GDT: 2021 NHL Entry Draft (AKA Christmas Day): Round One | 8 pm ET | ESPN2, SN, SN NOW, TVAS
- Thread starter WeThreeKings
- Start date
- Status
Doc5
Registered User
- Aug 8, 2012
- 2,709
- 3,623
But who cares about need if we going BPA
It's more of a nice if we can get some list. For example, if you're split between a LW and a LD, go LW.
Gravity
Generational Poster
covfefe
Zoltan Poszar's Burner
- Feb 5, 2014
- 5,236
- 6,315
I can imagine life as a curmudgeon. Must be fun
Weber Fan
Registered User
FrankMTL
Registered User
- Jan 6, 2005
- 12,547
- 14,476
Perfect year to have multiple (later) picks in the Top 90 though. So many unknown players this year. Lots of good players will be taken later in the draft as they just didn't get the exposure this season.
Whitesnake
If you rebuild, they will come.
- Jan 5, 2003
- 90,765
- 39,748
Whitesnake
If you rebuild, they will come.
- Jan 5, 2003
- 90,765
- 39,748
Draft dynamic players first. Complementary then. You need players that makes things happen. That create things. That the puck seems to follow them. You don't need to be fast, see Suzuki. You just need to have that superb high IQ MIXED with the competitiveness and desire to be in the middle of things. This is not given to everybody. That's what I would like to see. At least in the first picks.
Whitesnake
If you rebuild, they will come.
- Jan 5, 2003
- 90,765
- 39,748
Timmins also predicts that in 5 years, he would have LIKE to pick _____________ but wasn't able to 'cause of we didn't have:
1- enough picks
2- not good enough picks
3- wasn't his decision
4- pick was traded
1- enough picks
2- not good enough picks
3- wasn't his decision
4- pick was traded
FinnHab
Registered User
Räty plays for my hometown team Kärpät. He was well hyped prospect for a few good years in junior leagues. Then he was promoted to play finnish pro league and stuck on 3rd and 4th lines, then it all started to go wrong from there. Kärpät made wrong decision to rush him to play in pro league, there was no 1st and 2nd line centre positions available for 18yrs old kid. Then he drifted between junior league and mens pro league all season. Confidence was gone, so he`ll performances in junior league plummeted as well.
All the tools are there. Hard working and smart kid. Risky draft pic but could be rewarding if development goes well.
Last edited:
calder candidate
Registered User
What is it about Bolduc? I only saw him play once but he didn’t show anything…
Bourgault
L’Heureux
Bolduc
MarkovsKnee
Global Moderator
Last 11 #30 picks:
20: Mavrik Bourque (C) -- Dallas
19: John Beecher (C) -- Boston
18: Joe Veleno (C) -- Detroit
17: Eeli Tolvanen (W) -- Nashville
16: Sam Steel (C) -- Anaheim
15: Nick Merley (F) -- Arizona
14: John Quenneville (C) -- New Jersey
13: Ryan Hartman (F) -- Chicago
12: Tanner Pearson (W) -- L.A.
11: Rickard Rakell (F) -- Anaheim
10: Brock Nelson (F) -- NYI
20: Mavrik Bourque (C) -- Dallas
19: John Beecher (C) -- Boston
18: Joe Veleno (C) -- Detroit
17: Eeli Tolvanen (W) -- Nashville
16: Sam Steel (C) -- Anaheim
15: Nick Merley (F) -- Arizona
14: John Quenneville (C) -- New Jersey
13: Ryan Hartman (F) -- Chicago
12: Tanner Pearson (W) -- L.A.
11: Rickard Rakell (F) -- Anaheim
10: Brock Nelson (F) -- NYI
Fenwick McCorsi
Not impress.
We desperately need a few more guys with that type of player profile. Too many players in Montreal who slap it around the boards or huck it to the slot blindly with no one there when any pressure arrives instead of being able to make a simple move and have a look around to get a better play/put the defense in a bad situation.
I will admit that I don't know him other than by name from the get go.
However, I don't know that bad usage/development during crucial years at 17-18 years old can be bought back and bring him back on the track where he should have been. Also, it's not like we have had a stellar development system for years. We're just beginning to implement a development culture in the organization and the development system is probably not tooled and mature enough to bring back a young player with already 2 years of bad development on the right track. Plus, as @WeThreeKings already said, players who seem to have peaked and then plateau'd around draft time usually don't make for success stories.
I personally think that it would not be a good idea for Montreal to draft him both for the organization and for him.
WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
I would lose what little respect I have for the organization and MB I have left after Prust, Shaw, Domi and the DeAngelo attempt.
Beaker
In My Lab Goggles
I don't know, Timmins was talking about homeruns, finding gems that other teams might have not seen. If he's trying to go for homeruns, I'm guessing that he might try to draft more from the OHL since they haven't played all year.
WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
I don't think he's there for us.. I have him going to Winnipeg. I think he's a safe pick, you might get lucky and there's more offensive upside there but I think he will produce averagely for a 2nd pairing defenseman if he makes it to the NHL level. But these guys are worth their weight in the NHL, skate and defend well enough, move the puck well enough and you can be a valuable contributor.
Bolduc is inconsistent so you likely saw him play on one of his off games but his consistency came around later in his campaign. He's got high end skills, so if you wanna swing, he could be a home run.
I really like him as a middle six sniper.. can play both wings, finds a way to get open and can score in tight/through traffic. Think peak Craig Smith.
Bad idea to piss off a prospect by picking him. It's also not worth the backlash.
- Status
