DarthEbriate

Oh! You fixed it! Hockey names and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side. Connor Kurth had a few positive write-ups that I saw. In the 7th I guess it's a good pick for Tampa.

Acquired with the pick returned in the trade for Robert Hagg. This updates the Rasmus Ristolainen trade tree to: Robert Hagg (traded for FLA 6th); 2021 PHI 1st = Isak Rosen; 2022 FLA 6th = Gustav Karlsson; 2023 PHI 2nd = TBD

I was hoping for 159 Vittorio Mancini for the name. Plus his goal music could be anything... Pink Panther Theme; Peter Gunn Theme; Charade; Baby Elephant Walk if he's feeling frisky; Moon River if he's wistful

Oh. I didn't know Jaro's kid was a RHD and available. I'm liking Minnesota's overall draft a whole bunch.

Whoa... there goes Gustafson. VGK trades up to take him.

As everyone has said, too soon for a goalie (in particular this goalie), even with Portillo possibly walking.

For the record: I hope 41 is defense and there should be plenty available. I'd take a flier on Casey's brother in the 5th or 6th or wherever he's projected to go; if you have 11 picks, you can use one for fun. My sleeper is Gustafson from WHL Seattle who is a high-motor guy that Adams covets. I'd take a serious look at him in the 4th for a bottom line energy role as he's rumored to be moving up the draft boards this spring. Finally, I'd draft 2 goalies: one long-term NCAA-bound prospect and one overager in the 7th who could immediately be a #3 in ROC or play in Cincinnati.

And thus ends the first branch (the future is unknown) of the Reinhart trade. Reinhart => Devon Levi and Jiri Kulich.

Just a quick reminder for anyone worried about size that a Michael Peca hockey draft card reads 5'11" 165 lb. The game is a bit different these days, but the kids still grow up.

So Kulich at 16 and Ostlund at 28?

I really didn't expect Kulich to make it past the early 20s. Nice pickup.

New GM Mike Grier's 1st pick (after trading down from 11 to get a few more picks) is on the clock.

I liked the idea of Rinzel at 41.

The Sabres' tank may have been criticized, but it was very, very effectively executed until the draft lottery. Toews is cooked. Kane won't be enough to keep them up in the standings. But I think both get shipped before November.

If this goes through, we are seeing a beautiful tank. Announce your intentions early, and then execute.

I don't think either makes it to 28, regardless of who we picked at 16. Pickering to Pittsburgh is a good example of need meets BPA.

I like Ovechkin being there for Miroshnichenko. And Ovie also makes it easy to get Miro over. I believe hockey-wise, there's nothing Putin would like more than for Ovechkin to be the all-time leading goal scorer in the NHL.

Davidsson was touted/projected as a defensive center with offensive upside. Like an Asplund. Ostlund is an offense-first center. Not really the same design.

That's where I was as well. But time will tell.

Eichel now equals Tuch, Krebs, Ostlund, and the 2023 VGK 2nd

That'll do.

Yzerman makes the expected choice.

Huzzah! Korchinski jumps up and all the many options remain open to the Sabres.

I reserve the right to have my memory wiped and have no recollection of this post, but here's how I'd kind of like the board to fall if the Sabres keep all 3 first round picks (leading with my preference): 9: Jiricek (extremely unlikely) > Savoie > Kasper 16: Nazar > Ohgren > Yurov > Kulich > Trikozov > Howard 28: Miroshnichenko (but not if Yurov selected because I'm hedging on too much risk) > Pickering > Gaucher > Hutson > Beck > Snuggerud

Especially to get into the Bedard sweepstakes. If you get rid of DeBrincat and Dach, then Kane walks to Buffalo in UFA next season... and Bedard makes the team next year, he'll look like Eichel in Buffalo. There's no team there. And even more likely, another team wins the lottery anyway.