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wabit

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Forum: Armchair-GMSat at 7:18 pm
Thread: How Does This Feel Wild Fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jnowariak</b></div><div>Fair criticism of the scouting staff, I know Brackett had the Gm over his shoulder on draft day so I’ll give it some time.

As for the idea that hype is important, drafting on hype will lead you down the wrong road. All leagues other than the OHL have played meaningful seasons and none of those guys were projected top of the 1st round after last season. If an NHL team can’t get its hands on game film then that scouting staff has utterly failed. I get that not being able to scout in person is a detriment but the league has started going to more emphasis on video scouting in the past years. A successful draft means you get a couple NHL players, the things you listed are just excuses hockey men will use when they draft dud after dud this year.</div></div>

Game tape is different than watching the games in person. Going off of last year's rankings is going down the wrong road also, just look at Raty.

With MN already having a couple of 1st this year if I'm going to add a 1st somehow I'd rather it be in the future, it just gives more flexibility to the team. For this draft I'd rather have stocked up on mid-round picks rather than 1st rounders (it's a good chance of just being BOS (2015) all over again this year and mid 1sts). For normal years I'd rather have a 1st than mid-round picks.
Forum: Armchair-GMSat at 6:20 pm
Thread: How Does This Feel Wild Fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jnowariak</b></div><div>I think we look at prospects differently and that’s fine. What’s interesting is the top of next year’s draft is probably better than this year’s but that curve will collapse to the average around pick 10 if I had to make a guess. Hype matters and is driving more of the discussion than facts this year.

<strong>It comes down to whether you think your team can scout the guys who are gonna be NHLers or not.</strong></div></div>

I don't have a high opinion of MN's new head scout, and I've not been a fan of MNs scouting staff in the past.

Hype matters more this draft than in any in recent history. There are a bunch of kids where past hype is all they'll have to go on to get drafted this year. The 1st round is going to be littered with guys that "should" be taken in the 2nd/3rd rounds simply because they can play this year while others can't.

The CHL isn't fully up and running, and I'm not sure if they allow fans/scouts to watch the games that are happening. Lots of US high schoolers lost some/all of their seasons.
Forum: Armchair-GMSat at 5:03 pm
Thread: How Does This Feel Wild Fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jnowariak</b></div><div>I don’t fault PHI for not making a move this last off-season but it was a risk. PHI does have depth down the middle and now we know they NEED a top pair RHD. I think they’re willing to part with one of those guys, especially after the Patrick rumors right before the deadline.

What does change my thinking is where PHI is going to pick this year. Does a 2nd and a 1st swap work? I really think Dumba will be protected in expansion and moved after. He’s more valuable once teams know what their roster looks like and I bet WPG is really wishing they didn’t play so hard to get this past offseason. There will be teams that want him and his remaining term is probably attractive even if the cap hit isn’t.</div></div>

I'm still not sure how much depth PHI does have down the middle.
-Giroux and Couts are both rentals next year. I think Couts re-signs for big money. Not sure what is going to happen with Giroux.
-Patrick hasn't really done much.
-They have some nice prospects, but they haven't really had their NHL chances yet.