I think its much better to give up 15 this year. Best case next year our pick is 23rd or something, not a big difference from 15 but worse case we sit in the lottery.
Pre-Game Talk: 2020 NHL Draft (October 6th - 7th)
- Thread starter Tryamkin
- Start date
- Status
Frankie Blueberries
Dream Team
- Jan 27, 2016
- 9,414
- 10,992
So the most important pick that was contentious was Hoglander? I mean, that's the highest and most meaningful pick that would have been disputed.
Bettman Returnz
Why so serious?
This draft is going to be lame (potentially no picks in 1st and 2nd)... especially if no trades allowed.
It'll be kinda like that draft where we didnt have a pick until the 4th round (McNally), except that team was actually pretty damn good and made it to the second round.
Canucks scouting staff will earn their money in this draft. Based on current seeding, their first pick will be #80 overall, past the middle of the third round.
Canucks have mined some gems from rounds 3-7 in the past, but by that point in the draft you're taking a serious flyer on 'potential' and little else. But the Canucks did nab goaltender Arturs Silovs in the sixth round last year and somewhat surprisingly, he was the first kid from the 2019 draft class to sign an ELC with the Canucks. And Aiden McDonough is showing decent promise as a second-rounder.
And in past drafts, Adam Gaudette and Tyler Madden turned in high-value picks in the fifth and third rounds respectively. And they did sign Will Lockwood from the 2016 draft.
So I guess there's always hope the Canucks can do it again.
Canucks have mined some gems from rounds 3-7 in the past, but by that point in the draft you're taking a serious flyer on 'potential' and little else. But the Canucks did nab goaltender Arturs Silovs in the sixth round last year and somewhat surprisingly, he was the first kid from the 2019 draft class to sign an ELC with the Canucks. And Aiden McDonough is showing decent promise as a second-rounder.
And in past drafts, Adam Gaudette and Tyler Madden turned in high-value picks in the fifth and third rounds respectively. And they did sign Will Lockwood from the 2016 draft.
So I guess there's always hope the Canucks can do it again.
And promptly put up a 3.87GAA and .891% in a major junior league.
Signing an ELC isn't always a sign of a good pick. We've signed guys who absolutely do not deserve an ELC before like Mackenzie Stewart.
Like whom? Only Gaudette is a regular NHL player right now. Even if you add Tryamkin this is probably just barely average among NHL teams.
Bleach Clean
Registered User
- Aug 9, 2006
- 27,473
- 7,178
I believe that per the last Potato baseline, the Canucks were deemed average with Gaudette in the fold, but not Tryamkin. If NT comes back and Demko establishes himself, the Canucks will definitely be above average. More so if they get something out of Juolevi.
PavelBure10
The Russian Rocket
One of my favorite days in all of hockey, and I'm not even pumped for it. This is really going to be a dull draft for Canuck fans.
Jack Burton
Pro Tank Since 13
And to make things even more boring, if the NHL holds an early draft there won't be any draft-day trades either. And the GM's will be making their picks, either sitting around their kitchen table or in some isolated executive suite at various empty arenas.
I know the NHL is convinced that somehow they can replicate the apparent success of the recent NFL draft, and pump up fan interest. But I'm not convinced.
I'm not even sure I'll even bother watching in 'real time'. Better to just follow the 'draft-tracker' on one of the sports network websites.
rypper
21-12-05 it's finally over.
- Dec 22, 2006
- 17,202
- 22,028
Full disclosure I'm not a football fan and didn't actually watch the draft but...
Wasn't there some unintentionally funny moments that came from doing an online draft?
Belichick's dog making picks, a guy taking a dump in the background etc. I'm so sure that if someone is going to do something unintentionally funny during an online draft it'll be Jim Benning.
Nothing about him screams computer savvy.
Problem of course is that the third round is rife with guys you never thought would have dropped, and guys that you expected to be there but for whatever reason went in the second because a team fell in love....that said some guys I like include:
William Villanueve (expect him to be gone by our specific third, but never know)
William Dufour
Jack Finley
Brock Faber
Samuel Knazko (really hoping for him)
Maxim Berezkin (will he come over?)
Joni Jurmo (including him because Button has him available after our third, bit highly expect him to go earlier)
Jean Luc Foudy (again, probably gone earlier, but probably the highest pure skill level one could hope might be available where we sit)
Agreed. Although this draft looks like a 'lost cause' on paper, if the Canucks can mine a nugget or two out of later rounds, then at least it won't be a 'black hole' in terms of their overall prospect pool.
And they'd still have to go some to match the 2016 draft -- Oli Juolevi and Will Lockwood--and neither is a sure bet to ever play in the NHL.
xtra
Registered User
Has there been any rumors on how they draft pick compensation will roll out?
as in picks contingent on who makes the playoffs and when.
as in picks contingent on who makes the playoffs and when.
Ja Sports
Registered User
- May 6, 2020
- 318
- 406
New hype reel on Seth Jarvis 
very underrated player (with one of the best names in the draft)
Could be available if VAN does retain their pick this year.
Let me know which player you want covered next!
very underrated player (with one of the best names in the draft)Could be available if VAN does retain their pick this year.
Let me know which player you want covered next!
Ja Sports
Registered User
- May 6, 2020
- 318
- 406
New hype reel for Anton Lundell
One of my fav's from this draft - and his most valuable plays often fly under the radar.
One of my fav's from this draft - and his most valuable plays often fly under the radar.
Nucker101
Foundational Poster
- Apr 2, 2013
- 21,921
- 17,985
New hype reel for Anton Lundell
One of my fav's from this draft - and his most valuable plays often fly under the radar.
fam
We need a hype reel on mid 3rd rounders
Fatass
Registered User
- Apr 17, 2017
- 23,892
- 15,576
Ja Sports
Registered User
- May 6, 2020
- 318
- 406
Lol we might still have a 1st rd pick this year - but yea I'll be making more on some lesser known players
2020 is looking like it might be a carbon-copy of the Canucks draft in 2016, when all they had to show for it was Juolevi and Lockwood.....and neither guy a sure thing to eventually make the NHL.
But maybe if the Canucks draft some d-men in rounds 3-7, they might find at least one who can actually play.
But maybe if the Canucks draft some d-men in rounds 3-7, they might find at least one who can actually play.
If the draft happens not to be held in June but after the season is finished, I could see us recouping some picks by trading Demko (in case an agreement with Marky can be found until then). Maybe to Detroit for very early 2nd round pick + a little extra...
rypper
21-12-05 it's finally over.
- Dec 22, 2006
- 17,202
- 22,028
Would they trade Demko with Markstrom unsigned? Seems like a bad move.
- Status
