2022 NHL draft HOT TAKES thread

[UrbanImpact]

-Canucks will get into the top 5
-The Best Dman in this class wont be one of the first 5-7 Dmen Drafted
- Within 5 years we see that Wright and Slaf were wrongfully drafted ahead of Cooley.
- Brad Lambert has an 82 point season by the time he is 25.
- 4 out of the first 10 picked will be labeled a bust
- A team will win the Cup in the next 5-10 years with one of the Russian prospects
being an integral part of the team/Conn Smythe candidate. Said Russian Prospect will be drafted 4th round or later.

 

[truthbluth]

Jagger Firkus will have the highest single season goal total of any player in this draft.

 

[jkutswings]

Yzerman goes off the board at 8. This leads to much short-term second guessing...and much long-term hand wringing as the selection turns into a top-3 in a 5-year redraft.

And who does he pick? I won't even pretend to be certain about that one, but for purposes of this thread I'll go with Frank Nazar.

 

[Team Cozens]

Matthew Poitras who I see ranked in the 70's on most lists should be a 1st round pick.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Rangers will make more trades and not have any picks in the first 3 rounds

 

[Bounces R Way]

Jiricek ends up as the best player from this draft

Not a single goalie taken will play 100 games in the NHL

Shane Wright will be a good player

 

[tomd]

Bichsel will be the defenseman everyone wishes they had taken come playoff time.

 

[CycloneSweep]

I think this draft will end up being shockingly weak in the end. No top pairing defenders, no top line forwards, no starting goalies.

 

[Beerfish]

Jiricek ends up as the best player from this draft

Not a single goalie taken will play 100 games in the NHL

Shane Wright will be a good player

Has there been a worse looking goalie draft in recent memory? No top end talent and no depth. At least that is the way it looks now.

 

[GreenLine]

Some team is going to take a disappointing player in the top 5, then win a cup a decade later, and then we'll all be subjected to stupid threads like "did team X pick the wrong player in 2022?" with dozens of replies saying "no, because they won, so nothing they ever did prior to this moment can be considered wrong".

 

[93LEAFS]

The best player will likely be drafted outside the top 5. The top 5 in this draft isn't strong enough to be them against the field like you can in a decent amount of other classes.

 

[LuLover96]

The USNTDP has been ridiculously overrated this year whereas the Swedish trio of Ostlund, Ohgren and Lekkerimaki will all be seen as better players than the entire US team, save for Cooley who will be seen as equal to Ostlund and better than the other two.

 

[ole ole]

The best player in the draft will be drafted by the Habs.

 

[Bubbles]

which ones?

Montreal (26th), Washington (20th) and Edmonton (29th).

 

[majormajor]

The best player in the draft will be drafted by the Habs.

...with the #26 pick. His name is Noah Ostlund.

Shane Wright will ask for a trade out of Montreal at age 21 after excessive abuse in the press, and return a decent second pair D.

 

[hockeynorth]

McGroarty ends up a top 5 player in the draft

 

[Bounces R Way]

Has there been a worse looking goalie draft in recent memory? No top end talent and no depth. At least that is the way it looks now.

I don't think so. Goalies are always tougher to project but I was curious and looked through the top 10 rated and I didn't see anything I like. Seems most of the scouts agree.

Course for all I know some random 6th rounder will be the next Hasek.

 

[BavelPure]

This draft year will end up being above average, with scouts more uncertain due to not having enough viewings in the missed year.

 

[Tryamkin]

Montreal (26th), Washington (20th) and Edmonton (29th).

which players though

 

[The Puckhound]

Korchinski ends up the best d-man for this class... Luca Del Bel Belluz improves on his skating and becomes a huge riser in redrafts

 

[Speyer]

One in the trio of Wright, Savoie and Lambert becomes a superstar, borderline franchise level player.

Bichsel becomes the best or second best defenseman of the draft, not in terms of offense but in terms of overall value.

 

[NewEraGM]

Looking forward to watching Dorion/Ottawa try to big brain the rest of the league by picking some random player and then say they had him way higher with that goofy smile of his. Man, sometimes Ottawa just can’t get out of their own way and it’s hilarious

 

[Patty Ice]

Brad Lambert will be regarded as the best player from this draft years from now.

 

[Sniperberg]

Norwegian hot-shot, Gabriel Koch is going to get drafted in the last round and end up being a 50-60pt d-man.

 

[koteka]

People will argue about this draft for years. Some will call it an awful draft as several forwards disappoint, especially in comparison to the 2023 draft. Others will call it a fairly strong draft as many good defensemen and some 200 ft centers will emerge. Some team will win the Cup with at least two important pieces (maybe 2nd line center and a 2/3 D) from this draft and people will decide this would have been a good draft to grab guys that project to be really good complimentary pieces instead of looking for potential stars.