Prospect Info: The Second Overall Pick Thread: Part I (Kakko/Hughes Talk)

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Boomer Esiason Is Pumped Up About Rangers Landing No. 2 Pick

Is this the guy who was a quarterback in the NFL?

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

June 21, 2019: "The New York Rangers have traded the 2nd overall pick to the Detroit Red Wings for Dylan McIlrath"

 

[nyrage]

Is this the guy who was a quarterback in the NFL?

Yes, for the Bengals and later for the Jets. He's a big hockey fan.

 

[bl02]

Boomer Esiason Is Pumped Up About Rangers Landing No. 2 Pick

Awesome thanks for posting. I don't bother much listening to local radio (all they do is talk baseball) so would have missed it.

 

[Lion Hound]

Boomer Esiason Is Pumped Up About Rangers Landing No. 2 Pick

Gotta love Boomer!

 

[bl02]

Boomer is the GOAT. No other NY radio personalities discuss hockey at all.

Very true. He's the only one who tries to discuss hockey. Gave up on NY radio cause of sell outs like Joe Benigno (he used to talk hockey all the time with his overnight show). Now its all sirius and TSN 690 montreal for me.

 

[nyrage]

Awesome thanks for posting. I don't bother much listening to local radio (all they do is talk baseball) so would have missed it.

I watch him in the mornings some times because it's NY-centered as opposed to mostly national sports news. That said, there isn't a lot of "meat" in this clip. It's mostly about the luck for NY sports teams is finally changing for the better. Which is true. My Jets landed potentially a franchise QB. We got a top 2 draft pick. The Knicks have a chance at Zion and Durant. Hell, even the bad luck Mets got Pete Alonso.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

The name change is in boys, no turning back now

 

[kelsier]

Did anyone watch Kakko’s game today? I saw two decent gifs


His puck protection is unreal. We’re going to be a tough team to knock off the puck. Lias’ puck control is already unreal and Chytil has untapped potential in that area, once he gets stronger he should be able to show it off more.

Kakko played LW today BTW

Don't think I've seen a draft eligible kid with as much compete level, drive and tenacity as Kakko. Just look at that 2nd clip where he fights (and beats) a grown up in a duel wrestle along the boards. It's unbelievable for any kid to be able to do that alone, but to follow up by making a run to the net for a prime scoring chance after shaking some guys off? Just nuts. Lets not even forget this is only what we're seeing today and if Kakko is this strong right now, one can only imagine how much stronger he could possibly be in lets say five years. Anyway, I got a feeling he's going to be throwing and knocking guys from left to right when all is said and done. Yet then again, you can always beat'em first and score right after. The Devils will regret so hard when they pass up on the guy, but that's just another thing coming and they get plenty of time to prepare mentally.

 

[Polar Bear]

Don't think I've seen a draft eligible kid with as much compete level, drive and tenacity as Kakko. Just look at that 2nd clip where he fights (and beats) a grown up in a duel wrestle along the boards. It's unbelievable for any kid to be able to do that alone, but to follow up by making a run to the net for a prime scoring chance after shaking some guys off? Just nuts. Lets not even forget this is only what we're seeing today and if Kakko is this strong right now, one can only imagine how much stronger he could possibly be in lets say five years. Anyway, I got a feeling he's going to be throwing and knocking guys from left to right when all is said and done. Yet then again, you can always beat'em first and score right after. The Devils will regret so hard when they pass up on the guy, but that's just another thing coming and they get plenty of time to prepare mentally.

Listen, no one loves me some Kakko more than I, but the Devils aren't going to regret selecting Hughes. He is also a tremendous talent.

And that sequence from 1:10-1:25 in the video is insane.

 

[egelband]

If the Devils take Kakko, the Rangers get Hughes plus the huge chip which would appear on his shoulder. Hughes would become the Devils biggest nightmare.

