GDT: 2023 NHL Entry Draft Rounds 2-7 - 10AM ET, ESPN, ESPN+, SN

[spfan]

Didn't like their pick at 9th(too high, not a bad player), but excellent pick at 17th.
I would've taken ASP at 9th in fact.

 

[5cotland]

Pellika was a guarantee by Yzerman at this point

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Damn Stevie Y killing it.

 

[Sypher04]

This draft is painful to watch. Just awful

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Sandin-Pelikka to Detroit nailed it...The Wings could switch names to the Red Tre Kroner Wings

 

[lomiller1]

Hope the Jets take Moore

 

[William H Bonney]

ESPN drastically overrating ASP's skill. "he's as skilled as most high-end forwards." No, he's not.

 

[spfan]

It's not a guarantee that Moore or a vast majority of an NHL first round is too good for the 3rd line.

Long term, I think he is. He's not extremely good defensively(not bad at all), so he's not really an ideal 3C. He's too good not to be a top 6 Center in my opinion.

I also think he should've gone way higher. So I think his upside is quite high.

 

[Super Cake]

This forum dying during the draft is the most hilarious thing i have ever seen. You would think it would crash during the trade deadline or maybe even July 1st.

Nope, it is the f***ing draft that does it.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

An odd pick, not bad at all, but considering who they traded for the pick it's an ok.

 

[spfan]

ESPN drastically overrating ASP's skill. "he's as skilled as most high-end forwards." No, he's not.

Best d-man in the draft in my opinion.
ASP at 17th>>Simashev at 8th, Reinbacher at 5th, Wallinder at 11th

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Detroit has a tonne of Swedish D-men...Sandin-Pelikka,Edvinsson,Wallinder,Albert Johansson,Gus Lindstrom,Anton Johsnsson

 

[vildurson]

Pretty decent draft for Detroit. They went pretty much by need. Danielson for second line center and ASP to replace Hronek.

I can see the Yzerplan in action here.

 

[adsfan]

On this day in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his consort, Sophie, were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, Bosnia, precipitating the outbreak of World War I.

That event caused my grandfather to not go back to Hungary. He planned to return around 1917. The Kaiser had different ideas. He ended up being drafted by the US Army and was at Fort Dix when my mom was born, so he was released because of having a dependent child.

Nashville drafted Matthew Wood from UConn with the 15th pick. He had 34 points in 35 games.

 

[William H Bonney]

Long term, I think he is. He's not extremely good defensively(not bad at all), so he's not really an ideal 3C. He's too good not to be a top 6 Center in my opinion.

I also think he should've gone way higher. So I think his upside is quite high.

There's a difference between thinking someone has upside higher than the 3rd line and confusing that upside as probability or thinking they may not be a 3rd liner in the future.

 

[Byron Bitz]

Perreault is falling

 

[TimeZone]

Again, Simashev certainly wasn't my 6th ranked player, but I do think there's a world he ends up a top pairing guy, if all goes well.

Well future. Not saying they're winning the cup next year.
I would say 2019 is where it really started. And after the Eichel trade. Unlike really any other team, they have 2 borderline franchise d-men. Plus a ton of elite forwards.

Thompson turned into a big surprise. I am very high on Benson, Savoie. I didn't like their Rosen pick much at all. But overall, they look scary. And it's not just the prospects. They've got young NHLers already producing. Thompson as I mentioned. Cozens. Dahlin, Power of course. Power just had his rookie season. Benson and Savoie haven't stepped in.

My prediction is Buffalo will be a regular playoff team for 10 years and can get to cup contention too.

RHD needs upgrading. But that should be easy with the prospect pool they can use in trades.

And again, I'm doubting it's this one.

I think Savoie has huge upside, though he's very boom/bust, there's also guys like Casey Mittelstadt in their mid 20's who are just "meh" relative to their hype levels and upside thus far. I like Quinn, Skinner is a fun player, you never know what you're getting out of him.

Ceiling is high for Buffalo, but again, I think somethings got to happen. It wasn't that long ago they had Eichel, Alex Nylander(who many insisted was the better Nylander), Casey, Guhle, Asplund etc etc, they were widely accepted as the team with the best future in the league for at least half a decade at this point, I'm not exactly convinced Tage is going to be pushing those kind of totals annually either, though I do think he's certainly a star.

I think New Jersey has a better young talent pool off the top of my head, and they've shown significantly more as well.

 

[spfan]

Pretty decent draft for Detroit. They went pretty much by need. Danielson for second line center and ASP to replace Hronek.

I can see the Yzerplan in action here.

Love the ASP pick. But Danielson's upside isn't great. And they took a middle 6 C last year. So it's kind of redundant.

 

[ElysiumAB]

This forum dying during the draft is the most hilarious thing i have ever seen. You would think it would crash during the trade deadline or maybe even July 1st.

Nope, it is the f***ing draft that does it.

Having a banner ad take up 70% of my mobile display must really be taxing the servers.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Moore or Perreault to Winnipeg

Jets want a D-man but...

 

[William H Bonney]

Perreault is falling

Not all that surprising for folks who've watched him with the NTDP the last 2 seasons. Very skilled but has some huge red flags. It's quite possible he puts up points in the NHL and it's quite possible he's a career AHLer.

 

[Super Cake]

Having a banner ad take up 70% of my mobile display must really be taxing the servers.

These ads causes my entire phone to completely crash sometimes. I am serious by the way.

 

[William H Bonney]

The 30 year old gets taken

 

[vildurson]

Love the ASP pick. But Danielson's upside isn't great. And they took a middle 6 C last year. So it's kind of redundant.

Kasper feels like power forward / winger to me. They can try him at center but should be natural at wing

Danielson is your 2way shut down hard situations center with solid 2c potential

 

[Sheppy]

Jesus, that guy is 36