johnjm22
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I think we have a better chance of getting a good player with two picks as oppossed to one. Even if that one pick is higher.Byram at 5 and then we trade 22/33 up for Newhook?
I think we have a better chance of getting a good player with two picks as oppossed to one. Even if that one pick is higher.Byram at 5 and then we trade 22/33 up for Newhook?
Maybe Bernier didn't live up to expectations, but this is the thing that grinds my gears. Did you look at the other players drafted in the same area? The tendency to look down the draft list and pick out Claude Giroux's name but that's unfair cherry picking. Compare Bernier against guys like Peter Mueller, James Sheppard, Michael Frolik, Bryan Little, Jiri Tlusty, Michael Grabner, or Chris Stewart. Bernier doesn't look so bad compared with those names.
It just underscores that it is a crapshoot so an element of luck is needed. It does seem that this luck has not been on the side of 1st round goalies for quite awhile now: including all three from this 2006 draft. Yikes Helenius and Irving.
Like I said earlier, there have been 12 first round goalies (plus Samsonov who was an AHL rookie this year). Varlamov was taken in the 2006 1st round too and he's had a respectable career. Their hit rate seems about the same as compared to other skaters.
05: Price|Rask
06: Bernier|Helenius|Varlamov|Irving
07: none
08: Pickard|McCollum
09: none
10: Campbell|Visentin
11: none
12: Vasilevskiy|Subban
13: none
14: none
Even with Helenius and Irving, compare it with the players they were drafted around. Lots of yikes for the other picks too.
- Helenius|Wishart|Lewis|Stewart|Mitera|Fischer
- Irving|Vishnevskiy|Foligno|Summers|Corrente
That's kind of my point, people who rag on first round goalies always seem to imply that there's a treasure trove of forwards/defensemen that got bypassed when that's typically not the case.
Watched my first highlight video on Dach. Real nice one-on-one moves against the goalie but kind of slow looking and sleepy.
Then you watch Byram and it is effing crazy how many of the plays he actually looks like a forward joining the rush. Looks like a better goal scorer then Dach. Seems really dynamic. The video I watched didn't show any defensive highlights though but, ****, put him at wing if he can't play defense. Joking, but barely.
I think we have a better chance of getting a good player with two picks as oppossed to one. Even if that one pick is higher.
My opinion, but from a style of play point of view, Dach looks a lot like Kopitar when you don't look at highlight reels.
Byram looks a lot like Morgan Rielly.
If you want to watch players in game action, I advise going to prospectshifts.com. They make isolated videos of several prospects throughout the season. So, you're likely to watch about 10-25 minute videos.
This.
This. I think Newhook may well end up being better than : Cozens, Dach, Krebs, Boldy, Caufield, Zegras. I hope they trad up the 22 + to get him, or even trade back to get him...but prefer they can draft Byram and move up to get one of: Newhook, Kaliyev, Boldy, if they fall some. All of these 3 will be gone by 15 or so.
Speaking of Boldy...seriously, how and why are: Dach, Zegras, Cozens better than him?
I am impressed by his footage I've seen and is a 2 way, complete player and is 6'2" 190...think
he led (or close to leading) US team in PP and SH goals. I also read that he could have had more points, but was the most defensively responsible player on his line and worked hard both ways.
Are those other 3 really better?
Is it just because he's a LW? WHo cares? Yes, #1 center is preferred. But what if Boldy
is the BPA? Take him. You can't force the other 3 to become #1 centers if they are more
like #2 centers.
Boldy can also play center and has some. He's more of a power forward than those 3, with
possible exception of Dach. But if Boldy is the better player, you can trade back a few slots and take him and get another asset. One that can be used to trade up with the #22 to get Kaliyev or Newhook.
Sure, the Kings can get a good player at 22....but probably not as good as Newhook.
With two selections in both the third and fourth rounds, I'd look at taking the best goalie available with one of those picks.
Rosen hinted they like Knight and Wolf. I suspect if Knight is there at 33 they may take him. If Knight is taken elsewhere they might grab Wolf with one of the 3rd round picks if he is still in play.
Maybe Bernier didn't live up to expectations, but this is the thing that grinds my gears. Did you look at the other players drafted in the same area? The tendency to look down the draft list and pick out Claude Giroux's name but that's unfair cherry picking. Compare Bernier against guys like Peter Mueller, James Sheppard, Michael Frolik, Bryan Little, Jiri Tlusty, Michael Grabner, or Chris Stewart. Bernier doesn't look so bad compared with those names.
That's very true, but I'm not convinced it's about that. Bernier's draft was actually strange in that there were four first round Gs (Bernier, Helenius, Varlamov, Irving), but in general, goalies in the 2nd and 3rd round are offering mostly similar or better ability at much better value. i.e. is getting Spencer Knight at 22 really that much better than getting, say, Dustin Wolf in the 4th?
