The 2016 NHL Draft was full of talent but there would be some change at the top if it was redrafted. NHL Now takes a look at how the draft would shake out if done today.
Matthews won't get help when he wants to get paid more than anyone else in league history. He will demand a raise, and will eat up all of cap they need to sign depth.
Suprised to see Laine at 3rd in scoring, i thought his point production fell way more then that. It pains me how big busts Puljujarvi and Juolevi became…
Tkachuk willed his team to finals…. so why were they down 3-1 in the 1st rd?, l guess he' started playing better and was the reason why Fla came back against Boston…. and took out the Leafers and the Canes… Bobrovsky had nothing to do with… one player does not make a team
so in my books if Matthews or Marner want more cash then they're already making l'd say sign and deal them… they're already in cap hell.
you can't pay half of the cap to players that don't even make up two lines and expect the team to go somewhere in the regular season or the playoffs
EJ said Matthews needs help and “look at eichel who went from buffalo to vegas.” I guess having the “core four” forwards plus Reilly, adding O’Reilly and Acciari at the deadline wasn’t enough help. What a joke 😂
Man EJ says some goofy things… “Jasper Bratt”… “Matthews needs some help” (uhhh is Marner, Tavares, Nylander not enough help!?)…. “Adam Fox has won the Vezina”
Laine has found his game as a Point-Per-Game player in the past two seasons. And this year he was the best Point-Per-Game and Goals-Per-Game player in Columbus for the second year in a row. He was also surprisingly the most solid forward and that includes Gaudreau. That being said, he really really needs to keep healthy and get close to 82 games per season for a few seasons here.
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Kens a leafs hater
Mike Ruff. Smart, eloquent, insightful, I ALWAYS have time for his observations and opinions.
I don’t know where to rank Matthews anymore…
because of how poorly he performs in the playoffs.
If I’m trying to build a team with
PLAYOFFS
Success
in mind…
It’s
1- MATTHEW TKACHUK
2- TAGE THOMPSON
3- Charlie McAvoy
4- Matthews
5- Adam Fox
6- Alex DeBrincat
7- Mikhail Sergachev
Matthews is a complete 200 foot player. He's a generational talent. The only one in his draft class
Matthews won't get help when he wants to get paid more than anyone else in league history. He will demand a raise, and will eat up all of cap they need to sign depth.
Fox is really that great that he even won the Vezina trophy haha
The Laine Hate is Real😂😂 😂 Laine is easily the 3rd best Forward from this Draft!!
Matthew's has had PLENTY OF HELP WTF LOL
As if ppl use to debate Matthews or Laine lmao…wow
Man! Please fire EJ the 🤡
Dude is the reason I won't renew my NHL net
blues won a cup but how many would they win with tage
Suprised to see Laine at 3rd in scoring, i thought his point production fell way more then that. It pains me how big busts Puljujarvi and Juolevi became…
Tkachuk willed his team to finals…. so why were they down 3-1 in the 1st rd?, l guess he' started playing better and was the reason why Fla came back against Boston…. and took out the Leafers and the Canes… Bobrovsky had nothing to do with… one player does not make a team
so in my books if Matthews or Marner want more cash then they're already making l'd say sign and deal them… they're already in cap hell.
you can't pay half of the cap to players that don't even make up two lines and expect the team to go somewhere in the regular season or the playoffs
No question Mathews, Tkachuk had 2 good years
So many American players here. Matthews, Tkachuk, Fox, McAvoy, Thompson. The Americans are coming
Just think about Edmonton picking Pulijarvi over Tkachuk. Yikes.
There ya Canuck fans. Could have had Tkachuk, Fox, Thompson, Sergachev, McEvoy😅
EJ said Matthews needs help and “look at eichel who went from buffalo to vegas.” I guess having the “core four” forwards plus Reilly, adding O’Reilly and Acciari at the deadline wasn’t enough help. What a joke 😂
VGK….they worked it in…worked it in….worked it in to look….like…tthhaatt
Man EJ says some goofy things…
“Jasper Bratt”…
“Matthews needs some help” (uhhh is Marner, Tavares, Nylander not enough help!?)….
“Adam Fox has won the Vezina”
Laine has found his game as a Point-Per-Game player in the past two seasons. And this year he was the best Point-Per-Game and Goals-Per-Game player in Columbus for the second year in a row. He was also surprisingly the most solid forward and that includes Gaudreau. That being said, he really really needs to keep healthy and get close to 82 games per season for a few seasons here.
If Nylander, Marner, and Tavares aren't enough to help Matthews in Toronto, I don't know what will be.
if the draft went like it should have oilers said they would of drafted tkachuk that would of been crazy
VGK didn’t even have any picks. 😢