GDT: NHL Draft 2023 | 4:00 PT | ESPN, SN, TVAS

[SouthernCal]

Yikes for MTL.

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

Honestly this board is pretty tame…. You should read the Instagram
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This is amateur hour. The Lindholm picked spurred actual serious people to start a petition to get Bob fired.

 

[ff8]

unrelated to the pick itself, but why does Verbeek look like he’s never spoken in front of a f***ing crowd before? More like little ball of nerves. And why don’t we a ever have former players announcing?

 

[Anaheim4ever]

fantilli only has carlsson beat when it comes to his shot, speed, and physicality. and carlsson doesn't have a bad shot by any means. i'm pretty optimistic about this pick

Part of the reason his shot got a bad rap was due to the other top 4 picks have elite shots and then Michkov has elite shot too.

Carlssons shot is better than Zegras was in 2019 draft. I just want to see him use it more and improve it to where it's better than Zegras so he can 1 time it like classic Getz.

 

[LePerilsofPerreault]

when did fantilli develop this cult of personality among ducks fans? i remember when he and carlsson were seen as equal lol

A lot of people in agreement on our need for Fantilli's physicality

 

[gilfaizon]

Are you shitting me? He forgot his name?????

Looked like a panic attack to me. Seemed a little stunned afterwards as well

 

[Rybread86]

Leo has the higher offensive potential, higher IQ and is a puck hound, and knows where to go. He can easily adapt a more physical game with his size.

Basically drafted the next Kopitar/Barkov

Eh, physicality isn't something that is usually learned. Typically you either have it or you don't.

I want to be optimistic but Fantilli just made too much sense. Prove me wrong Leo.

 

[ADHB]

Pretty sure what Bucci said about "the lowest floor" wasn't technically what he meant to say. He certainly doesn't have the lowest floor. I think he meant he had the most room for growth based on how much stronger he can get with his frame.

 

[Ducks]

This feels exactly like when we drafted Lindholm instead of guys like Dumba and Trouba. If Madden and Verbeek passed on Fantilli for Carlsson, then they truly believe in his potential. I would have drafted Fantilli, but I believe in our scouting staff and GM. Very happy to have Carlsson on the team.

 

[Dirk316]

As a fan of the Burke style hockey it's hard to stay a fan with Verbeek here. It goes against everything that I like about hockey. The worst team in the league and the softest. He won't sign or trade for physical players it didn't happen after the Terry incident. As soon as the team moves to San Diego which it will I'll stop being a fan. It's unwatchable and has no method. Let's draft the biggest gentle giants we can get and play no defense. It will take another 10 years to clean up this pos mess

 

[KaseMeOutside]

My opinion is elite versions of players with fantillis traits are hardly ever available, now the teams have more access to info than we do but when you pass on a significant consensus it comes off as doing the "look how smart we are" thing, so if theyre right they get to gloat about it, if they're wrong Verbeek will never get another GM job

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Well, the Madden interview for NHL.com was very telling after all. Ducks just didn't think that highly of Fantilli. It was a big tell that we should have seen coming.

How so?

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Hughes in Montreal has picked Lafkakko 2.0 and Orville Redenbacher

 

[Terry Yake]

A lot of people in agreement on our need for Fantilli's physicality

i agree that this team lacks physicality, but one guy isn't going to change things in that regard. the FO needs to go out and acquire toughness

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Every prospect named David just had their breath held for a few seconds there.

 

[SouthernCal]

As a fan of the Burke style hockey it's hard to stay a fan with Verbeek here. It goes against everything that I like about hockey. The worst team in the league and the softest. He won't sign or trade for physical players it didn't happen after the Terry incident. As soon as the team moves to San Diego which it will I'll stop being a fan. It's unwatchable and has no method. Let's draft the biggest gentle giants we can get and play no defense. It will take another 10 years to clean up this pos mess

A little extreme but Verbeek does bother me the way he doesn't upgrade the team and get some grit/physicality. So strange especially when you think about the way Verbeek played the game. How are our young players supposed to develop when we never have the puck and are consistently getting bullied.

 

[forever1922]

McKeen's draft guide has a 2-page Q&A write up on Leo Carlsson if anyone's intrested.

Ranked him 4th smartest forward in the draft after Benson, Bedard and Smith.
Ranked him 2nd hardest worker in the draft after Gavin Brindley.

Don't ask me where Fantilli ranked in each skills because I'll get depressed.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

As a fan of the Burke style hockey it's hard to stay a fan with Verbeek here. It goes against everything that I like about hockey. The worst team in the league and the softest. He won't sign or trade for physical players it didn't happen after the Terry incident. As soon as the team moves to San Diego which it will I'll stop being a fan. It's unwatchable and has no method. Let's draft the biggest gentle giants we can get and play no defense. It will take another 10 years to clean up this pos mess

Verbeeks tenure to this point has been disappointing. The complete lack of regard for physicality when he was that style of player is surprising to me I hope he addresses it this summer

 

[190Octane]

As a fan of the Burke style hockey it's hard to stay a fan with Verbeek here. It goes against everything that I like about hockey. The worst team in the league and the softest. He won't sign or trade for physical players it didn't happen after the Terry incident. As soon as the team moves to San Diego which it will I'll stop being a fan. It's unwatchable and has no method. Let's draft the biggest gentle giants we can get and play no defense. It will take another 10 years to clean up this pos mess

This has strong Randy Quaid in Major League 2 vibes.

 

[LePerilsofPerreault]

i agree that this team lacks physicality, but one guy isn't going to change things in that regard. the FO needs to go out and acquire toughness

I'd argue your 1C is the best place to start

 

[Ducks in a row]

So Ducks fan who wanted us to finish last to get 1st overall pick so we would draft Bedard didn't get what they want after we lost the draft lottery then are like at least we will get Fantilli with the 2nd overall pick are now unhappy we didn't pick him.

Hoping Carlsson is able to be our new Getzlaf.

 

[Terry Yake]

maybe fantilli didn't want to play in anaheim. need to keep that in mind

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Arizona should go with Leonard. Mitchkov won't want to play there lol.

 

[Dirk316]

yeah the team is soft as hell but that's on the FO to go out and acquire toughness. it shouldn't lie on the shoulders of a 18 year old 1st round pick

It has to start somewhere especially the core. They had the chance and blew it

 

[tomd]

How so?

The way Madden described Fantilli was underwhelming at best. He was gushing over Carlsson and Smith. He wasn't lying and being deceptive.