flyers0909 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 When: June, 22nd Where: Dallas Now that the unexciting finals are over, between two boring teams with no excitement surrounding them, we can look forward to the best part of the offseason, the NHL draft. RankingsNHL.comSportsnetTSN - ButtonTSN - McKenzie Rankings are from like April, it's a shame how rarely these rankings get updated. I'll try to post new links as they come in. Draft Order 1. Buffalo 2. Carolina 3. Montreal 4. Ottawa 5. Arizona 6. Detroit 7. Vancouver 8. Chicago 9. NY Rangers 10. Edmonton 11. NY Islanders 12. NY Islanders (From CAL) 13. Dallas 14. Philadelphia (From STL lol) 15. Florida 16. Colorado 17. New Jersey 18. Columbus 19. Philadelphia 20. Los Angeles 21. San Jose 22. Ottawa (From PIT) 23. Anaheim 24. Minnesota 25. Toronto 26. NY Rangers (From BOS) 27. Nashville 28. NY Rangers (From TB) 29. St. Louis (From WPG) 30. Detroit (From VGK) 31. Washington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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beekay414 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 My top targets for the Devils via realistic trade up/current pick/trade down... 1.) Ty Smith | LHD - Love this kid and think he has sky high potential as a top pairing LHD. Think he is the 2nd best Dman in the draft.2.) K'Andre Miller | LHD - Transitioned from forward to defense a few seasons ago and his ceiling is massive. Needs time to develop but it could pay off big time.3.) Vitali Kravtsov | RW - 18 year old Russian who held his own in the KHL during the post season. Potential 1st line RW upside.4.) Ty Dellandrea | C - Most likely a 2nd line C in the long run but he fits the mold of high character, good skating that Ray Shero has implemented organization wide.5.) Jett Woo | RHD - Reasoning? *see below* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyers0909 Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 I like Kravtsov a lot, would love if we could snag him at 19. One of those guys that I feel like he'd be my 2nd or 3rd choice at 14 (give me Farabee) but will be gone by 19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 1 minute ago, flyers0909 said: I like Kravtsov a lot, would love if we could snag him at 19. One of those guys that I feel like he'd be my 2nd or 3rd choice at 14 (give me Farabee) but will be gone by 19. If we decide to go with a forward, it 100% better be Kravtsov at 17. I know you shouldn't draft for need (we've seen how that's burned us in the past) but, even without figuring in need, Smith and Miller could be argued as BPA as well. Miller isn't as high risk as you'd think despite being raw so I could easily see him being the Devils pick. He checks all the boxes. Dellandrea and Woo are the "trade down" guys. Could add AA into that group as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyers0909 Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 45 minutes ago, bkobow05 said: My top targets for the Devils via realistic trade up/current pick/trade down... 1.) Ty Smith | LHD - Love this kid and think he has sky high potential as a top pairing LHD. Think he is the 2nd best Dman in the draft.2.) K'Andre Miller | LHD - Transitioned from forward to defense a few seasons ago and his ceiling is massive. Needs time to develop but it could pay off big time.3.) Vitali Kravtsov | RW - 18 year old Russian who held his own in the KHL during the post season. Potential 1st line RW upside.4.) Ty Dellandrea | C - Most likely a 2nd line C in the long run but he fits the mold of high character, good skating that Ray Shero has implemented organization wide.5.) Jett Woo | RHD - Reasoning? *see below* I really like Smith but just don't see how he's better than all of Hughes, Boqvist, Bouchard, and Dobson. To be fair though I feel like it's splitting hairs. They're all so damn talented and we're talking about all those guys in the 5-10 range, it's really not that crazy a ranking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 1 minute ago, flyers0909 said: I really like Smith but just don't see how he's better than all of Hughes, Boqvist, Bouchard, and Dobson. To be fair though I feel like it's splitting hairs. They're all so damn talented and we're talking about all those guys in the 5-10 range, it's really not that crazy a ranking. For sure. They are all lumped really close together. Smith is just my preference of the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 I could see the Devils trading down as far as Detroit (Vegas pick) if it means picking up one of Detroit's early 2nds. Could see someone like Adam Boqvist falling due to the concussions and Ray getting a nice price for 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyers0909 Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 This draft is really fun. I think anyone who doesn't have Dahlin, Svech, and Zadina as their top 3 are overthinking it, but after that it's anyone's guess. You could have like 15 guys that could reasonably go 4-10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Is 17 for 35, 38 and 56 or 61 a feasible deal (Montreal)? Not enough to fall that far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 1 minute ago, flyers0909 said: This draft is really fun. I think anyone who doesn't have Dahlin, Svech, and Zadina as their top 3 are overthinking it, but after that it's anyone's guess. You could have like 15 guys that could reasonably go 4-10. Yep. This draft is gonna be wild IMO. Absolutely no clue where anyone is going at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Lots of talk about the devils trading down due to the lack of second and third round picks. I have no issue with a trade down and grabbing woo. Sandin would be on my list too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 26 minutes ago, Forge said: Lots of talk about the devils trading down due to the lack of second and third round picks. I have no issue with a trade down and grabbing woo. Sandin would be on my list too. Sandin and McIsaac are the "safe" guys. Not really needle movers but, if we want depth over impact, I can see it. I'd rather gamble on AA if we traded down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom cody Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Ottawa has picks 4 and 22, will be fun to see what they do with them, the draft is always one of my favorite parts of the NHL year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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