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Today we’re talking about what Elliotte Friedman mentioned on the most recent episode of the 31 Thoughts Podcast, regarding the top goalie prospect at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft: Yaroslav Askarov.
Friedman said that Askarov will either be drafted by the Ottawa Senators at 5th overall or New Jersey Devils at 7th overall.
31 Thoughts Podcast Episode: https://podcast.sportsnet.ca/31-thoughts/hart-vs-lindsay/
The current NHL rankings for the 2020 NHL Draft go as follows:
1st) New York Rangers
2nd) Los Angeles Kings
3rd) Ottawa Senators (from San Jose Sharks)
4th) Detroit Red Wings
5th) Ottawa Senators
6th) Anaheim Ducks
7th) New Jersey Devils
8th) Buffalo Sabres
9th) Minnesota Wild
10th) Winnipeg Jets
11th) Nashville Predators
12th) Florida Panthers
13th) Carolina Hurricanes (from Toronto Maple Leafs)
14th) Edmonton Oilers
15th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Pittsburgh Penguins)
16th) Montreal Canadiens
17th) Chicago Blackhawks
18th) New Jersey Devils (from Arizona Coyotes)
19th) Calgary Flames
20th) New Jersey Devils (from Vancouver Canucks)
21st) Columbus Blue Jackets
22nd) New York Rangers (from Carolina Hurricanes)
23rd) Philadelphia Flyers
24th) Washington Capitals
25th) Colorado Avalanche
26th) St. Louis Blues
27th) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins)
28th) Ottawa Senators (from New York Islanders)
29th) Vegas Golden Knights
30th) Dallas Stars
31st) San Jose Sharks (from Tampa Bay Lightning)
The draft is stacked with guys like Alexis Lafrenière at the top, with Quinton Byfield, Tim Stützle, Lucas Raymond, Alexander Holtz, Jamie Drysdale, Marco Rossi, Cole Perfetti, Jake Sanderson, and Yaroslav Askarov rounding out the top 10. The rest of the draft has a ton of great talent as well, like Anton Lundell, Kaiden Guhle, Dawson Mercer, Braden Schneider, Dylan Holloway, Hendrix Lapierre, Connor Zary, Justin Barron, Jack Quinn, John-Jason Peterka, William Wallinder, Rodion Amirov, Jacob Perreault, Seth Jarvis, Ty Smilanic, Jeremie Poirer, Noel Gunler, Mavrik Bourque, Lukas Reichel, and Tyler Kleven.
The former NHL Draft Lottery odds, went in order as the Detroit Red Wings, Ottawa Senators, San Jose Sharks (Senators), Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils, Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks, Arizona Coyotes (Devils), Minnesota Wild, Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers, Florida Panthers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks (Devils), Nashville Predators, Toronto Maple Leafs (Hurricanes), Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders (Senators), Dallas Stars, Carolina Hurricanes (Rangers), Pittsburgh Penguins (Wild), Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning (Sharks), Colorado Avalanche, Vegas Golden Knights, Washington Capitals, St. Louis Blues, and Boston Bruins (Ducks).
This also follows the conclusion of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs involved sixteen teams, which were the Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes, New York Islanders, and Columbus Blue Jackets in the East, and the Colorado Avalanche, St. Louis Blues, Vegas Golden Knights, Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, Arizona Coyotes, and Dallas Stars in the West.
The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars in the 2020 Stanley Cup Finals in Game 6 to win the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The Vegas Golden Knights got eliminated by the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference Finals in Game 5, and the New York Islanders were eliminated by the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6.
Of the Conference Semi-Final matchups, the Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche, Vancouver Canucks, and Philadelphia Flyers have been eliminated.
The eliminated teams of the 2020 NHL Playoffs from the qualifying play-in series are the Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Nashville Predators, Minnesota Wild, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Florida Panthers.
Teams eliminated from the first round of the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs are the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Arizona Coyotes, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes, and the Washington Capitals.
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20 Comments
Wow that's a lot of hype for a guy that hasn't play that much.
New Jersey has Blackwood already why would they pick him at 7. He won’t be available at 18 or 20 picks.
As a Devils fan the idea of Askarov at 7 has really grown on me. He’s made his way into my top 3 for that pick alongside holtz and Sanderson. With how much the goaltending has grown in the division, it doesn’t hurt to grab the guy that has this much skill. I get that Blackwood was great down the stretch last season but it doesn’t hurt to have another guy competing with him
Phhht….. Pierre McGuire would say otherwise.. Hehe..
Hopefully Ottawa takes at 3
Even though I'm a Senators fan I don't see Ottawa (nor New Jersey) take him. I think Carolina or Minnesota will take him Carolina is one solid goalie shy of being a true contender and Minnesota has aging goalies
As a devils fan I love Blackwood, and the idea of getting a good scoring forward at 7. But with three first round picks and getting some good forward prospects via trade last year. The biggest need I would say is defenseman, I’d be happy to get Sanderson at 7 but getting a potential generational goalie is something I’ll always be for. Jersey thought they had a lock at goalie 4 years ago with Schneider and that went south fast. You can also look at San Jose with Martin Jones, dude looked like a stud and now not so much. The 18th and 20th picks can still be good forwards or defenseman and jersey has a lot of cap space to sign someone as well.
The Sens need to draft a top center at 3rd and a top defenceman (in addition to Chabot) at 5th. They couldn't win last season because of lack of goal production, not poor goaltending.
I hope we take him at 5 like you said in Defense we are stacked in offense we are good to but I think that high end goalie is what we need to win the cup in a few years
Neither team, expect Canes or Oilers.
Sens fan here. I'd be thrilled with Askarov at 5. Totally down with swinging for the fences on him.
If not then please draft Raymond or Sanderson…and please NO to Rossi or Drysdale (both overrated)
Would Steve Y take him?
my canes needs him!!
No and No. Ottawa won't take a goalie with two top five picks this year. For new Jersey they already have their number one goalie in Blackwood.
Not a fan of taking goalies high in the draft. Main benefit of drafting a top skater over a goalie is getting an excellent player at an entry level price. Goalies have usually burned through entry level contracts before ever playing an NHL game, so teams don't usually benefit from their entry level deal.
Even when they are determined to finally be NHL ready, teams need to keep a fairly high priced veteran around as a mentor or in case the young goalie is not quite ready for prime time.
There is simply no place to shelter a young goalie like you can with a forward or defenceman.
I like the Devils taking Askarov. They could probably package 18 and 20 to move down for a forward.
I don’t think Ottawa will go for askerov I think they will weaponize there cap space and get a goalie for a bit of over pay.Holtby,Lundvst,Murray?
as the islanders goal chant says:
YES YES YES
thats just my opinion i would want askarov to be a senator
Devils fan here! NJ's biggest need is a sniper, becuase we have way too many playmakers without having a finisher. This is why our fanbase is DYING for Holtz. But even if we don't draft a pure sniper, just having a complete player like Raymond, Perfetti, Quinn, or Rossi would be great. Even a defensemen would be a better pick because having Drysdale or Sanderson next to Butcher or Smith would a lethal pairing. But we can draft Schneider or Guhle for that role at 18th, so again, there's no reason to not draft a forward.
If we draft Askarov that high over one of the deepest pools of forwards in years, it'd be such a waste because it would inevitably create another Luongo/Schneider situation, forcing one of them to get traded, when drafting a forward or even a defensemen would be a long term asset for a Cup run. You're not taking into account that they're both going to be future Vezina candidates. One of them being the backup will hinder their growth. Blackwood just needs a backup, and we can draft one in the later rounds, and target one in the off-season.
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