Prospecting Prospect - End of Season 18/19

Flo The Action wrote:

Lagoon wrote:

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

Lagoon wrote:A lot of German hockey people believe that Marco Sturm will be calling Stützle’s name in October. I refuse to believe that and it certainly doesn’t change my BPA rankings.

I’d be extremely happy if Stutzle goes to LA and have been very vocal about LA needing a W and teams drafting this year more than ever based on positional need in the early going.

I posted the other day that LA's depth at center is insane and Kopitar is signed for four more years. They have fagemo and kaliyev on the wings but wouldn't Stutzle looks great in their top six as well?

Yup, I saw that. I was all over it on June 27th when I posted this

Lagoon wrote:Sure, we’ll see. LA has the 2 spot and has no use for a C ranked at 3 and when they already have
• Kopitar
• Turcotte
• Vilardi
• Madden
• JAD
• Kupari
• Thomas
So I guess we will see if they take a C ranked 3rd, when they desperately need a W or D.

And this on draft night on the 26th

Lagoon wrote:Our only hope is the Kings realizing they already have insane C’s and C depth in their prospect pool and they actually take Drysdale or a W.

It’s still Byfield though.

Great minds they say.

a lot of people are putting question marks on Turcotte these days.

by the time Byfield is ready for 1st line duties (2-3 years in LA), Kopitar will be on the decline.

ask yourself this. if you were LA, who would you pick? i'd obviously pick Byfield no matter the depth i have.  

Flo The Action wrote:

Lagoon wrote:

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

Lagoon wrote:A lot of German hockey people believe that Marco Sturm will be calling Stützle’s name in October. I refuse to believe that and it certainly doesn’t change my BPA rankings.

I’d be extremely happy if Stutzle goes to LA and have been very vocal about LA needing a W and teams drafting this year more than ever based on positional need in the early going.

I posted the other day that LA's depth at center is insane and Kopitar is signed for four more years. They have fagemo and kaliyev on the wings but wouldn't Stutzle looks great in their top six as well?

Yup, I saw that. I was all over it on June 27th when I posted this

Lagoon wrote:Sure, we’ll see. LA has the 2 spot and has no use for a C ranked at 3 and when they already have
• Kopitar
• Turcotte
• Vilardi
• Madden
• JAD
• Kupari
• Thomas
So I guess we will see if they take a C ranked 3rd, when they desperately need a W or D.

And this on draft night on the 26th

Lagoon wrote:Our only hope is the Kings realizing they already have insane C’s and C depth in their prospect pool and they actually take Drysdale or a W.

It’s still Byfield though.

Great minds they say.

a lot of people are putting question marks on Turcotte these days.

by the time Byfield is ready for 1st line duties (2-3 years in LA), Kopitar will be on the decline.

ask yourself this. if you were LA, who would you pick? i'd obviously pick Byfield no matter the depth i have.  

Flo The Action wrote:

Ev wrote:Not that I think Raymond is the sure fire pick at 5, but passing on him for Rossi would be terrible. Raymond has a much higher ceiling, much more explosive offensively. Rossi probably has a higher floor but huge question marks in my opinion. But if we get Byfield they can pick whoever they want, I don’t care. Byfield is a guaranteed #1 centre, Rossi won’t be one IMO but he wouldn’t have to be.

that's really just a matter of opinion. I've been listening to quite a few podcasts interviewing scouts and there is a polarity out there on how good Raymond will actually be. people do love his speed but there are questions about whether he can put it all together and be a top-line winger.

I'll agree that Rossi's floor is likely higher but I would be surprised if he's not what I've got him pegged at. and those three things are all areas of needs for this franchise.
I don't think this franchise has anyone locked as a very good 2nd line C as a lower projection.
Norris might be that guy but he still may be just a very good 3C or adequate 2C.

As for Brown... who knows. I'd be hugely surprised if he's top line. at this rate, we'll be lucky if he's a 2C. if even an NHLer. he might not have the wheels, drive, and pace for the NHL.

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:Maybe Dorion is high on Stutzle. Who knows

Ev wrote:

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:Maybe Dorion is high on Stutzle. Who knows

you can safely assume he's 2 or 3 on their list.

tim1_2 wrote:I don't think there's any doubt we're walking away with Stutzle or Byfield at #3.  I get that people like to be cute and overthink the draft, but we're taking the best player available at 3.  

Lagoon wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:I don't think there's any doubt we're walking away with Stutzle or Byfield at #3.  I get that people like to be cute and overthink the draft, but we're taking the best player available at 3.  

We’ll see in 4-7 years.

Lagoon wrote:He said we are taking the BPA here. That’s absolutely what we are debating, not arguing. Unless we can all agree that the top 3 are Lafreniere, Byfield and Raymond.

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:AJ Jakubec
@TheSuperAJ
20 min
Talked to scouts/management from 4 NHL teams & 2 connected to DEL. I never said he’s 100% going to LA. But there’s a strong sense they take him at 2 IF he’s still available. There’s a belief some play-in teams have Stutzle & Byfield at 1. Thanks for coming out though #Credibility

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:AJ Jakubec
@TheSuperAJ
20 min
Talked to scouts/management from 4 NHL teams & 2 connected to DEL. I never said he’s 100% going to LA. But there’s a strong sense they take him at 2 IF he’s still available. There’s a belief some play-in teams have Stutzle & Byfield at 1. Thanks for coming out though #Credibility

Ev wrote:Laf is going 1. No question.

tim1_2 wrote:

Lagoon wrote:He said we are taking the BPA here. That’s absolutely what we are debating, not arguing. Unless we can all agree that the top 3 are Lafreniere, Byfield and Raymond.

You've made your thoughts clear.  You don't need to keep harping on the same point.  You will be proven wrong, and I look forward to that, but you don't need to keep repeating yourself right now.