2022 NHL Entry Draft

[Sabresbyswords104]

Just take slafko …. He Will be Sabres next Thomas vanek or av Gaborik, kopitar etc…..

Slafkovský Cozens Peterka
Krebs Thompson Quinn
Skinner/Olofsson Mitts Tuch

 

[Der Jaeger]

Just take slafko …. He Will be Sabres next Thomas vanek or av Gaborik, kopitar etc…..

Slafkovský Cozens Peterka
Krebs Thompson Quinn
Skinner/Olofsson Mitts Tuch

Bet he’s gone by the Sabres pick

 

[Old Navy Goat]

Just take slafko …. He Will be Sabres next Thomas vanek or av Gaborik, kopitar etc…..

Slafkovský Cozens Peterka
Krebs Thompson Quinn
Skinner/Olofsson Mitts Tuch

I'm confused by the comparisons as he doesn't stylistically play like any of them

 

[Matt Ress]

I'm confused by the comparisons as he doesn't stylistically play like any of them

You're really starting to sell me on Gauthier

 

[Old Navy Goat]

You're really starting to sell me on Gauthier

He's going to be a big riser, I just hope Ottawa doesn't draft him as he fits their profile

 

[toomuchsauce]

okay, just figure out how to get Slafkovsky. goddam

 

[Professor Chaos]

okay, just figure out how to get Slafkovsky. goddam

He looks awesome tonight against Team USA...He and Nemec both in action

 

[Lloydchristmas138]

Does Nemec get no ice time?

 

[Old Navy Goat]

Does Nemec get no ice time?

He's been the 7th D the last two games

 

[Rowley Birkin]

Just take slafko …. He Will be Sabres next Thomas vanek or av Gaborik, kopitar etc…..

Slafkovský Cozens Peterka
Krebs Thompson Quinn
Skinner/Olofsson Mitts Tuch

See - this is why I'd prioritise RHD if we have any of these guys grouped closely in terms of rankings.

There's already 10 guys pencilled in for 'top 9' roles in the short/medium term (I'm including Asplund plus the 9 above). The majority of these guys are young.

That's also not accounting for a bunch of other guys recently drafted such as Rosen also making the jump.

On RHD there is next to nothing.

I'm not against using the pick on another position & of course I know 'you shouldnt draft for need' - but it had better be someone realistically capable of supplanting one of the guys we currently have.

I want the best RHD possible out of this draft. I also think 2 of the first 4 picks should be RHD.

It's such a blatant organisational need. Short, medium & long term.

 

[Der Jaeger]

See - this is why I'd prioritise RHD if we have any of these guys grouped closely in terms of rankings.

There's already 10 guys pencilled in for 'top 9' roles in the short/medium term (I'm including Asplund plus the 9 above). The majority of these guys are young.

That's also not accounting for a bunch of other guys recently drafted such as Rosen also making the jump.

On RHD there is next to nothing.

I'm not against using the pick on another position & of course I know 'you shouldnt draft for need' - but it had better be someone realistically capable of supplanting one of the guys we currently have.

I want the best RHD possible out of this draft. I also think 2 of the first 4 picks should be RHD.

It's such a blatant organisational need. Short, medium & long term.

No good GM goes into a draft with need at the forefront of draft needs, unless it’s an early stage rebuild and they are looking for centers. Otherwise, you draft off your board. That’s how you get Jack Quinn.

Sabres are currently drafting 7. Assume that draft order holds, and no lottery movement pushes the Sabres down.

Going off tankathon’s win percentage projection, and Bob McKenzie’s list from last month, here’s how the draft could go (I made some adjustment for injuries to Kemell and Jiricek, and Slafkovsky’s current play.

1. Montreal: Wright
2. Arizona: Cooley
3. Seattle: Slafkovsky
4. Philly: Savoie
5. NJ: Kemell
6. Ottawa: Miroshnechenko
7. Buffalo:

Next players on the board:
Yurov
Jiricek
Nemec
Geekie
Lambert

It’d be really hard for me to take Jiricek or Nemec over a big, mobile center line Geekie or an explosive center like Lambert. Especially with a slew of RHD projected to be available when the Sabres pick twice at the end of the round.

If those five are available, I rank them on my board:

Lambert
Geekie
Nemec
Yurov
Jiricek

 

[Rowley Birkin]

No good GM goes into a draft with need at the forefront of draft needs, unless it’s an early stage rebuild and they are looking for centers. Otherwise, you draft off your board. That’s how you get Jack Quinn.

Sabres are currently drafting 7. Assume that draft order holds, and no lottery movement pushes the Sabres down.

Going off tankathon’s win percentage projection, and Bob McKenzie’s list from last month, here’s how the draft could go (I made some adjustment for injuries to Kemell and Jiricek, and Slafkovsky’s current play.

