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

[BruinDust]

Are any of the kids in this draft on an NHL roster next season?

Doubtful. Depends on how the draft order shakes up.

Schaefer being 10 days away from being a 2026 pick and missing a solid portion of this season says he'll go back to junior for one more year regardless of who drafts him, even San Jose. This is a tough league for a barely 18-year old D-man.

Misa I think would start off in Chicago, not sure about any other team that drafts him.

I don't see Hagens leaving school until after next year.

Frondell might be a wild card, hard sometimes to peg Europeans who have been playing against adult men. Plus they can go to the AHL and maybe join the parent club later in the year.

 

[DaaaaB's]

Denis Potvin and Orr played junior as 14 year olds.

Potvin turned 15 a month into his first season so not really a true 14 year old. Dom also said in the modern era which those two are not from.

 

[bobber]

Kitchener Rangers have a highly skilled offensive Dman Cam Reid. He can skate like wind. Great puck moving Dman. At 6 feet he may be passed over by some teams.Will go in the 2nd or 3rd.

 

[Ratty]

Kitchener Rangers have a highly skilled offensive Dman Cam Reid. He can skate like wind. Great puck moving Dman. At 6 feet he may be passed over by some teams.Will go in the 2nd or 3rd.

How is he ranked by McKeens and others?

 

[BlackFrancis]

 

[HustleB]

I think we will get one of martone desnoyers frondell and haggens. Book it!

Your kind of on a limb out there eh.

 

[Dr Quincy]

How is he ranked by McKeens and others?

Ranked in the teens in 20s in a lot of lists. In one consolidated ranking (averaging out rankings from multiple sites) he's 17th.

 

[BamBamCam]

How is he ranked by McKeens and others?

Cameron Reid - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
You'll find some of the different ranking on Elite Prospects

 

[Ratty]

Thanks, BF. He is indeed a good skater and plays sound positionally. We have two second round picks but they're late.

 

[DaaaaB's]

Trade the farm and go big and get misa and build around him. Could be our auston matthews moment here. Trade our 1st pick 2025 our 2026 1st round pick our 2 2nd rounders this year and leafs 2026 1st round pick. That should be enough to get that 2nd overall pick.

Jesus man, you're going to drive yourself insane before the draft even takes place.

 

[PB37]

Something I didn't know: I read an article recently that said during the 2016 draft, a Bruins scout approached Jespar Bratt and his reps to let him know the Bruins would most likely select him with the 165th pick in the 5th round. Bratt, who was expecting to be selected in the 2nd or 3rd round, was just starting to wrap his head around finally being selected when the Devils picked him with 162nd pick. Bruins ended up taking Oscar Steen.

 

[ODAAT]

when do they do the bingo ball crap again?

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

Jesus man, you're going to drive yourself insane before the draft even takes place.

I think he’s a few years ahead of you.

 

[Sheppy]

Your kind of on a limb out there eh.

I'm just thrilled the "Lets trade for Jeff Carter!" talk has ended, truthfully, lol.

 

[HustleB]

If they pick 6th or 7th would anyone be mad at this guy as their pick?

So assuming the top 6 are gone. O’Brien, Eklund or this guy. I wouldn't be mad but he's 3rd on my list and behind all 6 guys I assumed were drafted. Schaefer, Misa, Hagens, Frondell, Desmoyers and Martone.

But its not like I'd be betting against him. I just think we need a legit top 6 and I look to build that here.

 

[Patdud]

Something I didn't know: I read an article recently that said during the 2016 draft, a Bruins scout approached Jespar Bratt and his reps to let him know the Bruins would most likely select him with the 165th pick in the 5th round. Bratt, who was expecting to be selected in the 2nd or 3rd round, was just starting to wrap his head around finally being selected when the Devils picked him with 162nd pick. Bruins ended up taking Oscar Steen.

rumor has it they were saying "we want the swede again!"

 

[Gee Wally]

when do they do the bingo ball crap again?

May 5 or 6.
They haven’t settled on the day yet.

 

[ODAAT]

May 5 or 6.
They haven’t settled on the day yet.

thx Wally, wouldn`t wanna interrupt Cinco de Mayo so likely be the 6th

 

[bbfan419]

Absolutly all depend of the offer !
I am not sure other teams are very impressed by poitras anyway, he could develop in an interesting 3rd liner and pp specialist nothing much more …the ultra mediocre pool of bruins give him more attenti

Farinacci isn’t even close to poitras. He is way too slow for the nhl imo.

I think Faranacci will be a pretty good 4th or maybe even 3rd line forward. Poitras has more offensive talent, but he could be one of those guys that is always between the AHL and NHL.

 

[bobber]

How is he ranked by McKeens and others?

Reid seems to be in around 23-27th on different rankings.

 

[bbfan419]

John Farinacci is three years older than Poitras and has basically been a 0.5 PPG player in the AHL. The only thing he will be surpassing Poitras at is becoming a group 6 UFA next summer.

At this point I would rather Faranacci on the 4th line over Beecher.

 

[JoeIsAStud]

Why is it so hard to trade up in the NHL? Just the lower success rates once you fall out of those top picks?

That is one of the reasons.

Also unlike sports thike football, there is never a bpa that the top team doesn't need. Like this year every team would happily take Schaefer, because everyone needs to lay 6 D. Unlike say the NFL where the team with a pick might know a QB is the best player, but also know they have a 25 year old starter at the position so have no interest in drafting that position, and may instead want a position that would be available 5 picks later

 

[The don godfather]

Almost impossible, flyers will take him
The only way bruins choose before them is winning the lottery and if so they will take scheafer or misa
We should name the « 1 point of game 82 » the Desnoyers point because that could be the consequence
[/QUOTfly

Jesus man, you're going to drive yourself insane before the draft even takes place.

Sweeney scares the crap out of me when it's an easy slum dunk pick.

 

[PB37]

Something I didn't know: I read an article recently that said during the 2016 draft, a Bruins scout approached Jespar Bratt and his reps to let him know the Bruins would most likely select him with the 165th pick in the 5th round. Bratt, who was expecting to be selected in the 2nd or 3rd round, was just starting to wrap his head around finally being selected when the Devils picked him with 162nd pick. Bruins ended up taking Oscar Steen.

found the article: A model, upside and a draft-day slide: How the Devils landed Jesper Bratt before he was a star

kinda interesting just how much the fortunes of a franchise can change for better or worse by a few simple draft spots.

 

[KillerMillerTime]

Modern day, no.

In fact, OHL teams can only sign the first two 16 year old players they draft plus an additional two more from the following rounds combined.

Going way way back Bobby Orr did.