The Lafrenière Lottery

[hockeypoolfanatic]

The Rangers need another center and should package some of their young wingers for a solid 2C.

Or trade back and take Byfield.

[Two On One]

Or trade back and take Byfield.

Or offer sheet Mat Barzal? ��

[Axeman33]

Or offer sheet Mat Barzal? ��

Barzal isn't worth the money he's about to he offered.

[The Comish]

Barzal isn't worth the money he's about to he offered.

Honestly, very few of them are worth the money that has to be offered for an offer sheet to even have a remote chance of working.

[Axeman33]

Honestly, very few of them are worth the money that has to be offered for an offer sheet to even have a remote chance of working.

I'm even talking about the contract offer he'll get from the Islanders.

[2014olympicgold]

There's a slow mo where you can see the Leafs ball going up the tube and the Rangers ball just coming out of left field with a hit stick demolishing hipcheck to boop the Leafs out of the way to seal the fate of the draft.

[GinFizz]

i still think Ottawa won the lottery with the 3 and 5.

[hockeyrobot]

There's a slow mo where you can see the Leafs ball going up the tube and the Rangers ball just coming out of left field with a hit stick demolishing hipcheck to boop the Leafs out of the way to seal the fate of the draft.

What a devastating few days for the Leafs.

[GinFizz]

^^ That was crazy.

[Dr.Brad]

You know how in basketball, the teams that don’t make the NCAA tournament get to play in the NIT? I think a 14 field of Pittsburgh, Edmonton, Nashville, Toronto - maybe playing for draft position - Can’t deny it would be entertaining, since most of us thought those four teams would still be alive today

[kovalchuk17]

i thought about the possibility of the rangers trading back a spot or simply selecting byfield and was buying into the idea for a while.

then i took a step back and remembered why gms typically dont make moves like that at least not in the top few picks especially when theres a clear #1. rangers should still pick laf and trade for a centre and/or re-sign strome for not too much. they already have Z so they dont need a top line centre. itd take at least a few years for byfield to be a nhl calibre possession driving centre assuming it even works out.

all the non-panarin/kreider/kaapo wingers are on the block as far as im concerned

[hockeyrobot]

i thought about the possibility of the rangers trading back a spot or simply selecting byfield and was buying into the idea for a while.

then i took a step back and remembered why gms typically dont make moves like that at least not in the top few picks especially when theres a clear #1. rangers should still pick laf and trade for a centre and/or re-sign strome for not too much. they already have Z so they dont need a top line centre. itd take at least a few years for byfield to be a nhl calibre possession driving centre assuming it even works out.

all the non-panarin/kreider/kaapo wingers are on the block as far as im concerned

They touched on that on Puck Soup.....but ya....when was the last trade of a top 5 pick? GMs are scared.

[tweetdrivr]

There has never been a trade move within the top 4 picks in the draft. The top 5 - only once - in 2008. The Isles traded the 5th overall in ‘08 for the Leafs for the 7th overall, their 3rd rd pick, and the Leafs 2nd rd pick in ‘09.

[hockeyrobot]

There has never been a trade move within the top 4 picks in the draft. The top 5 - only once - in 2008. The Isles traded the 5th overall in ‘08 for the Leafs for the 7th overall, their 3rd rd pick, and the Leafs 2nd rd pick in ‘09.

Do the trades for the Sedins count?

[Shift Disturber]

i thought about the possibility of the rangers trading back a spot or simply selecting byfield and was buying into the idea for a while.

then i took a step back and remembered why gms typically dont make moves like that at least not in the top few picks especially when theres a clear #1. rangers should still pick laf and trade for a centre and/or re-sign strome for not too much. they already have Z so they dont need a top line centre. itd take at least a few years for byfield to be a nhl calibre possession driving centre assuming it even works out.

all the non-panarin/kreider/kaapo wingers are on the block as far as im concerned

I agree, but not sure how they get a quality 2C with the remaining wingers.