Prospect Info: 2015 NHL Draft #30 - Nick Merkley C/RW

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The Many Stages of Kyle Turris

- 3ov: Turris
- Turris for Rundblad + 2nd
- 2nd for Vermette (Rundblad + Vermette)
- Rundblad for 2nd (2nd + Vermette)
- 2nd: Dvorak (Dvorak + Vermette)
- Vermette for Dahlbeck + 1st (Dvorak + Dahlbeck + 1st)
- 1st: Merkley (Dvorak + Dahlbeck + Merkley)

Talk about saving your ass. Well done Maloney.

 

[SniperHF]

Can't agree with that. Time has value and having a center 3 years ago would have been HUGE. But yeah it could have been a lot worse.

 

[letowskie]

90 pts. in the WHL is like 110 pts. in the OHL and 120 in the Q.

Just put that in perspective;

90 pts in 72 GP is approximately the same ppg of Barzal's 57 pts in 44 GP.

 

[hbk]

Merkley was 13 on our list. 13. According to Chris Johnston

 

[rt]

The balls they had not trading up. The balls.

 

[BlazingBlueAnt]

Do teams ever make that kind of stuff up to make prospects feel better?

 

[Jakey53]

Uniforms are good. Strome pick was great. Merkley pick was phenomenal. I'm over the moon. Ecstatic.

Talk about saving your ass. Well done Maloney.

It's about time you see the light. Welcome back

 

[Howler Scores]

Great pick. Won't hurt the tank like ticket sales but whatever city the team is in (doom and gloom), it will be solid. Dangerous even.

 

[Jakey53]

Merkley was 13 on our list. 13. According to Chris Johnston

The balls they had not trading up. The balls.

Does this mean our scouting department is finally pulling their weight? Money well spent in beefing up that area.

 

[Matias Maccete]

Does this mean our scouting department is finally pulling their weight? Money well spent in beefing up that area.

To be fair they did great last year too. Dvorak was a steal.

 

[jacobhockey13]

Awesome draft day. Congrats to Berhardt and GMDM. Not showing the draft at the draft party and NBCSN cutting off wasn't good, but it was still a great day. And the jerseys look cool.

 

[jacobhockey13]

I was really skeptical when we brought Berhardt in, but now I can't stop singing praises.

 

[Matias Maccete]

Awesome draft day. Congrats to Berhardt and GMDM. Not showing the draft at the draft party and NBCSN cutting off wasn't good, but it was still a great day. And the jerseys look cool.

Yeah that was why I left, at the draft party......I want to watch the draft, not the band who's playing 50 feet away.

 

[Coyotes2000]

Uniforms are good. Strome pick was great. Merkley pick was phenomenal. I'm over the moon. Ecstatic.

I smile that you're happy for once! lol

 

[_Del_]

The balls they had not trading up. The balls.

I still think they were ready to trade the pick away for immediate help, but held off because one or two guys the really liked were still on the board.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Yeah that was why I left, at the draft party......I want to watch the draft, not the band who's playing 50 feet away.

Yeah, I left when they put Lapinski and Heeter on stage instead of showing the actual Draft. On the way home I had 98.7 on and Gambo and Burns were ignoring the rest of the Draft and trying (and failing) to get Strome on the phone. Compared to their NBA draft coverage they really were quarter-assing the NHL draft.

 

[Coyote_Fan]

In fairness to the NBA Draft vs. the NHL draft even to big fans of the NHL alot of the names in todays draft are just random people. To casual basketball fans most of the names from the basketball draft are known.

 

[BlazingBlueAnt]

Hugley popular college basketball will do that

 

[CC96]

So stoked about this pick. Can't believe we snagged center who scored 90 points last year, at #30.

 

[KG]

Mike richards clone? Seems like a steal at #30. Works for me.

 

[Kaizen]

Money well spent in beefing up that area.

Anybody have any detail on where this additional investment in scouting was spent? I don't think there's more than a name or two that's new in the amateur scouting dept. The analytics guy is new but I'm not sure I've seen any new commitment beyond the Don being a little more involved due to the teams dismal season.

 

[AZviaNJ]

Puck possession skill jumps out immediately, an area in which the Yotes woefully are lacking. Amazing catch at #30. Well done GMDM (and thank you Boston)

 

[zerekstar]

This was a gift for a 30th pick. The cupboards are being well stocked.

 

[Mosby]

Anybody have any detail on where this additional investment in scouting was spent?

IIRC, we had one scout for all of Europe during the bankruptcy years. That's a ridiculous amount of territory.

 

[jacobhockey13]

IIRC, we had one scout for all of Europe during the bankruptcy years. That's a ridiculous amount of territory.

And he picked his son in the second round who can't even secure a roster spot in Europe - let alone the NHL.