2020 NHL Entry Draft

[1qqaaz]

Where is the best place to stream day 1 of the draft?

[Rick M.]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

For Mock Draft fans, here's ours from over at FlamesNation:

https://flamesnation.ca/2020/10/05/mock-draft/

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[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by dammage79

SN's Sam Cosentino has the Flames taking Zary at 19.

Fc's mock has the Flames taking Gunler. So thats 4 mocks now where the Flames take Gunler.

Pronman has the Flames taking Zary as well mentioning he and Schneider are the 2 players rumored to be on the Flames radar.

[868904]

Schneider is interesting, seems like he could be Matt Pelech or Shea Weber.

[Rick M.]

Originally Posted by 868904

Schneider is interesting, seems like he could be Matt Pelech or Shea Weber.

Brent Seabrook?

[Monahammer]

I have liked Zary for a long time, and I really feel he is suffering in rankings ahead of the draft. Prior to the shutdown he was consistently ranked top 15, sometimes even 10ish. Now everyone else is climbing the board while he has remained static. Best point producer in the WHL outside of Jarvis, and known for playing a very responsible two way game. Plus the name is actually pretty sick- we can have a big Z and a little Z.

[David Struch]

^ Zarley Zalapski approves this post.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

For Mock Draft fans, here's ours from over at FlamesNation:

https://flamesnation.ca/2020/10/05/mock-draft/

Are you sure that draft was not done by Oiler fans instead?

[Harry Lime]

For the last three weeks, I've had a list of the first two rounds on my desktop, and I've been shifting things around every time I see some new information on a player. I prioritize work ethic and overall skill. If a player has an elite shot, but has zero defensive acumen, he's farther down on this list than I've seen on others. Likewise, undying motor players like Marco Rossi and Ridley Grieg went up a slot or two because I believe that type of player has an extra route to success in the NHL. Defensemen who can play defense saw a jump and those who are offensive wonders only, saw a drop.

I don't necessarily see this as the order that will be picked by clubs, but the order that I would pick them in. There has been talk about Noah Gunler, for example, but because he is an elite shot, but doesn't backcheck effectively, he falls behind where the Flames are picking.

Round two had a rolling cadre of characters. Where a club was picking was not taken into consideration.

Round One
1. Alexis Lafreniere LW
2. Quinton Byfield C
3. Tim Stutzle C
4. Cole Perfetti C
5. Jamie Drysdale D
6. Marco Rossi C
7. Lucas Raymond LW
8. Jake Sanderson D
9. Alexander Holtz RW
10. Jack Quinn RW
11. Yaroslaw Askarov G
12. Dawson Mercer RW
13. Seth Jarvis RW
14. Anton Lundell C
15. Kaiden Guhle D
16. Hendrix Lapierre C
17. Rodion Amirov LW
18. Connor Zary C
19. Ridly Greig LW
20. Lukas Reichel LW
21. Dylan Holloway C
22. Jacob Perreault RW
23. Marvrik Bourque C
24. Braden Schneider D
25. Marat Khusnutdinov C
26. Jan Mysak RW
27. Ryan ORourke D
28. Noel Gunler RW
29. Justin Barron D
30. Ozzy Wiesblatt RW
31. John Jason Peterka RW

Round Two
32. Tyson Foerster RW
33. Vasily Ponomaryov LW
34. Brendan Brisson C
35. Shakir Mukhamadullin D
36. Jake Neighbours LW
37. Helge Grans D
38. Luke Evangelista RW
39. William Wallinder D
40. Samuel Colangelo RW
41. Tyler Kleven D
42. Thomas Bordeleau C
43. Yan Kuznetsov D
44. Martin Chromiak RW
45. William Villeneuve D
46. William Dufour RW
47. Ty Smilanic C
48. Topi Niemela D
49. Alex Cotton D
50. Ronan Seeley D
51. Jeremie Poirier D
52. Tuke Tuch LW
53. Tristen Robins C
54. Pavel Novak LW
55. Justin Sourdif C
56. Dmitri Zlodeyev C
57. Will Cuylle LW
58. Jean-Luc Foudy C
59. Emil Heineman LW
60. Carter Savoie LW
61. Zayde Wisdom RW

Honorable Mentions
Nobody

[Makarov]

If Marat Khusnutdinov falls into the second round, I would love for the Flames to move up to draft him.

[Tbull8]

Foudy in the second round please

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Tbull8

Foudy in the second round please

Foudy Goody

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

Pronman has the Flames taking Zary as well mentioning he and Schneider are the 2 players rumored to be on the Flames radar.

No way the Flames leave Lundell on the table of he is there. Pronmans a crazy person.

[Monahammer]

Rounds 2 and 3 are going to be juicy AF this year. Harry Lime, Benning didnt even make it to round 2 in yours!

[SeanCharles]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

Rounds 2 and 3 are going to be juicy AF this year. Harry Lime, Benning didnt even make it to round 2 in yours!

Flames should target Benning IMO (outside their 1st pick).

[timbit]

Originally Posted by dammage79

No way the Flames leave Lundell on the table of he is there. Pronmans a crazy person.

IMO, there is ZERO chance Lundell is on the table outside the top 12.

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by timbit

IMO, there is ZERO chance Lundell is on the table outside the top 12.

Yeah, hell id be scratching my head if he made it past Minny.

Only way I see him dropping like a rock is a HEAVY league wide run on any D man available. Which is entirely possible. This particular draft unlike any other in the past could just wreck "the board".

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Yeah, hell id be scratching my head if he made it past Minny.

Only way I see him dropping like a rock is a HEAVY league wide run on any D man available. Which is entirely possible. This particular draft. Unlike any.other than before could just wreck "the board".

Yeah it would take a combination of a run on dmen (including Schneider and Barron) and a couple of other players rising (Amirov, Lapierre, for example) due to higher ceilings.
But seems like it would take a lot for him to fall to 19. But every year a player does fall. Though my bet this year is Quinn.
And of curse there's always the possibility he falls to 19 - and the Flames don't take him, or trade down.

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Yeah it would take a combination of a run on dmen (including Schneider and Barron) and a couple of other players rising (Amirov, Lapierre, for example) due to higher ceilings.
But seems like it would take a lot for him to fall to 19. But every year a player does fall. Though my bet this year is Quinn.
And of curse there's always the possibility he falls to 19 - and the Flames don't take him, or trade down.

Yeah, the Flames could not take him, but they'd be super silly. I dont understand the pensive nature of some scouting reports on him. He's done nothing to warrant it. He should be an easy top 10 pick.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

For Mock Draft fans, here's ours from over at FlamesNation:

https://flamesnation.ca/2020/10/05/mock-draft/

Man I really hope we don't take the defensive d-man with skilled forwards like Lapierre still on the board.

Honestly one of the rumors is the Devils are going to take a d-man with at least one of the three first rounders, hope they take Schneider off the board at 18 so he's not even an option for the Flames. I worry that he's old for this draft (5 days from being eligible for 2019 draft) and his production as a d-man in the WHL is nothing to write home about.