Draft Position Before The Lottery

1st - TOR

2nd - EDM

3rd - VAN

4th - CBJ

5th - CAL

6th - WPG

 

Edited April 10, 20169 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

Ofcourse the lottery likely changes the order but Id rather the jets maximize their chances and finish last 

Jets can't finish last, they don't suck as much as Toronto or Edmonton.

 

Top 3 picks are determined by a draft lottery anyway so this thread is somewhat pointless.

 

Doesn't matter who finishes 30th 29th or 28th. The lottery will determine who picks 1st 2nd and 3rd. 

 

Edited February 28, 20169 yr by Goalie

there is no way that anyone can out-suck Toronto.  I will laugh though if they end up picking 5th despite the deliberate tank.  Just like I laughed at Buffalo last year.

Edmonton is gonna pick 4th and take Chychrun and he will be a bust.. Book it. 

I just read the rules for 2016 and the worst placed team can only fall as far as 4th, so if it's Toronto, they will end up with at minimum of the 4th overall pick, which would still make me laugh.  So if the Jets pick 4th you can bet Matthews will be gone, and Laine as well, so do we go for Tkachuk?  And not just for sentimental reasons?

http://www.draftsite.com/nhl/mock-draft/2016/

These guys have us taking Nylander and Benson in the first round.  They don't seem to understand that Chevy likes taking Americans.  If we don't end up in the top 4, do we trade up to get Tkachuk?

44 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Edmonton is gonna pick 4th and take Chychrun and he will be a bust.. Book it. 

Chychrun is going to be a bust and Crouse is no good?

Glad you aren't the GM.

 

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

Edmonton is gonna pick 4th and take Chychrun and he will be a bust.. Book it. 

Either EDM take Chychrun or we do.

Not sure why we would miss out on Tkachuk to take a D man. Even if you buy into this RHD/LHD blarney. 

Tkachuk?  Not needed. If we aren't picking top 3 we are going LHD for sure. Chychrun Sergachev Bean. Juolevi. No way we take Tkachuk.

 

Imo Matthews or the Finns if it's top 3. If not. It's a LHD for sure. 

 

I like Chychrun for the record. I think if anyone but edmonton gets him he's good. If not. He busts. 

Crouse is 6 foot 4 215 lbs playing against boys and has 16 goals. He's Adam Lowry pretty much. 

If I was the gm.... 1. I wouldn't really care what fans thought about who I draft and 2. Certainly wouldn't be posting my thoughts online.  

 

 

Edited February 28, 20169 yr by Goalie

If we are drafting 5 or later it's between Tkachuk and Sergachev for me, both have pro's and con's but if baby Tkachuk can be like papa look out.  The back end can be taken care with some sort of trade and or development .

Chevy has a great track record in the draft... I wonder if he trades down?

30 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Tkachuk?  Not needed.

 

how is a goal-scoring forward not needed on the Jets?  Or any team for that matter?  I don't get it.  Just take the best player available and leave the worrying about RHD/LHD to people who want to buy into that nonsense.

Doubt we're going to see a defenceman jump into the lineup right away.  We may have a need for LHD right now but in a year or two maybe not.  Can't draft based on what we need right now, just take the best player.

Jets 19th in scoring atm.

I was just watching TSN Trade preview and Kris Russell is listed as available from the Flames.  Could the Jets be after him?  I know he shoots left, if that matters at all.

http://flames.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8471729

If the Jets got this guy, could that fill this supposed LHD hole and therefore mean they could go after Tkachuk?  I would hope so.  I'd love to see a line with Lowry, Lemieux and Tkachuk. 

No. Jets won't have interest in Russell. He's basically mark Stuart.

Plus he's a ufa to be so if they wanted him... sign him as a free agent 

 

Tkachuk is being over rated I think. 

If Matthews and the Finns are not there when the jets pick and they want BPA and not LHD then Nylander or even dubois are your guys. Keller is also coming on strong. I'm not convinced Tkachuk is the BPA after the top 3. His numbers playing in the ohl aren't really that great. Benefited from playing with Matthews last year with the USNTDP.

 

3 hours ago, Atomic said:

Doubt we're going to see a defenceman jump into the lineup right away.  We may have a need for LHD right now but in a year or two maybe not.  Can't draft based on what we need right now, just take the best player.

You mean like Deadmonton?

Chychrun would start on the Jets for the start of the 2017-2018 season at the latest....some analysts are saying he is NHL ready right now. No way should we take any other player than Chychrun if we are drafting lower than 3rd (unless something unforeseen happens).

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

No. Jets won't have interest in Russell. He's basically mark Stuart.

Plus he's a ufa to be so if they wanted him... sign him as a free agent 

 

Tkachuk is being over rated I think. 

If Matthews and the Finns are not there when the jets pick and they want BPA and not LHD then Nylander or even dubois are your guys. Keller is also coming on strong. I'm not convinced Tkachuk is the BPA after the top 3. His numbers playing in the ohl aren't really that great. Benefited from playing with Matthews last year with the USNTDP.

 

its comments like this that make me scratch my head regarding the ability of some here to rate prospects.  I just checked and Tkachuk has 93 points in 48 games this year and is a plus 36.  He had five points in the game he played today against the Ottawa 67's.  What more do you want? 

http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/roster/show/id/28154t???

 

1 hour ago, Ducky said:

You mean like Deadmonton?

Chychrun would start on the Jets for the start of the 2017-2018 season at the latest....some analysts are saying he is NHL ready right now. No way should we take any other player than Chychrun if we are drafting lower than 3rd (unless something unforeseen happens).

Chychrun does look like a good one.  Can't see how we lose if we draft either.   If this LHD is the biggest need (not sure that it is) then yes, grab Chychrun.  If Edmonton grabs him, go for Tkachuk.

We need more D depth in the system....after Morrissey and maybe Kostalek, there isn't much there.

What's the phonetic of Chychrun?

Craig Button just predicted in his mock draft on TSN that the Jets take Tkachuk with the 4th overall pick.  He has Chycrun not going until 8th.  

9 hours ago, Ducky said:

We need more D depth in the system....after Morrissey and maybe Kostalek, there isn't much there.

great!  Take Tkachuk with the 1st and then take defencemen with the rest of the picks, including the 1st from Chicago.

Lots of moving parts until draft day the only thing that is certain is that Mathews goes no.1. Anybody drafting top 5 will get a really good player for the future.