Elliotte Friedman is joined by former scout and Sportsnet draft expert Jason Bukala on 32 Thoughts to take a deeper look into the 2023 NHL Draft, who made the best picks and the biggest surprises from Nashville.
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My CAPS getting Cristall at 40 is a huge w. Pretty sure he was ranked #16
every team needs to draft a trans gender or else
we don’t know the steals, it’s too early
4 minute walk… drove YIKES
No US players were taken in the first round by Canadian teams this year. Trend or coincidence? I did a little research and found that since the year 2000, that's only happened twice: 2008 & 2014. 2008 was a weak year for American players in general (best being John Carlson & Cam Atrkinson). 2014, A Canadian team, Vancouver, took a US player, Thatcher Demko, early in the second round. So because of recent events (Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Hanifin, etc.) of US players asking out of Canada, will Canadian teams be avoiding American players in the future, i.e., Montreal taking Reinbacher over the more highly rated Ryan Leonard?
im really happy habs drafted jackeye lil brother
It’s interesting people still defend Arizona in any way.
It’s pathetic that they even have a team still with all the nonsense that’s gone on.
It’s been over a decade of wasted money, talent, time.
It’s a dumping ground for bad contracts and as was mentioned in this video all the prospects is simply too much.
5000 person stadium, community votes against them cleaning up a landfill. I don’t know the exact financials but I’m sure it’s ugly.
It’s an ugly situation that just makes the league look bad.
Look at these two dry humping their phones.
I think it is fine for a player to not want to play in a certain city. They have worked hard for the past 10 or 12 years to make it to the NHL. They should be able to have an honest conversation with GMs. Having said that, they should also understand the teams point of view and try to come to an agreement.
Arizona is waiting for Matthews
Hunter Brzustewicz seems like a bit of a steal at 75 for the Canucks. He was projected in the 50's or higher.
Flyers fan since the 70’s. Most exciting time since trading for Eric Lindros imo
Wow Elliot looks like he’s put on some pounds ,
love flyers draft results.
Is that guitar tune at the start of the video from a song? It's really catchy.
Arizona don’t mind taking Russians because they can afford to wait for them to come over and if by any chance they don’t come over it’s okay because they have a lot of other prospects and picks anyways
I don't know if he's a steal for Philly but I can say that I think you overrated Fantilli. At Worlds and Unders he didn't step up as a Center, he fell back to wing position, and was ineffective. Look at the volume of points as a winger. I can say, that Carlsson did step up as a Center to top line challenges and actually deserved that place, unless Anaheim was going to select Michkov. The fact that Gusev had played in St Petersburg and had been their assumed starting RW, would have relegated Michkov anyways, they loaned him out. Philly had already had seen Cutter Gautier at the worlds and are currently sitting on him.
Is Cooley going to sign with Arizona or should they have just simply traded signing rights?? See Wheeler and other Arizona top draft picks who walked away from the org.
Blackhawks dropped the ball on Cristall
Friedman is a poseur, but other is legit
Hronek better be worth the 1st and 2nd we gave up in this draft!
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Great episode!
Chicago won the draft and it’s not even close. Aside from Bedard. They drafted very damn well.
A lot of teams and fans saying their team had the best draft. As indicated, it was a deep draft. Thus only time will tell which teams really did have great drafts. Guessing it is not going to be as many as people think. Just saying!
1220 feet is a tough walk! Not even a 1/3 of a mile!
Its all Technique!!
What’s baffling is the huge deal people make about the 3 year contract but have no issue with kids being in college that same amount of time
my thing for Arizona is, no point in drafting guys when you have no idea where you're gunna even be playing in a few years. they can wait for these guys to develope in russia and come over in a few years when the team ACTUALLY has a direction
Really, REALLY happy you guys brought up Nick Lardis. He was a top end talent after he got traded that no one was talking about. I genuinely felt like he could’ve gone in the end of the first or early second. Also can’t believe Moore fell to #19. I’m biased but I think the hawks had the best draft hands down.
At first, I was pretty shocked by the Reinbacher pick at 5, but looking back at some recent history for Habs' drafting, they don't always take the BPA and have drafted for need. We saw last year that they took Slafkovsky over Wright, which has yet to really be known if that was a good pick or not (both guys had pretty abysmal NHL seasons). Then going back to 2018, they drafted Kotkaniemi 3rd overall when right after, Brady Tkachuk was taken and was ranked higher than Kotkaniemi. You can even look to 2021 and 2020 as the Habs going somewhhat off the board. Kaiden Guhle over Lukas Reichel in 2020 wouldn't hhave been my pick, which doesn't mean much because I'm not a scout or GM, and the Canadiens took a risk with Logan Mailloux in 2021. Montreal obviously has no problem taking a guy that shouldn't have been taken where he was, of course Cole Caufield is the exception in recent me mory. Montreal didn't need a RW sniper as much as they needed a RHD.
As a Flyers fan, I'm ectsatic at how the top 7 picks went and truly believe that looking back 5-10 years, most redrafts will have Michkov at 2. Was kinda surprised at the Bonk pick at 22, especially with Perreault still available, but with the logjam at RW for PHI and the need for RHD it made some sense.
If Kevin Spacey and Russel Crowe had a baby, this guy is it
He keeps repeating himself
I've asked this question so many times and can never get a straight answer….why does the NHL draft prospects so young? It seems like such a crap shoot as to whether or not the kid pans out…why not just wait a few years and draft the kids at 21-22 when they're more developed physically and have seen more ice time? Or, in the event of a phenom like Bedard, make it so that if you are going to declare younger, you intend to play in the league the following year?