2019 NHL Draft - June 21st - With The 14th Selection, The Coyotes.......

[DoanStopBelievin]

Alright time to trade the pick!

 

[Puck possession wins]

I can live with that.

Chicago got f*cked, that's all I care about.

 

[RABBIT]

I can live with that.

Chicago got f*cked, that's all I care about.

Chicago got f***ed???

 

[rt]

Alright. So we are never going to get a star player I guess. Chayka appears hell bent on us sneaking into the playoffs, which at this juncture I do understand. However, I can’t see us ever being better then the bottom of the bubble if our best players are OEL and Keller. No offense to them, but they’re nowhere near that top tier of elite players that you need to contend. Hayton and POJ aren’t those players either. We don’t have any. This was our last hope for a long time of getting one.

 

[Puck possession wins]

Chicago got ****ed???

In the terms of not getting to pick either Kakko or Hughes.

I would've been livid if they had been able to pick one of them.

 

[awfulwaffle]

Such is life as a Coyotes fan. Throw us a bone talent wise.

 

[Mosby]

Take Seabrooks contract for the pick?

God no.


LA fell big time. Ha ha.

 

[Jormungandr]

We need to trade for Taylor Hall. Have him on your roster guarantees you’re going to win a few 1st overall draft picks.

 

[_Del_]

We somehow managed to not drop -- small victories!

 

[Coyotedroppings]

We somehow managed to not drop -- small victories!

Yes, but still a might anticlimactic.

 

[Coyotedroppings]

Can you imagine being Hughes thinking you have a shot at playing for the Hawks, only to have NJ come out on top?

 

[Jormungandr]

Yes, but still a might anticlimactic.

How is not moving from the 14th spot anticlimactic?

 

[Alberta Yote]

Alright. So we are never going to get a star player I guess. Chayka appears hell bent on us sneaking into the playoffs, which at this juncture I do understand. However, I can’t see us ever being better then the bottom of the bubble if our best players are OEL and Keller. No offense to them, but they’re nowhere near that top tier of elite players that you need to contend. Hayton and POJ aren’t those players either. We don’t have any. This was our last hope for a long time of getting one.

got to draft a Kucherov, Point, Burns, Erik Karlsson, Gaudreau, Panarin, Tarasenko, Marchand, Bergeron, Barzal, Stone or several other elite players not picked at the top of the first. Being shitty at the lottery and marginal in your drafting sure isn’t a good recipe for success though.

 

[Coyotedroppings]

How is not moving from the 14th spot anticlimactic?

I think most all of us, as would every and any sports fan anywhere, were hoping for movement to a more favorable position. When we remained neutral (so quickly), it was anticlimactic.

 

[rt]

got to draft a Kucherov, Point, Burns, Erik Karlsson, Gaudreau, Panarin, Tarasenko, Marchand, Bergeron, Barzal, Stone or several other elite players not picked at the top of the first. Being ****ty at the lottery and marginal in your drafting sure isn’t a good recipe for success though.

Also maybe reconsider trading top ten picks for 27 year olds that look like 37 year olds or ones that are as brittle as 87 year olds.

 

[rt]

How is not moving from the 14th spot anticlimactic?

We had a 5% chance of moving up. Of course we’re all pissed it didn’t happen. You do realize Fan is short for Fanatic, right?

 

[Coyotedroppings]

We had a 5% chance of moving up. Of course we’re all pissed it didn’t happen. You do realize Fan is short for Fanatic, right?

LOL, maybe not pissed, but the celebration sure didn't happen.

 

[rt]

Can you imagine being Hughes thinking you have a shot at playing for the Hawks, only to have NJ come out on top?

There’s a decent shot the Devils take Kakko if he kills it at the Worlds for the men’s team. It’s already a razor thin margin. The Devils passed on Patrick despite him having been the projected first overall for at least three years. Hall-Hischier-Kakko is damn tempting.

 

[Coyotedroppings]

There’s a decent shot the Devils take Kakko if he kills it at the Worlds for the men’s team. It’s already a razor thin margin. The Devils passed on Patrick despite him having been the projected first overall for at least three years. Hall-Hischier-Kakko is damn tempting.

Still most likely doesn't get him to Chicago, skating with Kane. Can't hardly imagine what a dream skating with Kane would be, not just because he's so dynamic, but the ability to learn from him and Toews? Holy shinola, what a dream, but hey I'd take the Rags over the Devils - sort of maybe anyway.

 

[Grimes]

Also maybe reconsider trading top ten picks for 27 year olds that look like 37 year olds or ones that are as brittle as 87 year olds.

I think this point is related to your comment about not having top talent. Sure a Kane or Crosby will put up their point toals no matter who they play with. But I don't see the Pastranik, Marchands, Kucherovs and Points being the top talents they are today without talent surrounding them to let them develop. Keller was a 60 point rookie, I doubt he is this on AZ without Stepan centering him. This year has to be an outlier for the lack of team scoring and if it isn't we got a good chance of drafting a top five pick again.

I think if we continue to develop our supporting cast, we will have a better shot on drafting and developing a top talent from the later rounds/mid first.

 

[RABBIT]

I would want NYR if i were Hughes. Put on that beautiful blue jersey and be the next star thats saves broadway

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

I'm happy we aren't picking 15th.

 

[TheLegend]

The Athletic mock draft has us taking Raphael Lavoie

No. 14. Arizona Coyotes
Raphael Lavoie, RW, Halifax-QMJHL
Sept. 25, 2000 | 6-foot-4 | 198 pounds
Craig Morgan: Coyotes president of hockey operations John Chayka insists he won’t draft for need, but Arizona selected nine defensemen in the past two drafts and has a deep pipeline of goalies. The prospect system has the same need as the NHL roster: high-end, skilled forwards. In a forward-heavy draft, Lavoie could fit the bill. Once a sure top-15 pick, Lavoie had a somewhat disappointing season (32 goals, 73 points) and there are character concerns from some scouts, but he has size, speed, skill and he is having a terrific postseason for the Mooseheads. He led the team with 13 goals and 20 points through 10 playoff games.
Pronman’s take: In Lavoie, the Coyotes add a highly talented forward to a growing group of young talent up front. Lavoie didn’t have the best regular season, but he’s been awesome in the postseason. He’s 6-foot-4 and has the kind of skill and skating you don’t typically see at that size. He will need work around the edges before he’s NHL ready, but he has an NHL toolkit without a doubt.

 

[0point1]

What a year for the Blackhawks. One of their 2nd round draft picks becomes a ppg player, they turned a 3rd overall from another team from junk into a serviceable player, and then win a top 3 pick.

Meanwhile the Coyotes continue to have practically no impact players whatsoever. No 30+ goal scores, hell no 20+ goal scores, just the castoffs of the rest of the league.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Why did Chicago have to be the team that moves into the top 3?

Because the hockey gods hate us with every fiber of their being.