EOY standings Prediction and uneducated mock

I think Connelly is a top-5 level talent...and the off-ice stuff will hurt him with some teams, but his response to those issues could help him with some teams.

But for NJD, another speedy, transition forward is not a need here. Need a big body forward with a shot, or defensive dman.

F: Greentree, Iginla, Chernyshov, Brandsegg-Nygard, Boisvert
D: Jiricek, Emery, Kleber

I have a big feeling that Montreal will gonna win the Draft lottery.....

FYI Sharks own the PIT Pick. They may still take Helenius though. Their prospect pool is really on the left side but pretty weak on the Right. I think they'd really like a Center but if they see Eklund as a future center then maybe they take a winger.

If they get Levshunov at 2-4 I could see them trading up a couple spots to get Catton, and if they get Cellebrini with #1, I could see them trading up to get Parekh

i was under the impression that you *couldn't win the draft lottery more than twice in 5 years, and especially not 3yrs in a row

and prob select Zayne Parekh 1st overall lol

Fair enough. Devils for me were one of those teams that has so much that I really didn't know what they would go for. Also one of the harder teams to predict how the season will end. FWIW I have them selecting Greentree, so I guess that works.

Yeah I don't know how I forgot that they have that pick. I like your thought process of trading up for those players.

Who do I have doing that? As far as I'm aware this rule only applies back to 2022.

I like the joke.............

but they will choose Celebrini because of Lane Hutson...................

Say they get 5th again though... Am I close with Lindstrom?

ive read this a lot about Connelly being a top talent in this draft hopefully thats true if Capitals select him

If Lindstrom is available, they will likely gonna draft him. Don't expect Montreal drafting a Dman, because they will likely gonna trade away somes of their young Dmans for assets.

if the hawks go back to back with beard-celebrini... i don't think hagens is dropping so 3 in a row wouldn't be difficult, but impossible

I like the Greentree pick. Any power forward works there.

would be nice, and exactly what they are missing tbh

Best skater in draft...maybe 2nd best overall offensive player (after Celebrini).

Reminds me a lot of Jack Hughes at similar age.

He is light, but everything looks like its on fast forward.

He really is a top end talent. Off ice concerns are kind of whatever to me. As fans we rarely get as full a picture as GM's do. I would say if your team is comfortable drafting him then you should. He has had two race related controversies, but I am sure that there are plenty of successful NHL players that made racial jokes among friends when they were a teenager.

It's really more about his work ethic and figuring out whether the incidents were meant to be immature jokes or draw greater personality concerns.

So it would techinally be possible for them to Get bedard, Celibrini and Hagens at first if...

1. They win the first overall this year and draft Celibrini.
2. They finish last in the standing next year, two teams from draft position 12-16 win the lottery. You can only advance 10 spots, so by default Chicago would have first overall and pick Hagens.

Very tiny chance of it occuring, but it is technically possible and Bettman does love the Blackhawks

hope that scenario plays out just to see bettman's reaction

There is also a point I'm not sure about that NHLFan might know, since he is seemingly one of the go to draft people on here. From what I've read it says that no team may improve their draft position twice with a 5 year span starting in 2022.

So if you place last in the league every year and win the lottery I would assume that means you are not improving your draft position and doesn't count towards that rule?

would he be in a Mailloux type situation where hes good enough for the NHL but morals and fan pressure will keep him out of the league longer than necessary ? im not entirely familiar with his situation ill google it later when im not on a work server lol

damn he would be an absolute gem

The limit is on lottery wins. This has come up the last few years.

The only way to get three straight 1st overall picks is....

1. Win lottery in year 1
2. Win lottery in year 2
3. Finish last in year 3, teams between 12-16 win lottery

(years can be any order)

If Dickinson is still there at 7, Army is all up in Ottawa's face. The Sens don't really need more LDs right now.

I think 6 or seven is probably where he lands at this point. I personally really like Yakemchuk, but would also be fine with Armstrong moving up for Dickinson or Silayev, depending on what it costs.

I could see Parekh and Yakemchuk also being of interest to the Senators.