GDT: 2018 NHL Draft Lottery - 7:30 PM ET

[Boruto]

Drafting power forwards mold players with a little of this a little of that scares me.

 

[NYR]

Yeah cool, on top of fantastic playmaking skills, hockey IQ, speed, skill, and strength. I’d be so mad about having the kid that just dominated the U20s and had an outstanding freshman year (not directed at you). The Tkachuk meme is so annoying.

THE HORRORRRRRRR

Ridiculous..

 

[aufheben]

lol @ Vancouver getting bumped down again

 

[Tawnos]

There's always a BPA. Each team and their scouts have their own boards, but they do rank players.

I said clear BPA. I don’t think there’s a single case you’d find, if you were at every draft table, of a team saying “this guy is clearly better, but we don’t need another center in our organization so let’s take this inferior D”

What’s more likely is that it gets to their pick and the scouts say “we don’t have enough D in the pipeline, so maybe we should go with the D even though I rank the C slightly higher”

 

[Irishguy42]

Ah my bad, might have missed that. Slightly wasted, excuse me sir.

Don't worry. I'm almost there myself.

 

[Ex Officer Friendly]

I didn’t mock or laugh at anyone in that first post. I criticized, and it’s deserved.

Disappointment requires expectations that, in this case, shouldn’t have existed.

You can hope without expecting anything.

You’re wrong.

I hoped you’d just see you’re wrong, ridiculous, being unnecessarily harsh but I expected you never would.

 

[Irishguy42]

I said clear BPA. I don’t think there’s a single case you’d find, if you were at every draft table, of a team saying “this guy is clearly better, but we don’t need another center in our organization so let’s take this inferior D”

What’s more likely is that it gets to their pick and the scouts say “we don’t have enough D in the pipeline, so maybe we should go with the D even though I rank the C slightly higher”

From the Brooks quotes by Gorton earlier, it seems like Gorton doesn't believe in this ideology and will approach the draft as such.

 

[Machinehead]

27 examples of teams trading up for a player only to have that player bust. Ooh, the Sharks traded up for Logan Couture...now it's 36.

Zemgus Girgonsons
Pontus Aberg
Anthony Stolarz (Team trading down got Sergei Bobrovsky)
Matt Nieto (Team trading down got Shayne Gostisbehere)
Dalton Thrower
Brian Hart
Jimmy Vesey (for the team that took him)
Oskar Sundqvist
Adam Tambellini
Rhett Holland
Christoph Lalancette
Charles Hudon
Seth Griffith
Thomas Spelling
Ryan Rupert (team trading down got Josh Manson)

Best part? This is one draft.

Want me to bring up some other drafts?

 

[Tawnos]

You’re wrong.

I hoped you’d just see you’re wrong, ridiculous, being unnecessarily harsh but I expected you never would.

Perfectly possible I’m wrong. First to admit that.

And sometimes a little harshness is necessary.

 

[aufheben]

Don't worry. I'm almost there myself.

Just picked up a big bottle of cab.

 

[NYR]

Yeah OK. You don't know that. Nobody knows that.

He seems to be heading into this draft with a full head of steam.
Someone will tag him and get a real good player with a pedigree before #9 IMO

 

[Tawnos]

From the Brooks quotes by Gorton earlier, it seems like Gorton doesn't believe in this ideology and will approach the draft as such.

Maybe. Proof is in the pudding. Let’s see how many centers they draft and find out.

 

[Ghost of jas]

From the Brooks quotes by Gorton earlier, it seems like Gorton doesn't believe in this ideology and will approach the draft as such.

Yes, we all know his philosophy is to eschew all skill for character, so I've read here.

 

[Kovalev27]

There are 10 very good players in this draft.

Dahlin
Svechnikov
Zadina

Boqvist
Tkachuk
Bouchard
Wahlstrom
Hughes
Dobson
Kotkaniemi

After those first 3 anything can happen. It’s going to be by preference not sure there’s a clear BPA after number 3. But those 7 guys are the next best group and it’s a hell of a group. I could comfortably say that I’d be thrilled to have any of those kids. Even Hughes who I’m not crazy about would be hard to Complain about at 9.

 

[Irishguy42]

Zemgus Girgonsons
Pontus Aberg
Anthony Stolarz (Team trading down got Sergei Bobrovsky)
Matt Nieto (Team trading down got Shayne Gostisbehere)
Dalton Thrower
Brian Hart
Jimmy Vesey (for the team that took him)
Oskar Sundqvist
Adam Tambellini
Rhett Holland
Christoph Lalancette
Charles Hudon
Seth Griffith
Thomas Spelling
Ryan Rupert (team trading down got Josh Manson)

Best part? This is one draft.

Bruh.

Want me to bring up some other drafts?

Yes.

 

[FIRE DRURY]

Your money means what to me? Nothing.

How selfish of me.

I didn’t realize sacrificing something that brought you happiness was the secret to landing that top-3 pick.

Be sure to DM me what does and I’ll make sure the sacrifices are properly carried through next year. I got you fam!

 

[Ghost of jas]

Zemgus Girgonsons
Pontus Aberg
Anthony Stolarz (Team trading down got Sergei Bobrovsky)
Matt Nieto (Team trading down got Shayne Gostisbehere)
Dalton Thrower
Brian Hart
Jimmy Vesey (for the team that took him)
Oskar Sundqvist
Adam Tambellini
Rhett Holland
Christoph Lalancette
Charles Hudon
Seth Griffith
Thomas Spelling
Ryan Rupert (team trading down got Josh Manson)

Best part? This is one draft.

Want me to bring up some other drafts?

Not even 16.

 

[aufheben]

What f*** NHL, it's after 9:30 lol

 

[Machinehead]

Not even 16.

One draft.

 

[darko]

Tkachuk being the last of the big 9 would end me.

Right because he'd be such a bad pick at that spot. Geez

 

[FIRE DRURY]

I mean, I wouldn't be surprised.

Also, Gorton wasn't the team rep in the room with the drawing, soooooooooooooo

I thought he was for some reason.

 

[GregSirico]

I said clear BPA. I don’t think there’s a single case you’d find, if you were at every draft table, of a team saying “this guy is clearly better, but we don’t need another center in our organization so let’s take this inferior D”

What’s more likely is that it gets to their pick and the scouts say “we don’t have enough D in the pipeline, so maybe we should go with the D even though I rank the C slightly higher”

Maybe, but if i ran a team, I'd go BPA 90% of the time and if I have a surplus, I have assets I can offset for need.

 

[Boruto]

Now it's if we can swing a deal with ARI or OTT.

 

[NYR]

Sometimes a little harshness is necessary.

You're still defending yourself?
You're entitled to your opinion.
People never seem to get that...On a board based on opinions lol

 

[Tawnos]

Maybe, but if i ran a team, I'd go BPA 90% of the time and if I have a surplus, I have assets I can offset for need.

Provided you don’t get caught up and attached to the guys you have a surplus of. See: Carolina keeping all their D, Ron Francis getting fired and missing the playoffs.