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2017 NHL Entry Draft thread

Nice pick by Hawks.

Tolvanen and Kostin slipping... i want one. Kostin would be another homerun imo.
 
MindzEye said:
I think I need to go lay down, I'm simple not used to this kind of puck luck in the draft.

Nylander might turn out to be the best player from that draft (it's up in the air as long as Ekblad has conky issues). We get Marner in a year where the #4 pick was better than a lot of recent #1 picks as a prospect....and Zona is nice enough to pass on him for Strome. Then ping pong ball magic, in the 2nd best year in recent memory to have ping pong ball magic happens and we get our half mexican overlord.

That's not enough though...we get a kid dropping to 17th who was considered the best defensive draft prospect on the planet the day after the 2016 draft....who if he doesn't get mono, is in the conversation with Heiskanen, and Makar at the 3/4.

Scouts pretty clearly saw two tiers of defensive prospects in this draft, and Liljegren only slipped out of that top tier because he got sick. ****ing crazy.
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So much this. I'm not sure how people don't grasp the effect mono has on a regualr person let alone an elite athlete. It literally kicks the shit out of you

The fact that people over looked that skill and weren't happy with his progression to the point he dropped to us is clown shoes.

He's going to make 16 gms look pretty stupid in a few years
 
mbow30 said:
that was a good move by phi.

schenn is a good player and those picks may amount to nothing but schenn isn't a difference maker and if they draft will (which philadlephia historically has done) those picks should help them more in the long run.
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Yep. Schenn's basically a solid 2nd line winger.

Useful player, but you take two first round picks for a 2nd line winger all day, every day.
 
Artnes said:
So much this. I'm not sure how people don't grasp the effect mono has on a regualr person let alone an elite athlete. It literally kicks the shit out of you

The fact that people over looked that skill and weren't happy with his progression to the point he dropped to us is clown shoes.

He's going to make 16 gms look pretty stupid in a few years
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especially in a draft lacking home run picks.
 
LeafGm said:
Our next pick is #59, so they'd have to fall quite a bit farther for us to get them, barring a trade.
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Bozak for a 2nd+

I wonder what management is thinking with JVR and Bozak. Kind of surprised they weren't moved yet.
 
curious to see how makar pans out. he was 19 for most of last season, playing jr. a.

small guy and tough to really judge how his game will translate.

are there even any comparables production wise?
 
I can't support that Hawk display, and **** them if it causes every host team to do this.

Very cool with Jokiharju, i trust the Hawks with offensive D.

Tolvanen or Kostin would have been nice though
 
mbow30 said:
nash hits it out of the park here. they can get this guy into the ahl next year.
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apparently he wants to go Boston College but his grades are not up to snuff...so he might pull an Auston and play in Europe
 
Why is Pittsburgh trading down from pick #31 to #51, and giving up a prospect in order to acquire an enforcer?

I'm confused.
 
LeafGm said:
Why is Pittsburgh trading down from pick #31 to #51, and giving up a prospect in order to acquire an enforcer?

I'm confused.
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Because Crosby got punched around in the playoffs and Rutherford said he'd have to toughen up the team to address this issue.
(Amazing on Liljegren, was hoping he'd fall to us!)
 
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