Of course you always draft BPA, but you do not draft a guy who plays RHD to switch him to LHD, when he enters the NHL
But gee, you sound like a whiz, so I am sure it will happen...........and you give 2 examples, not just one....nice!
RD David Jiricek (2022, 6th, CBJ)
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But gee, you sound like a whiz, so I am sure it will happen...........and you give 2 examples, not just one....nice!
Silkytentacles
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He also played very well last season and he oozes so much potential to me.
Captain97
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No but it is extremely rare, since there is always a shortage of Right shots RD almost always play the right side. Other than Weegar can you name another team that consistently has a top 4 RD consistently play the left.
Only one I can think of is Montour used to either Buffalo and still does sometimes with Florida.
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He should automatically be gifted that 8 spot for our D... something tells me he'd work his way up that D core (poor) pretty quick and it'd be good to see how he does against adults and with better players around him. Keep in mind that cracking a Czech D top 6 is not that challenging as we have about 20 guys that are all roughly a 6/10 - all different attributes but all kind of weak. Eg. some can skate like the wind, others can block shots and defend, 1 or 2 can put up points. You really gotta moneyball it back there. For years it's been apparant on the Jr's when we see our Top D prospects are miles behind those from Sweden, Canada and US. Then along cames Jiricek and he looks like one of 'those guys' from the other nations. Very unheard of.
How do you guys feel about this prospect?
Eye-test shows a tall lanky kid who does everything you want out of a defender, including a bomb of a slapshot and pretty impressive speed.
He kinda reminds me of Evan Bouchard, but instead of going "Huh, this guy's kinda slow", it's "Hey, this guy's pretty fast!".
Eye-test shows a tall lanky kid who does everything you want out of a defender, including a bomb of a slapshot and pretty impressive speed.
He kinda reminds me of Evan Bouchard, but instead of going "Huh, this guy's kinda slow", it's "Hey, this guy's pretty fast!".
Stewie Griffin
What the deuce
He's not getting the love he was earlier in the year when he was potentially 2nd overall, and it seems he's the consensus #2 defenseman behind Nemec.
It sucks he got that injury.
I am a fan of his game.
He is still my first defender off the board ahead of Nemec. Kid has absolutely lethal skating when you think about his size, good shot, good first pas, good hands, is aggressive at defending and can be physical as well. In my opinion, he would be easily in top 3 discussions without his injury(he is still top 3 in my draft board, after Wright and Cooley).
He is still my first defender off the board ahead of Nemec. Kid has absolutely lethal skating when you think about his size, good shot, good first pas, good hands, is aggressive at defending and can be physical as well. In my opinion, he would be easily in top 3 discussions without his injury(he is still top 3 in my draft board, after Wright and Cooley).
Vasilevskiy
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I am very impressed with his skillset, I think he has biggest potential out of any defender in this draft
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Personally think this is Cale Makar all over again and he winds up being the best player taken in the 1st round. Top pairing defenseman that can control the tempo of the game are incredibly valuable.
It's like if Bouchard had the speed and physicality of Darnell Nurse. One hell of a defenseman.
I know he's not as textbook in his gaps and coverage as Nemec but is there any reason to think Jiricek can't learn that stuff? Jiricek is frequently ranked around #8-#12 so that makes me wonder where the skepticism lies. I don't see it yet when I watch the player.
WeThreeKings
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Maybe. It would have better defined the areas he may need to work on and what is missing from his game.
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He's in training camp for World's so he's healthy.. not sure if this is a conditioning thing or if he's got a legit shot at A team. I'm obviously hoping he is 100% and makes the team and makes people reconsider him a little higher in the draft!
Sweet, was really hoping to get to see him again before the draft. I think he should get a top-6 role for sure on that blueline.
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This blue line yes but we got a few guys coming. This is half young D that they are just trying to develop and half old dudes who 'might' make the team.
I'd say the only lock in this group is Knot whom I was opposed to go to the Olympics and then he played really well so egg in my face!
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Thanks for the update! Can't wait to be able to watch him...he's the big mystery box for me in the top 10.
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I almost wish that he just recovers fully from his injury and takes time off.
But only for my own selfish reasons where he might fall a little and my Devils can pick him Lol. I have Slafkovsky , then Jiricek then Nemec in order of my want list. If for some very unlikely situation comes up where all 3 are still on the board … I have no idea what I’d like the Devils to do. We have massive needs at RHD and a big forward.
Ideal situation - win the lotto and trade down . Someone will be desperate for a C and we really do not.
But only for my own selfish reasons where he might fall a little and my Devils can pick him Lol. I have Slafkovsky , then Jiricek then Nemec in order of my want list. If for some very unlikely situation comes up where all 3 are still on the board … I have no idea what I’d like the Devils to do. We have massive needs at RHD and a big forward.
Ideal situation - win the lotto and trade down . Someone will be desperate for a C and we really do not.
I hope he makes the team and is able to play. As @Doug Prishpreed put it so well - he is the mystery box at the top of the draft.
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I think that 2 teams are going to be extremely happy (and other fanbases jealous in 5 or so year) with those teams taking Jiriceck and Denton Mateychuk.
although Denton has been rising lately and I think Jiriiceck would have risen had he not been injured but if he makes the Worlds that could change and both might not be "steals"
although Denton has been rising lately and I think Jiriiceck would have risen had he not been injured but if he makes the Worlds that could change and both might not be "steals"
I think I can guess what the tweet says, based on your comment, but it would be more helpful if you just told us what it says.
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I read that part. It was not a translation. It was a comment, so someone would just guess based on it that Jiricek is still injured, but you never actually said that so there is ambiguity there.
