2020 Draft Predictions and Hot Takes

[Da_Hawks]

If the junior leagues all fold for the year, maybe the AHL tries to do a bubble year? And the NHL teams could assign their junior players there for some playing time?

Just have multiple hub cities where each division plays in and go from there. At worst, you have teams travel every month for a new small tournament style even and have them quarantine or test until play resumes and then you get back to playing. Could work!

[Shoalzie]

I think the one thing baseball had in it's favor is playing games in one city for multiple days but it's not a bubble. Football will be interesting to follow since they play just one game per week. I would've thought they'd have a way to pull aside any players with positive tests and not have stop play all together if they were testing everyone.

I know college hockey typically does it...teams will play a 2-game series on Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday in the same arena. I think the AHL does that still where they'll play back-to-back games in the same city, not necessarily on the weekend.

Along the lines of what Mark is saying...if you play a shorter season and spread out the games and play them in chunks or have multiple matchups in a single arena for a short span...short-term mini-bubble scenarios. Could it be possible to keep 6 teams in a single city for 10-12 days and play round-robin style and get 5 games in (each plays each other). Mix in some 3-4 days off between bubbles and shuffle up the teams and rotate the venues.

Don't keep the guys in one place for too long and mix in time-off where players could be closer to home...but it'll be on them to be responsible avoid any spread. Test like crazy when you reconvene in the new cities.

[Shoalzie]

CapFriendly has a countdown clock to the draft...cool that time has flown a bit because it always felt like free agency and the draft were months away. Only 25 days to the draft...free agency kicks off that weekend.

I like watching the playoffs and all but our league is in suspended animation until the draft and free agency pops off and we can really start wheeling and dealing.

[kyuss]

1st Round guesses

6. Nashville (from OTT via ARI) -- Marco Rossi ---> BUF #8
7. Nashville (from VGK) -- Lucas Raymond ---> ANA #6
11. Nashville (from WPG via MON) -- Anton Lundell ---> MIN #9
15. Nashville (from ANA) -- Rodion Amirov ---> CLB #21
21. Nashville (from PIT via WPG) -- Lukas Reichel ---> NJD #18
28. Nashville -- William Wallinder ---> STL #26

no clue actually

[kyuss]

so let's try again for the second day

28. Nashville -- William Wallinder ---> NSH #37
40. Nashville (from ARI) -- Theodor Niederbach ---> CAR #41
46. Nashville (from ANA) -- Helge Grans ---> MTL #47
72. Nashville (from WPG via CHI) -- Shakir Mukhamadullin GONE to NJD
110. Nashville (from PHI) -- Elmer Soderblom GONE last year
120. Nashville (from TOR via ANA) -- Samuel Knazko ---> CAR #115
128. Nashville (from BOS via ANA) -- Adam Raska ---> NYI #152
152. Nashville -- Christoffer Sedoff ---> MIN #101
160. Nashville (from OTT) -- Arvid Costmar GONE last year
183. Nashville -- Simon Knak ---> CLB #176
189. Nashville (from NYR) -- Nils Aman ---> TOR #180
192. Nashville (from VGK) -- Karel Klikorka ---> CGY #205
208. Nashville (from PIT via WAS) -- Mico Luoto ---> undrafted

[Da_Hawks]

Drew Commesso goes 2nd round
Calle Clang goes 3rd round.

Of all my picks, maybe Luke Tuch drops a bit.

The rest should be about the same.

Hot Take: Alex Pashin goes 2nd round - probably to Detroit (50 or 55) or Tampa (60).

Commesso goes 46 - 2nd goalie off the board as I assumed he would be.
Tuch goes 47

Pretty good so far.

I don`t think my Pashin hot take is going to pan out though....

[Chuck Norris]

Drew Commesso goes 2nd round
Calle Clang goes 3rd round.

Of all my picks, maybe Luke Tuch drops a bit.

The rest should be about the same.

Hot Take: Alex Pashin goes 2nd round - probably to Detroit (50 or 55) or Tampa (60).

