NHL Draft lottery race II - Bruins currently have 4th or 5th Pick

[Kegs]

I love your positive but this team have zero strong prospects and need badly pure offensive players
There is 6 very good prospects in this draft , after 6 there is a major step down. Even with the return of the 2 best defense this team is ahl caliber in forwards , atleast 6 don’t belong and again nobody is coming

Zero strong prospects? That’s ridiculous.

Zellers
Locmelis
Brunet
Poitras
Minten

4 of these players are going to be knocking on the nhl door step next fall.

Zellers is a bit of a ways away.

You really don’t see any promise in these five players?

 

[KnightofBoston]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Misa's season ended on April 5th and Schaefer has been injured with a collarbone injury for months now.

both true, was just hoping Sweeney and co scouted them prior, because if not, kind of a gamble if we fall into the top 2. there's video and there's entire games worth of things to notice you miss not in person

 

[Fenian24]

Zero strong prospects? That’s ridiculous.

Zellers
Locmelis
Brunet
Poitras
Minten

All five of these players are going to be knocking on the nhl door step next fall.

You really don’t see any promise in these five players?

Zellers is still a few years away, Brunet I am not sure about, same with Locmelis, he is having a great start in the AHL and hopefully that continues. Poitras and Minten could both be middle six player.

 

[McBrom7]

both true, was just hoping Sweeney and co scouted them prior, because if not, kind of a gamble if we fall into the top 2. there's video and there's entire games worth of things to notice you miss not in person

My assumption would be that these players have been on scouts radars for years and scouts already have a decent book on them. IF a player is good enough a scout will be there to watch them, no matter the age. Some of these players scouts have been watching since they were 14.

 

[ODAAT]

Zero strong prospects? That’s ridiculous.

Zellers
Locmelis
Brunet
Poitras
Minten

4 of these players are going to be knocking on the nhl door step next fall.

Zellers is a bit of a ways away.

You really don’t see any promise in these five players?

one could argue Khusnutdinov still a prospect as well, clearly not home grown but still super young

 

[Kegs]

Zellers is still a few years away, Brunet I am not sure about, same with Locmelis, he is having a great start in the AHL and hopefully that continues. Poitras and Minten could both be middle six player.

I love how brunet plays. Since the bruins suck I’ve watched a lot of providence games. He is legit. I think he will make the nhl at some point. He is the best Dman in providence.

Locmelis I’m bias. I’ve been a huge fan since I saw him play for Latvia at the WC. He was a key part of that bronze medal team. He was still only 19 I believe. Probably the youngest player to play in the worlds.

 

[since76]

Zero strong prospects? That’s ridiculous.

Zellers
Locmelis
Brunet
Poitras
Minten

4 of these players are going to be knocking on the nhl door step next fall.

Zellers is a bit of a ways away.

You really don’t see any promise in these five players?

I see interesting prospects but sorry, all secondary players, bruins have zero offensive high prospect, with chance they could get 2-3 third liners and 4-6 def….bruins need weapons and they need at least one in this draft (top 6)

 

[bme44]

Is there any chance Desnoyers goes that early? Feels like Boston is almost certainly top 6 and I don’t see many sources who have Desnoyers above guys like Hagens, Frondell, Martone.

Rankings can easily change between now and draft day . Still more hockey to be played. Will Desnoyers make it past six ????? As a fan if I was to guess I would say no.

 

[Fenian24]

I see interesting prospects but sorry, all secondary players, bruins have zero offensive high prospect, with chance they could get 2-3 third liners and 4-6 def….bruins need weapons and they need at least one in this draft (top 6)

They need to use an offer sheet. There are a number of good young players out there that are already or about to become top 6 players. Vilardi, Knies, McTavish, Rossi all become top 6 players for the Bruins. Add Rossi and Marner and all of a sudden you have two very good top 2 lines. Geekie-Lindholm-Pasta, Zacha-Rossi-Marner.

 

[Kegs]

They need to use an offer sheet. There are a number of good young players out there that are already or about to become top 6 players. Vilardi, Knies, McTavish, Rossi all become top 6 players for the Bruins. Add Rossi and Marner and all of a sudden you have two very good top 2 lines. Geekie-Lindholm-Pasta, Zacha-Rossi-Marner.

Marner and Rossi would be so good. I wish. Knies too.

 

[DominicT]

is it a concern they don't seem to be scouting the higher up guys? If they win the lottery and have to choose between Schaefer and Misa, I would hate for their information to be solely internet based lol


You would know better than most of us here, what red flags are there for those two that would push the bruins to lean one way or another ?

Kind of hard to scout Schaefer at this point.

I know Sweeney has scouted Misa. To bad he is unable to take part in the U18 due to injury or he would see him more there.

