Jost not worth even 4 round pick.

False. He's at least a serviceable 3rd liner, and at 22 years old he's still young enough to reach his potential. He was great in last years playoffs as well as having 7 points in his last 9 games before the lockdowns.

You colorado fan but from outside i pass. He bust in eye of many i know. Maybe at trade deadline someone pay a 3rd and 2nd but in offseason no one crazy enough to trade that for 3rd line. I give at most late 4 round pick.

He's 22 years old with 66 points in over 200 games. Most NHLers haven't even played 50 games by the time they're his age. Give him time.

Note that I said that he is "AT LEAST a 3rd liner", not that he's a career 3rd liner.

I give time one month. Not top line player then i win disagreement.

I think you have some good ideas here, and then some great ones.

Very good thinking.

A couple of nits: (1) put me on record as saying Torgersson goes in the second round. (2) We'll trade you that second in 2020 but the third in 2021. We're not going to trade away two top picks in this draft.

I could be wrong about both. It'll be fun to see!

Hope you enjoyed the back-and-forth with the crazy Estonian. I really like reading all of his stuff. I have to ask him if his birthdate was really 1933 like it says on his Profile.

Bruh that's some royal bs right here

Thanks, I appreciate your feedback.

I agree that LAK would probably prefer to make the 3rd a 2021 pick instead, and actually that might be better for Colorado as well as this is a lot of high-end prospects to add in the same year; it might be better to spread them out a bit year-to-year more.

That said, I thought it would be fun to see how things could play out with some reasonably realistic trades if Sakic decides he wants to boost the prospect pool this season big time. There's a lot of talent from the last 1st to early 3rd and I would love it if we can get in on that action.

My thinking with trading down to #33 is that the talent difference between like 25 to 45 isn't that great, and picking up an extra 2nd would be really valuable.

Some thoughts on each pick:

#33 (OTT 2nd): Lukas Reichel (LW) ---- 1st line potential, so he might go higher, but there should at least be one good forward here if not him (eg. Mysak/Peterka/Brisson/Lapierre).

#45 (FLA 2nd): Topi Niemela (RD) ----- He might go slightly higher, but I think there will be at least one good RHD in this spot (eg. Barron/Niemela/Schneider/Villeneuve). If not then I would simply take a LHD like Jurmo/Wallinder/O'Rourke here, and then use pick #59 on a RHD Eamon Powell).

#46 (CBJ 2nd): Marat Khusnutdinov (C) --- He's hard to pin down due to being undersized along with the Russian factor, so I could see him dropping. But I also wouldn't be surprised if he was long gone by here. If he is then I'd look at Lapierre/Niederbach/Hirvonen in this spot.

#59 (VGK 2nd): Joni Jurmo (LD) ---- High upside LHD, but could be gone as high as late 1st. There should be a good Dman sitting here either way.

#66 (LAK 3rd): Joel Blomqvist (G) ----- Best goalie in the draft after Askarov, and an early 3rd is usually when teams start to take goalies. If not him then I'd take Commesso.

#76 (FLA 3rd): Daniel Torgersson (RW) ---- Will probably go in the 2nd round, but a lot of rankings and mocks have him around this area and he'd be a great pickup here.

#121 (COL 4th): Issak Phillips (LD) ---- Very raw LHD, but he has the size and raw skills and if he can put it together he could be an absolute beast and a steal.

#151 (COL 5th): Dmitri Ovchinnikov (RW) ---- With the last 3 picks I swing for the fences with some real boom-or-bust forwards, two of them from Russia.
#169 (FLA 6th): Alex Laferriere (RW)
#213 (COL 7th): Dmitry Rashevsky (LW)

I think the capitals are trying to look at Ovchinnikov, Dmitri

I like the thought you've put into the draft. I might order your players selected differently, but that's a pretty good accumulation of talent. Very nice!

But I still think Laferriere goes first overall.

Wrong. See it’s when GM’s make uninformed decisions like this they either trade away a good player for nothing, or if they are smart acquiring players from dumb GM’s.
Based on what sort of analysis in your books is Jost not worth even that?

What is bs?

Read the arguments, and just no.

I will say I will debate the cost of a 2nd and 3rd, but Jost has a game. It's 200 feet. He has hands. Can play on the dirty spots. Does nothing outstanding, but does everything well.

I would willingly move a 2nd for him at this point. But to suggest he is a bust is 100% uninformed.

Thanks!

I agree the order might be slightly different but I think this order is roughly where players could be available, and I picked them in order of importance for me. For example, Torgersson probably should swap places with Blomqvist, but there is less choice with top goalies so I prefer getting that one out of the way first to be safe.

As for your last point, Alexis Lafrenière and Alex Laferriere are two different players (notice the spelling)! See the latter's player card here: https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/450718/alex-laferriere

I can't believe you fell for that.

Bs = bullsh*t.

And giving "one month of time" is complete garbage.

Jost is easily worth 2nd. Maybe the 2nd and 3rd from a right team.

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Wrong language there, mate.

Not wrong, you to lazy to try tranlate young boy. Speak like child, boss.

This site is Canadian. Therefore people speaks English in here. If I spoke my native language, no one would understand it.

For me Hall is maybe the player with the most to gain or lose with these playoffs. He disappears in the play-in games I would be very disinterested because he just hasn’t dominated like I thought he would with the Yotes.

Yeah I agree. I'm not that keen on him too be honest. But listening to Mackinnon's TSN interview today where he talks about how close they were to signing Panarin got me thinking that Sakic might go after Hall. Sakic is a pretty shrewd GM so if we did acquire Hall I would trust Sakic to ensure that it's not a deal that becomes a handicap.

@Xqb15 @moli92 @JeffW @coga16

What are your thoughts on these draft moves?

And what does your ideal draft look like?

Not nothing about this drafts class beyond the top guys so mu analysis is based on if they have a cool name or not