GDT: Gold star - Russian Combine- starting June 18

[WeThreeKings]

Back to debating Sennecke v Iginla v the D class not named Levshunov

 

[Leto]

Man I can’t wait for the draft, at this point fans are so thirsty for news that any report about anything gets turned into confirmation of whether or not team A is picking player B.

10 more gotdam days!

And then we can start arguing about the 2025 draft class !

 

[le_sean]

And then we can start arguing about the 2025 draft class !

No, then it’ll be people saying things along the likes of “I knew we should have picked MBN at 5”! When they didn’t bring it up even once.

 

[Riggins]

This thread is peak HF.

People were expecting Demidov to measure around 6 foot give or take an inch. Did everyone expect Chicago, Anaheim, etc. weren't going to even talk to him?

Literally nothing has changed.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Hughes was probably there but Seravelli just didn't recognize him.

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Kent pulling into the arena:

 

[Jack Skellington]

Back to debating Sennecke v Iginla v the D class not named Levshunov

Not even worried, Sennecke has monster potential

 

[SwiftyHab]

That Inch!!

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

This thread is peak HF.

People were expecting Demidov to measure around 6 foot give or take an inch. Did everyone expect Chicago, Anaheim, etc. weren't going to even talk to him?

Literally nothing has changed.

However bad some women can be when it comes to the difference between 5'11" and 6'0", NHL GMs and fans are much, much worse lol

 

[CDN24]

Usually, I tend to wait until the thing actually happens before I'm disappointed. Chicago will still want a strong defender to build around and this draft is one of the rares where they have multiple choices. They'll be bad again next year and maybe the one after, they have time to get another forward or three.

And they know the value in getting the D first, they take longer to develop. If I were a betting man I say the hawks take Levshunov

 

[JoelWarlord]

Should have tanked harder

This is easy to say when we want to pick 4th instead of 5th right now, but we finished 10 points ahead of Columbus even with Allen putting up an .892 save percentage in 21 games. What does dropping 10-11 points actually look like in practice?

 

[ReHabs]

This is easy to say when we want to pick 4th instead of 5th right now, but we finished 10 points ahead of Columbus even with Allen putting up an .892 save percentage in 21 games. What does dropping 10-11 points actually look like in practice?

Last year’s tank could’ve gone better. This year’s was as good as could be expected given how awful the rest of the tankers were.

 

[WeThreeKings]

This thread is peak HF.

People were expecting Demidov to measure around 6 foot give or take an inch. Did everyone expect Chicago, Anaheim, etc. weren't going to even talk to him?

Literally nothing has changed.

Not considered small anymore.
English is good meaning his desire to come to NA is as stated.

Removing just those two questions from a debate that was being had WITH those questions is enough to flip the equation.

If you were dating two girls and you couldn't decide between them, then two of the things that gave you pause on one girl were now not an issue after further conversations, would that not give you your answer on who to pursue?

 

[Leto]

 

[le_sean]

Not considered small anymore.
English is good meaning his desire to come to NA is as stated.

Removing just those two questions from a debate that was being had WITH those questions is enough to flip the equation.

If you were dating two girls and you couldn't decide between them, then two of the things that gave you pause on one girl were now not an issue after further conversations, would that not give you your answer on who to pursue?

The pause is his lost year of development by being stuck in the MHL again. That they can’t compare him to CHLers or NCAA players from this year either because his competition stinks. A lot likely didn’t see him live.

 

[SOLR]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803090011966828930

Hughes not even there.

He was there all year long.

I'm not sure why anyone is surprised he's now 6'1''. He started the year at 5'11'5''

I was ranking him as if he was min 6'0'5'' max of 6'1'5'' after another year of growth (1 inch is a good rule of thumb of a draft year), looks like he may end up at 6'15''.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

He was there all year long.

I'm not sure why anyone is surprised he's now 6'1''. He started the year at 5'11'5''

I was ranking him as if he was min 6'0'5'' max of 6'1'5'' after another year of growth (1 inch is a good rule of thumb of a draft year), looks like he may end up at 6'15''.

Or, once he gets remeasured by an NHL team, 6'3"

 

[SOLR]

Or, once he gets remeasured by an NHL team, 6'3"

Haha no. They round up, that's all.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Keep me posted when they start boxing the bear and the arm wrestling competition, I don't want to miss that.

Don't forget the slap contest as well

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

And then we can start arguing about the 2025 draft class !

i heard the draft is really strong next year.

 

[SOLR]

i heard the draft is really strong next year.

It's ok, wouldn't qualify as strong imo.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

I heard Hughes was going to be there, but he got his head stuck in the shine-o ball-o at a nearby bowling alley. He wanted to look his brightest as first impressions matter.

 

[Kents polished head]

I heard Hughes was going to be there, but he got his head stuck in the shin-o ball-o at a nearby bowling alley. He wanted to look his brightest as first impressions matter.

You sir just found my new username.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

You sir just found my new username.

I missed an 'e'

 

[JoelWarlord]

Last year’s tank could’ve gone better. This was was as good as could be expected given how awful the rest of the tankers were.

Yeah, for this year even with hindsight it's hard to see anything plausible that could have dropped us 10-11 points in the standings to get below Columbus without causing more damage than it's worth. Realistically you'd be looking at stuff like artificially keeping Slafkovsky in the bottom six all year or deliberately trolling with ice time deployment (eg. Barron playing 24 mins a night or something). I don't think trading Savard and cutting Matheson's minutes a bit would have done enough to drop 10 points.

 

[Team_Spirit]

2018 Bobrov picked Kravtsov over Bouchard(Dickinson), Dobson(Buium).

Same year the Habs scouts picked KK over Tkachuk(Iginla).