Prospect Info: 2024-25 Ducks Prospects

[Hockey Duckie]

Not to sound like Dirk, but if Verbeek is building for the playoffs I understand the Gaucher pick. I still maintain that if we had Vermette instead of Chicago we win a cup that year. Now whether he ever becomes Vermette type remains to be seen, but I’m not opposed to using a late first on a shut down 3C if he can become that. Myatovic seemed like an odd pick from the get go, but I guess with both we just have to see how it goes.

You can develop a Gaucher-type pick with later draft picks or trade for lower round draft pick for a bottom-6. If you hit with a Snuggerud/Kulich, then you've vastly improved your trade capital or your scoring roster.

Gaucher and Myatovic were drafted as defensive forwards, but Myatovic hit 30 goals in his draft year, but nevermore.

It's difficult to get a good pick if you have reduced your selection pool in the first 4 rounds (no NCAA bound nor Russian prospects) and/or have a height requirement (2022 and 2023 drafts).

 

[ScarTroy]

You can develop a Gaucher-type pick with later draft picks or trade for lower round draft pick for a bottom-6. If you hit with a Snuggerud/Kulich, then you've vastly improved your trade capital or your scoring roster.

Gaucher and Myatovic were drafted as defensive forwards, but Myatovic hit 30 goals in his draft year, but nevermore.

It's difficult to get a good pick if you have reduced your selection pool in the first 4 rounds (no NCAA bound nor Russian prospects) and/or have a height requirement (2022 and 2023 drafts).

There’s still no suggesting Snuggerud or Kulich become any more of a successful NHL’er than Gaucher. Let’s not put the cart before the horse so soon. And for the record, at least to my knowledge, it’s never been said that Verbeek is avoiding NCAA prospects or Russians. You might be able to deduce that yourself because he hasn’t made those picks, but you’d still be 0% correct until it’s confirmed by Verbeek.

If he’s said it, disregard and I’ll call that silly with you, but I haven’t seen it said.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

There’s still no suggesting Snuggerud or Kulich become any more of a successful NHL’er than Gaucher. Let’s not put the cart before the horse so soon. And for the record, at least to my knowledge, it’s never been said that Verbeek is avoiding NCAA prospects or Russians. You might be able to deduce that yourself because he hasn’t made those picks, but you’d still be 0% correct until it’s confirmed by Verbeek.

If he’s said it, disregard and I’ll call that silly with you, but I haven’t seen it said.

For you, it's silly whether Verbeek does or does not confirm it. Why should anyone converse with you?

Do the leg work and convince me that Verbeek isn't avoiding NCAA bound or Russians in the first 4 rounds of the draft. It isn't as if Verbeek has had three drafts to look at.

Murray avoided drafting Russians. Murray drafted only two players out of Russian leagues in G Bobkov (Rd 3, 2009) and Galimov (Rd 5, 2020). That's a long ass stretch without drafting Russians. Surprised the hell out of me that his scouting team kept tabs on Galimov four years before the Ducks drafted him in the fifth round of the 2020 draft. They did keep their Russian scout busy, but over a decade's worth of not drafting Russians.

Guess by your standards, Murray didn't avoid drafting Russians until he tells us. And despite not making any picks in 11 years, I'd still be 0% correct until it's confirmed by Murray. How laughable it would be if you actually disagreed with it.

 

[ScarTroy]

For you, it's silly whether Verbeek does or does not confirm it. Why should anyone converse with you?

Do the leg work and convince me that Verbeek isn't avoiding NCAA bound or Russians in the first 4 rounds of the draft. It isn't as if Verbeek has had three drafts to look at.

Murray avoided drafting Russians. Murray drafted only two players out of Russian leagues in G Bobkov (Rd 3, 2009) and Galimov (Rd 5, 2020). That's a long ass stretch without drafting Russians. Surprised the hell out of me that his scouting team kept tabs on Galimov four years before the Ducks drafted him in the fifth round of the 2020 draft. They did keep their Russian scout busy, but over a decade's worth of not drafting Russians.

Guess by your standards, Murray didn't avoid drafting Russians until he tells us. And despite not making any picks in 11 years, I'd still be 0% correct until it's confirmed by Murray. How laughable it would be if you actually disagreed with it.

You just spent all that time talking about Murray when I was originally talking about Verbeek, and you have the nerve to ask why should anyone converse with me? Not to mention how completely ironic that is but that’s beside the point.

You claiming evidence based on your own assumptions as fact is silly, but par for the course.