Got 104/121, nice quiz, I always enjoy a good sporcle quiz. Most proud of getting Archibald. Most disappointed I missed Binnington somehow lmao

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Pasta, McAvoy, Carlo, DeBrusk, Frederic, Swayman, Vaak, Zboril, Studnicka, Keyser, and just lost w/ expansion Lauzon...

Oh no I agree. Amirov and a 2nd is very costly. (Gambrell brought little value as well in the example, it was just for a very cheap 3C cap move).

Labanc is more valuable to US to sell for less (which would be a single first). Doesn’t mean he’s worth that on the market just a fun idea.

Build an elite D-core

Took out the guys with limited upside. Several of the remaining have never played an NHL game, they're heavily reliant on a good prospect pool. It just doesn't hold a candle to Ottawa, Montreal, LAK, Toronto, Colorado, etc. some of whom have a better prospect pool and most of whom have a better set of U25 NHLers.

Hedman...Sergachev...and McDonough

118/121 for me, but it's kinda cheating since I created it and I remember a lot of answers lol.

119/121

Forgot Helm and just didn't think of Rowney.

Like who is Rowney? Watch Dallas sign him just because of that.

COL has Nate & Mikko & Makar just for starters! LOL

Lol I kinda wish I'd waited to do it to see how high I could get, I did it on my iPad while I'm in a meeting that I'm definitely paying attention to 🙄

Since we’re talking about prospects (kinda lol); who’s some of your guys MOST UNDERRATED prospects.

Clarify : not someone with NHL experience (a few games is fine)

Here’s one of my own team and another to get started =

Bordeleau (he’s just so dynamic and he could really blow up this year after leading a deep Michigan team (Powers, Beniers, Johnson, York, etc)).

Sillinger (there’s so many mixed opinions but I think this kid is gonna be so good and more importantly hard to play against in the NHL. He’s got a great toolset and if he can improve his skating and have a good lead into the NHL I think he’s gonna be super talented and just be a pain to play against down the middle).

Sillinger is probably my favourite player in the draft of 21’ (with Wallstedt and Eklund 🥰)

Honourable mention:
Boldy (love this kid to death)

Dawson Mercer

Almost a goal per game in the Q and won the best defensive forward award

Lavoie and Samorukov don't get half the love they should outside of Edmonton. If I recall the Athletic did one of their prospect series and mention Lavoie as a shot-generation king and Samorukov is essentially Romanov but a bit older. They're better prospects than Broberg, who a lot of people automatically reach to being one of Edmonton's best prospects.

Outside of Edmonton I'm a big Dostal guy. Akil Thomas is another one of those names I like looking to. I hate to admit it but some of the Californian teams are doing very good things with their prospect pools.

Under 25 talent I'd take this pool over Toronto... It's close to Montreal, I mean LA, OTT and COL are the top 3 IMO.

Well, Nate is 26 right?

Bolduc, Soderstrom, Anuenen and Jarvis are all pretty underrated imo

He's turning 26 at season start

I'm gonna speak for my own team, but Mattias Norlinder is a special breed. I'm fairly confident he will be that 2nd pairing puck-mover we desperately need.

Mercer grew on me more and more despite low play time in the WJ, he’s a guy I think is more likely to be a middle 6 winger and play a few hundred games then not be a NHLer. Which that alone is a great.



I’m a fan of Samorukov, I think hes slept on due to being “behind” Broberg and Bouchard



Imo I don’t think Jarvis is underrated because I feel like EVERYONE says he’s underrated (but I 100% get them opinion, he was a great grab for CAR).



Norlinder has been quietly performing (as atleast I rarely hear him mentioned). I hope he has a good year because MTL definitely has a spot perfect for him almost immediately if he can put together a good year.

Says 2-5 on CF page...

Matthews, Marner, Nylander beats the pool on their own right now, and Toronto has Sandin, Robertson, Amirov, Liljegren on the way, plus Dermott. Buffalo's guys at their peak might beat Tornto's group right now, but since most of Buffalo's top young players have yet to play an NHL game it's really no contest. Eichel is worse than Matthews. Dahlin isn't as good as Marner. Cozens, Mittelstadt, etc. combined might be as impactful as Nylander but probably not as things stand today.

Devils, Leafs & Canes were among the teams in on Saad. Do they shift to Tatar, or Tarasenko?

— David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) July 29, 2021

Crap I just got home and saw the Blues got Saad. Hopefully we can t least get Tarasenko, Tatar, or even Forsberg. Palmieri or Perry wouldn't be bad either.

You're gonna have to wait two more seasons to get Perry

I'd throw Jarventie and Sokolov into the mix, Ottawa's 2nd rounders from last year are both killing it. Could have a couple nice power forwards there. From other teams I like Lucius, Svechkov, Klimovich (meh pick where they took him, still a guy I like), L'Heureux, and Guenther from this year's draft. Previously drafted I'm a fan of Niederbach, Blomqvist, Soderblom, Neighbours, Wallinder, Lavoie, Beckman, Dugan, and Peterka (I thought JJP was underrated for a while because I had him going around pick 20-25 last year, but I feel like he's been overrated since the WJC lol, still a guy I like).

edit: Undrafted I like Florian Elias and Owen Bartoszkiewicz. I also forgot to mention Simon Knak, he was my favourite sleeper that was actually selected this year.