no. and 4m over the cap.

I doubt they get him. He’s probably climbed his way into the top 4.

Yeah super unlikely, unless there’s a trade to be made involving scheifele for a top pick.

26 players to show depth but yeah one of the D won't be there, Dillon? to make room for Stanley and 3 players in Minors/Taxi Squad?

I would try and tank your way down to 8th overall and hope for Jiricek

Is this year's draft very deep like 2015, or more like '13? I was assuming this year compares to '19 and is meh

No it’s a good draft

Ehh no.

Connor - Dubois - Ehlers
Slafkovsky - Perfetti - Scheifele
Copp - Lucius - Wheeler
Stastny - Lowry - Vesalainen

... if you can afford them all AND get slafkovsky then probably

Oh I’d love to.

My take…
2019 was average through top-10, solid in middle 1st
2022 is similar. A little thinner at top (top-5). Better than most years in middle of 1st (picks 10-20).
2023 will be fantastic at top…thinner at end of 1st.

But it’s always strange. 2017 was supposed to be a very weak year and it’s given us a number of stars. 2016 snd 2018 were supposed be almost as good as 2015 and they look so-so.




2019 was “meh?”

Maybe in this fantasy world where you are showing depth with $4million over the cap. This is deep though. But it's also probably one of the weaker teams defensively.

2015 was the deepest and elite draft in recent memory, a top number 1, a great number 2, elite top 10, and dense 1st round. McDavid, Kaprizov, Eichel, Marner, Ranty, etc
2016 comes next with a clear number 1, elite top 10, and dense first round Matthews, Laine, Tkachuk, Keller, McAvoy, etc
2017 will come with weak overall first round but elite 10 players randomly there with phenoms. No clear 1st overall or super elite top 3. Makar, Heiskanen, Pettersson, Robertson, etc
2019 is the average in the pack, no clear stars, little difference between top 3, but very good players spread out Hughes, Zegras, Seider, Caufield, Boldy
Now the 'weaker' drafts
2018, 2020, 2021 no clear stars, hard to know superstart, etc

This is one of my favorite topics in all of hockey (and there is no real right or wrong answer). Sometimes a great top-5…or a couple late round steals can make a draft. It’s kind just an expectations game too.

2015: agree, awesome draft. Has delivered on hype.
2016: disappointing relative to hype
2017: much better than expected
2018: rough year
2019: pretty solid, still early
2020: looking rough-ish, but I think will be ok.
2021: looking better than expected

One good way to measure is with a single draft position. If you were picking #1, #5-7, #20-25, etc and then ranking them that way.

#1: 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2018, 2017, 2020
#8-13: 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016
#20-25: 2015, 2021, 2019, 2022, 2020, 2017, 2018, 2016

(This was kind of of quick, back of envelope list)
Always fun

Deepest in what regards bc a rookie isn’t Taking them from 20th in goals for this season to top 3 next season

Jets supposedly had the deepest forward group in the league already...and cant buy a goal from the bottom 6 AND the top 6 get outscored.

So, NO is my answer.

Some players can spark the entire offence of a team, aka. McDavid, Gaudreau, Crosby, etc

2023 will be deep deep draft, Bedard is just insane, and there are franchise pieces in the draft