I'm so happy. Plus, Creed Bratton had his interim coach tag removed. Huge day for the Wild.

Just need that 1C like you said. Hopefully Guerin can find a way to be creative since it seems like a lot of the ideas on here (Domi, Stromes, etc) have been beat to death

Domi is a winger as top6.
Might be a 3rd line C at best.

I want Cirelli on this team.

First off Firstov was supposed to be the first one signed

Is Greenway accurate for 2nd line LW?

He's apparently playing first line LW with Fiala to start the play-in round. I think he can be put anywhere to be honest.

Sucks we can't have Kaprizov for the play-in, I want to see him with Fiala so badly

Where is this "Domi isn't a centerman" thing coming from ? Cause the only people on here banging that drum seem to be TOR fans.

I've watched just about every game he's played since coming to MTL and he seems far more comfortable and dangerous at C imo.

Now the hardest part, finding that #1 C

Glad I'm not the only one that sees Creed.

I don't, I'd rather he play his preferred RW position and give a us a 1-2 punch in our top six. Fiala has the skill and ability to be our 1RW, Kaprizov should be our 2RW. Our top priorities are getting a 1C and fixing our goaltending, but bring in someone like Boeser in a separate trade to be Fiala's playmate there on the 1st line and this team could make some noise.

He played both in the KHL. He's primarily a RW but I saw him on the left in the 30 or so games I watched over 4 years.

Boeser is a pure RW. He may be able to play the left but I'd rather not try to force a square peg into a round hole. If you want a right shot LW, we should try to get Gusev

Question, and this is very hypothetical, let’s say wild lose the play in round get 1oa, would they consider trading that pick to the kings for say th 2oa (byfield) and another prospect like Thomas? I don’t know if the kings would even do this or even the wild. I know byfield probably won’t make the jump immediately but maybe the following year? Just curious if this would even be possible

I'd say based on how he does at faceoffs and his defensive game, that makes me feel he is best suited in top6 role as a winger.

He could play C in a pinch.

No one, doesnt matter who gets it, is trading the 1st overall.
He is going to be generational player, you dont trade those.

I have feeling Kings are taking Stutzle.

Was just a thought. I wouldn’t say never though. In my opinion, and this is a big IF, but if byfield hits on all cylinders he will be the best player coming out of this draft. One could dream though. I hope the kings draft byfield but I think they’ll go stutzle

I'd just take Byfiled with 1oa.

But you’d be getting the extra piece/pieces. I’d use that as leverage if I had the 1oa just to trade back 1 spot and still get an elite talent. But as everyone says, no one is trading the 1oa. Which I’ll be ok with because Kong’s will get a phenomenal player at 2. Was just a thoughT I had considering the wild are desperate for a center that would be literally sitting there at their finger tips, assuming they get 1oa of course.

I get that but would counter with the fact that most young centermen have struggles on the draw, that's just normal. Most who are good at faceoffs are usually in their late 20's or in their 30's.

When it comes to defensive games it's not like guys such as McDavid, Matthews, Barzal and Pettersson are elite defensively either but most people still see them as centerman more than wingers nonetheless.

It's kinda a double-edged sword, do we go after the surefire generational talent LW or do we drop down and take our 1C of the future in Byfield. Byfield as much as he could lockdown this team's center depth in a year or two is a very viable approach, but ultimately doesn't move the needle where I'm concerned. Lafreniere is a generational talent and when combined with the offensive output of both Fiala and Kaprizov could put the Wild over the top.

So, as you can see, I tend to lean on the side of just picking Lafreniere.

But, to your question, no. It's gonna take more than just Thomas and 2nd OVA to move up. It's sorta cruel to say but no GM worth their salt is gonna give up the 1st OVA without a massive overpay.

My guess it'll probably take Vilardi, Madden, and the 2nd OVA to start the ball rolling on talks, maybe plus. Afterwhich, we still take Byfield with the 2nd OVA pick.

That's just idiotic. If we do want Byfield, we should just drop down for a haul and take him with the 2nd.

Yeah, I’d pass on that if that’s the cost. I didn’t include a vilardi or a turcotte because you get that in byfield. But yeah, i was more curious than anything.

This isn't the NBA or the NFL. Why does LA want to give up much of anything to move up 1 spot?

Adding another wing when the center the team has needed forever is sitting right there is the idiotic thing.

There isn't much of a talent gap between the two players, and the center positional impact is much larger than that of a wing. Age matters too: Laf missed last year's draft by less then a month and Byfield is making this year's draft by less than a month.