Connor McDavid Discussion

[Canada 02]

Originally Posted by FBI

Is the rest of the 2015 draft looking promising? Or just one guy?

Jack Eichel is a player to keep an eye on. 6'2", 200lb center. Plays for the USANTDP

[TurnedTheCorner]

Originally Posted by FBI

Is the rest of the 2015 draft looking promising? Or just one guy?

Sorry, this quote just made me think of a team loading up to try and get McDavid with multiple lottery picks, only to have a team that was not the worst end up winning the lottery. I'd love the 30th place GM to step up to the podium after McDavid was already picked: "We are absolutely pissed off and crushed to select..."

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by stemit14

If the hockey gods are real and just... This is how it will go:

Flames finish around 25th in 2015;
Oilers finish last;
Iginla wins the cup with the bruins in June of 2015;
Flames win the lottery despite the poor odds and draft McDavid 1st overall;
Iginla re-signs with Calgary for 2 years to finish his career;
Iginla plays on the 2nd/3rd line with McDavid as his centerman;
Iginla Scores 40 goals for the last time in his career with help from McDavid;
Flames win the Stanley Cup in 2017;
Iginla retires on top with 2 Stanley cups, 650 goals, and he got to mentor the next generational talent before finishing his career;
Oilers still dead last in the NHL.

... It would be a dream come true but I won't hold my breathe.

I vote you hockey god. FWIW

[Hockey]

Originally Posted by FBI

Is the rest of the 2015 draft looking promising? Or just one guy?

Matt Barzal, Dylan Strome, Travis Konecny


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[trumpethead]

Sean Monahan has scored more goals in the NHL this year than McDavid has in the OHL this year.

[MoreDrank]

Originally Posted by stemit14

If the hockey gods are real and just... This is how it will go:

Flames finish around 25th in 2015;
Oilers finish last;
Iginla wins the cup with the bruins in June of 2015;
Flames win the lottery despite the poor odds and draft McDavid 1st overall;
Iginla re-signs with Calgary for 2 years to finish his career;
Iginla plays on the 2nd/3rd line with McDavid as his centerman;
Iginla Scores 40 goals for the last time in his career with help from McDavid;
Flames win the Stanley Cup in 2017;
Iginla retires on top with 2 Stanley cups, 650 goals, and he got to mentor the next generational talent before finishing his career;
Oilers still dead last in the NHL.

... It would be a dream come true but I won't hold my breathe.

That is a pure and beautiful dream, friend.

[Ark2]

Originally Posted by the2bears

Who's being fooled?

Anyone who thinks that there is no way this team gets the first overall pick is being fooled. I'm not saying that I'm the only one that can see it, far from it, but there are several people here that seem to think there is no way that we are bad enough to finish dead last over the next two seasons.

[DOOM]

Originally Posted by Ark2

Anyone who thinks that there is no way this team gets the first overall pick is being fooled. I'm not saying that I'm the only one that can see it, far from it, but there are several people here that seem to think there is no way that we are bad enough to finish dead last over the next two seasons.

I could see us drafting first overall this year and/or next year, but I could also see us drafting outside the top 3/top 5 in the next two years.

[Miniac]

Originally Posted by trumpethead

Sean Monahan has scored more goals in the NHL this year than McDavid has in the OHL this year.

Only one less goals.

[Poe969]

I think this year and next year we have a better shot at the #1 pick than most want to think about. We won't start to do better for a few years yet

[DOOM]

Originally Posted by Poe969

I think this year and next year we have a better shot at the #1 pick than most want to think about. We won't start to do better for a few years yet

I could easily see us finishing last in the west. I just think we will likely finish ahead of Buffalo and probably Florida.

[Poe969]

Ya, the sabres look like a train wreck but Florida looks better than they are. I think we will be really bad next year though

[trackercowe]

We'd be a whole lot worse if Cammalleri and Stempniak are jettisoned by the deadline. Outside of maybe Hudler they have been our best players this season, and the main reason we've won a few games. If they are dealt I'd say last place in the west is almost a certainty.

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by codynw

Don't know a lot about Ekblad, but what are you basing this on?

I think Ekblad is a better prospect as well. I get why scouts would prefer Jones for his skating, but Ekblad is a horse out there. There aren't many 16 year olds who anchor a defense and play all the time for a CHL team that ends up barely missing the Memorial Cup. He's a winner.

Jones is a Bouwmeester, Ekblad is a Shea Weber.

[Bar-Down]

Calgary will be real bad for a few years.

We are in arguably the toughest division in the league and that alone will keep us near the bottom with all the losses to Van, SJS, Anaheim, Dallas, LA etc..

Top picks the next two years along with some strategic trading/drafting in later rounds and we may start to see real improvement in the 2015/2016 season after we select McDavid

[kehatch]

I think McDavid ends up on an expansion team.

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[Rifleman]

Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

Dishonor for Connor

Play dead for McDavid

[driveway]

Originally Posted by kehatch

I think McDavid ends up on an expansion team.

Expansion teams never get first overall picks, also, they haven't broken ground on a rink in Seattle yet and there's no way they'd hand a potential Crosby to Quebec.

If the NHL gets involved in any way, most likely destination would be New Jersey and the New York marketplace.

[kehatch]

Originally Posted by driveway

Expansion teams never get first overall picks, also, they haven't broken ground on a rink in Seattle yet and there's no way they'd hand a potential Crosby to Quebec.

If the NHL gets involved in any way, most likely destination would be New Jersey and the New York marketplace.

They did in a couple of the 90s expansions. Since the lottery was introduced they have been given 2 overall picks.

The rules are different every time the NHL expands. Bettman understands that the best way to avoid the horrific early years of an expansion team is to get them decent players.

I would be unsurprised if the 1 overall goes to an expansion team. Or they end up winning the lottery.

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[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by driveway

Expansion teams never get first overall picks, also, they haven't broken ground on a rink in Seattle yet and there's no way they'd hand a potential Crosby to Quebec.

If the NHL gets involved in any way, most likely destination would be New Jersey and the New York marketplace.

I'd guess Bettman's pet team, Phoenix.