GDT: 2023 Caps NHL Draft Thread

LastWordArmy

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In a draft filled with superstars, it’s not unlikely for some of the talents to get overlooked by the public eye. One of these somewhat overlooked names in the star-studded 2023 NHL Draft is Andrew Cristall, who has had yet another great season for the Kelowna Rockets. In 54 games, he scored 39 goals and made 56 assists for a grand total of 95 points. Forth most of the draft-eligible players in the WHL. Even better were his points per game which was second in the WHL among draft-eligible players. The only one better was none other than Connor Bedard.

 

twabby

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trick9

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Wish list:
Another 2nd round pick (to get Oscar Fisker Molgaard, Coulson Pitre as backup option)

#104:
Mazden Leslie
Aiden Fink
Matthew Mania
Arvid Bergstrom
 

NobodyBeatsTheWiz

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Bader's tools are neat but also he gets it wrong a lot. He admits it, sometimes, but I get a little anoyed now by Bader and Patrick Bacon. It's a good tool to have but NHLe models can make you look dumb. Here he is on Stutzle, who is the only star from the 2020 draft.


Every scouting mechanism, whether it's analytical or observational, is going to fail, and fail pretty frequently.

It's why using one type and ignoring all others is incredibly misguided.
 

EroCaps

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Leonard, Cristall, Miro, McMichael, Lapierre, Suzdalev… they will need a bonafide 1C but the bones are there for a good forward lineup in a few years.

Elite 1C and 1D. Only the two most valuable, hard to acquire positions.

The talent on the wing is legit, though.

I’m going to call this their best draft since 2012.
 

ChaosLord

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Glad we picked Leonard over Benson. Benson is highly skilled, competitive, etc but the fact is he is a small, small player. And how many little guys make it in the league? Martin St Louis, can't think of any others off the top of my head. Benson just carried too much risk.
 

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