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NHL Entry Draft 2022 NHL Draft Thread - Part 2

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DJB said:
Top 5 pick is critical this year. Such a drop off after that really.
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Somone will end up coming from outside the top 5 & be a very good player when he reaches the NHL, it seems to happen every draft, even outside the top 10.
 
aragorn said:
Somone will end up coming from outside the top 5 & be a very good player when he reaches the NHL, it seems to happen every draft, even outside the top 10.
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I just can't get over the mob mentality of it all. I go back to this time last year when post after post after post regarding the 2022 draft was about "the big three" of Wright, Savoie, Lambert. But now the same people are parroting the official HFSens narrative of "top 5 then a big drop off', which funnily enough, does not include two of the big three. And of course, this new narrative is just as ridiculous as the one about a "big three."
 
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Honestly speaking most of the prospects ranked in the top ten would be great for our team. That said i'd like for us to get as high of a pick as possible.
 
aragorn said:
Somone will end up coming from outside the top 5 & be a very good player when he reaches the NHL, it seems to happen every draft, even outside the top 10.
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Of course it happens every year.

Its our turn to have some lottery luck I hope and and top 5 pick in this draft is key
 
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Forget if I talked here much last year about my love for Ville Koivunen. I ended up with him 28th on my final list.

Anyway, Noah Ostlund is this year's Ville Koivunen. Both have exceptional stick skills, hockey sense, deceptivity and craftiness, seem to make good things happen every time they're on the ice. But it's hard to get drafted high as a European unless you're playing in a pro league, and it's hard to play in a pro league when you're that pencil-thin. Both have a real uphill battle to get NHL-strong, but have tremendous upside if they can get there. Koivunen is an inch or two taller, but Ostlund is the better skater.
 
SquidNasty said:
I think we pass Philly and finish 6th last. Sad state that team is in right now.
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We would have to pass new jersey too I think? I figure we will pass phili but be 5th last ahead of phili Seattle Arizona mtrl. Nj is actually decent especially now when healthy. Just really bad goaltending
 
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We would have to pass new jersey too I think? I figure we will pass phili but be 5th last ahead of phili Seattle Arizona mtrl. Nj is actually decent especially now when healthy. Just really bad goaltending
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Meant to say finish 5th last and pick 6th overall, chances are one team jumps ahead of us by winning the lottery.

-NJ has looked decent lately and they’ve finally found a decent goalie in Daws.
-Buffalo is a wagon
-Chicago is terrible but not bad enough to drop below us.
-Ducks and Wings are free falling right now but their solid first half of the season has created a large enough cushion.

Picking 5th or 6th looks very likely, I’m hoping one of the two D are still available.
 
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SquidNasty said:
Meant to say finish 5th last and pick 6th overall, chances are one team jumps ahead of us by winning the lottery.

-NJ has looked decent lately and they’ve finally found a decent goalie in Daws.
-Buffalo is a wagon
-Chicago is terrible but not bad enough to drop below us.
-Ducks and Wings are free falling right now but their solid first half of the season has created a large enough cushion.

Picking 5th or 6th looks very likely, I’m hoping one of the two D are still available.
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That begs the question Jiricek or Nemec
 
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NHL Dude 120 said:
That begs the question Jiricek or Nemec
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I like Jiricek slightly better but am a huge fan of both players.

I know everyone is tired of hearing it but that ruthless physical game Jiricek brings would make him such a beast in the playoffs.

Sanderson-Jiricek pairing would be such hell to play against and almost impossible to score on.
 
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Can't recall seeing too many, if any, prospects in recent years dominate board battles like Yurov does against his peer group. To me it is one of the most unique and outstanding attributes of any player in this class.

The other would be Cooley's ability to embarrass people one-on-one with his creative stick moves. I remember raving about this with Stutzle in his draft year, but Cooley kinda takes it to another level. At times he reminds me of Datsyuk more than any prospect I've seen since the magician himself.
 
Grant Mcagg has posted an interesting top ten. Maybe the top 5 will shake out a little differently than expected? He is fairly connected and usually has a pretty good pulse on how team affiliated scouts are thinking about the draft.

