travel_dude Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 Russian goalie: https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/691476/yegor-yegorov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjgallow Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 4 minutes ago, travel_dude said: I would say that we have gotten players well below their ranking (for the most part). Better than unranked or well down the list. Not that draft ranks ever are right after the fact. I thought we were on the mark in round 2, and round 1 we took a gamble on a potential high ceiling, which I am okay with Depending on things we don't know but we hope the Flames do. Rounds 1 and 2 are the most important and on the surface I'm okay with what we did there although man oh man we have some positional needs now lol. After round 2, I would be inclined to agree with you. Much less clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 Oilers selected the Mason MacDonald of the OHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross16 Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 If you like consensus drafting and Bob McKenzie they you should be pretty impressed so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjgallow Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 12 minutes ago, travel_dude said: Russian goalie: https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/691476/yegor-yegorov Not really understanding this pick. I am fine with the Russian angle, I get that he's big, I get that he's young. Not seeing the skill but I may be missing something. Not claiming to be an MHL expert. Whatevs, it's the 6th round. I'm happy with our 1 and 2 picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketdoctor Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 Axel Hurtig 6' 4 D Shoots.....L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 5 minutes ago, rocketdoctor said: Axel Hurtig 6' 4 D Shoots.....L Okay, you can rant now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP5029 Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 22 minutes ago, jjgallow said: Not really understanding this pick. I am fine with the Russian angle, I get that he's big, I get that he's young. Not seeing the skill but I may be missing something. Not claiming to be an MHL expert. Whatevs, it's the 6th round. I'm happy with our 1 and 2 picks. 3 pick was really good too…4th could also end up being a solid bottom 6 in time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 What happens with the players not drafted? DO they get to get invited as a UFA to camps? Aiden Fink is in AJHL for Brooks. A small guy but good scorer. Soon to be 19 (November). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 Just now, travel_dude said: What happens with the players not drafted? DO they get to get invited as a UFA to camps? Aiden Fink is in AJHL for Brooks. A small guy but good scorer. Soon to be 19 (November). Never mind about Fink. NAS picked him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjgallow Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 7 minutes ago, travel_dude said: Okay, you can rant now sweet. lol. I don't see this Axel Hurtig (Dr. Hurt) setting any NHL scoring records and would not have been my choice but meh, it's the 7th round. I'm glad we got a D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjgallow Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 9 minutes ago, travel_dude said: Okay, you can rant now We started off with very high-skill picks, it kind of fell off a bit in later rounds and I think we'll see some impact players were missed doing that. But, Top 1,2, maybe 3 rounds were high skill and these are the players we'll most likely look back on in this draft. If Honzel can get back on his trajectory, then we did well. It may just come down to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 2 minutes ago, jjgallow said: We started off with very high-skill picks, it kind of fell off a bit in later rounds and I think we'll see some impact players were missed doing that. But, Top 1,2, maybe 3 rounds were high skill and these are the players we'll most likely look back on in this draft. If Honzel can get back on his trajectory, then we did well. It may just come down to that. How diffiicult will number assignment be in the future. Every player we took had #23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjgallow Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 While I wallow in not getting exactly everything I wanted, I am reminded of that grass on the other side: https://editorinleaf.com/2023/06/28/toronto-maple-leafs-trelivings-kampf/?utm_source=google-newsstand&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-newsstand Treliving doing more of what Treliving does. Those poor leafs lol. I would love to see the circle completed with a 5-player trade where he takes all our junk for a bucketful of first-rounders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjgallow Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, travel_dude said: How diffiicult will number assignment be in the future. Every player we took had #23. would be a great problem to have. They're also all 6'5 lol (almost) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross16 Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 I like what they did. Think the Flames got a little lost during he COVID years, as did many teams, but I think this draft got them back to where they were and what the valued before that. Hopefully the results are similar too. Think they adding a really nice blend of upside, skill and size to their pool and it's much, much stronger than it was 2 days ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTech780 Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 Looks like he is much more than just an offensive defenseman, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTech780 Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 Suniev looks like he has a good shot. Skating is a little rough, but it's something that can be worked on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTech780 Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 There looks to be enough skill there to go with the size and strength, that this could be a very good value pick in the 4th round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 40 minutes ago, JTech780 said: Looks like he is much more than just an offensive defenseman, Yeah I heard something about his solid hitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robrob74 Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 one thing we've been complaint about is: size. There is a need for size in the system. speed. Speed has killed us skill. High end skill. iq. Need to have high hockey iq. compete. Need players who are competitive. are there any other arguments we've had? how do the picks address these needs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sak22 Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 I like the Yegor Yegorov pick, well the name is cool anyways, it's a good week for Yegor's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrumed Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 Do you people not have jobs?lol I had a fun draft party last night. Especially with a couple of Leafs fans due to we're all terribly familiar with the Knights. That one was insane. Feel bad for BT and we were laughing that he passed the announcemement to their scouting chief, whom we'd all fire. We did okay, but just okay imo. Honzek - yup Morin - nope. I don't subscribe to "O dmen can learn D." How's Poirier's D? I don't like our philosophy regarding D. Suniev - yup, but I'd have taken Perron, small but huge skills. Lipinski - very lukewarm with Allen, Minnetian and Wikman on the board and needing D. Yegorov - take a swing at a goalie, but maybe take Uronen before that. Hurtig - yup. Good pick at 7. Only Aiden Fink went lower. In my redo: Honzek or Musty,lol Sawchyn because D depth still looking decent. McCarthy Minnetian Yegorov because always get a goalie late Hurtig is a good swing in the 7th. Just personally, I would have adjusted from taking a dman in the 2nd, seeing the board. Personal opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robrob74 Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 30 minutes ago, conundrumed said: Do you people not have jobs?lol I had a fun draft party last night. Especially with a couple of Leafs fans due to we're all terribly familiar with the Knights. That one was insane. Feel bad for BT and we were laughing that he passed the announcemement to their scouting chief, whom we'd all fire. We did okay, but just okay imo. Honzek - yup Morin - nope. I don't subscribe to "O dmen can learn D." How's Poirier's D? I don't like our philosophy regarding D. Suniev - yup, but I'd have taken Perron, small but huge skills. Lipinski - very lukewarm with Allen, Minnetian and Wikman on the board and needing D. Yegorov - take a swing at a goalie, but maybe take Uronen before that. Hurtig - yup. Good pick at 7. Only Aiden Fink went lower. In my redo: Honzek or Musty,lol Sawchyn because D depth still looking decent. McCarthy Minnetian Yegorov because always get a goalie late Hurtig is a good swing in the 7th. Just personally, I would have adjusted from taking a dman in the 2nd, seeing the board. Personal opinion. Looking in, in-between meetings at work. Just checking if there are any moves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjgallow Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 57 minutes ago, conundrumed said: Do you people not have jobs?lol Waiting to hear back on the Flames tech job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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