Not too much groundbreaking information here (3 minute interview) but still nice.
Gotta think LDs such as Buium and Dickinson are on a « do not draft » list, unless they are sure they can work out a trade right after.
AcanthocephalaGreen5
I know it’s a D-heavy draft but there’s gotta be a stud forward at 5, no?
If HuGo wants someone like Tij, do they trade down to 8th and get another pick/prospect in the process?
OkAnything4877
Just go BPA; I don’t care if it’s a LD.
We got burned so bad by the Kotkaniemi pick because the team tried to draft for need. It was very clear at the time of the draft that KK wasn’t the BPA at 3rd, but the team reached for him because they needed a C. Turned out like most could have predicted.
6/8 major lists/publications had Hughes and Tkachuk ranked higher than Kotkaniemi. The two that had KK rated high were Craig Button and Pronman, who had him ranked 5th and 4th, respectively. Both those guys are known for their strange outlier rankings every year where they have some random prospect rated inexplicably high and they always seem to be wrong. Button is doing it this year with Parekh (has him ranked 3rd overall), Pronman’s guy this year is Yakemchuk (3rd overall). Both loved KK that year, and compared him to Jonathan Toews, Anze Kopitar, and Evgeni Malkin 😂😂
Rankings before the draft (from major lists/publications):
Kotkaniemi: high 4, low 16, average 9
Tkachuk: high 3, low 9, average 5
Hughes: high 3, low 9, average 6
They reached big time for KK due to positional need. The thing is, if KK had gone around 10th or later like he was supposed to, I don’t think he’s that bad of a pick, even considering his recent struggles this past season. But at 3rd? Geez. That was a terrible pick right from the start.
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Not too much groundbreaking information here (3 minute interview) but still nice.
Gotta think LDs such as Buium and Dickinson are on a « do not draft » list, unless they are sure they can work out a trade right after.
I know it’s a D-heavy draft but there’s gotta be a stud forward at 5, no?
If HuGo wants someone like Tij, do they trade down to 8th and get another pick/prospect in the process?
Just go BPA; I don’t care if it’s a LD.
We got burned so bad by the Kotkaniemi pick because the team tried to draft for need. It was very clear at the time of the draft that KK wasn’t the BPA at 3rd, but the team reached for him because they needed a C. Turned out like most could have predicted.
6/8 major lists/publications had Hughes and Tkachuk ranked higher than Kotkaniemi. The two that had KK rated high were Craig Button and Pronman, who had him ranked 5th and 4th, respectively. Both those guys are known for their strange outlier rankings every year where they have some random prospect rated inexplicably high and they always seem to be wrong. Button is doing it this year with Parekh (has him ranked 3rd overall), Pronman’s guy this year is Yakemchuk (3rd overall). Both loved KK that year, and compared him to Jonathan Toews, Anze Kopitar, and Evgeni Malkin 😂😂
Rankings before the draft (from major lists/publications):
Kotkaniemi: high 4, low 16, average 9
Tkachuk: high 3, low 9, average 5
Hughes: high 3, low 9, average 6
They reached big time for KK due to positional need. The thing is, if KK had gone around 10th or later like he was supposed to, I don’t think he’s that bad of a pick, even considering his recent struggles this past season. But at 3rd? Geez. That was a terrible pick right from the start.
They are taking Tig