The 2022 NHL draft thread

[naslundfan19]

Gary butchered Mrazek’s name. No surprise there.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Gary butchered Mrazek’s name. No surprise there.

You could also see the look on his face when he finally realized Toronto was giving up a higher pick and a player just to get around the cap.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Leafs finally got out of the first round???

 

[obxyankeefan]

21. Pittsburgh Penguins -- Owen Pickering, D, Swift Current (WHL)​

NHL Central Scouting ranking: No. 15 (North American skaters)

Pickering (6-4, 180) led Swift Current defensemen with 33 points (nine goals, 24 assists) and 17 power-play points (four goals, 13 assists) in 62 games. He was named Western Hockey League Central Division Rookie of the Year and was made the Central Division Second All-Star Team. He also had two assists and was a plus-2 in four games for Canada at the 2022 IIHF Under-18 World Championship. The 18-year-old left-handed shot is a very good skater with room to add strength. He impressed scouts with how he handled heavy minutes on a team that had a minus-65 goal differential and finished 10th among 12 teams in the WHL Eastern Conference.


Read that last sentence. He impressed scouts by being on one of the worst teams in the league. Not a sentence you see much in a scouting report.

 

[thedddd]

21. Pittsburgh Penguins -- Owen Pickering, D, Swift Current (WHL)​

NHL Central Scouting ranking: No. 15 (North American skaters)

Pickering (6-4, 180) led Swift Current defensemen with 33 points (nine goals, 24 assists) and 17 power-play points (four goals, 13 assists) in 62 games. He was named Western Hockey League Central Division Rookie of the Year and was made the Central Division Second All-Star Team. He also had two assists and was a plus-2 in four games for Canada at the 2022 IIHF Under-18 World Championship. The 18-year-old left-handed shot is a very good skater with room to add strength. He impressed scouts with how he handled heavy minutes on a team that had a minus-65 goal differential and finished 10th among 12 teams in the WHL Eastern Conference.


Read that last sentence. He impressed scouts by being on one of the worst teams in the league. Not a sentence you see much in a scouting report.

Kind of fitting that Letang called his pick.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Don’t know if this is worse than the Mrazek dump or not.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Hey @Comeds habs getting some big tall strong boys tonight huh?

 

[thedddd]

Don’t know if this is worse than the Mrazek dump or not.

Oh this is worse w/o a doubt.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Oh this is worse w/o a doubt.

Apparently, though this might as well be Bulgarian to me.

 

[thedddd]

@Sir Robin Of Camelot

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Apparently, though this might as well be Bulgarian to me.

All those fancy analytics are trash.

All the Real Hockey Guys know that the value of not having Kassian around is worth way more than whatever you have to give up to make that happen.

 

[thedddd]

Apparently, though this might as well be Bulgarian to me.

So essentially per the chart:

By the numbers: Revisiting the true value of a draft pick

The NHL Draft isn’t nearly as random as the NFL’s, but there are inefficiencies that can be exposed and an opportunity to glean value.

theathletic.com

the Kassian pick is worth the 35th pick and Mrazek is work the 49th pick?

 

[dash]

All those fancy analytics are trash.

All the Real Hockey Guys know that the value of not having Kassian around is worth way more than whatever you have to give up to make that happen.

Oilers fans are lining up to drive Kassian to the airport lol

 

[thedddd]

All those fancy analytics are trash.

All the Real Hockey Guys know that the value of not having Kassian around is worth way more than whatever you have to give up to make that happen.

Good point.

 

[Sir Robin Of Camelot]

@Sir Robin Of Camelot

Those airport bars don’t simply sustain themselves…

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Definitely made him pay for it.

 

[Comeds]

Hey @Comeds habs getting some big tall strong boys tonight huh?

 

[thedddd]

Coyote's pick is fitting he led his team with 69 penalty minutes after seeing his parents on display.

 

[Comeds]

Coyote's pick is fitting he led his team with 69 penalty minutes after seeing his parents on display.

Nice!

 

[puckhead]