Commesso goes 46 - 2nd goalie off the board as I assumed he would be.
Tuch goes 47

Pretty good so far.

I don`t think my Pashin hot take is going to pan out though....

Commesso is not the #2 goalie in this draft. Hawks fucked up

[Da_Hawks]

Drew Commesso goes 2nd round
Calle Clang goes 3rd round.

Of all my picks, maybe Luke Tuch drops a bit.

The rest should be about the same.

Hot Take: Alex Pashin goes 2nd round - probably to Detroit (50 or 55) or Tampa (60).

Commesso goes 46 - 2nd goalie off the board as I assumed he would be.
Tuch goes 47

Pretty good so far.

I don`t think my Pashin hot take is going to pan out though....

Commesso is not the #2 goalie in this draft. Hawks fucked up

Which Hawks team?

[Chuck Norris]

Drew Commesso goes 2nd round
Calle Clang goes 3rd round.

Of all my picks, maybe Luke Tuch drops a bit.

The rest should be about the same.

Hot Take: Alex Pashin goes 2nd round - probably to Detroit (50 or 55) or Tampa (60).

Commesso goes 46 - 2nd goalie off the board as I assumed he would be.
Tuch goes 47

Pretty good so far.

I don`t think my Pashin hot take is going to pan out though....

Commesso is not the #2 goalie in this draft. Hawks fucked up

Which Hawks team?

If you drafted him with backup upside then you did fine. If you drafted him as a potential starter you did as bad as the real Hawks did

[Da_Hawks]

Drew Commesso goes 2nd round
Calle Clang goes 3rd round.

Of all my picks, maybe Luke Tuch drops a bit.

The rest should be about the same.

Hot Take: Alex Pashin goes 2nd round - probably to Detroit (50 or 55) or Tampa (60).

Commesso goes 46 - 2nd goalie off the board as I assumed he would be.
Tuch goes 47

Pretty good so far.

I don`t think my Pashin hot take is going to pan out though....

Commesso is not the #2 goalie in this draft. Hawks fucked up

Which Hawks team?

If you drafted him with backup upside then you did fine. If you drafted him as a potential starter you did as bad as the real Hawks did

NHL is going towards 1A and 1B on most teams - if he can get me Halak style backup stats, then that`s a quality pick for me!

[CanadianRednek(TOR)]

BBKL -> NHL
Kasper Simontaival 58 -> 66
Donovan Sebrango 89 -> 63
Zayde Wisdom 106 -> 94
Alexander Gordin 151 -> 171
Ryder Rolston 182 -> 139
Luke Reid 196 -> 166
Axel Rindell 199 -> 177

Overall Ill take it

[Loki]

BBKL -> NHL
26th. Kaiden Guhle -> 16th to Montreal
85th. Tyler Tullio -> 126th to Edmonton
86th. Veeti Miettinen -> 168th to Toronto

Well my undersized guys dropped, guess I shouldn't be too surprised, but happy about those landing spots

[Bruyns]

All 5 drafted and two 2nd rounders when I had no picks until the 3rd. No complaints from me.

[Matthew]

BBKL --> NHL
(1st, 9th) Jamie Drysdale (1st, 6th) +3
(2nd, 38th) Justin Barron (1st, 25th) +13
(4th, 115th) Connor McClennon (6th, 178th) -63
(5th, 139th) Zach Uens (4th, 105th) +34
(5th, 153rd) Valterri Puustinen (drafted in 2019)
(6th, 158th) Artyom Galimov (5th, 129th) +29
(6th, 169th) Landon Slaggert (3rd, 79th) +90
(6th, 181st) Adam Wilsby (4th, 101st) +80
(7th, 195th) Lassi Lehtinen (undrafted)
(7th, 200th) Declan Carlile (undrafted)

Not surprised mcclennon fell due to size. He could be an offensive guy who absolutely pops next year.
Surprised carlile wasn't selected.
Didn't expect lehtinen to get drafted.

Happy with the rest of the draft...did quite well in the bbkl 6th round. went in with 1 1st, and now have 2. Had some decent risers.