 

[fr9dd9]

Here is some of the better moments I guess, He had some other nice backcheckings, getting into nice spaces for scoring chances (not getting a pass) forechecks etc. Not any real mistakes from what I can recall. Overall a pretty good first game. Sorry for bad quality​

 

[Lays]

If the Davids take Kakko, the Rangers get Hughes plus the huge chip which would appear on his shoulder. Hughes would become the Devils biggest nightmare.

Honestly I wouldn’t mind either. Not going to be upset if Kakko goes #1 because just a few days ago no one could’ve realistically predicted us getting to #2. Either way we’ve got a fantastic player

 

[Joey Bones]

Per 2019 Draft:

1		New Jersey	Jack Hughes	C	USNTDP (USHL)	5' 10"	152
2		NY Rangers	Kaapo Kakko	RW	TPS Turku (SM-liiga)	6' 1.25"	187
3		Chicago	Vasily Podkolzin	RW	Vityaz Podolsk HC (Rus Jr)	6' 0"	182
4		Colorado	Dylan Cozens	C	Lethbridge (WHL)	6' 2.5"	174
5		Los Angeles	Kirby Dach	C	Saskatoon (WHL)	6' 3"	182
6		Detroit	Trevor Zegras	C	US-Under-17 (USAH-NTDP)	5' 11"	165
7		Buffalo	Alex Turcotte	C	US-Under-18 (USAH-NTDP)	5' 11"	190
8		Edmonton	Philip Broberg	D	AIK (Allsvenskan)	6' 3"	198
9		Anaheim	Victor Söderström	D	Brynäs IF (SHL)	5' 11"	177
10		Vancouver	Bowen Byram	D	Vancouver (WHL)	6' 0.25"	182
11		Philadelphia	Thomas Harley	D	Mississauga (OHL)	6' 2"	170
12		Minnesota	Matthew Boldy	RW	US-Under-17 (USAH-NTDP)	6' 0"	184
13		Florida	Spencer Knight	G	US-Under-17 (USAH-NTDP)	6' 3"	194
14		Arizona	Peyton Krebs	C	Kootenay (WHL)	5' 11"	168
15		Montreal	Ryan Suzuki	C	London (OHL)	6' 0.5"	165
16		Colorado	Moritz Seider	D	Mannheim (DEL)	6' 4"	185
17		Las Vegas	Arthur Kaliyev	RW	Hamilton (OHL)	6' 1"	183
18		Dallas	Cam York	D	USNTDP (USHL)	5' 11"	170
19		Ottawa	Raphaël Lavoie	C	Halifax (QMJHL)	6' 3.5"	190
20		Buffalo	Matthew Robertson	D	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)	6' 2.75"	196
21		Carolina	Samuel Poulin	LW	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)	6' 1"	207
22		NY Rangers	Connor McMichael	LW	London (OHL)	6' 0"	170
23		Pittsburgh	Cole Caufield	RW	US-Under-17 (USAH-NTDP)	5' 6"	150
24		Nashville	Alexander Newhook	C	Victoria (BCHL)	5' 11"	170
25		Los Angeles	Nathan Légaré	C	Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)	6' 0"	197
26		Anaheim	Alex Vlasic	D	USNTDP (USHL)	6' 4"	183
27		NY Islanders	Vladislav Kolyachonok	D	Flint (OHL)	6' 1"	183
28		Washington	Bobby Brink	LW	Sioux City (USHL)	5' 10"	165
29		Boston	Ville Heinola	D	Lukko Rauma (SM-liiga)	5' 11.25"	174
30		Calgary	Phillip Tomasino	C	Niagara (OHL)	5' 11"	170
31		NY Rangers	Brett Leason	RW	Prince Albert (WHL)	6' 3"	202

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

I'll admit I don't know draft picks like most--but if the Rangers do pick in those spots and those players anyone have some insight into those players.

Thinking Newhook over McMichael ?

f*** me if NYR chose McMichael over C. Caufield or Brink. I'm not the biggest Newhook fan, but I'd take him over McMichael!!

