Jacob Chychrun. He still gets talked about as the best defenseman in the draft, but others, like Sergachev, have gotten heaps of praise lately and Chychrun's star hasn't been as bright compared to these up and comers.
It seems to happen most drafts, that one player we all expect to go fairly high but seems to slip in the draft for some strange reason.
Last year, it was Mathew Barzal, before that we had seen Kasperi Kapanen and even Mikhail Grigorenko to name a few.
So who is the player this year who falls at the draft? Any guesses and why?
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
Jacob Chychrun. He still gets talked about as the best defenseman in the draft, but others, like Sergachev, have gotten heaps of praise lately and Chychrun's star hasn't been as bright compared to these up and comers.
Bottleneckers (12/16 in 2022)
16 team, points only. G: 2-W, 4-SO.
Top 9F, 4D & 1G . Keep 15, Max 23
F: J. Robertson, J. Hughes, Tavares, Lafreniere, Cozens, Newhook, Teravainen, Domi, R. Strome, Laine, Rossi, Raymond, Holtz, Perfetti
D: Bouchard, McAvoy, Morrissey, Heiskanen
G: Vasilevskiy
I am going to predict it will be German Rubtsov but I guess it depends on how high you have him ranked, pre-draft.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
My best guess is Nylander. He's been discussed as a possible no4 pick in some places, but wingers are not as highly in demand as Cs and Ds this year. And as other wingers like Tkachuk and Dubois might/should be taken before him, I'm going to predict Nylander outside the top 10, maybe even outside the top 15.
24 team H2H dynasty, fantasy points, no cap
Skaters: G 4.5 (5 for Ds), A 3, PPG 1.5 (2 for Ds), PPA 1 (1.5 for Ds), SHP 2, Ft 2, HIT 0.6, BLK 0.6, SOG 0.3 (0.4 for Ds), FW 0.1, Tk 0.5 // Gv -0.3
Goalies: W 3.5, SHO 5, SV 0.5, A 3 // GA -3, L -1.5
4C, 4LW, 4RW, 6D, 2G, 4BN, 4IR
C: McDavid, MacKinnon, Hischier
LW: B.Tkachuk, Ovechkin, Paul(C), Jankowski(C)
LW/RW: Meier, Fiala, Giroux(C), Niederreiter
RW: Reinhart, Anderson, Armia
D: Josi, Matheson, Durzi, Zadorov, Moser, Cernak, Siegenthaler, Stanley
G: Daccord, Merzlikins, Pickard
50 minors; most noteables: A.Schmid, E.Andrae, M.Kesselring, S.Malinski, B.Pachal, L.Bichsel, M.Pospisil, E.Soderblom,...
I'm going to say McLeod. Seen him ranked as high as 6.
I think he has a great all round game, but isn't elite at anything. Could see him sliding to the 15 to 20 range.
14 team h/h dynasty
Stats, G A PTS PIM +/- PPP SHP GWG shts TOI hts/blks W sv% gaa SO
$89 mill salary cap, cap hits
minors- players under 60 gms, goalies under 30 gms
3c 3lw 3rw 4d 2util 1goal
max 23 plyr rstr, 15 minors
CENTERS Kuznetsov, Necas, Petterson, Hughes, D.Strome, Seguin, Hayes, Scheifele
LEFTWING Gaudreau, Mantha, Forsberg, Keller
RIGHTWING Kakko , Debrincat, Thomas, Konecny
D-MEN Girard, Provorov, McCavoy, Dobson, Makar
GOALIES Gibson, Shesterkin, Sorokin
IR
MINORS Brannstrom, Kostin, Dennisenko, Kaprizov, Tippett, Cozens, Tolvanen, Zegras, Byfield , Vessalainen, K.Miller, Kyrou, Janik, Bokk, Lundell, Heinola, Hoglander, Lundkvist
On the illegal curve podcast. They mentioned Dubois as an elite player. So anything below 4th or 5th would be a big drop. I don't see it happening. I think he gets taken in the top 5.