1. Montreal: Wright
2. Arizona: Cooley
3. Seattle: Slafkovsky
4. Philly: Savoie
5. NJ: Kemell
6. Ottawa: Miroshnechenko
7. Buffalo:

Next players on the board:
Yurov
Jiricek
Nemec
Geekie
Lambert

It’d be really hard for me to take Jiricek or Nemec over a big, mobile center line Geekie or an explosive center like Lambert. Especially with a slew of RHD projected to be available when the Sabres pick twice at the end of the round.

If those five are available, I rank them on my board:

Lambert
Geekie
Nemec
Yurov
Jiricek

If that's how it goes I'd happily take either Nemec or Jiricek. Probably Nemec given we already have Dahlin/Power.

Your bias towards centres is well known. We don't need to talk about it again...

 

[My Cozen Dylan]

No good GM goes into a draft with need at the forefront of draft needs, unless it’s an early stage rebuild and they are looking for centers. Otherwise, you draft off your board. That’s how you get Jack Quinn.

Sabres are currently drafting 7. Assume that draft order holds, and no lottery movement pushes the Sabres down.

Going off tankathon’s win percentage projection, and Bob McKenzie’s list from last month, here’s how the draft could go (I made some adjustment for injuries to Kemell and Jiricek, and Slafkovsky’s current play.

1. Montreal: Wright
2. Arizona: Cooley
3. Seattle: Slafkovsky
4. Philly: Savoie
5. NJ: Kemell
6. Ottawa: Miroshnechenko
7. Buffalo:

Next players on the board:
Yurov
Jiricek
Nemec
Geekie
Lambert

It’d be really hard for me to take Jiricek or Nemec over a big, mobile center line Geekie or an explosive center like Lambert. Especially with a slew of RHD projected to be available when the Sabres pick twice at the end of the round.

If those five are available, I rank them on my board:

Lambert
Geekie
Nemec
Yurov
Jiricek

Geekie's play is far too inconsistent to take over Nemec or Jiricek, or even Yurov.

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

Geekie's play is far too inconsistent to take over Nemec or Jiricek, or even Yurov.

You can say the same about Lambert.

 

[Fjordy]

Nemec or Jiricek makes too much sense. It would be wise to build a defense around Dahlin, Power, Nemec/Jiricek and adding Jokiharju, Samuelsson, Johnson, Bryson, Fitzgerald, Laaksonen it is reasonable.

But there must be an alternative to take a forward, because it can easily be such a situation when Nemec and Jiricek will out be with our choice

 

[Sabresbyswords104]

See - this is why I'd prioritise RHD if we have any of these guys grouped closely in terms of rankings.

There's already 10 guys pencilled in for 'top 9' roles in the short/medium term (I'm including Asplund plus the 9 above). The majority of these guys are young.

That's also not accounting for a bunch of other guys recently drafted such as Rosen also making the jump.

On RHD there is next to nothing.

I'm not against using the pick on another position & of course I know 'you shouldnt draft for need' - but it had better be someone realistically capable of supplanting one of the guys we currently have.

I want the best RHD possible out of this draft. I also think 2 of the first 4 picks should be RHD.

It's such a blatant organisational need. Short, medium & long term.

 

[Sabresbyswords104]

Looks like it could be a D drafted depends on sabres draft order

 

[Sabresbyswords104]

Always take best player . Could always trade away for a D . Power Dahlin joki should be good enough for top 4

 

[Sabresbyswords104]

Nemec or Jiricek would be good if we fall in the draft. Would be happy if we rise and take a C like Savoie. Would be really Nice as we trade Eichel. Would much rather have this forward lineup instead of the D above.

Skinner Thompson Tuch
Krebs Cozens Olofsson
Peterka Savoie Quinn
Asplund Girgensons Okposo

 

[Fjordy]

Savoie would be a very good choice too.

 

[Der Jaeger]

If that's how it goes I'd happily take either Nemec or Jiricek. Probably Nemec given we already have Dahlin/Power.

Your bias towards centres is well known. We don't need to talk about it again...

It’s a bias nearly every NHL front office has.

 

[Jim Bob]

It’s a bias nearly every NHL front office has.

Someone needs to send Steve Yzerman the memo.

I think he has only drafted two centers in the first round as a GM: Howden and Namestnikov

 

[Dingo44]

Nemec or Jiricek would be good if we fall in the draft. Would be happy if we rise and take a C like Savoie. Would be really Nice as we trade Eichel. Would much rather have this forward lineup instead of the D above.

Skinner Thompson Tuch
Krebs Cozens Olofsson
Peterka Savoie Quinn
Asplund Girgensons Okposo

Where is Mitts?

 

[Jim Bob]

Where is Mitts?

He's Year-To-Year with an UBI.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

ARZ owns 12% of the picks in the first two rounds.