[GT] NHL 2021 Draft. Rounds 2-7 9AM MT. NHLN SN

[sureLoss]

You can follow along here with the draft tracker:
https://www.nhl.com/nhl-draft/tracker

Flames currently hold the following picks:
CGY 2nd Round - 45th OA
CGY 3rd Round - 77th OA
EDM 3rd Round - 84th OA (acquired when NHL ruled that Edmonton had to give up a 3rd rounder to satisfy the conditions of the Lucic/Neal trade)
CGY 5th Round - 141st OA
CGY 6th Round - 173rd OA
CGY 7th Round - 205th OA


Flames traded away:
CGY 4th Round - 109th OA (trade to LAK for Forbort)


Best players left according to McKenzie

RK Player
23 Francesco Pinelli
24 Nikita Chibrikov
26 Daniil Chayka
27 Logan Stankoven
28 Aatu Raty
30 Samu Tuomaala
32 Simon Robertsson

36 Sasha Pastujov
37 Scott Morrow
38 Prokhor Poltapov
39 Jack Peart
41 William Stromgren
43 Tristan Broz
44 Samuel Helenius
45 Olen Zellwegger
46 Samu Salminen
47 Evan Nause
48 Ayrton Martino
49 Shai Buium
50 Sean Behrens
51 Anton Olsson
52 Oliver Kapanen
53 Stanislav Svozil
54 Alexander Kisakov
55 Conner Roulette
56 Aleksei Heimosalmi
57 Brett Harrison
58 Vincent Iorio
60 Artyom Grushnikov
61 Colton Dach
62 Matthew Knies
63 Ryan Winterton
64 Danila Klimovich
65 Roman Schmidt

66 Josh Doan
67 Cameron Whynot
68 Brent Johnson
69 Benjamin Gaudreau
70 Riley Kidney
71 Cole Huckins
72 Ilya Fedotov
73 Kirill Kirsanov
74 Olivier Nadeau
75 Ryder Korczak
76 Aidan Hreschuk
77 Ethan Del Mastro
78 Dylan Duke
79 Ville Koivunen
80 Justin Robidas
81 Guillaume Richard
82 Redmond Savage
83 Tristan Lennox
84 Topias Vilen
85 Aleksi Malinen
86 Jack Bar
87 Jayden Grubbe
88 Dmitri Kostenko
89 Ben Roger
90 Ryan Ufko
91 Dmitry Kuzmin
92 Matvei Petrov
93 William Trudeau
94 Oscar Plandowski
95 Zack Ostapchuk
96 Jack Matier

HM Haakon Hanelt
HM Ryan Mast
HM Sean Tschigerl
HM Joe Vrbetic

[Heavy Jack]

Really hoping we trade up using one of the 3rd’s to grab Raty

[SportsJunky]

Lots of decent players left. Hoping Matthew Knies is still available when Calgary picks.

[Monahammer]

Helenius > raty in just big finnish prospects. But I think there are other solid options left.

[sureLoss]

If they don't trade up to grab one of the "big names" still available, I hope they trade down. The guys they can get at 45 can still probably be had in the 60s with variance in this draft at this point.

[Monahammer]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

If they don't trade up to grab one of the "big names" still available, I hope they trade down. The guys they can get at 45 can still probably be had in the 60s with variance in this draft at this point.

I would personally have it:

1. Stankoven
2. Pastujov
3. Pinelli
4. Trade down

[Poe969]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

I would personally have it:

1. Stankoven
2. Pastujov
3. Pinelli
4. Trade down

Out of thanks but this is exactly my thinking as well.

[1qqaaz]

I used to rank Pastujov highly, but I've since realized he's a poor skater and isn't good defensively. Very skilled though. Potential is there.

I wonder if he'll be a dropper.

[kyuss275]

How much time does each team get when they are on the clock? Hoping it’s less than 5 minutes for first round.

[bubbsy]

Really hoping to see a deal that moves out one of our rumoured forwards, ideally today or early in free agency.

[Geeoff]

in these rounds, I feel like there's players that would be 1st rounders in a normal year, that just didn't get enough sample size of games. We just have to find them.

[the_only_turek_fan]

I would try and swing for the fences and get Raty.

[Lanny_McDonald]

In a normal year a lot of the guys drafted in the 1st round wouldn’t have been 1st rounders. This is not a great draft year. Of the last five and the next two, this is supposed to be the worst class off the bunch, regardless of COVID. The hype around this class has been insane because there is nothing else to really focus on, but the hype will only last until these guys get back to playing and we discover where they stand in regards to their peers.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Gaudreau the goalie.

[SportsJunky]

Pronman's top 15 still available in the draft.

1 Nikita Chibrikov, RW, SKA-VHL
2 Kirill Kirsanov, LHD, SKA-KHL
3 Aatu Raty, C, Karpat-Liiga
4 Samu Tuomaala, RW, Karpat-Jr. A. Liiga
5 Daniil Chayka, LHD, CSKA-KHL
6 Sasha Pastujov, RW, U.S. NTDP-USHL
7 Logan Stankoven, C, Kamloops-WHL
8 Matthew Knies, LW, Tri-City-USHL
9 Prokhor Poltapov, LW, CSKA-MHL
10 Francesco Pinelli, C, Kitchener-OHL
11 Olen Zellweger, LHD, Everett-WHL
12 Justin Robidas, C, Val-d’Or-QMJHL
13 Samu Salminen, C, Jokerit-Jr. A. Liiga
14 Shai Buium, LHD, Sioux City-USHL
15 Dmitri Kostenko, RHD, Togliatti-VHL

[Hanna Sniper]

I don't care who the Flames take as long as it doesn't start with Francesco and end with Pinelli, fingers crossed he goes to Edmonton

[Wolfman]

What's the story with Pinelli?

[Heavy Jack]

Have to think our scouts have had some viewing of Zellweger the last few years with Wolf in the system.

[SportsJunky]

He would put us over the Italian quota.

[Chingas]

I would be happy if they picked up Kirill Kirsanov.