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The hope is we suck so bad we take last place and slackin for Macklin We have 2 more years of sucking ahead of us and that's ok with me as long as we draft smart. Couture and Vlasic have 3 and 4 years left on their contracts and that sucks. However....We have 1 more retention spot. In 2 years the Burns retention is up and we have a 2nd. Some teams MIGHT want another 2nd line C caliber at a discount and want Couture. Vlasic is a buyout Candidate. but Gregor isn't a Dman mate lol. He is a 4th line Center Our top prospects are... 1. Will Smith Slam dunk talent 2. William Eklund I was shocked and happy as hell when he fell to 7th. He was in many ways the best offensive player of his draft. 3. Quentin Musty His hockey sense need honing, but he has some nasty shot and the physical tools to be a good power forward. Was a first overall OHL pick in 2021 and started to find his game after a coaching change. Had he found it earlier he likely goes higher than he did when the Sharks nabbed him 4. Shakir Mukhamadullin Has strong potential. Can his bad habits be coached out? Maybe. He did well in his limited games in the Sharks AHL with 10 points in 12 games and our AHL team SUCKS. Im looking forward to seeing more. I actually hope he gets 9 games with the sharks this year. our blueline is so bad LOLOL. 5. Filip Bystedt His ceiling is 2nd line C, but I see him more in a checking line role. 6. Henry Thrun Has 3/4 Dman in his future.

I personally thought Hall and McDavid were bad linemates as both styles didn't mesh well. but Hall Draisaitl was solid. Hall McDavid was like.....Gretzky and Hull. Good on paper, but something was way off and it didn't work lol

The kings appear to be filling their holes with trades and UFA's. Dubois, Fiala, Danault, Gavrikov, while still leaning on Kopitar and Doughty Who did they draft well that is bearing fruit other than Kempe and Vilardi? They drafted Cernak but traded him for Ben Bishop. Matt Roy is "ok"....and that's it since 2014 for 9 years of drafting lol Kaliev is showing a bit of potential. Byfield has potential but it should be showing by now. Turcotte REALLY should be showing by now. Clarke is going to need a few more years. The ducks have some significantly better looking draft picks showing bearing fruit lol

You only gave up 1 first round pick and gave us a ton of cap dumps mate. you gave montreal a 2nd to take Petry

I agree, but They show their age funny. Crosby is scoring and has all the same metrics as ever. Malkin just had his best offensive season in 5 years. Karlsson just had a career year for points Letang is the one I worry for healthwise. But Karlsson was basically insurance for this possibility

We tend to be lol. I mean I whiff on a lot of my projections, but look like a genius on others. In Fantasy im known for sucking at drafting in the first few rounds and my picks looking stupid and then having better 4th-9th round picks and a good eye for youth on the waiver wire haha

Ill never forget the amount of WTF at boston Pizza during this draft. My work buds and I were sinking drinks, and i was wanting Werensky bad. but then Columbus took him and we got Timo, which i was ok with But when the bruins 3 picks came up, the one guy sitting at the bar in the Lucic jersey....everyone in the bar kept looking at him to see his reaction and we were all going "WTF? hahaha" To be fair, Zboril was ranked higher than Chabot by most folks. but Debrusk was slated as a later 1st by most rankings and Senyschin was ranked mid 2nd round and nobody knew WTF Sweeney was thinking. If they liked Senyschin that much they probably could have got him by trading up the brandon Carlo pick. Barzal and Connor were both guys who often made it into top 10 rankings and usually were at latest, 15th. It was the deepest draft of ALL TIME for high end talent, so rankings were muddier than usual for the top 20. And yes, that draft is going to go down as the deepest of all time. I know 2003 is the gold standard because so many guys played 500+ games from 2003, but if you look at how many guys have already played 250+ games from the 2015 gang, its pretty solid. Some emerging superstars haven't even played 250 games or just passed that number this past season due to starting the NHL later. Roope hintz, Kaprisov, Troy Terry, Thomas Novak....damn that was a great draft year. Connor McDavid needs 30 or so more points and he would be the 5th highest scoring player from the 2003 draft.

Will they repeat? no of course not. But Zacha was ahead of Krejci on the charts and lines to end last season. He plays a 200 foot game and could be a good #2 Center who grows into a #1 Center....and his skills are FINALLY blossoming and him and Lawson Crouse were expected to be the slower developer power forwards of the 2015 Draft class, alongside Timo Meier. Debrusk started breaking out last year too JVR/Zacha/Pasta Marchand/Coyle/Debrusk To me that isn't a bad top 6 at all. Losing Krejci almost doesn't matter because I felt Coyle was better anyways by this stage. Losing Bergeron was an enormous loss. No question. Fabian Lysell.....man that kid can skate. He reminds me of Pavel Bure with that acceleration. The 3rd and 4th line of the Bruins is where it gets sketchy. Lucic....lol Did they get him hoping Bergeron would decide "Maybe 1 more year?"

