First Round Grades

[waitin425]

Let's hear it everyone. Provide explanation.

Habs - A+ - we got the highly skilled dynamic Russian and a solid centre with a feel good story. very happy.

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[Dr Jan Itor]

Minnesota:

A+

Got my 5th ranked player at #12

Buium - Faber until 2040. LFG.

 

[wetcoast]

Montreal and Minny are 2 of the "winners" but time will tell.

 

[pit]

Flyers - F-

Traded down for a 3rd to miss Buium, then took Luchanko.
Traded a 1st for an unknown future 1st with no added sweetener (conditions still unknown, but still).

Seems wretched.

 

[BigRangy]

Philly. Traded #32 for McKenna

 

[A Loyal DEMIGOD]

Top 3 IMO:

San Jose: A+
Montreal: A+
Minnesota: A (Buium at 12 is wow)

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Hawks

Levshunov = B
Vanacker = C (Not fan of moving #34 + #50 to jump to #27 for him)
Boisvert = Abomination as was dumb trade that made it happen and ruined night

Hawks overall grade can't be measured because of the Boisvert pick which outside of Flyers passing on Buium was the most idiotic dumb choice by a GM at draft

Just absolutely awful mistake that cant be properly placed into context

 

[Antiillafire]

I thought Vegas at 19 taking Connelly was good work. Solid B+ for me

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Habs won bigly, whatever is above A+

 

[belfour30]

Hawks C

Levshunov = B
Vanacker = C (Not fan of moving #34 + #50 to jump to #27 for him)
Boisvert = Abomination as was dumb trade that made it happen and ruined night

You are kinder than I, I would give them a D+ as they traded their entire 2nd round for no reason whatsoever.

Levshunov B-
Boisvert and Vanacker MILBURY(or CHIARELLI if you want to go more modern)

 

[Tofveve]

For where Boston drafted I think they have the sneakiest upside draft pick. Could be ridiculously good to not a bad draft pick.

 

[I am Canadian]

Dickinson at #11 seems really good value to me

 

[waitin425]

yeah San Jose gets at A++ from me. I had Mack and Dick #1 and #2.

Dickinson is a stud.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Sens:

Initially: C (Really did not want Yakemchuk)

As time as progressed I feel Yakemchuk probably isn't nearly as bad as I thought he was, so overall I'd give it a B. Just okay to above average 1st rounder.

Flames:

I'm high on Parekh, that's an A for me, but ngl I did want Helenius more.

IDK why we choose Grindan with our 2nd first rounder, C for me there. So overall like a B to B+.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Flyers: A+ or F. No in between. Smartest man in the room pick. A tenure defining pick

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Flyers - F-

Traded down for a 3rd to miss Buium, then took Luchanko.
Traded a 1st for an unknown future 1st with no added sweetener (conditions still unknown, but still).

Seems wretched.

At least chances are pretty good that it'll be better than #32, whenever you get it.

 

[Wallet Inspector]

Sens: C-

Our scouts overreach for size/toughness for 5000th time

 

[New User Name]

Edmonton at the bottom. Who the f*** trades a unknown first for the last pick in a previous draft?

Have they rehired Chiarelli back?

 

[wetcoast]

Philly. Traded #32 for McKenna

The bar is now officially closed dude that's just a really bad take.

 

[pth2]

Meh. I refuse to give grades since we really don't know anything more about how these players will progress, I thought it was silly in the past when my Habs got blasted for what seemed like bad choices that sometimes worked out, so I won't start patting my team on the back because they made choices that people agree with on draft day.

 

[viper0220]

The biggest winner is San Jose they got 2 corner stone pieces.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Edmonton F

 

[pth2]

Edmonton at the bottom. Who the f*** trades a unknown first for the last pick in a previous draft?

Have they rehired Chiarelli back?

I have to agree it's a weird trade, and Edmonton has a lot of variability in their future performance - keeping in mind they were en route to missing the playoffs this season until the coaching change.

 

[CallMeShaft]

Hawks: Incomplete because I need time to process

Habs: A+, they got the two guys I wanted the Hawks to get, but they did it with picks that were each 3 spots later.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

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