GDT: 2023 Upper Deck NHL Draft: 1st Round, June 28, 7 p.m. et | ESPN, SN, TVAS: Nashville, TN

[SlafySZN]

Get another top 10 pick and if you can't pick Michkov, pick Smith and Leonard......!!!!!! Why can't we have nice things?

Smith is going 3 to colombus i’m almost conviced.

 

[David Suzuki]

gimme 12 and cooley and arizonas 2nd and their unprotected first 2024 or i’m picking

 

[Habsfan18]

*This isn’t to say that our picks won’t work out in the long run*

But it’s pretty damn funny to think what the expectation was 12-18 months ago…

Expectation: Wright & Bedard/Michkov

Reality: Slafkovsky and Reinbacher

 

[BergevinBurner]

If we trade down we better get a f***ing massive overpayment. If we don't at least get another 1st and a blue chip prospect I'm not going to happy about moving down. Getting a later 1st to move down a few spots just isnt going to cut it in my mind.

There's a very real chance those few spots will be the difference between a franchise player and an alright top 6 player.

 

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[badfish]

I don't trust our scouting staff to find them. No interest in Michkov and trading down = my interest in this draft falling off a cliff. Cheers to another 2-way glorified grinder with the right karakter.

We we are in agreement on Michkov, but if he's unavailable I'm possibly open to trading back.

 

[waitin425]

5th for 9th + Edvinsson?

 

[Twisted Sinister]

I was at the draft last year and not paying any attention to this board.

Was the 30 years of pent up cynicism as evident then?

When they draft Reinbacher at 5, I think that cynicism might be validated, don't you?

 

[Habaneros]

Last time we drafted a guy compared to Ovechkin.......

 

[SnapVirus]

What would you choose?

A) Prime Kucherov on ELC for 3 years

Or

B) 30pts defenceman and 3rd liner.

 

[ReHabs]

I was at the draft last year and not paying any attention to this board.

Was the 30 years of pent up cynicism as evident then?

Imo it wasn’t that bad, the Habs organization did a good job of prepping the media who then prepped the fans.

Doesn’t seem to be the case this time.

It helps that Wright’s star had genuinely dimmed so there was no clear BPA.

 

[Ozmodiar]

I'm in downtown Halifax today. Any suggestions on where to watch the draft?

The casino.

 

[Habs Halifax]

despite what others may say...none of us here are experts!

Yup. Even the top scouts don't have a 75%+ accuracy rate. I keep saying it, we are trying to evaluate age 14/15 to 17/18 years and project that forward to who they will be at age 20/21+. Tough business.

 

[The Nightman]

Friedman thinks Philly has Washington convinced they'll take Michkov, so Caps might try to move up

What do the Caps have that would make us even begin to consider trading down with them? 40th pick isn’t even close to enough. There’s no fit with McMichael or Lapierre, especially now with the Newhook acquisition. I don’t see how this could work unless the Caps trade for another pick in the top 15 or give up picks in next year’s draft.

 

[NobleSix]

There's a very real chance those few spots will be the difference between a franchise player and an alright top 6 player.

Yep, and were going to get clowned on here forever for passing on Michkov. Hughes better make it worth it.

 

[MON4NHLTOR4MLB]

I hate that we’re going to pass on Michkov and either reach for average talent or trade down and still make bad picks. BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE piss off with this size/depth/need crap that’s screwed is in the past. We haven’t had an 80-100 point guy in forever. Kovalev I think, ironically a Russian. Don’t be dumb, get Michkov

 

[sampollock]

If we trade down we better get a f***ing massive overpayment. If we don't at least get another 1st and a blue chip prospect I'm not going to happy about moving down. Getting a later 1st to move down a few spots just isnt going to cut it in my mind.

yup
if we trade down the extra pick who cares. need a prospect

 

[L4br3cqu3]

I was at the draft last year and not paying any attention to this board.

Was the 30 years of pent up cynicism as evident then?

You've been here for at least 10 years, it pretty much always was the same, it's just the intensity of the cynicism that changed.

 

[sampollock]

Smith is going 3 to colombus i’m almost conviced.

that changes everything

 

[BergevinBurner]

5th for 9th + Edvinsson?

If Detroit calls I'm asking for Seider or they can get lost lol

 

[waitin425]

If Detroit calls I'm asking for Seider or they can get lost lol

Edvinsson is legit. 2021 6th overall and deserves that spot still two years later.

It would be like 6th + 9th for 5th

 

[nhlfan9191]

We we are in agreement on Michkov, but if he's unavailable I'm possibly open to trading back.

If Michkov isn’t available, doesn’t that mean SJ took him and we got Smith? Seems like the best case scenario. It’s going to really suck if Michkov isn’t an option but hopefully we get what we deserve in a trade if we move back.

 

[HuGo Sham]

What do the Caps have that would make us even begin to consider trading down with them? 40th pick isn’t even close to enough. There’s no fit with McMichael or Lapierre, especially now with the Newhook acquisition. I don’t see how this could work unless the Caps trade for another pick in the top 15 or give up picks in next year’s draft.

JIMMY HENDRIX LAPIERRE

 

[Habs Halifax]

We are due for someone to slip to us. Lets say Michkov is taken 2-4 range and whoever is left from Fantilli/Carlsson/Smith falls to us... Possible one of those 3 is the second best player in this draft.

Makar and Pettersson went 4/5 in 2017. Patrick and Heiskanen went 2/3.

 

[Nedved]

Last time we drafted a guy compared to Ovechkin.......

That was right around the time I started to follow prospects more closely and his name was avtsin.

Oh this board was excited.