GDT: 2021 NHL Draft Round 2, Saturday 7/24/2021, 11am EST

[DarthEbriate]

G Rasmus Korhonen is off the board. There goes our Rasmus quota.

3 minutes ago, steveoath said:

I guess he'll be gone by our next pick though. Didn't realise we didn't have first pick in rnd 5.

Yup. Traded for Wayne Simmonds.

[LGR4GM]

Dylan Duke is gone

[Cheektorado]

6 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

Yup. Traded for Wayne Simmonds

LOL.  What was Jbot thinking?

[LGR4GM]

 

[DarthEbriate]

8 minutes ago, Cheektorado said:

LOL.  What was Jbot thinking?

It was a long time ago, but I think he mentioned needing grit and veteran leadership for our... playoff... push. Which was well before the play-in group was established and expanded to 24 teams.

[dudacek]

I’m still struggling with the fact we just picked 6 consecutive wingers in the space of a little over two rounds.

Don’t bother telling me they were doing anything other than taking the highest player of their list, especially after taking wingers with their top two picks last year.

Also, 7 picks, but not a single American, let alone USNDTP player?

Talk about crushing the stereotypes.

[Thorner]

5 minutes ago, dudacek said:

I’m still struggling with the fact we just picked 6 consecutive wingers in the space of a little over two rounds.

Don’t bother telling me they were doing anything other than taking the highest player of their list, especially after taking wingers with their top two picks last year.

Also, 7 picks, but not a single American, let alone USNDTP player?

Talk about crushing the stereotypes.

Then it's a different/odd list like we were saying that is ranking wingers highly for some reason - I doubt they take 6 in a row with it being a coincidence. So it kinda goes both ways. Crushing the stereotypes yes and at the same time this draft has a stereotype haha

Coverage on tv is actually getting funnier as these guys start going off script 

Edited July 24, 2021 by Thorny

[jad1]

19 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Then it's a different/odd list like we were saying that is ranking wingers highly for some reason - I doubt they take 6 in a row with it being a coincidence. So it kinda goes both ways. Crushing the stereotypes yes and at the same time this draft has a stereotype haha

Coverage on tv is actually getting funnier as these guys start going off script 

Building a team from the wings in is a common strategy, I think?

[Thorner]

1 minute ago, jad1 said:

Building a team from the wings in is a common strategy, I think?

Worked for Winnipeg I guess to an extent. 

If Cozens and Mittelstadt top out close to their ceilings they'd be a good top 6 centre due I think. It's just not a bet you want to make with no other centre backing and currently that's the way it is. 

Adams hasn't added the prospect depth necessary to turn it into a "good" bet, in my opinion, yet, but there's still the Eichel deal for major shoes to drop. 

[Thorner]

It had been five years since the Sabres had selected a CHL player outside round 1 (and they took 2 total in that time), and they've just taken 3 in a row in that area. 

Crazy stat IMO

[jad1]

5 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Worked for Winnipeg I guess to an extent. 

If Cozens and Mittelstadt top out close to their ceilings they'd be a good top 6 centre due I think. It's just not a bet you want to make with no other centre backing and currently that's the way it is. 

Adams hasn't added the prospect depth necessary to turn it into a "good" bet, in my opinion, yet, but there's still the Eichel deal for major shoes to drop. 

Yeah, they just took another winger.  Hard to imagine what the center position looks like in Rochester over the next few years.

The Red Wings look like their building from the net out.  Not the most exciting strategy, but it makes sense.

[Thorner]

If you are only going to take 1 centre in the draft, make sure that centre's name is William Von Barnekow Lofberg

Edited July 24, 2021 by Thorny
whoops lol

[French Collection]

5 minutes ago, Thorny said:

If you are only going to take 1 centre in the draft, make sure that centre's name is William Von Barnekow Lofberg

He’s going to need big shoulders with that name.

6’4” though.

[Thorner]

Just now, French Collection said:

He’s going to need big shoulders with that name.

6’4” though.

Of course he's not even a centre, this coverage listed another player incorrectly 

LW/RW

[dudacek]

Elite prospects calls him a winger too…😂

The only thing I can thing of is Kim called in the marketing department in a panic and said this city needs a team it can identify with. Work with the hockey department to make it happen.

And somebody said “well, Buffalo is known for its wings…”

[Thorner]

2 minutes ago, dudacek said:

Elite prospects calls him a winger too…😂

The only thing I can thing of is Kim called in the marketing department in a panic and said this city needs a team it can identify with. Work with the hockey department to make it happen.

And somebody said “well, Buffalo is known for its wings…”

Listed as a C on nhl.com but ya I think winger is his main position from most sources. Wouldn't be relevant to addressing C system at this stage really anyways but it's still kinda crazy we've gone, what, 8 wingers in a row now? 

[French Collection]

Artuu may have to return to C.

[LGR4GM]

Carolina continues to draft better than most

 

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Just now, LGR4GM said:

Carolina continues to draft better than most

 

I really like that kid Orr.

[Thorner]

It's mildly surprising that the Sabres used all 11 picks 

[dudacek]

6 hours ago, New Scotland (NS) said:

I really like that kid Orr.

It will be a crime if he doesn’t wear #4.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

11 hours ago, dudacek said:

It will be a crime if he doesn’t wear #4.

He wears 88 for the Mooseheads, if I recall correctly, to honour his boyhood hero Patrick Kane.

These drafties were (mostly) born in 2003 ... wholly *****!!