GDT: 2017 NHL Draft: The waiting is over! The NYR will pick in the first round!

[I Eat Crow]

Vilardi is such a Kings pick. Big, strong center with size

 

[RGY]

My problem now is they have no D and no centers so now they're gonna look to free agency to plug the holes as per the failed NYR past..No Bueno

I still want

Shatty
Smith
Thornton (stop gap while Andersson develops)
Boyle

 

[NYRPat21]

Ya but we have the same head scout that picked McIlrath in the top 10.

Also the same scouts that grabbed Buchnevich and Duclair in the 3rd round in 2013.

 

[KingDeathMetal]

I'm taking the scouts word for it. And the scouts seem to be telling us...that this kid is an all-purpose, solid two way player. Great. Why did we need to trade Stepan for that? Why is his ceiling higher than Vilardi, Mittelstadt, etc? If it's not...again, what was the point of trading for the #7?

 

[Boruto]

what is BPA by the way?

 

[Alluckks]

Who said 4th liner? He is a good 3rd liner. Great.

He can be a 3rd line center this year. The guy was playing in the Swedish Elite League as their 2nd/3rd line center on a Championship team.

 

[NickyFotiu]

The way this is turning out is making me feel like the main reason to trade Stepan was to clear salary and avoid having a broken down and declining Stepan for the next few years.

They must've felt Stepan has reached the end of his shelf life in terms of top play and only saw him becoming more of a liability. I think the main motivation wasn't to get a first round pick, but rather to rinse and repeat the cycle of team building with a new generation.

I think your thoughts are very close to Gortons thinking. Wish we could have got Domi thrown in for 21.

 

[Kovalev27]

How do u not pick this kid vilardi size righty center. Give me a break third best forward on the board we ignore him.

 

[haveandare]

Because it was more important to the front office to make the old retiring guy feel good on his way out.

Because everyone here are a bunch of experts on this scout and his relationships to the rest of the front office

 

[RGY]

He can be a 3rd line center this year. The guy was playing in the Swedish Elite League as their 2nd/3rd line center on a Championship team.

I will believe it when I see it.

The only thing I like is that he has filled out well

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Tolvanen, Suzuki, or Liljegren will be at the 21st

I can feel it

 

[RangerLifer]

Who said 4th liner? He is a good 3rd liner. Great.

We need top line talent, or at least a hope for it without having to trade for it. This was their chance. I just can't....

 

[Kovalev27]

We'll draft a stay at home lefty D with our 21st pick. Don't bother watching

 

[Machinehead]

Kostin at #21?

We'll take a "swiss army knife" with 9 points in 79 games in the Azerbaijani League last year who was projected to go in the 3rd round.

 

[NickyFotiu]

what is BPA by the way?

Best player available.

 

[Raspewtin]

Andersson just seems like a panic pick.

Like someone they really liked was there and were dumbfounded by losing him.