Least favorite pick your team made

[Saga of the Elk]

For the Wild, I don't think there's any pick I dislike. The guys I would have preferred at 42 had already been taken, and Firstov sounds like he has some good potential. The one pick I don't necessarily understand is Hunter Jones at 59, but I don't really know goalies, and they're so unpredictable anyway. I'm not upset about the pick, and I can't even say who I would have rather taken instead, so I'll wait to see how he turns out. I've heard some good things about him since the draft.

Kind of wanted Patrik Puistola and he ended up being drafted with one of the Wild's picks (73). As you say, goalies are crap shoots so I don't love it when you give up an extra pick to grab a guy. As for Firstov, there's some potential there but certainly there were guys with a bit more love from the scouting community on the board. Known skating issues, not really a position of need, and going to a middle-tier NCAA program...not a great bet, early on.

 

[DutchNYR]

Karl Henriksson

Cool, I can’t wait to see him hit 80 points at the age of 21. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Jag68Sid87]

Judd Caulfield. I just don't see top-nine upside. It was a seventh-rounder, though, so it is hard to hate.

 

[MattiasSnall]

Cool, I can’t wait to see him hit 80 points at the age of 21. Thanks for the heads up.

That kid hasn’t even scored a point in SHL yet.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Judd Caulfield. I just don't see top-nine upside. It was a seventh-rounder, though, so it is hard to hate.

I think thats a steal. I think he'll be at least an average fourth liner. Could be a good third liner, if he hits his ceiling.

 

[DutchNYR]

That kid hasn’t even scored a point in SHL yet.

I was joking about Pavel Buchnevich (the HF member, not the player) always being way off when it comes to evaluating players.

 

[AngelDuck]

Logan MacMillan.

The Ducks picked that clown over Pacioretty and you just knew at the time it happened it was a huge mistake

Edit: Didn't read the thread correctly. I'm fine with all the ducks' picks this year

 

[KingTux]

Louis Leblanc not close

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I was joking about Pavel Buchnevich (the HF member, not the player) always being way off when it comes to evaluating players.

Why would you care about how often I’m correct? And since you care so much, let’s hear this record.

 

[God King Fudge]

Foote.

 

[DutchNYR]

Why would you care about how often I’m correct? And since you care so much, let’s hear this record.

Correct: Zero times
Incorrect: Infinite times

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

As expected, a lot of bluster. Don't worry, I won't begin to try to speculate about your track record. I couldn't care less about your track record. I don't even know if I recognize your poster name.

 

[notheroic]

Kirby Dach. Hope he proves me wrong. But the last time we drafted a guy with all that he brings? Kyle Beach. And he was a disaster.
I wanted Alex Turcotte if we were taking a forward. Much more confident in his skill set.

But we'll see.

 

[Tryamkin]

Antti Tuomisto. Relative unknown, seemingly off board, with a few forwards I would've liked still on the board as well.

Not very off the board. Good selection there in my opinion, good two way potential, big boy.

 

[DatDude44]

Not necessarily disappointed with any player, and hell we didn't pick until #62, but for a pipeline (and in a couple years-NHL team) that is absolutely starved for defense especially LHD, to have 5 picks and take 3 forwards and 2 goalies seems very strange.

Also didn't like that the goalie they picked in round 3 was about the 7th best goalie on the board.

And this is more of a joke than anything, but don't love that 3 of the 5 were from the QMJHL. Not exactly an NHL factory over there.

I actually luv the Colten Ellis pick and a lot people consider him a steal and much better than the 7th best G available. I low key like our draft, I would’ve preferred a few others to Alexandrov but he’s growing on me as a Lars Eller type player. Washkurak seems like an in your face buzz saw with some skill(maybe future bottom 6 kinda player). I don’t know anything about either 7th rounder tho

 

[Merrrlin]

The Habs threw away 3 picks IMO.

LEguerrier
Harvey Pinard
That Manitoba kid

There was just flat out better players left.

I also hate that they exclusively picked LDs.

Montreal's draft was the most "WTF" draft I've seen in a long time, top to bottom. If it pans out, it will be legendary for MB. If it doesn't, we will all look at is as an example of the risks of going way off board.

 

[Sasso09]

Spencer Knight. I simply don't like picking goalies in the first round.

especially since Bob was signed right afterwards... head scratcher

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

especially since Bob was signed right afterwards... head scratcher

The bigger head scratcher was the contract. Best case scenario, Knight will be NHL ready after 2-2.5 seasons. There’s also a chance that he needs 3-3.5 and he might also be a player that isn’t immediately ready to start. If Knight is taking over as the starter at age 23 and Bob is backing up the final two years, you’ve still likely went from elite production to elite production with no lull, but I still would not pay that contract to such an inconsistent goalie.

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

Judd Caulfield. I just don't see top-nine upside. It was a seventh-rounder, though, so it is hard to hate.

5th round pick*

 

[Dr Awesome]

Kirby Dach. Hope he proves me wrong. But the last time we drafted a guy with all that he brings? Kyle Beach. And he was a disaster.
I wanted Alex Turcotte if we were taking a forward. Much more confident in his skill set.

But we'll see.

Kyle Beach was meat head with me me attitude.

 

[FlyguyOX]

Adam Ginning in early 2nd round.

Traffic cone.

 

[Bitz and Bites]

Don't really have a problem with who the Canucks took. Carson Focht in the 5th seems like a waste but it's just a 5th. My problem is what they did when they weren't drafting players.

Yeah,Focht seems to be our semi regular head scratching WHL pick like Jakob Stukel a couple years age.Maybe the scouts feel he had a major breakthrough towards the end of the season otherwise there isn’t much about him,or his stats,that really stands out.

 

[ahmedou]

#2019(170th)
Arsen Khisamutdinov (Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk)

 

[joshik]

everyone dallas drafted

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

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