The Dallas Stars May Have Stolen the 2021 Draft Just Like They Stole the 2017 Draft

[WarriorofTime]

Dallas famously got quite the haul in 2017 with Miro Heiskanen (3rd overall), Jake Oettinger (26th overall) and Jason Robertson (39th overall).

Early returns seem like they may have done it again in 2021 with Wyatt Johnston (23rd overall) and Logan Stankoven (47th overall). Johnston is now the leading scorer from that Draft.

Incredible job by the Dallas scouting department.

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[Mighty Makar]

Those bastards.

 

[Ghost of Murph]

Jim Nil and his staff have done an amazing job. The drafting has indeed been top-rate. Great mix of vets and youth in terms of raw talent. Surely at some point they can put it all together and get a Cup.

 

[Leafblooded]

Just like they stole the Stanley Cup

 

[teugen]

Dallas is the best at drafting by a mile. They even got Hintz pretty deep in the draft. #49 if I'm remembering it correctly.

 

[Tkachuk4MVP]

What’s up with Johnston this year? Just a cold streak/bad puck luck I assume?

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Their drafting is ridiculous. I'm jealous

 

[RoyIsALegend]

They can’t keep getting away with this.

 

[ijuka]

Never forget Oilers overruling Paul Coffey on Wyatt Johnston who he wanted to pick.

 

[PullHard]

Has anyone alerted the authorities? Will they be forced to return the stolen drafts?

 

[ViD]

Matt Duchene is good again

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Love to see good scouting, that doesn't get scared off by size or odd skating styles, get rewarded.

Heiskanen and Oettinger were great picks, but relatively obvious. But they've built 2/3rds of an excellent top 6 with absolutely excellent picks in Robertson, Hintz, Stankoven, and Johnston. Harley was another great pick, and I think Bourque and Bichsel will also turn out well.

Makes it easy to forgive Gurianov, Tufte, and Dellandrea.

 

[Kcb12345]

What’s up with Johnston this year? Just a cold streak/bad puck luck I assume?

Bad puck luck primarily. Finally got a puck to go in tonight, I imagine the points will start coming now. He also had garbage linemates for most of the first like 10 games. Now with Stankoven which was our best line in the playoffs

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Jim Nil and his staff have done an amazing job. The drafting has indeed been top-rate. Great mix of vets and youth in terms of raw talent. Surely at some point they can put it all together and get a Cup.

Can't believe Detroit let him get away. He was being touted as a great gm in waiting even while he was an assistant gm there.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Can't believe Detroit let him get away. He was being touted as a great gm in waiting even while he was an assistant gm there.

At some point, you're 55 years old and a job opens up and Ken Holland wasn't going anywhere while the Owner had already made somewhat of a play to have Yzerman as GM under Holland as a POHO a couple years before that, and you can't let the opportunity go pass you.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Move the team to Houston!

Or to San Antonio, can you imagine....the Alamodome? That would be so sick.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Robertson and Johnston suck this year. Yes this is anger about having them on my fantasy team.

 

[ShootIt]

It's pretty unreal not going to lie.

Hope they and PDB can win a cup soon.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Win a cup! We wanna see Dallas win it!

 

[GMR]

Jim Nil and his staff have done an amazing job. The drafting has indeed been top-rate. Great mix of vets and youth in terms of raw talent. Surely at some point they can put it all together and get a Cup.

Jim Nil is making Ken Holland look like a fool since he left Detroit.

 

[hangman005]

Wait you can keep players you draft?

 

[WarriorofTime]

Robertson and Johnston suck this year. Yes this is anger about having them on my fantasy team.

Foot surgery in offseason may be affecting him still. Kind of surprised he's out there at the momnent.

 

[ellja3]

IIRC there were quite substantiated rumours someone in the Flyers organization wanted to take Heiskanen. Sigh.

 

[JPT]

They can’t keep getting away with this.

We've got to do something. We've got to... stop the steal.

 

[PaulD]

Dallas famously got quite the haul in 2017 with Miro Heiskanen (3rd overall), Jake Oettinger (26th overall) and Jason Robertson (39th overall).

Early returns seem like they may have done it again in 2021 with Wyatt Johnston (23rd overall) and Logan Stankoven (47th overall). Johnston is now the leading scorer from that Draft.

Incredible job by the Dallas scouting department.

Been drafting well for sure.
But Robertson is over rated imo.
One big season he will never repeat.