2022 NHL draft HOT TAKES thread

[jonlin]

- Brad Lambert has an 82 point season by the time he is 25.

Damaged goods. His father is to blame for this. Cant let the kid develope, but always sticks his finger into everything.

 

[tiny103]

Elias Pettersson will be better than Elias Pettersson

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[ole ole]

Irfaan Gaffar: Montreal Canadiens GM Kent Hughes said that as of tonight, he wouldn’t trade the first overall pick.

 

[PKSpecialist]

Brayden Schuurman will be a top 10 pick in a redraft 15 years from now.

 

[Saucepass]

Dallas won’t give up a first for Petry.

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

Habs draft Slaf at #1
Habs then trade for #2 and draft Cooley
They bust/semi bust and Wright becomes a franchise player, top 20 in the league.

 

[Seachd]

What about Jack Hughes vs Jack Hughes?

Or Marcel vs. Marcel?

 

[TheNumber4]

We’re no longer just surrounded by Ahos.

Can you believe there’s two “Sebastian Aho”s but only one “Mike Smith”

 

[Iwuwd]

Conor Geekie gets drafted by the Anaheim Ducks. Has a very successful Getzlaf type career but gets cursed with a very Getzlaf like hairline before his RFA contract is signed.

Or he gets drafted by edmonton and is forever known as Conor McGeekie.

 

[VictorLustig]

Öhgren is going higher than any ranking has him right now.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Wright will be a relative bust when compared to his draft position. Decent 2nd line center but you'll wish he had that extra gear.

Cooley will have a hard time getting adjusted and take a very long time to get to being a productive middle 6 guy.

Nemec becomes a top 20 scoring defenseman pretty early.

Liam Ohgren becomes a player many think should have gone top 10 or top 5 in a redraft.

Slafkovsky takes a couple of seasons to get there, but becomes a point per game winger.

Kasper shows he's got a lot more offensive potential than many people believed and is another guy that people talk about as top 5 in a redraft.

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

There will be no trades today, much to the disappointment of absolutely everyone (especially those who are deluded into thinking they will draft at 1 *and* 2.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Apparently, in your opinion - Jesper Bratt being better than Caufield is a hot take

In the realm of reality though - Marek Hejduk shouldn't be an NHL draft pick.

Maybe It wasn’t a hot take…