2022 Draft Discussion

[Lee]

We need to stop signing shit players only to have to pay to trade them away a year later.

They are trying to do the same shit again with Matt Murray

[hong57]

waiting for those in HFboards to eat crow talking sht about bob's list saying taking slufarsky first..

[Matthew]

Bbkl buffalo doing well in this draft

All his picks have moved up. In the nhl quite a bit

Turned a first and two seconds into a higher first and two more firsts

[Da_Hawks]

Bbkl buffalo doing well in this draft

All his picks have moved up. In the nhl quite a bit

Turned a first and two seconds into a higher first and two more firsts

Not surprising in this draft. Could have easily gone the other way. Good early return though.

[Bruyns]

Ya that was pretty much as good of a 1st round as I could have. Turned 15th, 16th and Marchessault into 5 1st rounders.

[kyuss]

Bbkl buffalo doing well in this draft

All his picks have moved up. In the nhl quite a bit

Turned a first and two seconds into a higher first and two more firsts

well he got the oversized trio going higher, which is not surprising. Now, as for them becoming any good, that's a different matter

[kyuss]

Washington taking miro predictable

not sure about that, still nice to see anyway

[kimmer]

best pick of draft by arz cooly

[Shoalzie]

I think several teams did well with their multiple 1sts last night.


Seattle has to be very excited getting two quality centers to build around at the top of their first two drafts. I'm sure they wouldn't have minded taking one of those two top defensemen. Slafkovsky going #1 was the domino leading to the Devils passing on the centers and taking Nemec. Jiricek sliding to 6 was a bit of a surprise...could've gone to Seattle or Philadelphia.

The Kraken are off to a better start than the Golden Knights in terms of having stronger building blocks through the draft. Vegas seemed more eager to push all-in and lean on having a veteran roster and try being a contender annually. Going to the final in the first year had to have dramatically changed their plans. The Kraken being bad in year one keeps their focus on building for the long haul.

[Brian]

I truly believe that the Flyers are going to rue the day they passed on Jiricek for Gauthier.

[CasperX22]

I truly believe that the Flyers are going to rue the day they passed on Jiricek for Gauthier.

They probably would've ruined him anyway. I'm pretty sure Cutter was their target months ago. Wouldn't have been who I picked, but Fletcher is working on getting himself fired anyway, so whatever.

[bills09]

Nice ! Dylan James went early in the 2nd
Picked 99th BBkl
Detroit 40th

[Shoalzie]

The 2nd round is flying by...hadn't checked in on the results until now.

Owen Beck to the Canadiens to open the round...I think I like that?

[Shoalzie]

Nice...the Canucks draft the other Elias Pettersson.

[Brian]

Nice...the Canucks draft the other Elias Pettersson.

Ha! That won't get confusing, at all.

[koomzzz]

Is Noah Laba the first BBKL undrafted player to go?

edit: I don't see Stephen Halliday either

[Shoalzie]

Ben King is another name I don't see on our draft list.

Took a while for the goalies to start moving. Two Finnish goalies in the 2nd and then Brennan and Beaupit go in the 4th.

[Brian]

Had my eye on Ben King all through our draft. Thought for a bit about trading into the late 7th to get him, but decided not to.

[Shoalzie]

edit: I don't see Stephen Halliday either

I saw his name on THN's top 100...balked at picking him.

There's a few BBKL undrafted guys going in this 4th round.

[Matthew]

Was deciding between alscher/halliday/bookman for my final picks