Also, if York falls that low, I'd hope NYR would trade up!!

 

[eco's bones]

Don't think I've seen a draft eligible kid with as much compete level, drive and tenacity as Kakko. Just look at that 2nd clip where he fights (and beats) a grown up in a duel wrestle along the boards. It's unbelievable for any kid to be able to do that alone, but to follow up by making a run to the net for a prime scoring chance after shaking some guys off? Just nuts. Lets not even forget this is only what we're seeing today and if Kakko is this strong right now, one can only imagine how much stronger he could possibly be in lets say five years. Anyway, I got a feeling he's going to be throwing and knocking guys from left to right when all is said and done. Yet then again, you can always beat'em first and score right after. The Devils will regret so hard when they pass up on the guy, but that's just another thing coming and they get plenty of time to prepare mentally.

Actually Kakko's boards battle level here and in other videos I've seen reminds me of both Matthew and Brady Tkachuk. Those two are relentless down low and are always taking the puck to the net. As a reminder--late season game vs. Calgary--Matthew was in all of Calgary's goals in a 5-1 Flames win and then brother Brady was the first star against us a couple weeks later.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

**** me if NYR chose McMichael over C. Caufield or Brink. I'm not the biggest Newhook fan, but I'd take him over McMichael!!

Also, if York falls that low, I'd hope NYR would trade up!!

And they will pick Dorofeyev before they go anywhere near Leason

 

[kelsier]

Listen, no one loves me some Kakko more than I, but the Devils aren't going to regret selecting Hughes. He is also a tremendous talent.

And that sequence from 1:10-1:25 in the video is insane.

Of course they're not going to regret it tomorrow or day after, but eventually some will regret passing Kakko. I just don't believe Hughes is on par with Kakko as a prospect/player nor that he ever willl, and that's not even really all that close. It'll take him year(s) to do what Kakko is already doing - toying with the grown ups. If Hughes had Kakko's size (but not his strength & shot), maybe then, but just maybe. This doesn't mean Hughes isn't a great prospect and at the end of the day that's just my opinion to the matter anyway, and I suppose only time will tell. How people prefer to view them is up to each.

 

[EdJovanovski]

olives

Who do you think more likely projects as a center Kakko or Kravtsov?

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Who do you think more likely projects as a center Kakko or Kravtsov?

Neitther

 

[Doctyl]

Boomer Esiason Is Pumped Up About Rangers Landing No. 2 Pick

Damn the other guy hates hockey lol.

Gotta love hearing Boomer so happy

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Damn the other guy hates hockey lol.

Gotta love hearing Boomer so happy

What happened to the other guy that he was doing he show with? Carton(?)

 

[Mac n Gs]

Honestly I wouldn’t mind either. Not going to be upset if Kakko goes #1 because just a few days ago no one could’ve realistically predicted us getting to #2. Either way we’ve got a fantastic player

Lol, exactly. Our “consolation” prize is either Jack Hughes, arguably the greatest playmaker the USDP has ever developed, or Kakko, the kid who just set the Liiga U18 goal record. It sucks that one of them will be in Newark, but either one of them does things for this franchise that no prospect has done in 50 years.

 

[Doctyl]

What happened to the other guy that he was doing he show with? Carton(?)

Cartons in jail or something

This guy is Gio? Haven’t really paid too much attention to Boomers show lately, only see it when it’s posted around here.

 

[Fugazy]

What happened to the other guy that he was doing he show with? Carton(?)

Recently sentenced to over 2 years in jail for running a Ponzi scheme to pay off insane gambling debt.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

**** me if NYR chose McMichael over C. Caufield or Brink. I'm not the biggest Newhook fan, but I'd take him over McMichael!!

Also, if York falls that low, I'd hope NYR would trade up!!

Bruh if we chose a generic ass player like McMichael over Caufield or Brink I’d lose my shit