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GDT: NEW YORK RANGERS WIN NHL DRAFT LOTTERY

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WolvesAndWings said:
I think it's beyond time we stop with the "they deserved this" and "Gorton is doing SUCH a good job" nonsense. How f***ing hard is it to be a GM when you get gifted back to back franchise players you did not under any circumstances deserve?

For having such a great product, the NHL is the absolute worst sports league around.
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Yep Rangers got lucky.

If you're going to argue that the Wings deserve the top pick for putting a historically shitty team on the ice, we're going to disagree.
 
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aufheben said:
Explain Lafreniere like I’m 5
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All-around offensive forward who holds onto the puck like a magnet, is incredibly difficult to seperate from the puck and who creates dangerous scoring chances whenever he's on the ice. Doesn't have blazing speed, but is really difficult to contain and catch because he sees the ice like he has a bird's eye view.

He sets the tone from the beginning of the game and dictates the pace of the game he plays in. I think he'll be a guy whose goal stat line translates almost exactly to the NHL (30-40 goals), but his true impact will be how he elevates everyone around him. He has 100+ point potential.

Could be this team's captain sooner rather than later.

Responsible defensively, incredibly competitive, doesn't get intimidated at all, and has a sneaky physical side to him. He wants the puck with the game on the line, but he doesn't have to be the one to score the game winner.
 
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Thirty One said:
Yep Rangers got lucky.

If you're going to argue that the Wings deserve the top pick for putting a historically shitty team on the ice, we're going to disagree.
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Nah no one deserves anything. But considering parity, and ensuring teams aren't bad for long periods of time, is the league's goal...then giving 3 picks away in the lottery is counter intuitive.

I clicked the wrong thread in the "trending" section.
 
I find it funny teams acting like The Rangers always win the lottery lol. Honestly before these past few years we always had horrendous luck in the lottery. Unlike teams like Pittsburgh or Edmonton who always seems to win when there was a generational talent in the draft
 
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ecemleafs said:
kakko's straight line speed is a weakness (although that is most fixable) but his agility and ability to turn on a dime is tremendous, especially for a kid that will have a power forward body.
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He was actually really able to show off that ability in the play-in games against Carolina where he would create space for himself with the puck in the offensive zone; it was very encouraging to see.
 
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Hi ImHFNYR said:
I almost agree w him except we also took kravt, Miller, Nils, Igor, etc. He's been building a great pipeline and our franchise has frequently had literal life ending bar luck with top talent so it really does feel like it's our time
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Yeah, winning the lottery doesn't take skill, it's entirely luck. But positioning the team to make the most of it's position whether they get lucky or not is what the GMs actual job is
 
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Edge said:
All-around offensive forward who holds onto the puck like a magnet, is incredibly difficult to seperate from the puck and who creates dangerous scoring chances whenever he's on the ice. Doesn't have blazing speed, but is really difficult to contain and catch because he sees the ice like he has a bird's eye view.

He sets the tone from the beginning of the game and dictates the pace of the game he plays in. I think he'll be a guy whose goal stat line translates almost exactly to the NHL (30-40 goals), but his true impact will be how he elevates everyone around him. He has 100+ point potential.

Could be this team's captain sooner rather than later.

Responsible defensively, incredibly competitive, doesn't get intimidated at all, and has a sneaky physical side to him. He wants the puck with the game on the line, but he doesn't have to be the one to score the game winner.
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Whenever I’ve seen Laf he looks a lot faster than people say, I don’t want people thinking he’s going to look as slow as Kakko did his rookie season lol
 
I bitched a ton about the Kreider re-signing but I’m willing to bury my angst now. This changes a lot... let’s them trade from a position of strength to probably get a young center, which should be the final piece.
 
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Alluckks said:
He was actually really able to show off that ability in the play-in games against Carolina where he would create space for himself with the puck in the offensive zone; it was very encouraging to see.
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What I find completely alarming is that he was the only fwd to show up..
 
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