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2017 NHL Entry Draft thread

I like that we've picked a goalie two years in a row now. That's an area that's been neglected for far too long, with the organization way too reliant on signing undrafted free agent goalies (who rarely, if ever pan out as good NHL starting goalies).

Now we've got two goalies in the pipeline, taking two different development paths.

zeke said:
draft year production

Rasanen (17): 8gls/49pts pace
Nielsen (18): 10gls/33pts
Mattinen (17): 8gls/21pts
Middletoj (17): 1gls/9pts

and desrochers was a full 19yrs old in his draft season and not due to a late birthday, and put up a 55pt pace.
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Nice, that's encouraging.

Especially since he's a RHD, and was stuck on an awful team.
 
Yeah I looked too and couldn't find much at all. Totally under the radar. Who's the guy we have in Russia that recommended Sosh and Zaitsev? Guessing this is his suggestion.
 
[video=youtube;7kLE03L83xw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kLE03L83xw[/video]

Wires it past the goalie at ~45 sec mark
 
Some raw defenders taken. Leafs must be real confident in their developmental system to turn these kids into NHLers.
 
Been reading a bit more on Rasanen. That really negative scouting report seems like kind of an outlier. Everyone does agree he's boom or bust which I really don't mind at all but most of the reports are a bit more optimistic.
 
It kind of feels like the size bias pendulum has swung hard back in the other direction. Perhaps big guys with some skill are becoming undervalued a bit.
 
I'm good with the Rasanen pick. Decent production for a kid coming over from Finland.

Ian Scott played on the worst team in the WHL. Not great numbers but the scouting reports seem optimistic on him. He's going to get plenty of development time.

The rest i never heard of... but we got TIMMAY
[video=youtube;paafmG9cZTY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paafmG9cZTY[/video]
 
Deckie007 said:
It kind of feels like the size bias pendulum has swung hard back in the other direction. Perhaps big guys with some skill are becoming undervalued a bit.
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NHL is ultra copycat. All the scouts now talk up "hockey sense" (or IQ, smarts, etc). Definitely a new phenomenon. Sandpaper was all the rage just a few years ago.
 
CH1 said:
NHL is ultra copycat. All the scouts now talk up "hockey sense" (or IQ, smarts, etc). Definitely a new phenomenon. Sandpaper was all the rage just a few years ago.
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yeah, all sports leagues are really. The great franchises like the Patriots, Blackhawks, Warriors and Spurs are usually ahead of the curve.
 
Deckie007 said:
yeah, all sports leagues are really. The great franchises like the Patriots, Blackhawks, Warriors and Spurs are usually ahead of the curve.
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I think NFL inherently allows for greater variety of coaching strategies. The game stops every 5 seconds so easier to use players as chess pieces. And far more ready to use pieces are available every draft year.

Also less conservative than hockey -- teams routinely gamble on mad geniuses like Chip Kelly.
 
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