Paulie Walnuts
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the talk is he dropped due to character issues. Guess we will hear more about that.
2020 Draft - Canes Picks
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CanadaCanes
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Many draft boards had Gunler around 20th overall...the skill set is there!
Gunler was on most "best player available" lists, so ... sure. Scott Wheeler with The Athletic had him first on his BPA to start round two, so this will be viewed as a solid pick. I understand he's got big upside but isn't a puck carrier ... and frankly, I don't generally like forwards like that, but hey ... whatever.
StormChaserBH
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Canes 3rd pick: 2nd round, 53 overall:
Dad is a skills coach for Shawinigan.
on NHL Network/Sirius, they said high skill set and they described him as "built like a small beer fridge" lol
| Vasiliy Ponomarev | C | RUS | 5' 10" | 180 | QMJHL | SHAWINIGAN |
Dad is a skills coach for Shawinigan.
on NHL Network/Sirius, they said high skill set and they described him as "built like a small beer fridge" lol
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Another big motor center with a good skill set. Supposedly this kid is all action, all the time and plays in all situations. Again ... fine. I noticed that most of the top of the BPA lists were either offensive minded D or do-it-all D and I've said before that I don;t like those guys in the 2nd round ... preferring to take risks with forwards in the first two rounds.
Fun fact ... The Athletic's Corey Pronman had us picking Ponomaryev at 53 in his ridiculous all 7 rounds mock draft.
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LJG
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What ****ing good is a small beer fridge???
StormChaserBH
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StormChaserBH
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Canes 4th pick, 3rd round 69th overall:
"Canes fans you're gonna love this guy... loves the open-ice hits, doesn't take himself out of position, excellent skater, lateral movement.. .menace on the ice".
| Alexander Nikishin | D | RUS | 6' 3" | 196 | RUSSIA | SPARTAK |
"Canes fans you're gonna love this guy... loves the open-ice hits, doesn't take himself out of position, excellent skater, lateral movement.. .menace on the ice".
StormChaserBH
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Here's where we are so far: https://www.nhl.com/nhl-draft/tracker/hurricanes
| RD | PICK | OVERALL PICK | TEAM | NAME | POS | COUNTRY | H | W | AMATEUR LEAGUE | AMATEUR TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 13 | CAR | Seth Jarvis | C | CAN | 5' 10" | 175 | WHL | PORTLAND |
| 2 | 10 | 41 | CAR | Noel Gunler | R | SWE | 6' 2" | 176 | SWEDEN | LULEA |
| 2 | 22 | 53 | CAR | Vasiliy Ponomarev | C | RUS | 5' 10" | 180 | QMJHL | SHAWINIGAN |
| 3 | 7 | 69 | CAR | Alexander Nikishin | D | RUS | 6' 3" | 196 | RUSSIA | SPARTAK |
| 4 | 22 | 115 | CAR | -- | -- | |||||
| 5 | 16 | 140 | CAR | -- | -- | |||||
| 7 | 13 | 199 | CAR | -- | -- | |||||
| 7 | 22 | 208 | CAR | -- | -- |
When the European guys, it always comes down to “when will we see him in North America”? The Finns and Russians from last year, Sellgren, etc.
StormChaserBH
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Canes 5th pick, 4th round 115 overall:
| Zion Nybeck | L | SWE | 5' 6" | 182 | SWEDEN | HV 71 |
StormChaserBH
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Traded pick #140 to LA Kings for pick 159 and the Kings' 7th-rounder in 2021
The Kings were trading up to take:
| RD | PICK | OVERALL PICK | NAME | POS | COUNTRY | H | W | AMATEUR LEAGUE | AMATEUR TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 13 | Seth Jarvis | C | CAN | 5' 10" | 175 | WHL | PORTLAND |
| 2 | 10 | 41 | Noel Gunler | R | SWE | 6' 2" | 176 | SWEDEN | LULEA |
| 2 | 22 | 53 | Vasiliy Ponomarev | C | RUS | 5' 10" | 180 | QMJHL | SHAWINIGAN |
| 3 | 7 | 69 | Alexander Nikishin | D | RUS | 6' 3" | 196 | RUSSIA | SPARTAK |
| 4 | 22 | 115 | Zion Nybeck | L | SWE | 5' 6" | 182 | SWEDEN | HV 71 |
| 6 | 4 | 159 | -- | -- | |||||
| 7 | 13 | 199 | -- | -- | |||||
| 7 | 22 | 208 | -- | -- |
The Kings were trading up to take:
| 5 | 16 | 140 | Ben Meehan | D | USA | 6' 0" | 178 | H-EAST | UMASS LOWELL |
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For pick #159 and a 7th next year.
StormChaserBH
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thx... ya it took me a minute to find it because the NHL draft tracker didn't have #159 updated yet.. had to jump over to Twitter.
Elsker
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Maybe we plan on drafting the Hanson brothers.