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So happy the Rags got Perrault

The Shimashev pick baffled me as well until I watched him play. There is Youtube access to a tournament he played in Belarus. Every time he was on the ice the goalie could have spent the entire shift chatting up the girls in the stands. No puck ever got close to the net during his shifts the entire tournament. My gut is that Bill Armstrong is also looking ahead to a top 5 pick again in 2024 and is targeting Levshunov. That kid is Headman++. Imagine having to work your ass off all night trying to get around Headman then running into a 6'5" tank. We shall see what AZ does next year in the draft, but they could be building one of the most dominant top pair D of the next decade.

I also thought Simashev was a poor pick at first, but he kinda of reminds me or Ryan Pulock, and he is a heck of a D. If Simashev becomes that, Zona did a very good pick and will be a more than fine compensation for not getting Reinbacher

I think Danielson is overlooked a little. His team was garbanzos.

I agree that he is overlooked. I just think that there are players with better ceiling, but Danielson’s floor is nothing to cry about

If the rangers could draft like that in the lottery half, they would’ve won at least 7 cups this century



I’ve seen him several times during the draft and watched him again a couple times after and I’m still baffled by the pick

Like Simashev, I don’t think people can appreciate Willander until they’ve watched a bunch of video on him. His ceiling is extremely smart #2 defenseman. Our GM even said that he is going to be Quinn Hughes’ future partner. Chose not to play in the SHL to maintain NCAA Elegibility which you don’t often see from Swedes. Can’t wait to see him in Boston Uni. That team is going to be nuts with Hutson-Willander and the Celebrini bros. Also pretty sure mini Hutson is on the team too

Fantastic player, fantastic pick…

If it was at 16 instead of 6.

Reminds me of Horvat in 2013. Known for being solid 2 way guy but not the highest ceiling. I don’t think they’ll be complaining if they get a Horvat out of this pick

As a Penguins fan, I always make my own pick for them and I always chose a better player than they do. Yager was a mistake; I wanted Perreault. Last year they should have drafted Snuggerud instead of Pickering. 2020 instead of Poulin, it should have been Tomasino or Kaliyev. I can go all the way back to 2006 when they picked Jordan Staal instead of Toews or Backstrom. I can't believe how incredibly stupid they have drafted lo these many years.

I thought PIT would've taken whoever falls between Moore and Dvorksy, as it was likely 1 was available at 14, and it was the case...

He gets overlooked a lot. Putting him below a guy like Wood is just wacky, and pretty much EVERYBODY does it. Hell, I saw lots of people putting him down below slugs like Cristall and Dragicevic and all these little 150 pound players. Wild stuff.

Give him a single weapon and he surpasses 100 easily.
Dude was literally getting assists by shooting off his teammate. Insanity.

He's kinda like Ryan O'Reilly, except Danielson is faster and meaner. This is going to be another Seider pick, where most people bag on it at the start but Stevie gets the last laugh. Probably not quite to that extent, but close enough.

Maybe, but too early to claim another Seider-like steal.
Danielson is affected by his [lack of quality] teammates, so hopefully we'll see him tear up the AHL when he's eligible. Or, hopefully, he gets traded to a different WHL team.