Derrico

I believe it begins tonight. I'm taking Blues and Penguins (I know, going out on a limb right?) Edit: Game 1 of East goes tonight. Game 1 of west goes down on Sunday.

Being an adult sucks.

If he uses the revenue to put back into the team/scouting/facilities then I don't give a what they call the arena.

I agree but I think his idea of bpa pushes Russian players down the list. Who knows though? Watch him draft the Russian and then this narrative can be put to rest. But until that happens, I believe it.

This. Plus there seem to be more warts/uncertainties both historically with top 10 D vs. F and in this year's group in particular. If anything I would like to trade up two spots and guarantee myself one of the big 6 forwards.

If the other 2 D are taken leaving only the Russian then one of the forwards has fallen and you take him. Likely Nylander. One man's misfortunate is another man's fortune I guess...... Big 3 Tkchuck Dubois Nylander Juolevi Chychrun Above is my draft order for the top 8. If both D are taken then atleast one of those three forwards is available. Research them and I guarantee you will be very satisfied. Why wouldn't Murray take Nylander? He isn't Russian, isn't undersized and has enormous hockey IQ? That checks all of the perceived Murray boxes that I am aware of.

Thanks for posting this. What a great read. To me it shows that outside of the first few picks who knows how these guys are going to turn out. Posters were freaking out and threatening to light themselves on fire after Buffalo took Risto with the 8th pick. Lindholm, Nichushkin and even Nurse were much more popular choices then Risto yet I would take Risto over all three of them three years later. I've got my favorite guys in this years draft but some guys pan out and some guys don't and only time will tell. Overreaction is what makes it fun but sure looks ridiculous three years from now. Another thing I learned is Mackinnon was being viewed as the next Crosby (similar to McDavid/Eichel, now Mathews). Seems the top guy is almost always looked at as the next 'generational' type player.

Hey! The Brits were no commies :P

Not even a Buffalo mention? I thought we were in the running? Would rather Vesey anyways I guess.

Good call nfreeman. Great start to a Friday. Some unreal talent you guys have. Thanks for sharing.

Oh I'm all in on the bet. It's my brother who is too afraid. Very nice on your second comment :lol: :w00t: Both of these are gems.....well played :flirt:

He shoots left though. So it may be a benefit that he could potentially play both sides? Not sure what the reasoning of Windsor playing him on the right is/was.

Yep. Who knows with rookies and I'm not doubting Mathews is going to have a nice rookie season. I just have full confidence it won't be as productive as Jack. They don't have an ROR to shelter Mathews from the top lines either.

So I found this site which has the estimated conversions. Obviously these things are just best guesses. But it provides the conversion from the Swiss League to NHL to be 0.44. Therefore Mathews scored 46 points in 36 games or 1.2778 pts/gm. That's extrapolated to 104.7778 points over an 82 game Swiss season. 104.7778 x 0.44 factor = 46.1 points over 82 game NHL season. http://www.behindthenet.ca/projecting_to_nhl.php

Didn't someone have a formula that converted a player's points from one league and uses it to estimate their NHL points? I believe Jack's worked out to 54 points based on that formula. The Swiss league isn't a typical developmental league so maybe that formula only worked for CHL or NCAA?

I was so tired of my leaf loving brother bragging about Mathews that I told him I will bet him he won't score as many points as Jack did in his rookie year. He was too afraid to bet. Said too much risk that Mathews could get hurt and that's the only reason. Ya, ok. I'm guessing 40 to 45 points from Mathews next year.

Best game I've ever watching in my life. Can't believe it's been 10 years already.... Still remember driving up to Ottawa with a buddy for Game 2 of that series and unfortunately watching Tim Connoly's career basically end. I was yelling sweep like the drunken fool I was outside the arena after the win.....

Would it be? I feel like Nylander being available at 8 would be lucky.

I know. If he was a Lefty I probably would but I donno...... Great Dman. I guess at 27 we should still expect 6 more good and productive years.....

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I feel like that's too steep.

HAHAHHAHAHAHHAA. Adda boy for following through

Good compilation, thanks. My God he has skill. Doesn't have near the strength needed for NHL hockey (especially playoffs) but that skill is incredible. We have a ton of big players and it would be nice adding a big time skill player like Nylander. Reinhart - Eichel - Nylander in 3 years could be fun.

That damn technology stuff ;) Thanks.

I know we need D more than forward but best case for me is Nylander falls and we take him. Then make a trade for a top 4 D. Check out the video on him. The one thing that stands out is he seems to have a very high hockey IQ. The one assist he passes from behind the net reminds me of Reinhart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXk5kR8QbDI Thanks for that. Good write-up. This article mentions how he's still learning defensively but I've read some other reports that he is already above average in this area and actually plays the PK often. At one time I wanted to trade the 8th pick for immediate D help. But after reading up on these guys and watching some film, I think we find another way to make a trade and hold the pick. No matter what we should be getting a good prospect.