MJ's first rd

Capitals likely don’t go for a reach at 17oa…. Should probably stick to a projected high end talent. Try to get him in the 2nd round

Levshunov is more of a 200 foot two-way player than Yakemchuk, who is really just offensive player in o-zone and struggles defensively. And Simashev is a lefty.

Catton, Dickinson, Silayev all available at #10 is like best case scenario for NJD. I’d love it.

Carter George in first round could be Tyler Boucher-esque whiff. At least take Yegorov, Moysevich or Nabokov.

We wear teal not green!
But yea if Dickenson is there sharks gladly take him even though LD isn’t their biggest need.

I'd rather take George than Nabokov or Moysevich. But taking either George or Yegorov feels like too much of a reach in the first round. Not quite a Tyler Boucher-esque whiff since it's not as high of a pick but it'd be the closest thing to it since.

Poirier would be an interesting pick... I certainly hope the Caps go with someone else.

Dickinson at #14 would be a crazy slip.

Stian Solberg is somebody I can see the Hurricanes taking with their second-round pick not really their first

Carter George at best is a late 3rd round pick.

Parascak gets drafted higher, like maybe the blues take him, and greentree is a redwing

I hope so! He’s the only goalie with starter caliber potential (right now) in this draft. And I’d love the sharks to snag him in the 3rd

Kraken have lots of wingers at this point, they should really be targeting a defenseman. Especially in a draft that is so strong with D.

Simishev is a lefty lol... what were they thinkin... and that's what'll screw our mock drafts over... you know one of these teams is gonna do something like that... "Utah is proud to select Teddy Stiga"... WHAAA?! I honestly thought they took him because of commodity value.

Crypes... I think if I were picking Mukhamadullin or Simishev, I'd take Mook. I guess they hope Simishev eats extremely important minutes.

Nabokov is extremely intriguing. You just wonder with Lou... he likes winners, and George winning both Hlinka Gretz and U18 is gonna catch his eye. But maybe he sees Nabokov winning Gagarin and says he wants that instead. The other two guys you named have a lot more to prove (playing in important games). Or maybe at this point, he's checked out, and his scout will just pick a guy like Sennecke.

I looked at Kraken's prospects... they could use a high end D, they could use a high end sniper in their system. In the end, I elected sniper. In the end, they could elect a D.

Yegorov has been compared to Vasilevskiy in his combination of length and quickness. He played on a really young, and really bad, Omaha team this year and was still able to stand out to be top-rated goalie in this draft. The stats will deceive. He will be the #1 at Boston University next year as a Freshman and will learn under Brian Daccord (Joey’s dad and one of the best goaltending coaches in the business).

If someone where to jump early on a netminder, Yegorov should be the guy.

If Nabokov was 2” taller he would be top 10 but being 5’11/6’ as a goalie has become a death sentence in NHL scouting apparently. Personally think the sharks having another Nabokov in net would be awesome!
And you can’t ignor his stats in the KHL or from the (albeit limited) scouting we have available

Shesterkin is only 6'1 ... the whole height thing for goaltenders is way overrated... there are guys who are just good because they master the game in the crease

If Nabokov was 2" taller, he'd have been probably drafted a few years ago by a random team in the 5th round

GMs just draft tall lanky guys because a) goaltenders are drafted at 18 years of age when really, they should probably be drafted at 21 or 22, and b) GMs and scouts aren't really that good at scouting talent in goaltenders... they just pick big butterfly guys and hope they get 910 out of them

100% agree!
Also Saros is 5’11” maybe 6’
Our Nabokov was listed at 6’ but I met him and he was shorter than me and I’m 5’11”
Wolf for Calgary the same thing!
I’m less focused on size and more how a goalie realizes their skill