 
Red Rocket said:
Grant Mcagg has posted an interesting top ten. Maybe the top 5 will shake out a little differently than expected? He is fairly connected and usually has a pretty good pulse on how team affiliated scouts are thinking about the draft.

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Cooley at 8th OA seems crazy & way out of touch given most rankings have him in the top 3 to 5.
 
Red Rocket said:
Grant Mcagg has posted an interesting top ten. Maybe the top 5 will shake out a little differently than expected? He is fairly connected and usually has a pretty good pulse on how team affiliated scouts are thinking about the draft.

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1OA touted prospects, let alone 1C that have been locked as 1OA for 1-2 years ahead of the draft rarely ever actually drop out of 1OA I find. It's always the lead up to the draft trying to drum up some hype around the airing of the draft, but everyone knows, that 6'2 center with amazing skill is more likely to climb than fall.

09 - Tavares undisputed 1OA. Hedman was never going to be picked ahead of Tavares despite media chatter.
10 - Debatable but I'd say Hall was undisputed 1OA. Taylor vs Tyler was purely for their names, but everyone had the skilled winger a tier above Tyler Seguin who only eeked into the conversation his draft year if I recall.
11 - RNH undisputed 1OA.
12 - Yakupov undisputed 1OA in a year of the defenseman (8 of top 10 picks were D)
13 - MacKinnon undisputed 1OA.
14 - Ekblad undisputed 1OA from 1-2 years ahead. Don't think Reinhart/Drai slipped out of contention.
15 - LOL, but both were 1Cs anyways
16 - Matthews undisputed 1OA again for years. Same as Taylor vs Tyler, purely marketting, albeit Laine made it interesting with the pre-draft season he had + WJHC.
17 - Probably the only time, Nolan Patrick, the 1C projected 1OA from 2-3 years of discussion actually dropped. Even then, he only dropped to 2OA.
18 - Dahlin undisputed 1OA x 5+ years
19 - Hughes undisputed 1OA.
20 - Lafreniere undisputed 1OA.
21 - Power undisputed 1OA in spite big Cs trying to climb up.

I see 0% chance Wright drops considering he's been touted this long, and there's really still no knock on him regardless of what risers are around.
 
playasRus said:
1OA touted prospects, let alone 1C that have been locked as 1OA for 1-2 years ahead of the draft rarely ever actually drop out of 1OA I find. It's always the lead up to the draft trying to drum up some hype around the airing of the draft, but everyone knows, that 6'2 center with amazing skill is more likely to climb than fall.

09 - Tavares undisputed 1OA. Hedman was never going to be picked ahead of Tavares despite media chatter.
10 - Debatable but I'd say Hall was undisputed 1OA. Taylor vs Tyler was purely for their names, but everyone had the skilled winger a tier above Tyler Seguin who only eeked into the conversation his draft year if I recall.
11 - RNH undisputed 1OA.
12 - Yakupov undisputed 1OA in a year of the defenseman (8 of top 10 picks were D)
13 - MacKinnon undisputed 1OA.
14 - Ekblad undisputed 1OA from 1-2 years ahead. Don't think Reinhart/Drai slipped out of contention.
15 - LOL, but both were 1Cs anyways
16 - Matthews undisputed 1OA again for years. Same as Taylor vs Tyler, purely marketting, albeit Laine made it interesting with the pre-draft season he had + WJHC.
17 - Probably the only time, Nolan Patrick, the 1C projected 1OA from 2-3 years of discussion actually dropped. Even then, he only dropped to 2OA.
18 - Dahlin undisputed 1OA x 5+ years
19 - Hughes undisputed 1OA.
20 - Lafreniere undisputed 1OA.
21 - Power undisputed 1OA in spite big Cs trying to climb up.

I see 0% chance Wright drops considering he's been touted this long, and there's really still no knock on him regardless of what risers are around.
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I don't know if I'd say RNH was undisputed. He really only emerged as consensus in the year before his draft. Couturier was slated to be #1 but fell off hard. Same with McKinnon, Jones was projected to be #1 but fell to #4 in a surprsing way
 
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