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

[SPV]

Last top-10 drafted player by the Bruins:

Dougie Hamilton
Tyler Seguin
Zach Hammil
Phil Kessel
Lars Jonsson

Quite a legacy

Three of those guys are/were great hockey players. Jonsson as a whiff, but if you look at that draft, it was terrible, 9/10 picks right after him were also whiffs. Hamill, well, that was just a bad one.

 

[PlayMakers]

I have to be honest, I haven't even considered Martone.

I know folks believe in drafting BPA, but I feel like there are good wings available every year in free agency, but how often are legit top6 centers available, or top pairing D? Like, I could see the Bruins drafting Martone and going another 10 years without a top tier center. What's the point of that?

 

[Bruin4]

20 pts in 10 playoff games for desnoyers

 

[dafoomie]

I have to be honest, I haven't even considered Martone.

I know folks believe in drafting BPA, but I feel like there are good wings available every year in free agency, but how often are legit top6 centers available, or top pairing D? Like, I could see the Bruins drafting Martone and going another 10 years without a top tier center. What's the point of that?

Hard to pass on him at 5/6/7 assuming he was passed up for centers, too much of a gap from what I gather. I would take the W and worry about a center in 2026.

 

[JoeIsAStud]

Hard to pass on him at 5/6/7 assuming he was passed up for centers, too much of a gap from what I gather. I would take the W and worry about a center in 2026.

Sure perhaps, but it completely depends on how they rate him. If their scouts believe he is the next 30 goal a year high character PF, and believe he is position independent a top 3-4 player than you have to take him at 5/6/7 if he is there.

Is the scouts think he is more of a future 20 goal 2n/3rd line winger, and have him listed as position independent 6/7 then you don't take him

 

[Oates2Neely]

Just hoping they land a solid top 6 player who can contribute for 10+ years.

 

[Grimey]

Three of those guys are/were great hockey players. Jonsson as a whiff, but if you look at that draft, it was terrible, 9/10 picks right after him were also whiffs. Hamill, well, that was just a bad one.

Hamill was great in juniors, WHL’s leading scorer his draft year and was over PPG the year before. Too bad that never translated to the pro level.

 

[PlayMakers]

Hard to pass on him at 5/6/7 assuming he was passed up for centers, too much of a gap from what I gather. I would take the W and worry about a center in 2026.

Is there a gap at 5? One of Schaefer, Misa, Hagens, Frondell or Desnoyers are going to be there at 5. I would take any of them over Martone.

I think you're right about 6 or 7 though. If those 5 are gone and Martone is on the board at 6 there's a drop (or increase in risk) to O'Brien or McQueen.

 

[BruinsJoe]

San Jose and Chicago would both take Schaefer. The other likely takes Misa. I can see Nashville or Seattle wanting Martone. Philly wants a center so that's a potential issue. So unless the lottery is won by an outlier I think it'll still be a choice of Desnoyers, Frondell and Hagens. If we end up 7th and Hagens falls due to his size (as some suggest might happen) then I doubt Sweeney passes on him but if we are 5th could be any of those 3. I still want Desnoyers, I think he will be the best of those 3 but any of those 3 will be fine I think.

Dersnoyers has strong playoffs

 

[Sea Bass Neely]

Hamill was great in juniors, WHL’s leading scorer his draft year and was over PPG the year before. Too bad that never translated to the pro level.

Hamill couldn't win a board battle to save his life. In recent memory perhaps only Chris Bourque was worse in that regard. Tough to say. Some guys have a lot of skill, they just lack the "umph" or compete to put it on the line night in and night out.

Skill alone can get a player by in juniors, and to an extent in the AHL maybe... but not in the big leagues. You need be generationally talented, which few are, and even then they likely won't succeed (at least not as envisioned) without cultivating some semblance of grit and hardiness game to game.

 

[dafoomie]

Is there a gap at 5? One of Schaefer, Misa, Hagens, Frondell or Desnoyers are going to be there at 5. I would take any of them over Martone.

I think you're right about 6 or 7 though. If those 5 are gone and Martone is on the board at 6 there's a drop (or increase in risk) to O'Brien or McQueen.

Have not really watched them but based on what I've read, my assumptions are that Martone has 1st line talent while Desnoyers and Frondell will be good two way players but are not in that class. If that's the case, I don't pass on the best player to fill a need. If all things are equal I take the center but my mostly uninformed first choice after Misa and Hagens is O'Brien based on upside.

 

[Fenway]

 

[WeAreBruins]

I see Felger, I don’t watch or listen. The guy is a certified dumb f***.

 

[Fenway]

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