Wait...a few weeks ago people are saying that hoping we lose is the only rational choice because of how "franchise altering" this draft could be for us. Now it's there may not even be a 1C in this group and the only game-breaker is a draftvslot we never would have fell to on merit? f***ing super...
The key word there is "could". The player we will draft in June will probably be the best player we have ever drafted based on draft pedigree (maybe excluding Jones) - that's why the phrase "franchise-altering" has been used. But the sad part is that this draft is not filled with elite forward talent, there are question marks even among the best players.
Draft logic suggests you always take best player available, as organizational needs can fluctuate by the time players develop and while you can fill positional gaps with other methods you can't turn lesser talent into higher talent.
The heart wants what the heart wants. I want my unicorn.
all the guys who are paid to analyze prospects have said the top end of this draft class is on par with most average drafts of the past …. The drop off at the end of the 1st round is more precipitous which relates to the depth issue everyone misconstrues
Sorry but this is not smart. If the difference between the best player and the second best is small then you fill you biggest 27 year organizational need. Now if the "best player" is guaranteed to be the second coming of Shea Weber and the second best is not going to be any better than say Lafreniere, then fine, but if it's close then take the center.
Right, but that's mainly because of what we have in the pipeline in terms of center prospects. Don't get me wrong, I truly like Svechkov as a player, Edström could become something as does Surin. But out of all those prospects, no one projects to be anywhere near a true 1C.
I think Misa/Hagens could turn into 1Cs. Are they gonna be your generational type or even top 10 in the NHL? Not unless we get very fortunate. We don't even have someone in the pipeline that I can confidently say will be able to replace an aging RoR. Alot of what we have is middle 6 or bottom 6 centers or they move to wing
All depends on how they view these players. If there's a clear gap then it would be not smart to chase a position that tops out as a meh C prospect all so we can feel better about addressing a position.
Thats.... pretty much exactly what I said, I thought. So yeah, big gap, take Schaefer. Small gap, take the C
Michael Misa is one of the top draft year scorers in nhl history … tf are you talking about
It also depends how you quantify "big" and "small". If upwards of 90% of scouts have Schaeffer #1, then I'd say by the standards of draft rankings, that is a very big gap. Which happens to be the case this year, apparently. It's definitely not 60/40 or anything like that, right? (It might even be 100%, aside from the usual "hot-take" rankings that are just trying to provoke a response by being different).
I liked the comparison somebody else posted about Misa as a Tyler Seguin comparable, if you want to make direct player to player comparisons (which I wasn't making). All the names I provided are just examples of mid-good top-5 picks in general, no direct comparisons. Bennett was a #4. Which is more relevant to the case where we end up picking #4 or #5 overall. Which is still the most likely outcome. 69.5% chance we're picking #4 or #5. So the odds are we'll just be getting a mid-good-decent sort of player, not a superstar #1C.