[tbone]

BBKL -> NHL
Mavrik Bourque - (1st) 21 -> 30 (-9) (1st)
Justin Sourdif - (2nd) 52 -> 87 (-35) (3rd)
Roni Hirvonen - (3rd) 66 -> 59 (+7) (2nd)
Alexander Nikishin - (4th) 114 -> 69 (+45) (3rd)
Gage Goncalves - (6th) 164 -> 62 (+102) (2nd)
Alex Laferriere - (6th) 177 -> 83 (+94) (3rd)

John Ludvig - (3rd) 83 - 2019 #69 (Signed)
Connor Corcoran - (5th) 145 - 2018 #154 (Signed)
Matthew Stienburg - (6th) 176 - 2019 #63
Lukas Rousek - (7th) 207 - 2019 #160

All six of my 2020 picks were taken in the first three rounds, so gotta be happy with that.

Most excited about pickups of a couple of 2019 picks in Ludvig and Rousek though, think they'll be making an impact sooner than later.

[Bruyns]

A couple nice drafts if you like risers.

[kyuss]

- 1st -
#6 - Marco Rossi (9 - MIN) -3
#7 - Lucas Raymond (4 - DET) +3
#11 - Anton Lundell (12 - FLA) -1
#15 - Rodion Amirov (15 - TOR) =
#22 - Lukas Reichel (17 - CHI) +5
#28 - William Wallinder (32 - DET) -4
- 2nd-
#40 - Theodor Niederbach (51 - DET) -11
#46 - Helge Grans (35 - LAK) +11
- 3rd -
#72 - Shakir Mukhamadullin (20 - NJD) +52
- 4th -
#110 - Elmer Soderblom (2019: 159 - DET)
#120 - Samuel Knazko (78 - CLB) +42
- 5th -
#128 - Adam Raska (201 - SJS) -73
#152 - Christoffer Sedoff (undrafted)
- 6th -
#160 - Arvid Costmar (2019: 215 - VAN)
#183 - Simon Knak (undrafted)
- 7th -
#189 - Nils Aman (167 - COL) +22
#192 - Karel Klikorka (undrafted)
#192 - Mico Luoto (undrafted)


1st half went well, 2nd half not so much...

susprised Knak and Sedoff went undrafted.

Very pleased with the 1st rounders' destinations!

[hong57]

BBKL -> NHL
4th. Cole Perfetti -> 10th to Winnipeg (-6)
13th. Jake Sanderson -> 5th to Ottawa (+8)
24th. Hendrix Lapierre -> 22nd to Washington (+2)

only perfetti dropped and it was expected.. but funny how both NJD and BUF picked Holtz and Quinn when BOTH Rossi and Perfetti are available!!!

[Da_Hawks]

Tim Stutzle - BBKL: #3 -- NHL -- #3 -- Difference: 0
Brendan Brisson - BBKL: #30 -- NHL -- 29 -- Difference: +1
Ty Smilanic - BBKL: #39 -- NHL --74 -- Difference: +35 (ouch)
Drew Commesso: BBKL #69 -- NHL -- 46 -- Difference: -23 (good)
Brandon Coe: BBKL #75 -- NHL -- 98 -- Difference: +23 (ouch)
Luke Tuch: BBKL #79 -- NHL -- 47 -- Difference: -32 (good)
Calle Clang: BBKL #94 -- NHL -- 77 -- Difference: -23 (good)

Overall: +19 - not bad! Good to see my goalies taken much higher.

[dave1959]

2020 Entry Draft
1.12 CLB Connor Zary, C (1.24 Cgy 2020) -12
2.42 CLB Jeremie Poirier, D (3.72 Cgy) -30
3.73 CLB Nicolas Daws, G (3.84 NJ) -11
3.78 (fr FLA) Samuel Hlavaj, G (not drafted)
4.104 CLB Viktor Lodin, D (4.94 Ott 2019)
5.135 CLB Hunter Skinner, D (4.112 NYR 2019)
6.166 CLB Carson Focht, C (5.133 Van 2019)
7.197 CLB Luke Prokop, D (3.73 Nas) +124