Uncle dans leg wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2019 8:02 pm
Strangelove wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:58 pm
We got lucky, to be honest most folks here follow the draftees a lot more than yours truly.
All anyone has to go on is whats reported in prospect articles and maybe watching a CHL playoff game or 2. Other than that were all basically just checking height, weight and which hand these kids shoot with. How the fuck can anyone here know anything really...
If there’s one thing I follow it’s the draft, it’s my favourite day of the year and I’m somewhat addicted to it - not saying I get it all correct as nobody does, but I don’t think too many were calling for Mittelstadt. There’s a ton of video and draft info out there and it’s not hard to find it.
2015 - at the Canucks pick I wanted Konecny. He would also have been a good pick but Boeser is better.
2016 - I wanted Dubois, who went #3. I then wanted either Tkachuk or Nylander. I still think Olli will be solid assuming he’s healthy, but those other two have been big contributors to their teams and Olli is still an unknown. Hopefully that changes next year.
2017 - I wanted Glass in the first, who still looks like a very good pick but Petey is a great one. I wanted Jaret Anderson Dolan in the 2nd and would still take him over Lind.
2018 - Nobody thought Hughes would be available but when he was he was definitely the pick. I though it would be either Dobson or Bouchard given the need for D, but was ecstatic when Hughes was there. I wanted Berggren or Tychonick in the 2nd but Woo has looked very good and it’s still too early to say who the best pick was.
I trust in Jimbo and Brackett - they’ve proven to be solid drafters. Nobody gets every pick right but they have more right than not, especially when you include later round guys like Madden, Rathbone, Gaudette, Jasek - they’ve all already done more than I thought they would do, and if they make the show it’s gravy.
For the record, this year I want the following:
10th - Krebs, Boldy, Dach, Soderstrom - I think at least 2 of these will be there. First off I want Krebs, but if not him I’m torn between Boldy and Soderstrom. I admit to being biased towards the good Canadian kids and wanting more of them, which is what puts a Krebs slightly ahead for me.
40th - Bjornfot, Rees, Pelletier, Poulin, Hoglander, Korczak, Tracey, Foote, Beecher - lots of good choices here
As I’ve said many times with this draft, from 3-10 it’s so damn close I’m not sure how it will go and I’m fine with whomever we take. I’ve never seen a draft this close up top, save Hughes and Kakko, who are ahead. There’s almost no difference between the Hawks at 3 and us at 10.
In the second round there’s lots of solid players with potential but all will need a couple of years before they are ready.
