Mrb1p
PRICERSTOPDAPUCK
LA Kings 2019 draft
5. Kirby Dach Saskatoon WHL C (#6 in early)
24. Jamieson Rees Sarnia OHL C (#48 in early)
33. Ilya Nikolayev Loko-Yaroslav MHL (#40 in early)
64. Billy Constantinou D Kingston OHL (#67 in early)
91. Graeme Clarke RW Ottawa OHL (#143 in early)
95. Rhett Pittlick LW Omaha USHL (#121 in early.)
123 .Martin Lang W Kamloops WHL
126. Semyon Chistyakov D Ufa MHL
157. Jayden Struble D Needham USHS-Prep
188. Cameron Rowe G USNTDP USHL
Overall happy with my draft, but I think that if I played my card better, it could've been a bit better. A lot of players I expected to fall/be under the radar went way earlier than I thought and I feel like I let some players drop that I should've picked up.
At #33 I got greedy and should've went with Knyazev (I did not want to select him again, as I did in the Early.) or Kolyonochok.
At #64 I should've went with Firstov or Teply.
I think that coming out of the draft with Kolyonock and Firstov/Teply would look better than Nikolayev and Constantinou.
At 91, I should've went Ethan Keppen. No excuses here, or at least at #95... Pitlick has high upside but I feel he could've fallen 30 more spots to 123.
I'm happy with the rest of my picks though.
In retrospect, I would've prefered
Dach
Rees (Or McMichael, Robertson, Hoglander.)
Kolyonochock
Firstov
Clarke
Keppen
Lang
Chistyakov
Rowe/Struble
But overall, I'm happy with this draft. There's some serious bust to boom power in there. At the end of the day, I wouldn't be too surprised to see Dach, Rees, Nikolayev, Rowe and Clarke make the NHL.
5. Kirby Dach Saskatoon WHL C (#6 in early)
24. Jamieson Rees Sarnia OHL C (#48 in early)
33. Ilya Nikolayev Loko-Yaroslav MHL (#40 in early)
64. Billy Constantinou D Kingston OHL (#67 in early)
91. Graeme Clarke RW Ottawa OHL (#143 in early)
95. Rhett Pittlick LW Omaha USHL (#121 in early.)
123 .Martin Lang W Kamloops WHL
126. Semyon Chistyakov D Ufa MHL
157. Jayden Struble D Needham USHS-Prep
188. Cameron Rowe G USNTDP USHL
Overall happy with my draft, but I think that if I played my card better, it could've been a bit better. A lot of players I expected to fall/be under the radar went way earlier than I thought and I feel like I let some players drop that I should've picked up.
At #33 I got greedy and should've went with Knyazev (I did not want to select him again, as I did in the Early.) or Kolyonochok.
At #64 I should've went with Firstov or Teply.
I think that coming out of the draft with Kolyonock and Firstov/Teply would look better than Nikolayev and Constantinou.
At 91, I should've went Ethan Keppen. No excuses here, or at least at #95... Pitlick has high upside but I feel he could've fallen 30 more spots to 123.
I'm happy with the rest of my picks though.
In retrospect, I would've prefered
Dach
Rees (Or McMichael, Robertson, Hoglander.)
Kolyonochock
Firstov
Clarke
Keppen
Lang
Chistyakov
Rowe/Struble
But overall, I'm happy with this draft. There's some serious bust to boom power in there. At the end of the day, I wouldn't be too surprised to see Dach, Rees, Nikolayev, Rowe and Clarke make the NHL.