6 Team no limit Keeper. Cap league $100m
Points only G/A=1, Hattrick = +3, Wins = 2, SO = +3, OTL/SOL = +1
12 Forwards, 6 Defense, 2 Goalies, 6 Reserve (any position)
Forwards
Crosby $8.7
Stone $9.5
Svechnikov $7.7
Debrincat $6.4
Hall $6
Meier $6
Guentzel $6
Ehlers $6
Hertl $5.6
Konecny $5.5
Palat $5.3
JT Miller $5.2
Garland $4.9
Kakko $.9
Laff $.9
Defense
Josi $9
Burns $8
Letang $7.2
Nurse $5.6
Werenski $5
Sergachev $4.8
Fox $.9
Goalies
Shesterkin $5.6
Ullmark $5
Hart $3.9
Blackwood $2.8
I agree he will drop, but i'd say failing a drug test is a valid reason to drop. I don't think he should be expected to go that high anymore. not saying the failed test was his fault, as the entire team failed the test, and I think he'll be a great nhler, but in my mock draft posted about a month ago, I had him going at the end of the first round to tampa, who don't have issues taking chances on a Russian, and could use another center in the organization.
max jones is in the same boat. tons of talent, tons of question marks. I've got him going to the islanders in the first round, but he could drop quite a lot as well.
i'm gonna actually predict that there will be no draft dropper this year! every year there is one, this year I don't think there will be.
chychrun is the most likely candidate, but he could go anywhere from 4 to 11-12, so I assume one of the teams scopps him up before 8-9 at the latest, which I wouldn't consider a drop, seeing as though most draft rankings have him around there. I don't see both Arizona and buffalo passing on him.
wouldn't be surprised if clayton keller is around at 15 or so, but again, I wouldn't consider that a drop. he's got tons of talent, but looking at the players that could go in front of him, it wouldn't be a shock if he dropped that far.
I don't think Chychrun "dropping" would be a surprise any more considering he's already slipped in the rankings. He was going to go top 3 and now it looks like he's going somewhere between 10-20.
As far as sliders I'm not sure but I've read some thinking Cam Dineen is a bit overrated.
12 team H2H Most Cats Wins; Keep 6/winner keeps 7; G A PPP +/- SHP SOG HIT BLK PIM // W SV GAA SV% SHO
3 C, 3 LW, 3 RW, 6D, 2G, 5 bench
C - McDavid, Crosby, Tavares, Hertl
LW - DeBrincat, Boldy, Lafreniere
RW - Meier, Miller, Boeser, Nichushkin
D - Dobson, Karlsson
G - Jarry, Luukkonen
ESPN Roto 10 team
24 man roster (+3 IR) - Keep 20 - Daily settings
Start 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 5D, 2G, 1UTIL
G,A,PTS, +/-, PIM, PPA, PPG, D PTS - W, SV, SV%
C- Zegras, Suzuki, Carlsson, Fantilli, Norris
RW- Batherson, Michkov, Quinn, Perfetti(C,LW), Foerster, Kakko
LW- BTkachuk, Stutzle(C), McTavish(C), Benson
D- Mintyukov, Sanderson, LHughes, Clarke, Drysdale
G- Wolf, Askarov, Wallstedt
IR-
IR-
IR-
Picks in 2024/25 1, 4, 5, 8
Picks in 2025/26 rounds 1,1,3,4
Did Rubtsov actually fail the drug test or just part of the team that got suspended?
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
Love him as a player but I wouldn't be surprised to see Max Jones slip to the back of the first round. Obviously he's a monster physically and can skate like the wind, but the discipline and lack of hockey IQ may turn some teams off.
If NHL GM's read our mock draft I'm going to guess Libor Hajek! Everywhere I see him ranked in the 30-40 range and he wasn't picked inside our top-60.
24 Team H2H Pts Cap Dyn
4C 4LW 4RW 6D 1G 4B 27M
G (1) A (1) +/- (.25) PIM (.05) SOG (.05) PPP (.5) HIT (.05) BLK (.05) FOW (.01)
W (1.75) GA (-1) SV (.1) SO (3)
C: Seguin, Kuznetsov, Trocheck, Johansen, Kostin
LW: Benn, Lindblom, Dickinson, Kubalik
RW: Tuch, Fabbri, Bjorkstrand, Terry
D: Klingberg, Chabot, Girard, Spurgeon, C Miller, Theodore, Marino
G: Hellebuyck, Berdin
C: Elvenes, Vorobyev, Spacek, Jones, Eyssimont, Daviddson, Shvyrev
LW: Dorofyev, Koivula, Shalagin, Dugan, Cates, Ranta
RW: Volkov, Fortier, Evans, Blichfeld, Legare, Tieksola
D: Laaksonen, Gilbert, Pilut
G: Samsonov, Sorokin, Knight, Zagidulin