I knew as soon as Fleury signed Talbot was like k im out

As he probs thought k this guys a rental and I only got to work with him for this long and...oh hes back and oh hes probs gonna be the starter next year

K lets go to a team where I got a better shot at being the #1 or where I can at least play 45 games

So did every NHL team just forget that Jack Sparkes and Servac Petrovsky were still on the board? I definitely did. I thought they’d be gone 3 or 4 rounds ago.

Friedman said it at the draft. I’ll see if I can find a tweet.

There’s way more than just 2 teams going after those 2. Someone is gonna settle with Murray at 50% retention to form a tandem goalie

There are a few more players I think teams have forgotten about.

Logan Morrison bpa right now imo

My prediction is

Murray goes to Chicago as when you factor in Mrazek the chances for Bedard go through the roof as Chicago probs gonna be on its #4 or 5 before January

Talbot goes to Washington

And then Campbell and Kuemper either end up in Toronto or Edmonton (ring around the rosy at this point)

As for Buffalo they sign Holtby to a 1 year deal

Kraken had a great draft but The Kraken still won’t be a good team in the next 5 years because their GM is going to go wild in free agency

Morrison and Devine are my top 2, could go either way.

Oh I'm sure; I just don't see them having mutual interest unless they want to just cash in their checks without competing for the Cup again (ala Matt Murray).

I guess Talbot becomes one of the next best options for Edmonton/Toronto or for Florida if they deal Bobrovsky.

I don't think he is being realistic about getting a full-time starter job for a contender. He played his best after they acquired Fleury proving that he needs to be pushed.

OMG. I MISSED 61 PAGES???!!!!

Actually, given what went down last night, that sounds about right. @BeterChiarelli Excellent name choice for this thread

I wish I could've been here for all the reactions, but life calls.

I did get to listen to the draft, and my jaw dropped when the Habs took Slafkovsky. But hey, I knew there was a chance that would happen. I calmed down

Then I literally screamed in shock when NJD took Nemec. I texted someone "Coyotes must be celebrating-they'll get Shane Wright after all!"

AND THEN THEY TOOK COOLEY. I was literally gasping for breath. Wow, what a night.

Dubas and Gueirin were seen having multiple discussions since the Talbot report and Talbot's agent went to talk with Dubas

Those two are definitely surprising, along with Jere Lassila, Ruslan Gazizov, and Miguel Tourigny. There’s also still a few goalies I like in Hugo Havelid, Thomas Milic, and Brett Brochu. James Fisher to Columbus is a pretty good pick though.

Talbot to the Leafs makes sense if they really don’t want Murray lol. Just gotta pick up a backup somewhere (Reimer or Brossoit or Comrie maybe).

Talbot/Reimer to me makes the most sense

I have Milic as the number 1 goalie left, after watching his WHL playoffs where he was the reason they made the WHL finals vs Edmonton, but idk if he makes the NHL.

Love that we have had multiple Dyck’s get taken though.

Sens take a Dyck, but it’s not Reid Dyck because Boston already got him. 1.5 ppg in the BCHL. Okay for the 7th I guess.

When CAR, MIN, and CLB find out it's draft day



Hands down the winners for me

CAR
Gleb Trikozov
Alexander Perevalov
Simon Forsmark
Cruz Lucius
Vladimir Grudinin
Jakub Vondras
Alexander Pelevin

MIN
Liam Ohgren
Danila Yurov
Hunter Haight
Rieger Lorenz
Michael Milne
Ryan Healey
David Spacek
Servac Petrovsky

CLB
David Jiricek
Denton Mateychuk
Luca Del Bel Belluz
Jordan Dumais
Kirill Dolzhenkov
Sergei Ivanov
James Fisher

Carolina just decided that if nobody else wanted Russians, they could take them all.

LA lowkey underrated at drafting. I’m pretty sure they only had 4 picks last year and nailed them all, and then they pick up some nice steals tonight in Salin and Sparkes. Plus Hughes was a perfectly good pick with their only selection in the first 3 rounds. Not bad.

Interesting.

I say:
Kuemper to Toronto (after they trade for his UFA rights)
Campbell to Edmonton
Talbot to Buffalo
Holtby to Washington
Lankinen to St. Louis
Comrie to Minnesota
Lindgren to New York

At this rate watch TB taking them both with their two last picks in this draft

I'd also give honorable mentions to BUF and DAL. I like their selections too.

The fact that 3 of Morrison, Devine, Lassila, H. Havelid, Brochu, Milic, and Gazizov are going undrafted is crazy.

Amadeus Lombardi and David Gucciardi get my underrated name awards from this draft.