GDT: The 2016 NHL Entry Draft | Part 4

[PBandJ]

Outside of a typical forward in the first, I'm fairly happy with our draft.

 

[belair]

Future Norris trophy winner Benjamin Finkelstein.

 

[The Safe Play]

What's not to like, the first 3 picks were awesome.

I think I'm still getting used to good drafts and the Oilers haha.

 

[BarDownBobo]

I'd really like to get back into the 7th here, there's a few great value picks left out there.

 

[EpSoNiight]

Chia said yak never asked him for a trade

 

[McDNicks17]

Florida took Ben Finkelstein.

Lots of good names showing up.

Mattias Elfstrom too.

Not sure anyone is going to beat Hardy Haman Aktell though.

 

[PBandJ]

Yak has never asked him for a trade according to Chiarelli.

 

[Seachd]

Chiarelli seemed to glow every time someone mentioned McPhee.

Also, he needs to learn how to say Puljujarvi.

 

[Seachd]

PHI takes Bernhardt.

 

[PatrikOverAuston]

A brutal second day in my books. No D acquired and outside of Benson, Cairns and maybe Rasanen this is was a classic MacT sort of draft. It felt like watching 2014 or 2011 all over again. Day 2 last year was at least a focused effort. This was all over the place, no rhyme or reason to where players were taken.

What chaps even more is seeing DeBrincat go to Chicago. They have one of the best noses for talent and if they thought he was a player we- with McDavid probably in Chiarelli's ear all season- had no reason to select even Benson over him. I don't mind the kid, but the injuries and coaching changes are a concern. These are valuable development years and one of the two scored 100 goals in the last couple seasons and the other had 23. I'll let you guess which is which.

Gross day. D+, A+ yesterday though which makes it overall a C or so. But our reputation as a team who cannot draft in the later rounds continues and with good reason.

 

[belair]

Nice grab by Vancouver. Inconsistent offensively and invisible in the playoffs this year, but he's a good two-way center.

 

[Seachd]

Islanders take Quenneville.

 

[Seachd]

Rangers take Ronning.

 

[Jeff Lebowski]

Chiarelli said he had a productive day in the trade talks and that some of the teams have softened their stances. Sounds like he has a lot of irons in the fire. No need to panic yet. He knows what he's doing.

 

[belair]

Yak has never asked him for a trade according to Chiarelli.

That's an interesting nugget.

Fire Igor, kid. He's not doing you any favors.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

bernhardt and quenneville back to back daggers

edit; trip daggers

 

[insider]

From the Green interviews, it sure sounds like the scouts went to the Hlinka and then packed it in. A lot of emphasis on that one tournament for the Finns, Benson and Wells.

 

[belair]

Trade next years 7th and grab Kuznetsov.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

A brutal second day in my books. No D acquired and outside of Benson, Cairns and maybe Rasanen this is was a classic MacT sort of draft. It felt like watching 2014 or 2011 all over again. Day 2 last year was at least a focused effort. This was all over the place, no rhyme or reason to where players were taken.

What chaps even more is seeing DeBrincat go to Chicago. They have one of the best noses for talent and if they thought he was a player we- with McDavid probably in Chiarelli's ear all season- had no reason to select even Benson over him. I don't mind the kid, but the injuries and coaching changes are a concern. These are valuable development years and one of the two scored 100 goals in the last couple seasons and the other had 23. I'll let you guess which is which.

Gross day. D+, A+ yesterday though which makes it overall a C or so. But our reputation as a team who cannot draft in the later rounds continues and with good reason.

Benson and Niemelainen were first round talents. Rasanen went 2nd or 3rd in most mocks, and Berglund, Cairns, and McPhee were solid additions. The only strange picks to me were Wells and Desharnais.

Day 1 an A+, day 2 a B+ from me.

 

[HeavyHitter99]

Chiarelli said he had a productive day in the trade talks and that some of the teams have softened their stances. Sounds like he has a lot of irons in the fire. No need to panic yet. He knows what he's doing.

He's not going to do anything so don't get your hopes up.

 

[The Safe Play]

Benson and Niemelainen were first round talents. Rasanen went 2nd or 3rd in most mocks, and Berglund, Cairns, and McPhee were solid additions. The only strange picks to me were Wells and Desharnais.

Day 1 an A+, day 2 a B+ from me.

I agree.

 

[McDNicks17]

Someone let JTS down easy.

Ronning goes to NYR.

 

[Seachd]

Anaheim takes Tyler Soy, who the Oilers brought to their camp last year.

 

[Johnny McBravo]

A brutal second day in my books. No D acquired and outside of Benson, Cairns and maybe Rasanen this is was a classic MacT sort of draft. It felt like watching 2014 or 2011 all over again. Day 2 last year was at least a focused effort. This was all over the place, no rhyme or reason to where players were taken.

What chaps even more is seeing DeBrincat go to Chicago. They have one of the best noses for talent and if they thought he was a player we- with McDavid probably in Chiarelli's ear all season- had no reason to select even Benson over him. I don't mind the kid, but the injuries and coaching changes are a concern. These are valuable development years and one of the two scored 100 goals in the last couple seasons and the other had 23. I'll let you guess which is which.

Gross day. D+, A+ yesterday though which makes it overall a C or so. But our reputation as a team who cannot draft in the later rounds continues and with good reason.

Settle down holy smokes. Our day was actually pretty good. Excepting to have good picks in all the late rounds is insanity.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Trade next years 7th and grab Kuznetsov.

This.