[News] With the 9th OA pick, Flames select D Zayne Parekh

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by Hackey

Seems highly skilled from the highlights. The question marks about his defensive game worried me a bit but if he can be similar to a Quinn Hughes or Evan Bounchard those guys can completely change the dynamic of a team. Plus if he has some edge to his game even better. Seems like high upside for a 9th overall pick.

Stapling Parekh to Mackenzie Weegar for the first half decade or so of his career should sort him out.

[Jiggy]

Originally Posted by Hackey

Seems highly skilled from the highlights. The question marks about his defensive game worried me a bit but if he can be similar to a Quinn Hughes or Evan Bounchard those guys can completely change the dynamic of a team. Plus if he has some edge to his game even better. Seems like high upside for a 9th overall pick.

No ####!!! Who should've they selected then?

[N-E-B]

I have the same feeling I had when we drafted Monahan and Tkachuk. I’m very excited about this pick.

Great draft to take a defenseman in. Lots of great options and the forwards fell off pretty hard after Catton was gone IMO.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by PlayfulGenius

When is the last time you've seen a D score 30+ goals without taking a single slapshot ... is that not extraordinary? ... and so many goals below the top of the circle... many in the slot or even below the hashmarks

It's the modern style for offensive defencemen. A slap shot, especially from the blue line, gives the goalie time to get in position. Parekh seems to have a great wrister – hard, quick, and accurate. He doesn't telegraph his shot, so he can fool the goalie more often.

He also seems to have a real knack for knowing when to come in deep. From the clips I saw, he's not cheating out of position; he's closing in to make the active area of the ice smaller. When he's below the circle, he knows nobody is getting in behind him.

Pardon an old chess fan, but the way he closes in on the attack reminds me of how Petrosian used his rooks. They're nowhere, doing nothing, seemingly harmless enough, and then BOOM, right in the king's grill and it's checkmate in two.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

It's the modern style for offensive defencemen. A slap shot, especially from the blue line, gives the goalie time to get in position. Parekh seems to have a great wrister – hard, quick, and accurate. He doesn't telegraph his shot, so he can fool the goalie more often.

He also seems to have a real knack for knowing when to come in deep. From the clips I saw, he's not cheating out of position; he's closing in to make the active area of the ice smaller. When he's below the circle, he knows nobody is getting in behind him.

Pardon an old chess fan, but the way he closes in on the attack reminds me of how Petrosian used his rooks. They're nowhere, doing nothing, seemingly harmless enough, and then BOOM, right in the king's grill and it's checkmate in two.

I knew you’d like him.

[Savvy27]

I'm excited. Can't wait to see this guy play. Him, Hunter and Morin are going to be really interesting to compare at development camp.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

I knew you’d like him.

I like him. It's a pity the Flames didn't trade Coronato away to move up in the draft so they could get him.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by N-E-B

I have the same feeling I had when we drafted Monahan and Tkachuk. I’m very excited about this pick.

Great draft to take a defenseman in. Lots of great options and the forwards fell off pretty hard after Catton was gone IMO.

Totally similar to Tkachuk (in terms of how I felt when the pick was made). Just feels like exactly what we need and a guy that could grow from a fan-favourite into an absolute superstar here if his development pans out.

Super high skill, an actual personality, and an agitating player guys hate to play against. Easily one of the most exciting draft picks the Flames have made in the last couple decades.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

I like him. It's a pity the Flames didn't trade Coronato away to move up in the draft so they could get him.

I would’ve rather traded Coronato to draft Parekh at six than draft Sennecke at 3…

They say sometimes the best moves are the ones you don’t make - Getting our Quinn Hughes at 9 by standing still makes me believe it.

[Badmotorfinger]

Seems like an awesome pick...super excited!

Brzustewicz had 92 pts in 67 OHL GP, and Parekh had 96 pts in 66 OHL GP, so just a slight edge in points, and both are RH. Couple questions for those who follow prospects:

Between those two D-men, everyone seems WAY more excited for Parekh. Is it because Parekh posted those stats at a younger age, had way more goals, and has an agitator element to his game that Brzustewicz doesn't have? Or, are there other factors? How much separation is there between the two?

[TheScorpion]

The last time the Flames picked a guy who wears No. 19 and won the Memorial Cup in his draft year, it seemed to work out

[indes]

His vision and skating are incredible. As soon as the puck touches his stick you can see the switch flip and everyone just goes to the net as he'll either get it to them, or get a shot on his own. Unreal capability to make things happen and create space from nothing.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

The last time the Flames picked a guy who wears No. 19 and won the Memorial Cup in his draft year, it seemed to work out

Also, the last time they drafted a defenceman 9th overall, they got a 1000 game NHLer who was a finalist for the Calder and Norris during his career.

[Hackey]

Originally Posted by Jiggy

No ####!!! Who should've they selected then?

You tell me. I never said anything about selecting someone different.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Badmotorfinger

Between those two D-men, everyone seems WAY more excited for Parekh. Is it because Parekh posted those stats at a younger age, had way more goals, and has an agitator element to his game that Brzustewicz doesn't have? Or, are there other factors? How much separation is there between the two?

Some of it is shiny new toy syndrome. Some of it is time of year: everybody is jazzed about prospects in June, but if you acquire one in a mid-season trade it just doesn't get the same attention.

And some of it is the factors you mention. Age is the biggie, I think. It's rare for a junior defenceman to have a season like that, but to have it while still draft-eligible is almost unheard-of. Brzustewicz only managed 57 points in his draft year – respectable but not eye-popping.

[BigThief]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

The last time the Flames picked a guy who wears No. 19 and won the Memorial Cup in his draft year, it seemed to work out

Matthew Tkachuk wore 7 with London

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

The last time the Flames picked a guy who wears No. 19 and won the Memorial Cup in his draft year, it seemed to work out

Maybe no bridge deals this time.

[420since1974]

Zayne Parekh at 9th.
14 of 18 scouting sites had him ranked higher.

Ranked #7 by CONSOLIDATED RANKING
Ranked #5 by ELITEPROSPECTS.COM
Ranked #8 by TSN/BOB McKENZIE
Ranked #7 by TSN/CRAIG BUTTON
Ranked #14 by THN/FERRARI
Ranked #8 by THN/KENNEDY
Ranked #11 by MCKEEN'S HOCKEY
Ranked #8 by FLOHOCKEY/CHRIS PETERS
Ranked #7 by FCHOCKEY
Ranked #4 by DAILY FACEOFF
Ranked #5 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING (NA Skaters)
Ranked #11 by HPR/MALLOY
Ranked #4 by DRAFT PROSPECTS HOCKEY
Ranked #6 by SPORTSNET/COSENTINO
Ranked #7 by SPORTSNET/BUKALA
Ranked #10 by RECRUIT SCOUTING
Ranked #4 by DOBBERPROSPECTS
Ranked #8 by SMAHT SCOUTING

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Maybe no bridge deals this time.

Hey, if another team wants to buy the Brooklyn Bridge, I'll be happy to let Conroy sell it to them. He's from New York state, he's allowed.

[BigThief]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

Hey, if another team wants to buy the Brooklyn Bridge, I'll be happy to let Conroy sell it to them. He's from New York state, he's allowed.

The Queensboro Bridge is where the deals are; 15 dollars a man..