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2022 NHL Entry Draft 8

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I’d imagine if the team drafts Nemec, then they will trade Mailloux shortly after. Right or wrong, it might be the catalyst to get rid of a PR headache from the previous management team.
 
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Antiillafire said:
I’m not sure he has the speed of play to be suited to the North American game but who knows, I remember thinking the same with Kubailk watching him in Czech league. And Kubalik has become a pretty decent NHLer, same could happen with bucek.
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I Just looked at some older clips of him at the WJC/USHL and his skating's come a long, long way. Maybe you're right and his pace of play needs to increase to have a shot at the NHL, but I was more thinking along the lines of having a good Slovak player in Laval who's already spent two years in NA to help Nemec's transition. NHL potential would be gravy.
 
le_sean said:
I’d imagine if the team drafts Nemec, then they will trade Mailloux shortly after. Right or wrong, it might be the catalyst to get rid of a PR headache from the previous management team.
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I've never been a fan of Mailloux's play, so no love lost from me.

But I would hope we would at least let him dominate a full year in the OHL with no additional negative PR incidents, rather than trade him now at his lowest value.
 
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Playmaker09 said:
I've never been a fan of Mailloux's play, so no love lost from me.

But I would hope we would at least let him dominate a full year in the OHL with no additional negative PR incidents, rather than trade him now at his lowest value.
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Yeah I don’t think it would be smart at this point in time, but I can see it happening.
 
le_sean said:
I’d imagine if the team drafts Nemec, then they will trade Mailloux shortly after. Right or wrong, it might be the catalyst to get rid of a PR headache from the previous management team.
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That makes 0 sense.

-If they have too many RD prospects (which they don't), they could still wait 4 years before making a decision on Mailloux since he could play up to 3 years in the ahl.
-The new management isn't responsible for the Mailloux pick, so they cannot be criticized for it.
-Trading Mailloux now after all the talks of making Mailloux a better person is actually worse PR for the franchise.
-Trading Mailloux at his lowest value is dumb as a brick and no GM with a wee bit of intelligence would do that.
 
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Kudo Shinichi said:
That makes 0 sense.

-If they have too many RD prospects (which they don't), they could still wait 4 years before making a decision on Mailloux since he could play up to 3 years in the ahl.
-The new management isn't responsible for the Mailloux pick, so they cannot be criticized for it.
-Trading Mailloux now after all the talks of making Mailloux a better person is actually worse PR for the franchise.
-Trading Mailloux at his lowest value is dumb as a brick and no GM with a wee bit of intelligence would do that.
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I don’t agree with points 2 and 3. But regardless, I’m not saying they should do it. I just wouldn’t be totally surprised.
 
le_sean said:
As long as we stay in the Top 5, I don’t see a way to make a bad pick unless they go completely off the board.
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Which Gorton is known to when inside the top-10... see Lias Andersson and Vitali Kravtsov

I agree that we should be safe in the top 5 though
 
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le_sean said:
Yeah I don’t think it would be smart at this point in time, but I can see it happening.
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I’d be willing to bundle Mailloux with Gallagher in a trade in order to avoid retaining $ on Gally’s contract.
 
Vinzenz Rohrer is being underrated IMO. Youngest player in the draft, first season in NA, one of the worst team in the OHL and he still leads his team in points. I think there's lots of room for improvement stats-wise. Sleeper pick!

I'm not saying he is the next conor mcdavid but you get the point.
 
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1000eeer said:
Vinzenz Rohrer is being underrated IMO. Youngest player in the draft, first season in NA, one of the worst team in the OHL and he still leads his team in points. I think there's lots of room for improvement stats-wise. Sleeper pick!

I'm not saying he is the next conor mcdavid but you get the point.
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He's got tools but idk if he has a brain
 
Spearmint Rhino said:
Won't lie, the Armia-Slaf talk made me throw up in my mouth a bit
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Armia is way too inconsistent the way he plays, will have some dominants shifts once in a while where he uses his tools well, but most of the times, he cant uses it properly. My own comparison with Armia makes only sense if you think of those rare dominant shifts. You take those rare shifts and thats what Slafkovsky brings on a constent basis if you multiply it x 10 the offensive awareness, skills and finishing.

Best comparison for me the way he uses his body, frame to overpower his opponents is probably Peter Forsberg in his prime.
 
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We're in the home stretch of this never ending season.

Hopefully next season we have a potential Bedard selection to keep us motivated. For this year though, my heart is really set on Wright, Slafkovsky or Cooley so I'll be somewhat disappointed if we don't get one of those 3. After that, Jiricek, Savoie, Nemec and Nazar in that order.
 
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