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NHL Draft lottery III - Bruins locked into 5th before ping pong balls.

Fenian24 said:
That would be me. I take Misa over him and I think about Frondell but Martone could be a real game and attitude changer on Boston. If you pass on the next Brady Tkachuk for a guy that becomes a third line center it sets you back such as the 2015 draft. Well almost as much, that draft is the reason the Bruins are in the posistion now.
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I just see more Lawson Crouse than Tkachuk in Martone.
 
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MarchysNoseKnows said:
He’s not Brady Tkachuk. He is really slow like Tkachuk, but he’s more in the Matthew archetype but doesn’t play with the antics of either of them. He doesn’t just plant his ass in front of the net - much better passer than Brady and better through the NZ. But he’s not a Tom Wilson type. Hes like a dirt poor man’s Rantanen but slower.

To me, he has the highest bust potential of the guys in this range.
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I mean…I’m not drawn to him because I have any NHL player equivalent expectations, I think he’s got the raw materials to be something special in his own right - only potentially, though, as always (or at least usually)
 
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KillerMillerTime said:
He is a QB at Edina and apparently has received serious interest from Kent St and
Marshall. Now several hockey players from the US were QB's in HS, such as Andrew Copp, Anders Lee and Paul Mara who ultimately chose hockey, all taken in different rounds, but I wonder if he wants to make his mind up in a couple of months.
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And….the legendary Hal Gill.
 
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DKH said:
No we have the Next One in Providence

The Locmelis Monster

He’s been in Providence 2-3 weeks and he’s gotta be close to leading the team in scoring

Stud

Book it
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Lockmonsters……..memories where we met for the first time.

Lockout season….2004/05.

My daughter was 4 & talked your ear off…she’s teaching HS Spanish now..

Time. Frigging. Flies.
 
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NeelyDan said:
I mean…I’m not drawn to him because I have any NHL player equivalent expectations, I think he’s got the raw materials to be something special in his own right - only potentially, though, as always (or at least usually)
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In other words you like him because he’s big lol
 
bbfan419 said:
I just see more Lawson Crouse than Tkachuk in Martone.
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Because of the skating? I like Lawson Crouse but I don't think he ever had the projections or NHL comparisons that Martone is getting.

If you want them to go safe, assuming Misa is gone, take Frondell, he seems to be safer than Desnoyers, Hagens or the other projected top 10 forwards. At worst he becomes a physical 3rd line center with good hockey sense and great shot but Minten is projecting as the 3C in a year or two.
 
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Basically everywhere I have seen and read says Martone is a future top line RW. Not a top 6, a top 3.

Not sure why he’s being picked apart while a guy line OBrien has some real physical questions and have actually seen Cody Glass’ name been tossed around.
 

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Fenian24 said:
This is the only concerning thing I have seen about Martone. Don't like Buttons the clown.
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Martone sounds like a great choice. I like the nastiness factor. We need to remember that we’re going to reach for a guy projected to go deep in the second round. :laugh:
Willie Whistle is my clown. Always has been and always will be. Willie is a legend.
 
I feel like Eklund is being slept on. He is one of five draft eligible players to score a PPG of .60 better with at least 20 games. That includes Elias Pettersson, Anton Frondell, William Nylander, Wennberg and Pastrnak.

We are seeing his older brother find success with back to back full seasons of 45 pts and then 58 pts. He could be close to a break out soon, especially as the Sharks get better.

The only concerns really are the size but it's clearly not holding his brother back. I don't see how we can rate O'Brien above him at this point, who clearly carries more risk.

Worst case scenario with the Bruins falling to 7 and getting Viktor Eklund is still getting a heck of a hockey player. So what he doesn't play center, he can drive the 2nd line behind Pasta on his own.
 
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Fun video here. I like this style it makes it pretty clear where drop offs are. Makes me more annoyed we got a point out of the last game though lol.

NFL draft week. Checking out on the NHL draft for atleast a week
 
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LJReborn said:
Basically everywhere I have seen and read says Martone is a future top line RW. Not a top 6, a top 3.

Not sure why he’s being picked apart while a guy line OBrien has some real physical questions and have actually seen Cody Glass’ name been tossed around.
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For me, Martone and Hagens are tied #4 in this draft because their potential is so high, but I also believe their floor is low. Martone's biggest issue is his speed, and if he will have the time and space at a professional level to make some of the plays resulting in goals currently in the OHL. From all reports he's a hard worker and has a great character which is evident by being named captain of his OHL team and at the world juniors for team Canada, so if he does need to put in the work at the NHL-level, he seems like someone that will do so in order to succeed.
 
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Absurdity said:
For me, Martone and Hagens are tied #4 in this draft because their potential is so high, but I also believe their floor is low. Martone's biggest issue is his speed, and if he will have the time and space at a professional level to make some of the plays resulting in goals currently in the OHL. From all reports he's a hard worker and has a great character which is evident by being named captain of his OHL team and at the world juniors for team Canada, so if he does need to put in the work at the NHL-level, he seems like someone that will do so in order to succeed.
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The only advantage a team has with drafting Hagens, is that you can keep him in his current program for another year, which would be better competition vs Martone playing another year in the OHL, which he has nothing else to prove.
I am assuming that both are not good enough to make it to the NHL next year.
 
yazmybaby said:
The only advantage a team has with drafting Hagens, is that you can keep him in his current program for another year, which would be better competition vs Martone playing another year in the OHL, which he has nothing else to prove.
I am assuming that both are not good enough to make it to the NHL next year.
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The team drafting Hagens also has the advantage of getting James Hagens.
 
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