zeke
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by the amount of times I did the draft simulator I think we will pick fourth, and I bet Arizona wins it.
that's not a good betting strategy.
by the amount of times I did the draft simulator I think we will pick fourth, and I bet Arizona wins it.
I'd like to see the draft lottery rules changed a bit so if the last place team does not win each lottery, they get the remaining balls from the team that won. For example if Edmonton wins the first pick overall, and they have a 13.5% chance of winning (compared to the Leafs 20%), the leafs would get a a 33.5% chance at the second lottery. The same could be done for the second lottery with the next worst team - eg. if the Leafs win the first pick overall, the next team (Edmonton this year) would get a 33.5% chance to win the second lottery.
According to McKenzie's survey of 10 NHL scouts, 8/10 favour Matthews.
by the amount of times I did the draft simulator I think we will pick fourth, and I bet Arizona wins it.
and 2 should be fired.
People are overthinking this shit.
Pick 1st, take matthews, walk away laughing.
Matthews is the right guy.
Some people may have a problem with having too many Americans on our team (lol) but other than that, I can't think of a reason not to pick him.
And Laine would be a VERY nice consolidation prize. I think Laine > Eichel too.
My head tells me that were we to win the lottery, we should pick Matthews.
For some reason, my gut instinct is to go Laine. I don't know why.
I don't know about that. Eichel is a very gifted prospect in his own right. Laine mitigated some of the concerns about his offensive production (which was good, but not great) with a hot finish and dominant playoffs, but he's probably in the Barkov range (which is still ****ing awesome) as a pre draft prospect. Pre draft Eichel was a step better than that imo.
At the same time though, 17 year-old Barkov was better offensively than Laine by a fairly wide margin.finnish fans seem to love laine even more than they loved barkov, which was a lot.
finnish fans seem to love laine even more than they loved barkov, which was a lot.