GDT: 2023 NHL ENTRY DRAFT June 28 and 29. First round and then rounds 2-7. (ESPN, NHL network, SN, TVA sports 4pm and 8am Pacific Time)

[ChompChomp]

I'm wondering if they are going to use a 7th to draft G Adam Dybal or Rudy Guimond

Guimond off the board (Taken by DET).

 

[NiWa]

Hopefully Svoboda will proof us wrong.

That pick aside, loving the value in getting Cagnoni at #123 though!!! Expected him to go in the early second.
Of course his size makes this a risk, but he's got oodles of things to like. Pronman graded him as above-average NHL level in 3 out of 5 categories: Skating, Hockey IQ and Shot.

 

[hohosaregood]

He’s 3/7 in my books. I like Smith, Musty and Cag.

I’m not only negative, I’m just very critical

Kinda critical beyond reason lately though since people are picking up on it a lot recently

 

[landshark]

Wish we grabbed mania I was pretty high on him, cagnoni was nice tho

Mania mania...

 

[ChompChomp]

David Klee, Ken Klee's son, nice

 

[StanleyCup2035]

6’3, baby!!! We gonna rule in pickup bball games!

 

[Alaskanice]

David Klee, Ken Klee's son, nice

Bloodlines.

 

[TheBeard]

NGL. Chicago drafting someone named Marcel Marcel is hilarious.

 

[ChompChomp]

No idea who Yegor Rimashevskiy is lol.

 

[Lebanezer]

No idea who Yegor Rimashevskiy is lol.

6'3''!

 

[Alaskanice]

No idea who Yegor Rimashevskiy is lol.

This years Timur Ibragimov.

 

[mogambomoroo]

No idea who Yegor Rimashevskiy is lol.

MHL stats look solid and he was ranked at #90-120, so not bad. We are doing the reverse reach now

Sharks traded their pick to Washington, so no more picks this year for now.

 

[ChompChomp]

Sharks traded #206?

 

[Friday]

Sharks traded #206?

For a 2025 7th I think

 

[Alaskanice]

Sharks traded #206?

I didn’t hear the return.

 

[Lebanezer]

 

[ChompChomp]

For a 2025 7th I think

Hmm, okay, then Grier lied about drafting a goalie. Unless they are going to acquire one of these remaining picks.

 

[themelkman]

Kinda critical beyond reason lately though since people are picking up on it a lot recently

Maybe. I was probably too optimistic for a long time, so this is the backswing.

Hoping things change for the better but so far I’m not quite seeing it

 

[mogambomoroo]

	1	4	4		William Smith	C	USA	6' 0"	180	NTDP	USA U-18
	1	26	26		Quentin Musty	L	USA	6' 2"	200	OHL	SUDBURY
	2	4	36		Kasper Halttunen	R	FIN	6' 3"	215	FINLAND	HIFK
	3	7	71		Brandon Svoboda	C	USA	6' 3"	209	USHL	YOUNGSTOWN
	4	27	123		Luca Cagnoni	D	CAN	5' 9"	182	WHL	PORTLAND
	5	2	130		Axel Landen	D	SWE	6' 1"	185	SWEDEN-JR.	HV 71 JR.
	5	4	132		Eric Pohlkamp	D	USA	5' 10"	201	USHL	CEDAR RAPIDS
	7	4	196		David Klee	C	USA	6' 3"	188	USHL	WATERLOO
	7	11	203		Yegor Rimashevskiy	R	BLR	6' 2"	197	RUSSIA-JR.	DYNAMO MOSCOW JR.

 

[Jargon]

Okay I’ve often thought the “Grier loves size” narrative was overdone but dude loves giants.

Really really love the Cagnoni pick. Plus, since our defensemen are all 6’7, Cagnoni can do things like skate under their legs to trick opponents.

 

[themelkman]

Feels like the sharks do the 7th for a next year 7th every year, I wonder if that will ever end or if it’s a perpetual 7th

 

[hohosaregood]

Sounds like a big kid, poor skater, good offensive instincts, but a long way to develop

We struggled to evaluate Yegor Rimashevsky this season, mostly because
his low motor masked his offensive skill. He was rarely fully engaged in
any of our viewings, especially in the defensive zone.
To say he cheated for offence would be an understatement. Rima￾shevsky often started his course toward the opposition’s end before his
team had even regained possession of the puck. His early breakouts
were a way for him to manage his main weakness, his skating ability.
Rimashevsky needed to move ahead of the play to create rush-scoring
chances for himself.
When he couldn’t get a momentum advantage, he relied on his off-puck
instincts, one of the more developed aspects of his game. Capable of
anticipating the flow of the play and positioning himself well to support
it, he got many shooting chances from the slot this season, and at his
best, he also turned into a decent playmaker himself.
“He struck me as a purely off-the-puck, one-touch shooter for a while,
but then he switched gears and showed that there are some good
playmaking habits hidden in his game,” Russian regional scout Dylan
Griffing wrote. “He is constantly putting pucks toward high-danger areas
and was pretty accurate in doing so.”
To put himself on an NHL track, Rimashevsky will have to improve his
skating and handling skills and his overall effort and pace of play

 

[themelkman]

Okay I’ve often thought the “Grier loves size” narrative was overdone but dude loves giants.

Really really love the Cagnoni pick. Plus, since our defensemen are all 6’7, Cagnoni can do things like skate under their legs to trick opponents.

Well I do appreciate him letting the size thing go to take a couple offensive d in Cagnoni and Havelid

 

[Nighthock]

Hmm, okay, then Grier lied about drafting a goalie. Unless they are going to acquire one of these remaining picks.

I blame Burke being in his ear...

 

[Levie]

We. Are. Big.