Prospect Info: Draft 2025 - Everyone is trading up, but no one seems to be trading down edition

[Ryder71]

Martin, EK and JOB are likely gone before we pick unless we move up. They are the bees knees relative to our position.

Reschny (in particular), Bear and Carbonneau would be solid picks.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I just like the Flyers wasting assets to trade up to draft a guy that shouldn't even be going top-10 in an actual draft.

 

[Malkinstheman]

The first good decision Barry makes in his tenure will be picking Hagens

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I just like the Flyers wasting assets to trade up to draft a guy that shouldn't even be going top-10 in an actual draft.

This seems like a really, really dumb draft to trade up in unless the opportunity basically falls into your lap.

Going into the process with that as the stated plan seems like a good way to pooch this draft.

 

[Empoleon8771]

The first good decision Barry makes in his tenure will be picking Hagens

Yeah I think that's what makes the most sense, I just don't know that Trotz won't be a dumbass.

The top-10 falls in really nicely if Trotz isn't an idiot. Hagens at #5, Desnoyers at #6, O'Brien at #7, Martin at #8 and Mrtka at #9 makes a lot of sense based on team needs.

Interesting question though, if Desnoyers is available at #8, do you trade up to get him?

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Enjoy the next 10 days folks

This is the only excitement you will feel for the next 365 days until this time next year. Slight blip at TDL.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

I wanna see @Michael Farkas rankings

For everyone else it’s a list of who they like. For him it’s who does he hate the least

 

[Lust for Life]

Picks 11 and 12 between 2010-2021.

2010:
11: Jack Campbell
12: Cam Fowler

2011:
11: Duncan Siemens
12: Ryan Murphy

2012:
11: Filip Forsberg
12: Mikhail Grigorenko

2013:
11: Samuel Morin
12: Max Domi

2014:
11: Kevin Fiala
12: Brendan Perlini

2015:
11: Lawson Crouse
12: Denis Guryanov

2016:
11: Logan Brown
12: Michael McLeod

2017:
11: Gabriel Vilardi
12: Martin Necas

2018:
11: Oliver Wahlstrom
12: Noah Dobson

2019:
11: Victor Söderström
12: Matt Boldy

2020:
11: Yaroslav Askarov
12: Anton Lundell

2021:
11: Forfeited
12: Cole Sillinger

Pick 12 could be good

 

[Gurglesons]

Enjoy the next 10 days folks

This is the only excitement you will feel for the next 365 days until this time next year. Slight blip at TDL.

Malkin's last year will be enjoyable to me as a fan of the team.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Malkin's last year will be enjoyable to me as a fan of the team.

I always knew you were a masochist.

...kidding. Mostly.

 

[Ryder71]

Right but depending who falls the quality of 12 and 20 is probably about the same.

If it falls the wrong way you could get screwed. We can't afford for that to happen.

If this was 2007 and we already had our young core here, sure! But we're just starting the process of accruing high end talent (relatively speaking).

 

[eXile3]

If it falls the wrong way you could get screwed. We can't afford for that to happen.

If this was 2007 and we already had our young core here, sure! But we're just starting the process of accruing high end talent (relatively speaking).

You mentioned Bear, Reschny, and Carbonneau. With three picks in that area you could get all three. That’s a realistic scenario given where I’m seeing them mocked.

I guess you could get two of them for sure drafting them a little higher and keeping the picks.

 

[Ryder71]

I guess you could get two of them for sure drafting them a little higher and keeping the picks.

That'd be the course I'd choose.

 

[Jacob]

I'm just as apprehensive on Bear for his injury as I am on McQueen.

 

[Peat]

no point in throwing a tantrum tbh

“ugh. bad pick imo. Prove me wrong kid”

Entertaining me is reason in and of itself, damnit.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Entertaining me is reason in and of itself, damnit.

Sorry. This place is too full of whining and I won’t add to it.

I can only offer you a Curb gif as @Big Friggin Dummy knows well.

 

[Empoleon8771]

If they somehow get 3 1sts, I would prefer to take one C, one W and one D. The issue is that none of the centers after the top-10 are all that appealing, they're either super undersized or not very productive.

One of Eklund or Carbonneau as the winger, one of Mrtka, Smith, Aitcheson or Boumedienne as the defenseman and one of Reschny or Kindel as the centers. I think Eklund/Carbonneau, Reschny and Boumedienne would be the most realistic one I'd get behind.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Sorry. This place is too full of whining and I won’t add to it.

I can only offer you a Curb gif as @Big Friggin Dummy knows well.

 

[Lust for Life]

If they somehow get 3 1sts, I would prefer to take one C, one W and one D. The issue is that none of the centers after the top-10 are all that appealing, they're either super undersized or not very productive.

One of Eklund or Carbonneau as the winger, one of Mrtka, Smith, Aitcheson or Boumedienne as the defenseman and one of Reschny or Kindel as the centers. I think Eklund/Carbonneau, Reschny and Boumedienne would be the most realistic one I'd get behind.

Bro if we get three first rounders we better pick Aitcheson, Mrtka AND Smith.

 

[Peat]

Sorry. This place is too full of whining and I won’t add to it.

I can only offer you a Curb gif as @Big Friggin Dummy knows well.

*sighs* I can't argue and I guess I've got my fill of your perplexity at the guy already.

 

[Ryder71]

I'm just as apprehensive on Bear for his injury as I am on McQueen.

If Bear wasn't injured he'd be a top 8 pick. Also his progression from his previous season to this one was very impressive. That wasn't the case for McQueen. There was no appreciable improvement in his offensive production. Beyond that a Back issue is far more concerning than Bears injury.

 

[Michael Farkas]

I wanna see @Michael Farkas rankings

For everyone else it’s a list of who they like. For him it’s who does he hate the least

Haha I didn't start looking at this draft till late because I was working on other projects. So I don't have a true list. I looked at 40 "names of interest" and scouted/ranked them just so I have something to root for (or against) at 11 or 12.

So it's not a ranking, it's just how I view 40 oft-discussed names. I don't think that's very appealing. But I do hate most of these players haha...if you want that half-assed "list", I'd share it with you guys I guess...

 

[The Old Master]

This seems like a really, really dumb draft to trade up in unless the opportunity basically falls into your lap.

trading up helps that to happen

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

trading up helps that to happen

Not if you have to trade up more than a small handful of slots and have to barf up a ton of futures to do it... in a weak-ass draft class.

Seems not-smart.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I think Jfresh posted his "f*** it, here we go" mock draft and it had Martone at 10 and Hagens at 11. If Martone and Hagens are both sitting there at 10th, I'm throwing rotten tomatoes at Dubas for the rest of his career if he doesn't trade up a spot to snag both of 'em.