Just looking historically, pick a draft and look at the goalies in the 1st round vs. elsewhere: Goalie Draft Picks (2013-2009) - NHL - DraftSite.com
Even in the Vasilevsky draft, he was picked at 19. Subban at 24. But I'd be hard-pressed to pick Vas over Murray at 83, Andersen at 87, Hellebuyck at 130. Chet Pickard at 18 and Thomas McCollum at 30 vs. Markstrom and Allen in the 2nd and Holtby at 93. And so on.
Just like any other position absolutely there are exceptions, it's just a very unique position where, unlike forwards and dmen in general, top-level talent is readily available in nearly every draft and nearly every round due to limited pro slots at the position. Arguably the best longevity goalie of the generation is Lundqvist and he was a last round pick.
Circling back to the boldfaced, I agree that it comes back to take your guy regardless of slot. I just think it's a LOT easier to find goaltending value in the middle rounds, hence the opportunity cost of taking one in the 1st. Goalies are voodoo, and while 1st round pick guys seem to offer more certainty of an NHL career, they don't seem to offer much more certainty of a really really good one.
The opportunity cost is overlooked at times, as if you're guaranteed to be passing on a surefire top 6 forward or top 4 D. The back half of the first round historically certainly has those sort of players but at a rate that most of us armchair GMs would overestimate.
2012 goalies: Vasilevskiy, Subban, Stolarz, Korpisalo, Altshuller, Gillies, Driedger, Paterson, Murray, Andersen, Maguire, Hellebuyck, Tremblay, Olson, Ullmark, Brassard, Mazanec, Langhammer, Phillips, Whitney, Tomkins
By just listing Murray, Andersen, and Hellebuyck it seems to imply that hitting on a later round goalie seems more likely if you ignore the guys who didn't hit in between. And Mark Yannetti was asked once during an interview if there was ever a guy that the Kings were targeting but got sniped, and he mentioned that the Kings were aiming to take Hellebuyck at 151 but Winnipeg selected him at 130.
And what was Tampa's opportunity cost in Vasilevskiy ? Brady Skjei and Mike Matheson are solid D, but I don't know that I'd take them even with the benefit of hindsight. Plus this is again an exercise in cherry picking names.
Again, I just don't like a blanket statement of "Don't do this." And regarding longevity goalie of the generation, you could probably make a pretty good argument for Roberto Luongo who went 4th overall in 1997.
it is not because st. louis is the one team like that. If 15/16 had centers they did not develop or traded for then it would be the same as me pointing out Tampa as the only playoff team to draft and start their own first round pick goalie.
Let me do a list for the 2018 playoffs:
Tampa Bay
So two straight years only one team (the same team) has drafted a goalie in round and still had that goalie as their starter in the playoffs. Pretty risky drafting a goalie in round 1 no matter who it is.
Edit: I mean if anything in a roundabout way I'm really agreeing with you that a blanket statement isn't the way to go, just trying to help explain why there's a very real resistance to early goalie picks that makes sense.
AgreedI wouldn't do that Tofolli deal. Still get a good prospect at #22. I'd rather roll the dice on a Tofolli bounce back season and move him during the season/TDL.
I want more picks: not fewer picks but #16 over #22.
Agreed
People talk about Toffoli as some kind of throw in.
With a bounce back season you get two second rounders for him at the TDL.
How much do you expect Toffoli to bounce back, and what value does Toffoli have if he doesn't bounce back?
TOP 20 SCORERS IN THE NHL LAST YEAR:
1. Kucherov (2nd Rnd Pick)
2. McDavid (1st Rnd Pick)
3. P. Kane (1st Rnd Pick)
4.Draisaitl (1st Rnd Pick)
5. Marchand (3rd Rnd Pick)
6. Crosby (1st Rnd Pick)
7. Mackinnon (1st Rnd Pick)
8. Gaudreau (4th Rnd Pick)
9. Stamkos (1st Rnd Pick)
10. Barkov (1st Rnd Pick)
11. Marner (1st Rnd Pick)
12. Point (3rd Rnd Pick)
13. Huberdeau (1st Rnd Pick)
14. Wheeler (1st Rnd Pick)
15. Ovechkin (1st Rnd Pick)
16. Tavares (1st Rnd Pick)
17. Rantanen (1st Rnd Pick)
18. Panarin (Undrafted)
19. Giroux (1st Rnd Pick)
20. Scheifele (1st Rnd Pick)
*15 OUT OF THE 20 WERE DRAFTED IN THE 1ST ROUND
*3 OF THE TOP 20 GOALIES WERE DRAFTED IN THE 1ST ROUND.