2023 Draft and UFA Thread

[worm]

well the Leaf echo chamber told me there would not be any conscription so I am safe...

Whooooosh

 

[GGpX]

I will wait until a more reliable source than what [insert whoever that dude is] is reporting.

Meanwhile, the Caps just signed Ivan Miroshnichenko to an ELC after his contract for Omsk was terminated.

 

[lecoqsportif]

Yah, no one really knows what’s going on over there.

 

[Habsy]

Yah, no one really knows what’s going on over there.

It could be just setting up shakedowns like old times.

 

[GGpX]

I could definitely believe that Russia would love to keep their next budding superstar at home and they might do some shady shit to keep him there. They were able to pay for Kovalchuk & Radulov to stay in Russia... up to a certain point, anyway. And even then, the money is North America was better than what was available in Russia.

But to outright stop any Russian player from leaving the country to play elsewhere? What fucking evidence is there of that happening, beyond one player who didn't do his military service?

I remain extremely skeptical.

 

[lecoqsportif]

Yah, it’s hard to know. Circumstances seem so arbitrary there, one incident can’t be generalized. It’s just messed up.

 

[lecoqsportif]

It could be just setting up shakedowns like old times.

My hunch/guess re: Michkov’s dad is an attempted shake down that went badly. But it’s a guess.

 

[hairnova]

Scott Wheeler's 2023 NHL Draft ranking, post-U18 worlds edition

Headed by phenom Connor Bedard, Scott Wheeler breaks down the top 32 prospects of the second-best draft class he's ever scouted.

theathletic.com

Top-32:
1. Connor Bedard - C
2. Adam Fantilli - C
3. Matvei Michkov - RW/LW
4. Leo Carlsson - C/LW
5. Will Smith - C
6. Zach Benson - LW
7. Oliver Moore - C
8. Gabe Perreault - LW
9. Dalibor Dvorsky - C/LW
10. Matthew Wood - RW
11. Ryan Leonard - RW
12. Eduard Sale - RW/LW
13. Andrew Cristall - LW
14. Brayden Yager - C
15. David Reinbacher - D
16. Axel Sandin Pellikka - D
17. Colby Barlow - LW/RW
18. Quentin Musty - LW
19. Calum Ritchie - C
20. Nate Danielson - C
21. Riley Heidt - C
22. Mikhail Gulyayev - D
23. Bradly Nadeau - LW
24. Gavin Brindley - C/RW
25. Samuel Honzek - LW
26. Daniil But - LW/RW
27. Jayden Perron - RW
28. Ethan Gauthier - RW
29. Otto Stenberg - C/LW
30. Koehn Ziemmer - RW
31. Etienne Morin - D
32. Alex Ciernik - LW/RW

 

[GEEMAN]

6 more days to us awarded the second pick

 

[lecoqsportif]

So Otto Stenberg, eh?

 

[Habsy]

6 more days to us awarded the second pick

We're getting lucky. I feel it in my...


Nevermind was gas

 

[worm]

I could definitely believe that Russia would love to keep their next budding superstar at home and they might do some shady shit to keep him there. They were able to pay for Kovalchuk & Radulov to stay in Russia... up to a certain point, anyway. And even then, the money is North America was better than what was available in Russia.

But to outright stop any Russian player from leaving the country to play elsewhere? What fucking evidence is there of that happening, beyond one player who didn't do his military service?

I remain extremely skeptical.

Things might have changed with Ukraine but I'm guessing the next 3 years make it more likely michkov comes over... Not less.

 

[worm]

My hunch/guess re: Michkov’s dad is an attempted shake down that went badly. But it’s a guess.

Not even 100 percent convinced he is dead.

 

[worm]

Scott Wheeler's 2023 NHL Draft ranking, post-U18 worlds edition

Headed by phenom Connor Bedard, Scott Wheeler breaks down the top 32 prospects of the second-best draft class he's ever scouted.

theathletic.com

Top-32:
1. Connor Bedard - C
2. Adam Fantilli - C
3. Matvei Michkov - RW/LW
4. Leo Carlsson - C/LW
5. Will Smith - C
6. Zach Benson - LW
7. Oliver Moore - C
8. Gabe Perreault - LW
9. Dalibor Dvorsky - C/LW
10. Matthew Wood - RW
11. Ryan Leonard - RW
12. Eduard Sale - RW/LW
13. Andrew Cristall - LW
14. Brayden Yager - C
15. David Reinbacher - D
16. Axel Sandin Pellikka - D
17. Colby Barlow - LW/RW
18. Quentin Musty - LW
19. Calum Ritchie - C
20. Nate Danielson - C
21. Riley Heidt - C
22. Mikhail Gulyayev - D
23. Bradly Nadeau - LW
24. Gavin Brindley - C/RW
25. Samuel Honzek - LW
26. Daniil But - LW/RW
27. Jayden Perron - RW
28. Ethan Gauthier - RW
29. Otto Stenberg - C/LW
30. Koehn Ziemmer - RW
31. Etienne Morin - D
32. Alex Ciernik - LW/RW

I'm liking some of those options at 17. Leafs better figure it out.

 

[GGpX]

So Otto Stenberg, eh?

He was captain of Sweden's U18 team and from all indications, he played very well.

Etienne Morin & he are two players I'd be crossing my fingers that they're available for our second round pick.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Not even 100 percent convinced he is dead.

Katy Perry aka Jonbenet Ramsey and Kurt Cobain agree.

 

[Habsy]

I'm liking some of those options at 17. Leafs better figure it out.

Panthers are no joke.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

I'm liking some of those options at 17. Leafs better figure it out.

fuck them and Oilers, taking 29th is worth not listening to Leaf shit more than 2 weeks from now.

 

[Habsy]

fuck them and Oilers, taking 29th is worth not listening to Leaf shit more than 2 weeks from now.

I can't do it two series in a row besides the Cats are my pet team.

 

[lecoqsportif]

Not even 100 percent convinced he is dead.

Macabre… but who knows.