Prospect Info: 2021 NHL Draft Thread

[BfantZ]

Lysell & Stankoven are my #1/2 for Dallas to draft at #14 unless one of the top top players fall for some reason

Lysell would be a no brainer . Stankovens a risky pick at 14 though .

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Second Round:

 

[starsfan86]

Second Round:

Kisakov! Seriously though there’s a great chance to get a couple great prospects in the first 2 rounds unless we trade the 1st away.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Craig Button List Owen Power NHL Draft - TSN.ca

Button doesn't like Lysell, Stankoven.. very high on Svechkov, L'Heureux

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

I get Button's relatively low ranking of Lysell.

He's just a tad underwhelming when you watch him. Went into the U18s thinking he was going to be my favorite player at the tournament, but the offensive awareness just wasn't there. Combine that with just 3 points in 26 SHL games this year, just leaves you wanting more.

I'd still be happy with him at 14 due to the skating and high work rate. He just covers a tremendous amount of ice and I think he'll be a real asset at puck retrieval, forechecking and on transitions. However, higher end offensive IQ just isn't there aside from a few flashes. I don't think he's a future 1st line winger, maybe a Travis Konecny type

 

[LT]

Seems like absolute worst case scenario he's a Janmark replacement

 

[BfantZ]

Lyssel is a lock for a top 9 nhl forward . He’s a very well rounded player from everything I’ve seen and heard .

 

[BfantZ]

Not gonna lie though , I’m kinda thinking if neither , coronato or any of the top 10 guys fall , I’m pretty okay with taking cossa . This guys the real deal and down the road this will give us one of the best goaltending duo in the league to back up one of the best blue lines in the league .

 

[BfantZ]

Before anyone says anything :
Jack Campbell draft year stats - 3.80 GAA ,. 884 svp.
Seb. Cossa - 1.57 GAA , .941 svp.

 

[Satan]

Oh ya, I've gone down the Wallstedt/Cossa rabbit hole. I'm on board if it happens.

 

[Zapp]

Oh ya, I've gone down the Wallstedt/Cossa rabbit hole. I'm on board if it happens.

I assumed that’s what you were alluding to in your 1A/1B post. Wallstedt /Oettinger in net is a yes from me.

 

[Zapp]

We need to put respect on Jeff Reese’s name btw

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

If they go goalie in the first round, I think my attitude would depend a lot more on what they do in rounds 2 and 3.

If they walk away with Wallstedt and a guy like Kisakov or Zellweger, I'd be pretty stoked. If they walk away with a goalie and low ceiling 2-way guys I'd be pretty disappointed.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Yea, I'm so over drafting the safe, bland, two way guys, like Faksa's the Dickinsons, the Dellandreas .. with all our missed picks I'd rather we try and hit the homerun elite offensive guys, and let the two-way players come via free agency.

 

[Satan]

Yea, I'm so over drafting the safe, bland, two way guys, like Faksa's the Dickinsons, the Dellandreas .. with all our missed picks I'd rather we try and hit the homerun elite offensive guys, and let the two-way players come via free agency.

Or even just pluck them off the waiver wire. This year was probably an anomaly in terms of guys waived before the season began but Oliver Kylington, Colin Blackwell, Antti Suomela were all waived before the season even began. Nikita Gusev, Vic Mete are examples from mid-season.

 

[kabidjan18]

Craig Button List Owen Power NHL Draft - TSN.ca

Button doesn't like Lysell, Stankoven.. very high on Svechkov, L'Heureux

He has us taking Kent Johnson...

If that happens I think you guys will probably be delirious.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

He has us taking Kent Johnson...

If that happens I think you guys will probably be delirious.

It's not a mock draft, his lists are how he thinks players pan out down the road not a current ranking.

 

[Captain Awesome]

I assumed that’s what you were alluding to in your 1A/1B post. Wallstedt /Oettinger in net is a yes from me.

If both those guys turned out like how they're supposed to, I think you'd end up trading Oettinger since we'd probably have to pay big bucks on him while Wallstedt is performing well at the tail end of an ELC or on a bridge deal. That's assuming Wallstedt gets to the NHL and plays decently enough to be average as quickly as Oettinger has. I think Oettinger is ahead of schedule as far as goalie development goes, but also isn't so good (yet, hopefully) you couldn't just put him back in the AHL since we still have Khudobin and Bishop to deal with. So maybe you get Wallstedt on his last ELC year, and Oettinger, assuming he has panned out well, around some $5x5 deal, in 3 or 4 years. It would be a lot like if Bishop was in this year and Oettinger backed him, up, which would be good and cheap, but also very temporary.

 

[eartotheground]

Seems like absolute worst case scenario he's a Janmark replacement

which version? the one that can score, or ours?

 

[Captain Awesome]

Pronman did an article on each team’s biggest depth need for their prospect pool. He said our biggest need is wingers. I guess that’s technically true, but I’d much rather prioritize centers if all things are equal. Not feeling like we have a sure thing between damiani and dellandrea.

Edit, oh yeah, there’s also Bourque. I could see him and damiani ending up at wing, but I guess we’ll see.

 

[Zapp]

I want Kisakov in the 2nd so bad but there is just no way he falls to us.

 

[BfantZ]

I want Kisakov in the 2nd so bad but there is just no way he falls to us.

If he’s not , there are a few good players that should be .

 

[starsfan86]

If he’s not , there are a few good players that should be .

I want Kisakov in the 2nd so bad but there is just no way he falls to us.

Nill and co could always trade up a few spots if they know they can get him in the late 30’s

 

[BfantZ]

Pronman did an article on each team’s biggest depth need for their prospect pool. He said our biggest need is wingers. I guess that’s technically true, but I’d much rather prioritize centers if all things are equal. Not feeling like we have a sure thing between damiani and dellandrea.

Edit, oh yeah, there’s also Bourque. I could see him and damiani ending up at wing, but I guess we’ll see.

The team doesn’t necessarily need it right now but the depth pool on d is looking pretty thin right now .

 

[BfantZ]

Nill and co could always trade up a few spots if they know they can get him in the late 30’s

The chances that nill and co value Kisakov as much as you , I or more than 14 other teams is probably pretty slim though .