2023 NHL Draft June 28 and 29, Nashville, TN (Selections - 13, 39, 45, 86, 109, 141, 173, 205)

[Chainshot]

 

[Zach716]

Tragic

 

[SharkInABoloTie]

Welp, guess I'll have to sadly boo Bedard very loudly until he is no longer in a hawks jersey. This just hit me as I was typing; it would be unbelievable hilarious if he pulled a Lindros and said, "I won't be signing with a team that does not share my values." One can dream

 

[Gabrielor]

Alrighty...

1. CHI Bedard
2. ANA Fantilli
3. CBJ Carlsson
4. SJS Michkov
5. MTL Smith
6. ARI Moore
7. PHI Leonard
8. WSH Dvorsky
9. DET Benson
10. STL Wood
11. VAN Reinbacher
12. ARI Perreault


13. BUF Pellikka

 

[HOOats]

Really nice that we dodged two good shots at Bedard in division and three at Fantilli (and Ottawa surrenders their pick - their fans are broken up about it which is funny and odd considering it was always likely).

 

[Ace]

Feels sick man. Soon we’ll see Quenneville get a job and Bowman get a job…Chevy was never punished. They were in that room and ruined a kid who doesn’t get a second chance. And everyone is going to be rewarded in the end.

 

[Zman5778]

Oh f*** off with the Blackhawks winning. Just f*** right off.

 

[sabresfan129103]

Good, stay out west.

 

[Ehran]

Can we trade Jokiharju to CHI for Bedard?

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Currently hoping that Bedard will one day be mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Alexandre Daigle, Patrik Stefan, and Nail Yakupov.

 

[My Cozen Dylan]

An unpopular take, but this is a good result for the league being able to market its best players, which I'm satisfied with.

And he's out west, which is great.

 

[Matt Ress]

Alrighty...

1. CHI Bedard
2. ANA Fantilli
3. CBJ Carlsson
4. SJS Michkov
5. MTL Smith
6. ARI Moore
7. PHI Leonard
8. WSH Dvorsky
9. DET Benson
10. STL Wood
11. VAN Reinbacher
12. ARI Perreault


13. BUF Pellikka

I hope not

Let's not muck up this thread

 

[Beerz]

Alrighty...

1. CHI Bedard
2. ANA Fantilli
3. CBJ Carlsson
4. SJS Michkov
5. MTL Smith
6. ARI Moore
7. PHI Leonard
8. WSH Dvorsky
9. DET Benson
10. STL Wood
11. VAN Reinbacher
12. ARI Perreault


13. BUF Pellikka

Buffalo trades the #13 pick better be the story

 

[brian_griffin]

WTF Clownshow? I hear through pick #4 revealed, then, as they go to commercial, ESPN says "with Columbus moving back". And I rewind the whole damn thing because I'm like "I'm old, I've had a couple beers, what did I miss?" and then I re-watch and I'm like "nothing!!!!".

f***ing NHL clownshow, from the officiating to the DOPS, to the scheduling, to Bettman/Daly/Campbell/etc. and you can't even produce a draft correctly with your FLAGSHIP TV PARTNER?

Wait, what? ESPN? Columbus dropped?

LOL ESPN jumps itself

I was so confused, then I hopped over to twitter

Lol f***ing embarrassing. They either spoiled the 3rd pick reveal or got it wrong.

Yeah I'm not sure what ESPN just said but it sounded like they blew some of the drama.

I was just about to comment about how well they did it this year. Very quick. So much for that.

OLN was a better choice than ESPN for hockey. Can’t even do a draft lottery show correctly.

I cannot believe they botched that reveal on ESPN. Impossibly bad.

And we're all in agreement. High schoolers from the AV club could pull that off correctly.

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Not even commenting on the CHI / Beach incident. That's potential conspiracy on another level.

 

[Gabrielor]

Buffalo trades the #13 pick better be the story

Depend on for what. Better be young and with control.

Ideas like 13 for Brett Pesce with 1 year left don’t sound good to me.

 

[Zman5778]

I hope not

Let's not muck up this thread

This is the thread for discussion of all things 2023 NHL draft. Mock drafts and who we want as Sabres fans included.

 

[Chainshot]

An unpopular take, but this is a good result for the league being able to market its best players, which I'm satisfied with.

And he's out west, which is great.

The LA/Anaheim market would be fine getting a star of Bedard's draw. They force-feed Original Six teams and has-beens on the viewing audience already, this will just push more until Chicago can actually build something around Bedard.

 

[brian_griffin]

An unpopular take, but this is a good result for the league being able to market its best players, which I'm satisfied with.

And he's out west, which is great.

Unless it was rigged.

Free beer for any future meet-up to any member of this board who believes the NHL will announce punishment to the Hawks for the Beach incident only AFTER this lottery & draft take place.

 

[HOOats]

WTF Clownshow? I hear through pick #4 revealed, then, as they go to commercial, ESPN says "with Columbus moving back". And I rewind the whole damn thing because I'm like "I'm old, I've had a couple beers, what did I miss?" and then I re-watch and I'm like "nothing!!!!".

f***ing NHL clownshow, from the officiating to the DOPS, to the scheduling, to Bettman/Daly/Campbell/etc. and you can't even produce a draft correctly with your FLAGSHIP TV PARTNER?
















And we're all in agreement. High schoolers from the AV club could pull that off correctly.

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Not even commenting on the CHI / Beach incident. That's potential conspiracy on another level.

I did the same rewind, thinking I had looked down at my dinner for longer than I realized. That's someone-gets-fired level bad.

 

[My Cozen Dylan]

The LA/Anaheim market would be fine getting a star of Bedard's draw. They force-feed Original Six teams and has-beens on the viewing audience already, this will just push more until Chicago can actually build something around Bedard.

Except 50-60 of his games would've started at 10 pm ET, which is decidedly NOT good for US fans seeing the stars of the game. It's already a problem with McDavid and Draisaitl (of course exacerbated as they're in Canada).

 

[MOGlLNY]

Sometimes I think we've had it rough but I think Columbus truly truly has had some of the worst organizational luck in NHL history. They cannot catch a break. Arizona may be even worse, feel bad for their fans.

 

[Chainshot]

Except 50-60 of his games would've started at 10 pm ET, which is decidedly NOT good for US fans seeing the stars of the game. It's already a problem with McDavid and Draisaitl (of course exacerbated as they're in Canada).

You want them to market to everyone? The league that wouldn't even put Eastern Edmonton games on their national broadcast so they could regurgitate Pittsburgh-Caps/Flyers or Boston-Rangers? Nah, in terms of gate Anaheim would've been fine, even if they have Cups in the last 2 decades.

 

[Sabre the Win]

Just glad he went to the Western Conference. However if Blackhawks win a cup or make it back to the playoffs before the Sabres then hockey is a cruel mistress.

 

[Chainshot]

Sometimes I think we've had it rough but I think Columbus truly truly has had some of the worst organizational luck in NHL history. They cannot catch a break. Arizona may be even worse, feel bad for their fans.

Buffalo's almost as bad as both of them. The lottery needs to go.

 

[Ace]

Sometimes I think we've had it rough but I think Columbus truly truly has had some of the worst organizational luck in NHL history. They cannot catch a break. Arizona may be even worse, feel bad for their fans.

I was rooting for Arizona to win the lottery but, honestly, until they get several things figured out they can wait on luck.