Quoting: Devil
Holtz will be a good pick. Fits our needs more than Perfetti, Rossi, etc.
Shakir was be a meh pick. Could have traded back and still have gotten him. Pick 20 was a reach
Stillman was a bad pick. Should have traded up for Wallstedt
Agree on Holtz.
Mostly agree on Stillman, but hard to make a call since he hasn't played a normal season in years (OHL was off in 2020-21 and only played limited opposition this year).
Mukhamadullin wasn't going to make it to their next pick (#84). He was a huge risk, but only because NHL typically doesn't taken Russian dmen early. Most of his predecessors had played a year or two in North America first (Provorov, Sergachev, Zadorov, Kulikov, etc). It had been nearly two decades since a Russian dman was taken out of Russia in the first round. But much of that risk dissipated the minute he signed with NJ...and later joined AHL team. Fans and NA hockey writers won't like the pick until he plays in NHL games. But many of the reviews by actual hockey people have been good, if not better than good. EP Rinkside:
A Year Later, Shakir Mukhamadullin's NHL upside is more evident than ever before or Draft Analyst (who is also diehard Ranger fan):
A true No. 1. The size, the skating, the agility, the passing, the cannon. Keep an open mine. You will love him.
Quoting: HeadHighSauce
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Holtz will be a good pick. Fits our needs more than Perfetti, Rossi, etc.
I fundamentally disagree with drafting for needs. And I actually disagree. Rossi's "heavy skill" is more what we need than Holtz's shot.
He may have been a bowling ball in OHL, but no guarantee that translates in the pros.
And considering we took a center with the next pick, I don't think it was a positional thing at all.
(I think Rossi would have been good pick too, just don't think Holtz can be seen as bad pick at this point)
And Fitzy and MacKinnon have both pushed off on calling Holtz simply "a shooter".
He has a great shot, but his game is much more than that.