Prospect Info: 2023 Draft Thread (Yotes picking #6 & #12)

[hbk]

How do you think Bill feels about it? If last year was any indication, he’s not going to care where somebody is from.

Well we are one of few teams with a scout with feet on the ground in Russia.

 

[rt]

Grant has extreme politics and he’s loud about them. It would make sense his friends in the scouting community would be like minded.

 

[lanky]

The NHL teams avoiding Russians at this draft are the same ones that did last draft.

Thanks for the update though Grant.

 

[rt]

 

[Llewzaher]

edit- it’s garbage

Man we have to pick top 3 .. 5 is ok but nothing worse than that..

 

[rt]

Man we have to pick top 3 .. 5 is ok but nothing worse than that..

I’ve got Bedard firmly at 1st and Fantilli firmly at 2nd. I’ve got Benson, Carlsson, and Michkov in some order I can’t decide on for 3rd, 4th and 5th. Then I’ve got Smith 6th.

7th through 16th is a big pile I can’t sort out.

 

[Heldig]

For all the flack the team gets from fans of other teams there wont be a peep if they finish better than dead last.

 

[TheLegend]

For all the flack the team gets from fans of other teams there wont be a peep if they finish better than dead last.

If they win the lottery the servers will burn down.

 

[lanky]

For all the flack the team gets from fans of other teams there wont be a peep if they finish better than dead last.

If this comes to pass, I'm packing the car to hand deliver a six pack of Fernie First Trax to your doorstep.

 

[hbk]

 

[Heldig]

If this comes to pass, I'm packing the car to hand deliver a six pack of Fernie First Trax to your doorstep.

Hmmm, I like the Fernie Brewery beers.

 

[GhostofYotesFan47]

Gimme Fantilli! Fantilli, Cooley, Geekie/Hayton as the top 9 would be filthy!

 

[GhostofYotesFan47]

For all the flack the team gets from fans of other teams there wont be a peep if they finish better than dead last.

They'll still moan about it because CoYoTeS PooR, PLaYerS NeED HaLp!!1!1!!11! No AreNa? ARiZoNa nOt hOckEy MaRKeT...

 

[MIGs Dog]

Even at 5th worst, still decent odds of picking top 2.

 

[lanky]

Even at 5th worst, still decent odds of picking top 2.

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Not sure that I agree with your definition of decent. These are the probabilities for the fifth worst team.

Top 2 - 17.3%
5 - 24.5%
6/7 - 58.2%

 

[MIGs Dog]

Not sure that I agree with your definition of decent. These are the probabilities for the fifth worst team.

Top 2 - 17.3%
5 - 24.5%
6/7 - 58.2%

Decent compared to say... Powerball

The worst team has a 75% chance of not picking 1OA

 

[rt]

4th worst looks pretty sweet. 10% at 1st, 10% at 2nd, 45% at 5th.

 

[zerekstar]

If we get 4th Benson vs Michkov would be a wild debate on these boards in the lead-up to draft day. I'd personally go with Michkov with the numbers he's putting up in the world's second best league.

And then Chayka goes up there and takes Cameron Allen.

He would probably trade up to take him 3rd

 

[zerekstar]

Let's just draft Bedard. He'll be elite and no one will care he's small. Even if he's a winger, he's got Ovechkin potential for scoring goals. 36 years old and he's keeping pace with kids in their early 20s. Bedard may not make it that long in the NHL, but he's got that same goal scorers nose. I want the kid who's life's mission is to score all the goals.

Ingram is ruining any chance of that
He might have to go

 

[British yote]

2023 - Reinbacher
2024 - Aron Kiviharju, along with the signing of AM34 for the elite 1C
2025-2027 Development and playoffs.
2028 - Cup??

That easy right guys? Right?

 

[lanky]

Who do you like best from this group?

Dvorsky, Ritchie, Sale, Yager

Unlike the top 5 guys, these will have big roles at the U18s.

 

[rt]

Who do you like best from this group?

Dvorsky, Ritchie, Sale, Yager

Unlike the top 5 guys, these will have big roles at the U18s.

I’ve got Ritchie and Yager above the other two. Dvorsky ahead of Sale. And they may be a handful of name between all of those, for me. That’s not a clear-cut next-tier, I mean. I’ve got Reinbacher and Dragicevic in that mix, as an example. Barlow, too. And the Americans, Moore and Leonard.

7-17 is pretty murky for me. I’ve got to tear myself away from watching Benson and watch some more Brandon, Oshawa, Tri City, Owen Sound, Prince George, Kelowna, etc.

 

[hbk]

Who do you like best from this group?

Dvorsky, Ritchie, Sale, Yager

Unlike the top 5 guys, these will have big roles at the U18s.

Last year i say Yager hands down. Today he’s probably 3 or 4.

If u think the offense is there (and it has been at lower levels recently) its Dvorsky.

Button loves Sale.

Ritchie has displayed top playing C qualities at times.

This is why i’m happy with our scouts abilities to assess.

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

Yep, clear cut top 6, have to stay in the top 6 group

Not that I don't like Dvorsky, Ritchie, Sale, Yager, Barlow, Danielson, Cristall, Reinbacher, Dragicevic, Moore, Leonard, Honzek, and Wood but they are all a tier below the other guys.

Why do we always have to do what the Coyotes do and win when it doesn't matter. Let's hope that BA and draft crew have their hard hats on and can pick the 'gem' out of that list of players.

 

[rt]

Last year i say Yager hands down. Today he’s probably 3 or 4.

If u think the offense is there (and it has been at lower levels recently) its Dvorsky.

Button loves Sale.

Ritchie has displayed top playing C qualities at times.

This is why i’m happy with our scouts abilities to assess.

Ritchie has impressed me the most of the four in the games I’ve watched. But I think I’ve caught his best games. Sale had an amazing U18 but he didn’t impress me as much as he impressed others at the U20.

Dvorsky and Yager are similar for me in that I really liked their D-1 seasons but they haven’t progressed as much as I hoped in their draft years, and both are getting overtaken by kids with steeper improvement curves for me.