WildCard Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 Thread to discuss the first round happening tomorrow. Mods can we please pin this? Here is the time/tv schedule with the full order of teams: https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2020/10/05/2020-nhl-draft-date-time-order-of-picks-for-all-31-teams/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 10/6, to avoid any confusion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 1 hour ago, PASabreFan said: 10/6, to avoid any confusion. You mean the draft doesn't run from 10-6 with an hour break for dinner and resume at 7? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 Trade 8!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 Really not enthused this year. Not about the prospects but the process. Yeah, nobody can change it, just not as entertaining this way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, spndnchz said: Really not enthused this year. Not about the prospects but the process. Yeah, nobody can change it, just not as entertaining this way. Ya, I'm thinking we'll see less trade actively than normal. Edited October 5, 2020 by Thorny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 A GM (Kekalainen, I think) said he expects more trades after the draft. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 (edited) 36 minutes ago, dudacek said: A GM (Kekalainen, I think) said he expects more trades after the draft. Always love this. It's bump-back-the-timeline-for-activity SZN. Maybe it'll have merit coming from a GM, usually it's the insiders and they are looking to keep up those views. Edited October 5, 2020 by Thorny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, Thorny said: Always love this. It's bump-back-the-timeline-for-activity SZN. Maybe it'll have merit coming from a GM, usually it's the insiders and they are looking to keep up those views. Yeah, I count 11 trades already. Things are happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 15 minutes ago, dudacek said: Yeah, I count 11 trades already. Things are happening. Is that a lot? I was mostly joking, so if you want to do the leg work, have at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 Everyone's nightmares come true. Five players everyone loves passed by for the 2nd best Dman in the draft https://insider.espn.com/nhl/insider/story/_/id/30039762/nhl-mock-draft-2020-chris-peters-final-first-round-projections-all-31-picks-starting-alexis-lafreniere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthEbriate Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 6 minutes ago, inkman said: Everyone's nightmares come true. Five players everyone loves passed by for the 2nd best Dman in the draft So... Sanderson? I guess espn doesn't realize JBot is no longer the GM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakeSabresGrr8Again Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said: So... Sanderson? I guess espn doesn't realize JBot is no longer the GM. But they do realize it, that's why they have us taking a LD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 Jake Sanderson is a heckuva prospect who will eat up a lot of minutes against the other team's best players. Anyone upset with us drafting him is thinking only about last year's team, not the teams when this year's picks will actually matter. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 16 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said: So... Sanderson? I guess espn doesn't realize JBot is no longer the GM. I wouldn’t be mad. Depends on who else is on the board. Sanderson is right there with Drysdale. Either is a reasonable pick from 5th on back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthEbriate Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, dudacek said: Jake Sanderson is a heckuva prospect who will eat up a lot of minutes against the other team's best players. Anyone upset with us drafting him is thinking only about last year's team, not the teams when this year's picks will actually matter. I don't like Sand...erson. I have nothing against Sanderson (or Drysdale for that matter) as the pick except I would value Rossi or Raymond more. This franchise needs scoring forwards in the pipeline in the worst way. (I believe after this season Cozens will no longer be in the pipeline and Mitts will be in Seattle and our list of prospects labeled "scorer" will amount to Ruotsalainen.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said: I don't like Sand...erson. I have nothing against Sanderson (or Drysdale for that matter) as the pick except I would value Rossi or Raymond more. This franchise needs scoring forwards in the pipeline in the worst way. (I believe after this season Cozens will no longer be in the pipeline and Mitts will be in Seattle and our list of prospects labeled "scorer" will amount to Ruotsalainen.) One of the defencemen with Rossi, Perfetti or Raymond on the board would be something I would second-guess. But with those three off the board, I'm fine with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, dudacek said: Jake Sanderson is a heckuva prospect who will eat up a lot of minutes against the other team's best players. Anyone upset with us drafting him is thinking only about last year's team, not the teams when this year's picks will actually matter. Caveat being to trade the pick, but under the circumstance where we are absolutely making the selection, you are absolutely correct. I feel like if we take a d-man I'll be unhappy that's who we are getting, but at the same time in full acknowledgement of the fact that the D-man had to be the guy, if they saw a noteworthy gap between him and the next F available. It basically amounts to us being unlucky that the "best" (in our evaluation) player available at 8 was a D man, and not someone who played F. The disappointment stems from the fact that, all else being equal, in my judgement a F prospect would be more beneficial to us than a D prospect, considering our current system. In a world where there was just that one extra F adjudged to be of the same level as the D, we'd be better off, even with the "talent" being seen as equal. So it's a small distinction, but while I agree that anyone not wanting a D(those saying that irrespective of talent - just purely on the basis of wanting a F) shouldn't be upset we TOOK Sanderson/Drysdale, I can understand some disappointment in the fact we HAD to take Sanderson/Drysdale. It's the type of disappointment that would fade immediately upon seeing the player achieve success, I'd imagine. Edited October 5, 2020 by Thorny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerreaultForever Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 Don't see the point in running this in prime time when it's a covid remote show. They should have just started in the morning, run the whole thing and left the evening for the talking heads to analyze who won and lost. I'm going to wait until it's all over probably. Free agency right after is way more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 Must win. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 4 hours ago, PerreaultForever said: Don't see the point in running this in prime time when it's a covid remote show. They should have just started in the morning, run the whole thing and left the evening for the talking heads to analyze who won and lost. I'm going to wait until it's all over probably. Free agency right after is way more interesting. Agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 My prediction for tonight is some will be happy, some will be pissed off and we won’t really know how it went for atleast a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 14 hours ago, Curt said: I wouldn’t be mad. Depends on who else is on the board. Sanderson is right there with Drysdale. Either is a reasonable pick from 5th on back. Bingo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 Final prediction for the draft: Lafrienere Stuetzle Byfield Perfetti Raymond Drysdale Sanderson (maybe Holtz) Rossi Lundell Zary Holtz (if still available) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 14 hours ago, dudacek said: Jake Sanderson is a heckuva prospect who will eat up a lot of minutes against the other team's best players. Anyone upset with us drafting him is thinking only about last year's team, not the teams when this year's picks will actually matter. I just realized he was Geoff’s son. Carry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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