Around the League Thread | November Rain

[vadim sharifijanov]

Man Minnesota seems to be doing pretty good in the draft.

Who do they have over there again?

whenever i think about him i hear this song in my head

 

[tantalum]

Oilers lost 5-2 and the 2 goals were PDO goals. Completely outplayed all night.

edit: 5-3. The third goal was in garbage time

 

[ManVanFan]

Gezz that's a pretty nice pay day for a player like that. Nils has more goals in a season than he has had points.

 

[timw33]

There was always a question of the offensive upside on Pod.

There's a reason he was falling on draft day, and we certainly found why!

 

[tantalum]

Gezz that's a pretty nice pay day for a player like that. Nils has more goals in a season than he has had points.

Ya. He's probably a 3rd line-4th line tweener and that might be pushing it. A 12-15 minute guy. That seems a strange deal to me. Not a guy you worry about locking up for 5 years. I see why he signed it for sure...capitalizing on his 8 goals this year (never hit double digits) and a strong playoff when they won the cup.

It's not a deal that will hurt Vegas in any real way but it's an odd one.

By comparison Hogs is 3 years younger and has 15 less points in ~150 less games.

 

[Jerry the great]

There's a reason he was falling on draft day, and we certainly found why!

contract status played a major role on draft day, he still had two years remaining on his deal with SKA

 

[StreetHawk]

Man Minnesota seems to be doing pretty good in the draft.

Who do they have over there again?

Won't know for sure til the kids who were drafted when he arrived make the nhl.

contract status played a major role on draft day, he still had two years remaining on his deal with SKA

Yeah but Seider, Boldy, also returned to their amateur clubs for 2 more years. Most kids would not be nhl ready as a teenager.
But with the khl, they lean towards vets so lack of playing time also hurt. Again, nhl draft pick development depends on their club team for the 2-3 years post draft before they can play for the nhl organization at some level.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Not surprised a healthy Zach Werenski is Norris caliber.

 

[racerjoe]

Won't know for sure til the kids who were drafted when he arrived make the nhl.


Yeah but Seider, Boldy, also returned to their amateur clubs for 2 more years. Most kids would not be nhl ready as a teenager.
But with the khl, they lean towards vets so lack of playing time also hurt. Again, nhl draft pick development depends on their club team for the 2-3 years post draft before they can play for the nhl organization at some level.

I think with players and the KHL it is having a lot less control, and a fear of players not coming over.

I didn’t want to draft him because his scoring just never popped at any level and for a top 10 guy it should at some level.