Wyatt Johnston has the it factor. He scored 24 goals and 41 points at age 19 and has high IQ and his takeaways remind me of Mark Stone. Potential Selke caliber future. Just a gem. They definitely mean to keep him at C. hell, he ended the year as 2nd line C on a cup contender. His FOW will need work, but there is always that adjustment period from juniors and he did damn good for a rookie 19 year old. He's living with the Pavelski's. I don't think he will explode this year, but he has the potential to knock Hintz down to 2nd line in 2025 and line up with Robertson when Pavelski's contract is up. For now when Hintz has his usual fragile injuries, they will probably keep putting Pavs back at C and rotating up one of Seguin or Benn. The thing I noticed most last year is, he was lining up mostly with Benn and Dellandrea to start the year, but when musical chairs started on line 2 and 3, he moved up to line 2 and stayed there..... stayed on 2nd line and Benn would get bumped for Seguin or Dadonov Dellandrea was drafted 3 years earlier(13th overall 2018) and higher in the 1st round, but his icetime reduced as the season progressed, while Johnston's increased(23rd overall 2021). Robertson/Pavelski/Hintz Benn/Johnston/Dadonov Marchment/Seguin/Duchene Steel/Faska/Smith I don't see a universe where Stankoven cracks that Roster this year unless a couple of injuries happen early and they give him a 9 game tryout. Harley will get a crack beside Suter on PP2, but not PP1 with Heiskanen there. Not with Deboer coaching.

Its actually very rare for forwards to still be superstar players after age 35. Usually, someone cerebral with sense and vision can extend it a bit longer, but if they relied on skating, reflexes, physicality and shot, you see a drop earlier. That team is ooooold and some of the guys have a lot of miles on their bodies.

He was big and strong enough to steamroll anyone in bantam. That's the problem. He got used to it. Once he was playing with the big boys, he was unprepared

cunnilin.....family site mate

And boom he signs with the Sharks. 1.1 million for 1 year. Cheap, no risk. I like it, even if I don't particularly like him. Our top 6 is Hertl + Couture + whoever at this point. Barabanov, Duclair and Labanc round out the rest of our top 5 Eklund is gunning for a spot but may need another year. Will Smith? Doubt he makes the team yet, but its possible. Jacob petersen looked decent in his 11 games

The words "attitude" and "full of himself" came up a lot when it came to his draft year. He was expected to go earlier than he did in the draft. He wasn't happy when he went to grand rapids and didn't make the team lol That was his draft year though. By the sounds of it, he would have refused to play AHL this season

His ideal signing spot would be a team lacking stars and bursting with top 6 opportunity. I'm actually surprised the sharks didn't claim him given our capspace, his young age and small caphit. Granted he had opportunity on the wings and maybe GMs see its not worth trying. But sharks go nowhere for a few years anyways

No, parent was on the lower lines then. I didn't work in the arena at the time so I didn't watch as many games. watched 6 to 8 a year back then. But the games I did go to I just never got wowed by zadina and i said as much at the time. Solid but unspectacular. I was usually wowed by others. He usually played with fortier and somppi from what I recall, but they line blended a lot

Yeah he was 15 at the time and I figured he would grow a few inches. He was dynamic at a young age but struggled as time went on.

Old convo lol

I was never a big zadina fan when he was with the mooseheads. I remember being more impressed with Xavier Parent, who tragically never grew bigger than 5 foot 6

Seider's fantasy value takes a hit though.

Jarry is still unsigned lol. I'm solid with McDavid, zibanejad Hellebuyck might get traded, but he's elite no matter where. Now it's old man Crosby, swayman , jarry for my final choices

Man. Trading kochetkov in hindsight worked put for me well in the keeper league lol Blackwood resigns with the sharks eh? The tank commander has arrived. Slackin for Macklin

Doesn't really matter as he is not making it past #4 when the sharks draft him lol

I like how this screws over Arizona LOL Arizona LOVES being the guys who will retain salary to get better deals or be middlemen. Problem is, you are only allowed retaining the salaries of 3 players. This buyout due to their retention will lock up 1 of their 3 retained salary slots for 8 years