NHL 2022 Offseason

[rdnk]

Tampa dumps McDonagh on Nashville.

Kings pick up Fiala for a 1st.

[Majingir]

So the Habs DIDN'T take Wright....
The Devils DIDN'T take Wright either!

Coyotes get booed for the ASU decision and then DON'T take Wright either!

4th pick time, Bettman announces 2 trades involving Montreal, crowd goes crazy thinking Habs are getting pick #4 and getting Wright all along.. except they dont trade for that pick.

And Seattle comes in and gets Wright at 4.

Has anyone who so many said is going #1 ended up not going in the top 3 before?

Leafs dealt Mrazek and 25th for the 38th pick. Someone actually took that cap dump. With the news that Avs aren't signing Kuemper, makes me wonder if Leafs target him now.

[rdnk]

I've never seen that before. The closest surprise to this I remember was Cam Fowler dropping in the 2010 draft. Dude was a lock to go 3rd or 4th and then fell all the way to 12th.

[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by rdnk

I've never seen that before. The closest surprise to this I remember was Cam Fowler dropping in the 2010 draft. Dude was a lock to go 3rd or 4th and then fell all the way to 12th.

Every year theres someone who seems like a lock for a top 5 or 10 spot and drops. But not someone who was the likely #1 pick.

[Kobalt]

Bobby Margarita had Slaf at #1 so it isn’t too surprising. Wright was always the guy with the highest floor while other players had higher ceilings, willing to bet Wright isn’t in the top 5 when they do the redraft years down the line

That said, long suffering Kraken fans have every reason to be excited about Beniers-Wright combo

[Instant C1a55ic]

Not overly surprised with Wright dropping a few, my 15 and 11 year old sons threw a fit as he was always the #1 pick in NHL 22 lol

Glad Dylan James, the USHL rookie of the year from the Sioux City Musketeers got selected at #40. Too bad its by the Red Wings, but I see no harm in being an Avs fan, and cheering on a single player from the Wings.

[Majingir]

Yet another "feel old yet" moment.

Some of these draft picks are talking about watching Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews "when they were growing up".

Some of these draft picks weren't even teenagers when those guys entered the league!

The cutoff birth date for eligibility on this draft was the day before the 2004 lockout! Next years draft class will feature people born during the lockout.

[Majingir]

This draft had so many funny things coming out of it.

My fave is the Canucks drafting Elias Pettersson. I badly want to see him make their NHL roster soon just for the commentators nightmare.

The LA Kings roster now consists of Alex Laferriere, Kirill Kirsanov, and now....Jack Hughes.