 

[KnightofBoston]

Kind of hard to scout Schaefer at this point.

I know Sweeney has scouted Misa. To bad he is unable to take part in the U18 due to injury or he would see him more there.

do you think there's enough tape on Schaefer and that Don's team has seem him enough that they could make a good decision if they won the lottery? From what I've seen he looks dynamite, but i know that's scratching the surface and our team doesn't exactly have a d-men shortage.

 

[McBrom7]

Lots of Oilers sitting tonight against the Kings. If LA wins they secure home ice and have a meaningless back to back against Seattle that they surely would rest a decent amount of guys for.

We’re huge LA fans tonight.

 

[TD Charlie]

Just take care of business with a regulation loss against the Devils, and let the ping pong balls roll how they may

 

[Ratty]

With all the scouting Sweeney has done in N.A. It’s time for him to go to Europe. He’ll have lots of time on his hands from Wednesday on.

 

[Gee Wally]

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Redline had Hagens 3 in their April update. Curious where Central has him. Maybe they don’t realize he’s 5’11.

 

[Patdud]

Marner and Rossi would be so good. I wish. Knies too.

Rossi is an obvious target for a trade.

 

[BostonBob]

If I remember correctly, the Panthers pick for Marchand will become a 1st round if they make it through 2 rounds this year.

And Marchand has to play in at least 50% of those games.

EDIT: I guess I should have read all the posts before responding.

 

[TooMuchMan]

I've been looking at the standings daily and I'm curious to know if this is right:

As of noon Monday, Apr. 14:
The Bruins' lottery position cannot be higher (meaning closer to #1) than 4th. Also...
The Bruins' lottery position cannot be lower than 6th.

Before yesterday for some reason I don't think I put 2 & 2 together to know the Bruins couldn't drop below the Sabres, but despite still being able to tie Buffalo in points (at 77), they would lose the tiebreaker (I believe) based on regulation wins (Bruins max is 27 while Buffalo has 28 banked).

So to hold onto the 4th place lottery spot they need:
To earn no more than 1 point more than the Kraken (the Kraken hold the tiebreaker in RW).
To earn no more points than the Flyers (the Bruins hold the tiebreaker in RW).

So if the Bruins win in any fashion vs the Devils they need the Kraken to win or lose in OT & the Flyers to win at least one of their final 2 games or take OT losses in both games.

If the Bruins lose in OT vs the Devils, their worst outcome is 5th lottery position since they can't be passed by the Kraken. To guarantee 4th position they would need the Flyers to win or lose in OT just one of their last 2 games.

If the Bruins lose in regulation, they're locked into that 4th spot.

I would appreciate it if anyone who saw any error in this assessment to please point it out.

 

[McBrom7]

I've been looking at the standings daily and I'm curious to know if this is right:

As of noon Monday, Apr. 14:
The Bruins' lottery position cannot be higher (meaning closer to #1) than 4th. Also...
The Bruins' lottery position cannot be lower than 6th.

Before yesterday for some reason I don't think I put 2 & 2 together to know the Bruins couldn't drop below the Sabres, but despite still being able to tie Buffalo in points (at 77), they would lose the tiebreaker (I believe) based on regulation wins (Bruins max is 27 while Buffalo has 28 banked).

So to hold onto the 4th place lottery spot they need:
To earn no more than 1 point more than the Kraken (the Kraken hold the tiebreaker in RW).
To earn no more points than the Flyers (the Bruins hold the tiebreaker in RW).

So if the Bruins win in any fashion vs the Devils they need the Kraken to win or lose in OT & the Flyers to win at least one of their final 2 games or take OT losses in both games.

If the Bruins lose in OT vs the Devils, their worst outcome is 5th lottery position since they can't be passed by the Kraken. To guarantee 4th position they would need the Flyers to win or lose in OT just one of their last 2 games.

If the Bruins lose in regulation, they're locked into that 4th spot.

I would appreciate it if anyone who saw any error in this assessment to please point it out.

Nailed it. No notes.

 

[DominicT]

do you think there's enough tape on Schaefer and that Don's team has seem him enough that they could make a good decision if they won the lottery? From what I've seen he looks dynamite, but i know that's scratching the surface and our team doesn't exactly have a d-men shortage.

They know him well enough

 

[spylogic3]

To help the tank, Bruins recall John Farinacci and Frederic Brunet from Providence, and sent down Riley Duran and Mike Callahan.

 

[Bruin4]

To help the tank, Bruins recall John Farinacci and Frederic Brunet from Providence, and sent down Riley Duran and Mike Callahan.

Devils countered with calling up Marc Mclaughlin

 

[Fenian24]

Devils countered with calling up Marc Mclaughlin

It's 4 dimensional chess at this point. Bruins will be signing Jon Casey before tomorrow's game.