GDT: 2019 NHL Entry Draft 2nd Round and Beyond 1:00 EST/10:00am PDT, NHLN

[Edge]

I'm going to take your word, but jeez, the pipeline is packed with LHD.

Big spread there. You’re talking three year or more in some cases. I don’t think Jones is a guy who is likely to be in the minors the same time as guys like Lindgren, Rykov, etc.

 

[Trxjw]

seems many of the picks are good picks but not much swinging for the fences.

I dunno. I think Jones is a pretty big swing.

 

[Bluenote13]

I like Attard, but Jones is the better prospect.

Jones is a lefty but years away, kind of pick that's going to look really good down the road and probably come at a time where we going to need another young Lefty coming.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Hope they trade up to take Dorofeyev now. He will not be there next time they pick.

Probably not but thats what people said at 49 and 68 so you never know. He was only ranked 83 by McKenzie/TSN.

 

[Polar Bear]

seems many of the picks are good picks but not much swinging for the fences.

Disagree strongly. Jones and Henrikkson are upside picks, big time.

 

[will1066]

No, we’ Trying to corner the market on left handed defensemen

Kind of like the Dukes did with FCOJ

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Who was the poster who said it was unusual that everybody liked our picks so far. Well, it was fun while it lasted.

I would say that people who actually know what they are talking about like all of our picks so far.

 

[BroadwayStorm]

We can always deal d-men for forwards. The more you have the likelier it is one of them will boom. That said fixing Hartford is imperative now. Like right now.

 

[Edge]

At the same time, 4 years and college and a couple in the AHL — and all of a sudden it’s 2025. If a kid like this makes it at 24 it’s young.

Hopefully can get some international experience with the US nat. team.

24?

Yeah I’m not sure I’d quite put him on the six year plan.

 

[Lays]

Carolina just took Puistola.

Of course they did

 

[Hunter Gathers]

seems many of the picks are good picks but not much swinging for the fences.

That's the opposite of true. Jones is a home run swing of a pick if there ever was one.

 

[Edge]

Our prospect pool is flooded with defensemen but I guess we’ll eventually find a diamond in the rough

Eh, there will be moves at some point. But some or these kids will be in a very different waves.

 

[Calad]

Happy to see that Gorton is staying true to taking BPA like he said. These two D are probably 3 years away at least,anyways. Keeping the pipeline stocked with D will keep us competitive for a long time, look at Nashville for example.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

24?

Yeah I’m not sure I’d quite put him on the six year plan.

I'd argue he's going to be a 2nd pairing defenseman by 24 or out of North American hockey.

 

[SA16]

Prior to Henriksson we had not drafted a forward in rounds 2-3-4 since Ryan Gropp. And you wonder why we have way more defensive prospects than forward prospects.

 

[wafflepadsave]

In the 3rd round, should I just focus on left defensemen?

 

[HFsNumber1Heel]

I'm going to make my generic statement again: Remember a lot of LHD now will be different in 2022 or 2023. A lot of these kids will be used as part of packages to acquire rentals for Cup runs.

 

[Raspewtin]

guess I got wrapped up in all the "value pick" talk lol

 

[Edge]

Robertson was the safer pick, but one who fit with the desire to get the puck out of the zone and to someone who could create something on the other end.

The two picks since are about upside. Those are ceiling picks.

 

[Edge]

I'd argue he's going to be a 2nd pairing defenseman by 24 or out of North American hockey.

Yeah we’ll have an idea pretty quickly which way this one is trending.

 

[Tawnos]

Eh, there will be moves at some point. But some or these kids will be in a very different waves.

Not just roster wise, but cap wise. This is an extreme example, but the Preds traded Subban partially because they feel confident backfilling with Fabbro.

 

[LORDE]

“NEVER TAKE FOR NEED ONLY TAKE BPA”

“STOP TAKING LD”

these two thoughts aren’t compatible

Was gonna post this almost verbatim.

If all of these LD work out (they won't) we can always trade some for other areas of need.

Not an issue

 

[Tob]

Damn, through the 2nd and 3rd and we still own James Vesey.

 

[Uglybstrd]

Probably not but thats what people said at 49 and 68 so you never know. He was only ranked 83 by McKenzie/TSN.

I wanted to draft Dorofeyev and/or Fagemo today. Big upside. But cannot complain, seems like we have got some nice players so far.

 

[Tob]

Oh, they broke for lunch. I thought savant was just announcing that it was his lunch time.