May 16, 2016 21:17
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I kind of hope the Flyers draft Alex DeBrincat. Even if he falls to 18 I don't think it's happening, though.
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May 16, 2016 21:23
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Tkachuk or Dubois should be cool on the Canucks. Which means welcome to Vancouver, Jakob Chychrun
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My gut tells me that Nashville will go for a defenseman in the first, because that's totally Poile's jam and they haven't in a while, plus the pipeline is a little dry in that respect at the moment. E: so...Fabbro if he's still around at 17? Thufir fucked around with this message at 21:45 on May 16, 2016 |
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May 16, 2016 21:41
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i love the draft and i wish that my favorite team were ever going to pick in the first round again so i could have more personal investment in it
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Yaya posted:Tkachuk or Dubois should be cool on the Canucks. That's a funny way to spell Logan Brown.
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nature6pk posted:That's a funny way to spell Logan Brown.  SKILLS: BIG
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May 16, 2016 21:54
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I'd like the Coyotes to take Tkachuk or Nylander at 7. That being said, they are probably taking the 2nd defenceman of the draft, after Edmonton hopefully makes a smart pick. I just don't think that going for the #2 dman in a draft with a significant talent gap between F and D is a good idea. But then again, Arizona does have a ton of quality forward prospects and jack poo poo for D prospects so...
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I don't think Tkachuk makes it to 7, but I suppose it's possible. Nylander would be a nice pickup though.
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Are there any high risk, high reward Russians that GMs will be scared enough of to drop to the Capitals at 26th?
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Gunjin posted:Are there any high risk, high reward Russians that GMs will be scared enough of to drop to the Capitals at 26th? Sounds like Vitaly Abramov to me! A tiny, dangly Russian winger playing in Gatineau. He's quick, shifty and kind of a rat. Like a lot of high scoring juniors, defence is largely a mystery to him but with the right coaching he could be a Maxim Afinogenov type. Not quite as magical hands and feet, but that sorta player. ThinkTank fucked around with this message at 01:21 on May 17, 2016 |
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May 17, 2016 01:16
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Yaya posted:
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Gunjin posted:Are there any high risk, high reward Russians that GMs will be scared enough of to drop to the Capitals at 26th? German Rubtsov could fall since he was on the Russian U-18 team that got booted for collective steroid use, though I don't know if he himself pissed hot.
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May 17, 2016 01:27
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Logan Brown's good. Not top 5 good, but he actually scores a lot.
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May 17, 2016 01:31
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Matthews is gonna get run out of Toronto provided that he doesn't refuse to report in first.
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INSPECTAH DECK posted:Logan Brown's good. Not top 5 good, but he actually scores a lot. Shutup, Jimbo might hear you
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May 17, 2016 01:59
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Seems like a poor draft for top-end Canadian talent. Have to go back to the really loving bad 1999 Draft to find a time where a Canadian didn't go in the Top 3.
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I thought the consensus on Logan Brown, at least among smart people, is he'd be a nice pick up in the early-mid round (so like 13-16ish) but he's probably not a top 10 caliber pick?
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Jamwad Hilder posted:I thought the consensus on Logan Brown, at least among smart people, is he'd be a nice pick up in the early-mid round (so like 13-16ish) but he's probably not a top 10 caliber pick? can't teach 6'6"
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May 17, 2016 02:38
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I know. I'm praying someone drafts him before Sweeney gets a chance to.
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Jamwad Hilder posted:I thought the consensus on Logan Brown, at least among smart people, is he'd be a nice pick up in the early-mid round (so like 13-16ish) but he's probably not a top 10 caliber pick? If you think someone has a real NHL career ahead of them, they're probably fine after the first 5. The drop off after 5 is pretty precipitous.
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May 17, 2016 02:41
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yellowcar posted:Matthews is gonna get run out of Toronto provided that he doesn't refuse to report in first. And why would he do that? It's not like he'd be playing in Quebec or anything...
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Jamwad Hilder posted:I know. I'm praying someone drafts him before Sweeney gets a chance to. Jim will save Sweeney from himself
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Jordan7hm posted:If you think someone has a real NHL career ahead of them, they're probably fine after the first 5. The drop off after 5 is pretty precipitous. If you're going by 'I'll confidently bet that this guy will be a good NHLer' I'd say the drop off is actually at 3. I've heard people saying constantly that Laine plays like Ovechkin but I just don't see it. Every time I watch him his game just screams Kovalchuk
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A Typical Goon posted:If you're going by 'I'll confidently bet that this guy will be a good NHLer' I'd say the drop off is actually at 3. Potato, PotAHto. If I told you with pick 2 you could only draft the worse of the two (pre-NHL career, not current) you'd be making GBS threads your pants with joy and rightfully so.
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darkwolf220 posted:Potato, PotAHto. If I told you with pick 2 you could only draft the worse of the two (pre-NHL career, not current) you'd be making GBS threads your pants with joy and rightfully so. only six months until we get patrik laine floater segments on coach's corner
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would anyone like to part with their first round pick in a package involving, say, rick nash or chris kreider. hmu
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May 17, 2016 11:22
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All I want to say is, hail Satan.
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dyn posted:And why would he do that? It's not like he'd be playing in Quebec or anything... Worse! He'd be playing for the Leafs!
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mentholmoose posted:I kind of hope the Flyers draft Alex DeBrincat. Even if he falls to 18 I don't think it's happening, though. I like this idea
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yellowcar posted:Worse! He'd be playing for the Leafs! I have faith he'll find his way to Arizona where he can be the desert messiah.
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yellowcar posted:Worse! He'd be playing for the Leafs! McDavid signed with the Oilers, if that can happen, anything can.
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May 17, 2016 14:43
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Matthews, Nylander, Marner and Rielly is going to be such a good core to build around.
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Arabian Jesus posted:Matthews, Nylander, Marner and Rielly is going to be such a good core to build around. Can you imagine a first line of Laine/Nylander/Marner. It'd be loving insane.
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