Nice pick for the Laffs

Sandin and Liljegren puh retty good.

if everyone on tv is calling Veleno a 3/4th line player why was he ranked so high
- 2Real

Lars Eller???? I'm not impressed

Feel bad for Veleno. From all reports he’s a good kid.

Phils are quietly 8-3 in their last 11, just throttled the Nats tonight

Good for him.

Feel bad for Veleno. From all reports he’s a good kid.
- BiggE

Relief

Phils are quietly 8-3 in their last 11, just throttled the Nats tonight
- Giroux_Is_God

❤️👍

Bunch of pedophiles the lot of you.

Holland struggling to find good things to say about Veleno. "Fast and uhhhh got into 'the league' early"

JFC

Is the kid Veleno as likely to play at 3C for 6-10 years as a swing for the fences guy might bust?

I understand that guys don't always have elite skill and just aren't capable of putting up 50 points

But holy hell. There are worse fates than being Lars Eller

Nite boys

I wonder if Jacob Olofsson will be around at 50, i would ecstatic

Holland struggling to find good things to say about Veleno. "Fast and uhhhh got into 'the league' early"
- Giroux_Is_God

Ha, saw that and was thinking the same...

JFC

Is the kid Veleno as likely to play at 3C for 6-10 years as a swing for the fences guy might bust?

I understand that guys don't always have elite skill and just aren't capable of putting up 50 points

But holy hell. There are worse fates than being Lars Eller
- AllInForFlyers

That's all fine and true but if I'm picking in the top 20 I'm shooting for a high ceiling player instead of a surefire dece player. That's the biggest reason he fell into the bottom 3rd, where teams will gladly grab a middle six guy

Berggren is still there....wonder if Hextall would be ok with drafting another forward should he be available.

Berggren is still there....wonder if Hextall would be ok with drafting another forward should he be available.
- Sublime55

No 2nd is an issue. I'd love to snag him though

No 2nd is an issue. I'd love to snag him though
- Giroux_Is_God

We have a 2nd. No 3rd. I don't know how we'd trade up. It'd be tough. And we already took 2 5'11 forwards, though all 3 are quite physical and very different and play 3 different positions (sort of). But it's not likely. If they trade up, it's probably for a d-man.

That's all fine and true but if I'm picking in the top 20 I'm shooting for a high ceiling player instead of a surefire dece player. That's the biggest reason he fell into the bottom 3rd, where teams will gladly grab a middle six guy
- Giroux_Is_God

I agree, but damn, they were kinda hard on the kid on one of the biggest nights of his life when he was already sliding

I mean, I get it. I do. But he didn't rate himself as a first-rounder, you know? It's excruciating to hear them be so hard on a kid when they aren't always right -- don't let Craig Button fool you. When he got the knife in Calgary, he had run that franchise into the ground as a GM

I get the excitement of the draft, I do.

A part of me does wonder when the hell this team will finally take that next step into the upper tier of NHL clubs. A lot of mediocrity in this league.

It’s been a long time since that Chicago series. Hopefully it comes soon. I trust the scouts I guess.

We have a 2nd. No 3rd. I don't know how we'd trade up. It'd be tough. And we already took 2 5'11 forwards, though all 3 are quite physical and very different and play 3 different positions (sort of). But it's not likely. If they trade up, it's probably for a d-man.
- Mononoke

Lol I'm dumb. Had it backwards

Either way, I think it's a slim possibility unless they're in love with a few mid round Dmen and consider it a good move to take 3 forwards folled by some D with later picks. But like you said, how do you trade up? Then you wouldn't have as many later picks to grab some dmen. We'll see!

I agree, but damn, they were kinda hard on the kid on one of the biggest nights of his life when he was already sliding

I mean, I get it. I do. But he didn't rate himself as a first-rounder, you know? It's excruciating to hear them be so hard on a kid when they aren't always right -- don't let Craig Button fool you. When he got the knife in Calgary, he had run that franchise into the ground as a GM
- AllInForFlyers

They had him pinned as 14th best in the draft and with each pick after 20 were saying "Veleno has to go here right?"

How were they being hard?

They had him pinned as 14th best in the draft and with each pick after 20 were saying "Veleno has to go here right?"

How were they being hard?
- Giroux_Is_God

Thought they were savage on his hockey sense and potential upside. Button all but said he couldn't play higher than the fourth line

That's fine. But they never loop back and own when their hype train goes off the tracks -- guys like Scottie Upshall were top 10 picks, and he was never more than a high-end 3W

That's not a crime

I can’t watch an episode of season 2 of West world without falling asleep

Provorov and Ghost look to be no brainers to protect, so that leaves 1 more they'll be able to protect out of:

Sanheim
Hagg
Morin
Myers
- pinkfloydfreak

i think you can protect 4 def(myers) and one less forward. i wouldnt protect voracek