Verbeek off marching to his own drum

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Created by: GiggywithGibby

Team: 2024-25 Anaheim Ducks

Initial Creation Date: May 6, 2024

Published: May 6, 2024

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We've assumed Verbeek might trade pics in the past, and he never has, so let's assume he's going to make all our selections in the first two rounds, here's who I think he picks.

4OA: Zayne Parekh, incredibly high offensive ceiling RHD, natural Drysdale replacement, shades of Erik Karlsson in his game. Played with Mintyukov previously on the Saginaw Spirit, Anaheim scouts would have scouted him last year too and seen his progress.

~24OA (wherever Edmonton pick is) E.J. Emery, son of a football linebacker, best defensive defenseman in the USNDP. He's thin now but has tons of room to pack onto that frame to get harder to play against. Future Mintyukov running mate.

35OA: Charlie Elick, defensively sound, big, and mean, not great offensive ceiling, but good defensively and will lay the body into crushing hits. Would be a good running mate for Zellweger.

59OA: pick a RW who fell this far, IDK who'll be around by now.

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Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
16	$87,500,000	$54,694,167	$0	$8,250,000	$32,805,833

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Vatrano, Frank $3,650,000$3,650,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Zegras, Trevor $5,750,000$5,750,000 C, LW RFA - 2	Terry, Troy $7,000,000$7,000,000 RW UFA - 6
Johnston, Ross $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW UFA - 2	Carlsson, Leo $950,000$950,000 ($3,250,000$3M) C RFA - 2	Killorn, Alex $6,250,000$6,250,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 3
Gauthier, Cutter $950,000$950,000 ($950,000$950K) LW, C RFA - 2	McTavish, Mason $894,167$894,167 ($2,500,000$2M) C, LW RFA - 1	Strome, Ryan $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C UFA - 3
		Colangelo, Sam $925,000$925,000 ($750,000$750K) RW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Fowler, Cam $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Gudas, Radko $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Gibson, John $6,400,000$6,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Mintyukov, Pavel $918,333$918,333 ($800,000$800K) LD RFA - 2		Dostal, Lukas $812,500$812,500 G RFA - 1
Zellweger, Olen $844,167$844,167 LD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	McGinn, Brock $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

May 6 at 6:42 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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Starting to think Emery may not get that far…

May 6 at 6:44 p.m.

GiggywithGibby

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

Starting to think Emery may not get that far…

I've seen him anywhere from 33 to after 70, so I think there's a strong chance he's on the board come the mid 20s

May 6 at 6:45 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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Quoting: GiggywithGibby

I've seen him anywhere from 33 to after 70, so I think there's a strong chance he's on the board come the mid 20s

His stock has got to be rising after U18. He was fantastic.

May 6 at 7:08 p.m.

ItsDuckSeason

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Don't get me wrong ANA does need a no.1 RHD.
But selecting RHD with ANA's next 2 picks after that (24 & 35) seems a bit excessive. Considering ANA already has Tristan Lenau (who we know PV is already high on) and Noah Warren, PV will probably pick a right-handed forward with one of those two picks.

I hope PV selects Dean Letourneau, as our 3/4C the guy is 6'6. Could even be our future TOP 6 RW if he pans out right.
https://thehockeynews.com/news/big-man-on-campus-meet-2024-nhl-draft-prospect-dean-letourneau

May 6 at 7:13 p.m.

GiggywithGibby

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Quoting: ItsDuckSeason

Is he going to go RD for all three picks, probably not, but I'm gunshy of the last era of pushing for a cup, trading for a RHD seemingly every season to try and get us over the top. Having too many RHD is never a problem, if too many develop too quickly, you trade them for missing pieces.

Load up I say, load up on RHD talent. Run 5 RHD in San Diego, run 6! I don't want to be in the position where we need to sign or trade for RHD. LHD and wingers come easy, we have centers, let's erase our weakness.

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