Quoting: moli92
I watched Foerster once this season and he looked great. Im hoping for either him or Peterka with our 1st.
Its gonna be a buyers market this offseason, TBL especially will need to have a garage-sale-esque offseason and not that many teams will be listening to take on guys with a 4.5-5.5M cap hit. Although the flat cap lowers value players like Rakell, you can also look at it from the perspective of a team who may be looking to add this offseason but are close to the cap (PHI, EDM, VGK, etc). Many teams may be wanting to add a Killorn/Palat but wont be able to, and thats where a team like ANA can come in and offer Rakell at a lower cap hit and maybe still get good value for him despite the flat cap
I disagree on Foerster. I think he'd be a bit underwhelming at #27 (but better value in the early 2nd). He seems to be quite one-dimensional to me, and I'm not sure how his game beyond his slap-shot will translate to the NHL. He'd be a nice get for a team needing a RHS on the PP, but we already have Mackinnon for that so we wouldn't really be making full use of his skillset. The YT channel Draft Dynasty did a video on him recently which you might find interesting to watch.
Peterka I can get behind though. I imagine that Peterka and Newhook on the same line would burn a lot of teams with their speed. I'd love it if Reichel would fall to us as well, I think he has top line potential even if he's maybe an extra year away due to needing to grow into his frame. Either way I think both Germans will be taken roughly where Bob Mackenzie has them on his list (i.e. 20th and 23rd) so we're probably going to miss out on them unfortunately. Should still be able to grab a good player though.
Regarding Rakell, I'd say that the flat cap will only increase Rakell's value. Teams will still be looking for quality additions to their team, and with his caphit he's definitely a possibility for teams. If I'm Anaheim I would be offering him at 50% retention for as many futures as I can squeeze out of a team. Rakell @ $1.8m for 2 years would be insane value, and I'm sure there would be many teams willing to spend quite a bit for that, such as PIT, WSH, BOS, DAL, STL, CGY, EDM, VGK, etc.