GDT: 2023 NHL Draft

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Discuss today's draft here, to keep the other thread clear of other teams' pick discussions, etc.

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[LucianoBorsato]

Who should we be excited about the Jets possibly picking this year? I don't know much about this years prospects besides Bedard and Fantilli (who we won't be getting, anyways)

 

[Sweech]

Don't know much about this year's draft tbh. Who are people hoping fall to us?

It seems like every year we have a good prospect basically fall into our lap.

 

[Packofwolves]

Don't know much about this year's draft tbh. Who are people hoping fall to us?

It seems like every year we have a good prospect basically fall into our lap.

I'm going with Moore

 

[James Lahey]

I always get pretty excited for the draft, I'm hopeful one of the forwards fall to us. I think with there only really being 3 Dmen (Axel, Reinbacher, and Willander) they'll go and at least one or two other teams will reach for a dman allowing us to get a bit of a faller.

Whoever it is I hope they get a guy that doesn't play a perimeter game. I was hopeful we could have gotten another pick for the draft this year but I don't think that will pan out.

 

[None]

A couple of interesting notes from Corey Pronman's latest mock draft:
He has Leo Carlsson going second rather than Fantilli as most seem to be expecting. Also has Michkov slipping all the way to 7th with Montreal taking Reinbacher 5th and Arizona taking Leonard 6th. Wheat Kings Danielson goes #10 to St. Louis, says that there's some that think he's the most likely name to break the consensus. Zach Benson falls all the way to 17th, which would be a pretty big kick in the mouth to me if he gets that close to the Jets pick.

Personally I'm not super high on Danielson so hearing there's talk of him going that high is surprising. I figured he'd fall into the 20s.

 

[Joe Hallenback]

Lot of teams like Danielson. Watched him enough to see why. He is very pro ready being older and plays a complete 200 foot game. Tilts the ice when he is on and almost carried his team to the playoffs.

 

[Romang67]

I dont know anything about this draft class past the top players, but after a deep dive just now I'm hoping for one of Carlsson, ASP, Stenberg, Willander, or Lindstein with our first pick.

 

[Weezeric]

Gotta think one of those small forwards drops like crazy. Could maybe get Benson with that #14 pick if the Jets get it in a Helle trade.

 

[None]

Lot of teams like Danielson. Watched him enough to see why. He is very pro ready being older and plays a complete 200 foot game. Tilts the ice when he is on and almost carried his team to the playoffs.

Yeah, I think he's a great prospect but I just don't like him at 10.

 

[DRW204]

Gotta think one of those small forwards drops like crazy. Could maybe get Benson with that #14 pick if the Jets get it in a Helle trade.

what do you think of cristall?
he's the small guy who i've seen all over the place

 

[Whileee]

what do you think of cristall?
he's the small guy who i've seen all over the place

Don't like Cristall for the Jets, who already have Perfetti, Lucius, Lambert, Chibrikov in the pipeline.

 

[None]

what do you think of cristall?
he's the small guy who i've seen all over the place

The mock I posted about above doesn't have him in the first round at all and it sounds like it was based on speaking to teams/scouts at the draft. If he's there in the early 2nd I think he ends up being this draft's Debrincat/Saad/Aho where teams have tripped over themselves evaluating the player.

Of course there's that quote about teams lying this close to the draft so who can say how accurate it is.

 

[Daximus]

what do you think of cristall?
he's the small guy who i've seen all over the place

He's one of the few I'm not interested in really.

 

[R Zardo]

based on rankings and mocks there appears to be a top 5, the next 3 being Leonard Reinbkr Dvorsky, and than a group of twelve guys that can go anywhere. Hoping for a D with size or C.

 

[Joe Hallenback]

I am kinding of leaning towards Honzek if some of those centers are gone but man a good RHD would be good as well

 

[DRW204]

The mock I posted about above doesn't have him in the first round at all and it sounds like it was based on speaking to teams/scouts at the draft. If he's there in the early 2nd I think he ends up being this draft's Debrincat/Saad/Aho where teams have tripped over themselves evaluating the player.

Of course there's that quote about teams lying this close to the draft so who can say how accurate it is.

he's been all over the place for mocks. i've seen close to mid-1st to 2nd rd.

Analyst rankings seem to like him more than mocks.

here's some reports on him

Andrew Cristall Scouting Report: 2023 NHL Draft #7

Andrew Cristall is among the most talented offensive player of the 2023 NHL Draft with dynamic skating and outstanding passing.

lastwordonsports.com

2023 NHL Draft prospect profile: Andrew Cristall has big potential and big question marks

There isn’t a player in the consensus top-15 who is as polarizing as Andrew Cristall. We have tracked many sets of rankings through eight years of compiling a consensus for Eyes on the Prize.

www.habseyesontheprize.com

 

[Daximus]

based on rankings and mocks there appears to be a top 5, the next 3 being Leonard Reinbkr Dvorsky, and than a group of twelve guys that can go anywhere. Hoping for a D with size or C.

Dvorsky seems like a faller. He's all over the place.

 

[Weezeric]

what do you think of cristall?
he's the small guy who i've seen all over the place

Ya, I agree with the others. I like him in the 2nd round.

 

[Daximus]

I am kinding of leaning towards Honzek if some of those centers are gone but man a good RHD would be good as well

I still like the Dragicevic option. Even better if we end up making a move for Sanheim and drop back to 22 where I think it's a bit more comfortable range.

 

[None]

he's been all over the place for mocks. i've seen close to mid-1st to 2nd rd.

Analyst rankings seem to like him more than mocks.

here's some reports on him

Andrew Cristall Scouting Report: 2023 NHL Draft #7

Andrew Cristall is among the most talented offensive player of the 2023 NHL Draft with dynamic skating and outstanding passing.

lastwordonsports.com

2023 NHL Draft prospect profile: Andrew Cristall has big potential and big question marks

There isn’t a player in the consensus top-15 who is as polarizing as Andrew Cristall. We have tracked many sets of rankings through eight years of compiling a consensus for Eyes on the Prize.

www.habseyesontheprize.com

I think most have hedged on him being a 1st round talent with flaws but there's smaller groups that are very polarized. The people who have him falling don't think his skating flaws can be overcome.

 

[Daximus]

I think most have hedged on him being a 1st round talent with flaws but there's smaller groups that are very polarized. The people who have him falling don't think his skating flaws can be overcome.

Of all the flaws a player can have skating is perhaps the easiest to overcome but still requires that the player puts in the work to get there.

 

[Whileee]

I am kinding of leaning towards Honzek if some of those centers are gone but man a good RHD would be good as well

I like Honzek.

What about Simashev? Maybe unlikely, but he might be a dandy.

Yager?

I could see the Jets trade up or down, considering that #18 seems to be at an inflection point in the draft.

 

[JetsFan815]

I am hoping for Oliver Moore to fall to us or us getting another 1st in the 9-15 range to draft him.

 

[None]

Of all the flaws a player can have skating is perhaps the easiest to overcome but still requires that the player puts in the work to get there.

I think there's aspects to his skating that shows he's put in a lot of work there at least from an agility standpoint. Biggest knock to me is that he'll default to that 10-2 pivot before he looks for a teammate.