GDT: 2024 Blues Draft Day Thread

[SEALBound]

Emotions aside, what can the Pens expect out of Hayes? Where did he play most of the year?

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking. We traded a second without any retention because Hayes is slow as molasses and was for the most part garbage for us. Not ideal but Army essentially admitted a mistake here. Krug would take a 1st plus to get rid of unless he has some voodoo magic.

Or we take a shitty contract back lol

 

[BlueDream]

Lmao why did we even acquire Hayes last season? Now we just lost a 2nd rounder for nothing.

What a f***in joke.

 

[The Note]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking. We traded a second without any retention because Hayes is slow as molasses and was for the most part garbage for us. Not ideal but Army essentially admitted a mistake here. Krug would take a 1st plus to get rid of unless he has some voodoo magic.

Sure, but everyone knew that’s what Hayes was going to be - a largely useless warm body on a bad team. What could have changed in a year to then pay a second to get rid of that guy? It’s a horrible use of assets.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Really hoping we aren't going to overpay for some defensemen in free agency with that capspace.

 

[Blanick]

Kos scouting report, great skater with high compete level and relentless on the puck. Wins a lot of puck battles and excellent puck possession. Projects more of a defensive forward, as his offensive game has lacked consistency.

 

[Oberyn]

We could’ve trade one of our 4 picks in the 2nd/3rd round this year to dump Hayes. Any of 56/81/96 I would’ve been whatever with. Trading next years when we’re expected to be mediocre again is stupid when we have so much draft capital this year.

 

[LetsGoBooze]

This Hayes trade screams were gonna be playing for the middle of the pack the next few seasons. I now fully expect he'll sign some veteran center to help this team in its current state get to Dvorsky a few years down the road. We're gonna be picking in the teens again next year. HATE this direction, already cost us big this draft, if we had just embraced being a bottom 10 team for 2023-2025 we coulda reaped more draft rewards and most likely turned this team around quicker. This vision isn't great.

 

[Blanick]

Emotions aside, what can the Pens expect out of Hayes? Where did he play most of the year?

Expect nothing and you'll never be disappointed.

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

Emotions aside, what can the Pens expect out of Hayes? Where did he play most of the year?

Good at faceoffs, garbage everywhere else

 

[mk80]

I'm fine with our picks today, but just hate that trade.

 

[RORbacon]

Doug certainly ain’t setting Steen up with an easy task ahead.

 

[sfvega]

Really hoping we aren't going to overpay for some defensemen in free agency with that capspace.

That's my fear. We're gonna use all this space to give someone like Pesce a contract that will age like Krug or Faulk's.

 

[Spektre]

Emotions aside, what can the Pens expect out of Hayes? Where did he play most of the year?

3C who plays like a one man Harlem Globetrotter. He will absolutely hang onto the puck 30 seconds longer than anyone in the NHL and then turn it over.

Rinse and repeat every shift. He will knock in the occasional lucky goal. Zero physicality. Incredibly slow skating.

Other than that he seems like a good happy go lucky stoner.

 

[Tryblot]

Stages of the Blues picking a player that is not in your top 5 available: disappointment, anger, acceptance; excitement about what that player might become.

I remember in 2010 I really wanted jack Campbell and was so pissed we drafted Schwartz that I turned off the TV.

Since then I've realized I know nothing about prospects and not to get upset if I don't know anything about the player drafted. The blues typically have good drafts and I trust their picks.

 

[LetsGoBooze]

I bet we take a goalie with our late 3rd

 

[PerryTurnbullfan]

Kos is a playoff type player that can really skate and play two way hockey.

 

[542365]

Can’t think of a draft I’ve been less enthused by. Really brutal weekend thus far.

 

[SEALBound]

3C who plays like a one man Harlem Globetrotter. He will absolutely hang onto the puck 30 seconds longer than anyone in the NHL and then turn it over.

Rinse and repeat every shift. He will knock in the occasional lucky goal. Zero physicality. Incredibly slow skating.

Other than that he seems like a good happy go lucky stoner.

Lovely.

You will all understand if Pens root for your demise this upcoming season, yes?

Kidding.

 

[tfriede2]

Zether or Jecho would be good.

 

[The Note]

This Hayes trade screams were gonna be playing for the middle of the pack the next few seasons. I now fully expect he'll sign some veteran center to help this team in its current state get to Dvorsky a few years down the road. We're gonna be picking in the teens again next year. HATE this direction, already cost us big this draft, if we had just embraced being a bottom 10 team for 2023-2025 we coulda reaped more draft rewards and most likely turned this team around quicker. This vision isn't great.

This is the course they’ve been publicly charting since last summer. They want to try to thread this middle of the pack needle rather than taking their medicine. Maybe they hit it big these last two drafts, but barring that, it’s gonna be tough.

 

[BlueDream]

Emotions aside, what can the Pens expect out of Hayes? Where did he play most of the year?

You just ripped us off by getting a 2nd rounder for only 2 years of Hayes.

He’s not good but he’s not THAT bad. He can be an adequate 3C. He’s slow and unnoticeable most of the time but he protects the puck well. He will score 30+ points if you play him with decent players. We played him with garbage all season so it’s not entirely his fault that he didn’t hit 30 points with us.

I didn’t want him in the first place last offseason. But hopefully we have a plan to use this cap space because as of now, the trade doesn’t look great.

 

[tfriede2]

No issues with our picks, but that Hayes trade is just brutal. Our reporters better grill DA over that decision and the rationale behind it

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Traff almost made it

 

[mk80]

This Hayes trade screams were gonna be playing for the middle of the pack the next few seasons. I now fully expect he'll sign some veteran center to help this team in its current state get to Dvorsky a few years down the road. We're gonna be picking in the teens again next year. HATE this direction, already cost us big this draft, if we had just embraced being a bottom 10 team for 2023-2025 we coulda reaped more draft rewards and most likely turned this team around quicker. This vision isn't great.

Kind of what we figured based on Army's comments on not wanting to stay competitive and avoid going into a full rebuild. We're just kind of directionless in our re(insert word)