Prospect Info: New Jersey Devils Draft Simon Nemec, 2nd Overall
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glenwo2
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I’ll rewatch my film on Nemec tomorrow and reevaluate my judgements on his defense. IIRC though I thought his positioning was beyond poor especially in transition and he lacked the ability to utilize his body effectively. I probably wrote a little bit more but I don’t have it in front of me.
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I think we should legitimately be in the market to find a top tier scoring (and skating) winger for Hughes. We need a finisher now as much as ever we did. It's our number one need after a goalie.
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He was ranked top 4 picks in a lot of projections, there's def an argument for bpa FORWARD, but there's def a pro to drafting a top end D man. If we had no opportunity to trade back a spot or 2, so be it
Cheer up, we're all just speculating at this point anyway
DerekDevils30
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Wright did go #4 OA.
He did fall from the consensus #1OA pedestal, but I think scouts still like him plenty.
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Would you rather Fitz take the player he wants and like’s more or just go with the player he’s expected to take?
I’d rather a GM put his ass on the line than just make the easy and safe decisions for himself.
The easy thing to do would’ve been to take Wright. Fitz wanted someone else and went for it.
We’ll see how it plays out but he’s a great prospect and this should put our d-core in a great spot for the next decade.
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Trade down for what? To get some added pick who will likely be a scrub that never makes it to the NHL? When you can have the sure thing in Nemec?
I would not be shocked if Arizona picked him. They passed on Wright. And you are left with what? Inferior player like Jiricek?
AfroThunder396
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Fitz said he'll have a chance to make NJ, and if that doesn't work he's eligible to play in the AHL.
glenwo2
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Those teams(including us) that passed him down to Seattle will regret it BIG TIME down the road.
Seattle is going to have one hell of a motivated Wright here who will undoubtedly kill us(the Devils) whenever he plays them.
And will Nemec be on the team when that happens? From indications from Fitz, nope. He'll probably be in the AHL which makes sense (needs to learn Defense first)
Forge
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Utica is most likely. I'm sure that they may give him a shot to break camp, but realistically, it's Utica
Good point, probably would have come at the expense of 2 or 3 concession stands.
I was on team Nemec over Slaf. But in the moment I wanted Wright. But I’m actually very content with this pick. I really don’t see how anyone could be upset with this. He could be an absolute stud.
AfroThunder396
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I mean either he's right handed or he's left handed lol
If he's a leftie then people complain about how we have to many of them, if he's a right people will also complain because him filling an need is somehow bad?
This is Subban going to dinner-tier pedantry.
If he's a leftie then people complain about how we have to many of them, if he's a right people will also complain because him filling an need is somehow bad?
This is Subban going to dinner-tier pedantry.
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That 6’1 is probably generous, he didn’t look taller than Emily Kaplan and I don’t think she’s 6’1
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