I guess it is a very, very, very deep draft
2020 Draft - Canes Picks
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Habsy
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No way do they drop to the seventh round.
StormChaserBH
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Canes 6th pick, 6th round #159 overall
| Lucas Mercuri | C | CAN | 6' 3" | 191 | USHL | DES MOINES |
| 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 | Lucas Mercuri | C | CAN | 6' 3" | 191 | USHL | DES MOINES |
| 7 | 13 | 199 | -- | -- | |||||
| 7 | 22 | 208 | -- | -- |
CanadaCanes
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Triple 7’s sounds like something Vegas should have.
FWIW, Erik Haula, Ryan Dzingel and Frederik Andersen were all seventh round picks! Andersen was a Canes seventh rounder!
cmaleski2
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Lucas Mercuri supposedly committed to UMASS for 2020:
www.hockeyjournal.com
The NHL Network folks claimed he is going to Vermont. He is not on either roster. I'll assume he ends up playing a full season at Des Moines of the USHL this coming season until we hear otherwise.
---edit Elite Prospects has Mercuri playing this coming season for Des Moines and then heading to UMASS in 2021-22---
Recruiting: Salisbury power forward Lucas Mercuri commits to UMass
The University of Massachusetts hockey program landed a commitment from Salisbury center Lucas Mercuri, it was announced Monday night
www.hockeyjournal.com
The NHL Network folks claimed he is going to Vermont. He is not on either roster. I'll assume he ends up playing a full season at Des Moines of the USHL this coming season until we hear otherwise.
---edit Elite Prospects has Mercuri playing this coming season for Des Moines and then heading to UMASS in 2021-22---
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StormChaserBH
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Canes 7th pick, 7th round, #199 overall:
"NHL Central Scouting: "Explosive speedster with offensive instincts. Smallish finesse player who creates scoring chances with speed, surprising moves and great stickhandling."
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5'8" 154 !!! He'd be small on a lot of Bantam teams.
| Alexander Pashin | R | RUS | 5' 8" | 154 | RUSSIA-JR. | UFA 2 |
"NHL Central Scouting: "Explosive speedster with offensive instincts. Smallish finesse player who creates scoring chances with speed, surprising moves and great stickhandling."
"
5'8" 154 !!! He'd be small on a lot of Bantam teams.
StormChaserBH
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Canes 8th and final pick is in... here's the final tally:
| 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 | Lucas Mercuri | C | CAN | 6' 3" | 191 | USHL | DES MOINES |
| 7 | 13 | 199 | Alexander Pashin | R | RUS | 5' 8" | 154 | RUSSIA-JR. | UFA 2 |
| 7 | 22 | 208 | Ronan Seeley | D | CAN | 6' 0" | 176 | WHL | EVERETT |
Habsy
Yes, I'm kidding people.
NHL Draft recap: The winners, losers and best value picks
Nearly eight hours after it started, the second day of the 2020 NHL Draft wrapped up around 7:20 p.m. ET Wednesday evening, capping the league’s first-ever virtual draft. Following a relatively quiet first round Tuesday night, trades picked up in Round 2 on Wednesday, with six deals involving...
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Corey Pronman gives the Canes a B+
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NHL Draft grades 2020: Corey Pronman evaluates all 31 teams
Corey Pronman gives you insight into every team's draft class plus a report on every player drafted.
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CanadaCanes
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Ponomarev being called the little beer fridge already must have the Canes marketing team dreaming up a T-shirt idea! I don’t know what I would do without my little beer fridge in the garage...it’s a personal treasure.
Scott Wheeler on The Athletic with a deep dive on 4th rounder Zion Nybeck.
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Wheeler: The curious case of diminutive 2020 NHL Draft prospect Zion Nybeck
Though Zion Nybeck has some unique obstacles to overcome, he also has the tools to mitigate some of those deficiencies.
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Pronman with the B+, Scott Wheeler with the "Winner" designation ... top of the list, too. Any way you slice it, the Canes seem to have had another strong draft effort. You can pick nits with the organizational preferences and tendencies, but at least the Canes have those things now. There's a plan and they make picks according to the plan. What a concept.Corey Pronman gives the Canes a B+
NHL Draft grades 2020: Corey Pronman evaluates all 31 teams
Corey Pronman gives you insight into every team's draft class plus a report on every player drafted.
True, but one thing to keep in mind that matters to the Hurricanes now that they're in serious budget mode ... you don't have to spend money on development for guys who stick in Europe. You lose control over the process, but if you're willing to leave them alone until they're done in the oven you can shave some costs that way. Especially if you partner with affiliates willing to spend money on roster players.
True. But a deep pipeline doesn’t help if the players are still on European contracts or in college. In the days of budget mode, having a ready supply of prospects to fill the NHL roster at NHL minimums helps keep costs down. And for all the great drafting over the last few years, we’re still several years away from it bearing fruit here or in Chicago. We’ll see Suzuki, Rees and Murray next year, but there are 2 freshmen and 2 sophomores with the other 5 in Europe.
Part of being such a recently competitive young team is gaps in your prospect pool not already in the NHL. Keep drafting well and that should even out over time.
That's the thing. We're only in the third off season of current development system and the shift in models takes time.
An article on The Athletic on Seth Jarvis’ draft day experience. By now, we’ve probably seen the image of the locker with his name on it. But the Canes also created personal videos for each player they drafted, narrated in English and Russian by Svech, and sent them out as a keepsake.
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So you’ve been drafted. What happens next? Inside Seth Jarvis’ virtual draft day
There was no stage to walk or GM handshakes, but the NHL Draft was still a special moment for Hurricanes prospect Seth Jarvis.
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