GDT: The 2021 NHL Entry Draft Thread! Round 1, 8pm EST on ESPN2!

[Orthodox Caveman]

Does Edvinsson have the brain though

 

[Roomba With a Bauer]

Does Edvinsson have the brain though

Hockey IQ is not his strong suit.

 

[FabricDetails]

Edvinsson and Wallinder - Anyone want to briefly compare and contrast upsides?

 

[rangersblues]

I'm ok building the defense first. It takes them a few more years to develop.

 

[cjm502]

I never doubted the Seider pick although it came out of left field, but Edvinsson is definitely one guy I did not want at all. I have to say, this is the most ive questioned Stevie Y since he became our GM.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

I can say I certainly agree with the kind of D-man Stevie seems to like. They are really athletic big guys, so they actually have the skating. It is on you to develop them, but Mo Seider shows you the kind of reward if you gamble and it goes right. We look to be building a big mobile D, he got those first they take longer to develop, now he will go after forward in the next couple in my opinion. Interesting building blocks starting to appear, I like what Yzerman is doing.

 

[FabricDetails]

No draft day trade announcements yet.

 

[ricky0034]

McKenzie's twitter is hilarious to follow tonight

 

[Gniwder]

That about sums him up. His scouting reports pointed out that he has poor 60 minute focus, weak play away from the puck, a weak shot, and suspect positioning.

I am not a fan of this pick.

That does not describe Jonathan Ericsson at all....

He logged a lot of minutes considering his hip problems, was a strong guy, had a hell of a slapper that he never used for some reason, and the only way he survived at all was because of his positioning. He had bad hips and couldn't move the puck because of it so he pitchforked the puck all the time. The exact opposite of everything.....

 

[ArmChairGM89]

Edvinsson and Wallinder - Anyone want to briefly compare and contrast upsides?

Twinsies

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

There goes the best defenseman in the class.

 

[deca guard]

in april mckenzie had simon at 3

 

[JediOrderPizza]

Bummed we didn't get Eklund, but with Steve ya never know. I def was doing the head shake on Seider, hopefully I'll feel the same in a couple years. Plus I'm expecting a lot more 6th overall picks in the coming years.

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

Lame.

yepppp. This is Rasmussen 2.0 for me.

I didn’t hate Seider in 2019 to compare. This is a pick I truly don’t like.

We HAVE to swing for the fences at 23.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

If Edvinsson can become like Ryan McDonagh then I'm ok with this pick. Right now I'm cautious, but we'll see in 3 years or so.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Man if Ottawa gets Guenther... He would fit that team so well and not looking forward to that in our division.

 

[Pavels Dog]

yepppp. This is Rasmussen 2.0 for me.

Worth noting those charts are 100% about point production. They can tell you nothing about a player's overall game and even Seider has something like 15% chance of being a star in a chart like that.

We gotta give Edvinsson the chance.

 

[Rzombo4 prez]

Good pick by the Wings. No complaints from me on this one.

 

[jaster]

I was big on Seider because of the IQ, btw. I'm low on Edvinsson because of the IQ, but in a different direction. Let's hope he develops well, he has high upside and showed signs of decent IQ sometimes, but I'm not big on the pick at all. I do like the Frolunda connections with Raymond and Niederbach, potentially nice chemistry there.

This. Edvinsson is so, so high risk with his questionable-at-best IQ. Hopefully Yzerman & Co have identified that it ultimately won't be a problem, but boy. This pick has the chance to completely negate the benefit that was the Seider pick. This one is ugly today, on the surface. Hopefully the kid proves me wrong, I'll be rooting for him.

 

[MabusIncarnate]

Bets on how stupid Arizona's pick will be?

 

[JustJokinenAround]

Worth noting those charts are 100% about point production. They can tell you nothing about a player's overall game and even Seider has something like 15% chance of being a star in a chart like that.

We gotta give Edvinsson the chance.

then svechkov's percentage must be like -15%

 

[Realgud]

This. Edvinsson is so, so high risk with his questionable-at-best IQ. Hopefully Yzerman & Co have identified that it ultimately won't be a problem, but boy. This pick has the chance to completely negate the benefit that was the Seider pick. This one is ugly today, on the surface. Hopefully the kid proves me wrong, I'll be rooting for him.

Same

 

[ArmChairGM89]

I didn’t hate the seider pick. I was surprised but I didn’t hate it. Can’t say the same here. Double hurts cuz we passed the #1 guy on my f***ing board ugherfgg

 

[ricky0034]

in april mckenzie had simon at 3

and 2nd in December

Blueliner Owen Power tops McKenzie's first 2021 Draft Ranking

he's always been high on the McKenzie lists

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

We should fire Yzerman. Eklund was there and we didn't take him. What the hell does he know?