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

[Redwing66]

We walk away with a top pair defenseman, the goalie of the future in the first and people are losing their minds…hilarious!!

 

[Shaman464]

So far Yzerman didn't pick either of my guys, but, unlike most years, I am pretty happy with the guys Detroit got. A potential top pairing D man and a franchise goalie.

 

[ShanahanMan]

We walk away with a top pair defenseman, the goalie of the future in the first and people are losing their minds…hilarious!!

A lot of us are just really desperate for a fun, offensive dynamo talent. Something we haven’t had since Datsyuk. Eklund could have been that guy.

 

[jfrank21]

Blows my mind how so many fans can feel so strongly about the most under scouted draft in history. Pro scouts have no clue how to feel about a lot of these players, but some of you have your minds made up after watching a 3 minute YouTube video. What’s the point of a GM/scouting department if we can just run a HF poll to decide each pick?

Because some of us have actually invested the time and money to pay for things so we can watch games and tournaments and draft guides and scoured shift by shifts and got our hopes up for certain players. Same way that fans can watch red wings games and like guys like Mantha or AA or Nyquist and others can watch those games and hate those players. Doesnt make one person perfect, its just that people have their preferences. I happened to prefer McTavish, but he went 3rd. Next was Hughes, but he went 4th. Next was Eklund or Guenther, but they took the project D. Not my most favorite outcome. Sorry. Hopefully Im completely wrong

 

[Shaman464]

A lot of us are just really desperate for a fun, offensive dynamo talent. Something we haven’t had since Datsyuk. Eklund could have been that guy.

Next season. There's a lot of guys in the top ten next year that can be the pivot on a great top line.

 

[MabusIncarnate]

Preds on the clock

 

[FabricDetails]

Every time a trade is announced I hope the Wings are involved, haha.

 

[Scottgaf1]

I know you dont draft for need, but lets face it, those are two positions this team needs desperately.

You can get scorers in free agency. Getting quality defense or a stud goalie is tough.

 

[Martinez]

Good, he went to a western team

 

[golffuul]

Nashville don’t play. Love that pick

 

[Leadzedder]

Having an investment in the prospects is a lot more fun and emotionally satisfying than just slobbering on the team's knob for every move they make.

Yzerman has been hitting it out of the park so far this off-season, but he's really reaching on these picks.

Reaching?

Edvinsson was a consensus top 5 pick. Cossa was either the first or second goalie ranked. Both huge needs to rebuild our roster.

 

[ShanahanMan]

Wonder if Yzerman will do a presser tonight.

 

[Martinez]

Wonder if Yzerman will do a presser tonight.

I’d honestly rather hear from Draper, he’s more likely to say something notable

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Man I always like what Nashville is doing it seems in terms of draft and prospects.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Nashville knocking it out of the park, too.

Crap. Is this going to be another 2017 NHL draft? Again? So soon?

 

[jfrank21]

Nashville knocking it out of the park, too.

Crap. Is this going to be another 2017 NHL draft? Again? So soon?

Just need Sammy Helenius at 38 to cap things off

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Good choice by Colorado. And there go my hopes for the second round.

Olausson can flat out fly, has good hands and has a Larkin-esque motor.

 

[DetroitRed]

Looking at the selections, it amazes me how badly we needed a center and still underestimated the value of centers in this draft.

 

[Martinez]

Looking at the selections, it amazes me how badly we needed a center and still underestimated the value of centers in this draft.

I mean, we could have went winger

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

I mean, we could have went winger

That would have been preferable.

 

[Tetsuo]

Nashville knocking it out of the park, too.

Crap. Is this going to be another 2017 NHL draft? Again? So soon?

See the thing is both of our picks are high ceiling guys rather than Rasmussen who was a low ceiling guy picked ahead of other high ceiling guys. They weren't either of my guys, but neither was Seider and that worked out.

Take a step back from the edge lol.

 

[Bench]

It would have been cooler if he picked his own Henrik Lundqvist or Andrei Vasilevski instead of a Ben Bishop. Like a lot cooler.

Bishop is a Vezina caliber goalie without all the injuries. I don't think that's something to be worried about, if you're reading into my comments.

 

[DetroitRed]

I mean, we could have went winger

No, I'm not saying we should have done anything differently. What I'm saying is anyone with even a remote chance of becoming a center went early. Those were reaches.

 

[J15]

Having an investment in the prospects is a lot more fun and emotionally satisfying than just slobbering on the team's knob for every move they make.

Yzerman has been hitting it out of the park so far this off-season, but he's really reaching on these picks.

Because some of us have actually invested the time and money to pay for things so we can watch games and tournaments and draft guides and scoured shift by shifts and got our hopes up for certain players. Same way that fans can watch red wings games and like guys like Mantha or AA or Nyquist and others can watch those games and hate those players. Doesnt make one person perfect, its just that people have their preferences. I happened to prefer McTavish, but he went 3rd. Next was Hughes, but he went 4th. Next was Eklund or Guenther, but they took the project D. Not my most favorite outcome. Sorry. Hopefully Im completely wrong

Be invested, be excited if we take your player and be disappointed when we don't, that's all fine. But also acknowledge how much of a crap shoot this all is. Saying we reached for Edvinsson, for example, is completely ridiculous. He wasn't a reach, he just wasn't the player you wanted.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

See the thing is both of our picks are high ceiling guys rather than Rasmussen who was a low ceiling guy picked ahead of other high ceiling guys. They weren't either of my guys, but neither was Seider and that worked out.

Take a step back from the edge lol.