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[2x Draft Media] 2nd Annual Draft Winners and Losers - DarkCanuck29 - 10-26-2021 As is mandated by Hockey Journalist Law and readers like you, it is time for the Second Annual Draft Winners and Losers as decided by the entirely unqualified and completely biased DarkCanuck29. Let’s dive right in. WINNERS These teams managed to just get it right. Whether it be quantity, quality or, in some cases both, these teams look poised to pull some real talent out of this draft. 1. Winnipeg Aurora 2OA Mikko Rashford 4OA Spack Jarrow 5OA Jay O’Neil 11OA Jaeger Jones 12OA Tommy Tightpants 14OA Christian Kinsinger 16OA Rebecca Montagne 41OA Frederico Von Schnicktenburg 51OA Trevor Malone 54OA Jacques Lilcoque Ten picks. TEN PICKS. Seven first rounders. You have to think that they hit on at least some of these. Mikko Rashford was the consensus 2nd pick in the draft and projects to be a defensive beast going forwards. Spack Jarrow and Jay O’Neil interviewed very well and were high on several team’s lists. Tommy Tightpants might be the best name in the draft. Christian Kinsinger may be a fairly quiet player, but is extremely determined and hugely competitive. Rebecca Montagne is the best goaltender in the draft. For the first time in a long time, Winnipeg’s future looks bright. Dark’s Draft Grade: A+ 2. Manhattan Rage 1OA Askel Fiske 8OA Paul Koivu 15OA Jeff Larsson 21OA Vasily Arkhangelsky 22OA Ignaz Pleyel 24OA Brady Bertrand 34OA Vin Bangsa-Wamy 35OA Velky Muz 42OA Vincent Catalano 58OA Rodrigo Rivic 62OA Jesper Aittokallio Not to be outdone by Winnipeg, Manhattan selected eleven players in this draft, however, only three of those in the first round. They gave up Jack Klompus to grab the 8th overall selection, keeping things interesting on the draft floor. They managed to snag some huge names, including Askel Fiske at 1OA. Jeff Larsson at 15th overall has the potential to be a genius selection. They took some risk in the later rounds, but the risk is offset with a second strong draft in a row. Dark’s Draft Grade: A+ 3. Montreal Patriots 6OA Zayne Dangle 7OA Ben Jammin 18OA Brick Wall 32OA Marek Skoda 33OA Malach Skoda 43OA Connor O’Byrne 47OA Vadim Askerov 50OA Alicia Melchiott Another team with three first round selections, they hit strong on at least two of them, picking up future star Zayne Dangle and a potentially elite goalie in Brick Wall. They also selected the walking Pepe meme Ben Jammin before pick 69 as he so desperately wanted, so Ill dock points for that. Grabbing the Skoda Sibblings in the second round is a fantastic piece of business and should help solidify the teams prospect depth. In a classy move, the team used their last selection on Alicia Melchiott, ensuring the legacy of user Emiko lives on. Dark’s Draft Grade: A- Honourable Mention. Calgary Dragons 13OA Eddie Creller While only selecting the one player this draft, Calgary hit on their selection, bringing in third generation Dragon Eddie Creller. Creller will fit into this group very nicely and fills the hole in the prospect depth left by the departure of Gerry Atrick. Calgary continues its march back to the pinnacle of the sport. LOSERS These teams somehow managed to do it noticeably worse than everyone else. Whether by not selecting a single person, or by drafting cotton drying products, these teams will have to up their game in the future. 1. Toronto North Stars 40OA. Lonely Stagan LONELY Stagan is right. Toronto continues its protest against prospects and follows a draft where the selected zero times with a draft where they selected once, at the very end of the second round. Once again Toronto continues its quest to win now, despite not winning now, once again living up to the Toronto sports franchise tradition of losing in the first round. Hopefully for the North Stars, Stagan can exceed expectations. Dark’s Draft Grade: F 2. New Orleans Spectres NO PICKS Deciding that Toronto was the franchise to emulate, New Orleans decided against selecting anyone this year, content to stay with their current prospect group. This is an odd choice for a team that missed the playoffs this year, but as with Toronto the year before, you cannot whiff on a pick if you don’t make a pick. Dark’s Draft Grade: F- 3. Baltimore Platoon 60OA Alexej Komarek Baltimore may be a team in the so called Top 4, but they didn’t break through to the finals this year and they left the draft with only one prospect, picking at the very end of the third round. Their focus is entirely on winning now, however, we will see if it is a mistake to be ignoring the future. Dark’s Draft Grade: F+ Dishonourable Mention: Edmonton Blizzard 10OA Shoyo Hinata 45OA Pope Cowsi 48OA Tukka Pack 57OA SD Core It may appear on the surface that Edmonton had an okay draft. While there is nothing particularly objectionable about the players drafted by Edmonton individually, it was Edmonton making the picks. Those poor prospects will be ruined and forced to ply their trade for a franchise that can only be described as never quite good enough. It is rude and ridiculous for Edmonton to hoard this many picks in one draft and use them to crush the hopes and dreams of these fine players. Sad. RE: [2x Draft Media] 2nd Annual Draft Winners and Losers - DeletedAtUserRequest - 10-26-2021 7 1st rounds picks by the Aurora .. I don’t recall a team in the draft boasting anything like that… RE: [2x Draft Media] 2nd Annual Draft Winners and Losers - luke - 10-26-2021 Oof, someone has a rage boner with Edmonton. Did they piss in your cereal or something? RE: [2x Draft Media] 2nd Annual Draft Winners and Losers - boom - 10-26-2021 wat RE: [2x Draft Media] 2nd Annual Draft Winners and Losers - JamesT - 10-26-2021 Quote:They also selected the walking Pepe meme Ben Jammin before pick 69 as he so desperately wanted, so Ill dock points for that. RE: [2x Draft Media] 2nd Annual Draft Winners and Losers - sve7en - 10-26-2021 Very credible grades, definitely no bias. Surface level analysis of how many picks teams had with little attention paid to the use of draft capital, while not calling out Buffalo while calling out New Orleans for essentially trading out of the draft entirely from the top definitely raises an eyebrow. C- RE: [2x Draft Media] 2nd Annual Draft Winners and Losers - Steelhead77 - 10-26-2021 A+ for keeping the Calgary/edmonton battle of Alberta rivalry alive and well! RE: [2x Draft Media] 2nd Annual Draft Winners and Losers - DarkCanuck29 - 10-26-2021 10-26-2021, 01:48 PMluketd Wrote: Oof, someone has a rage boner with Edmonton. Did they piss in your cereal or something?I am a Calgary prospect. I am contractually obligated to hate Edmonton! RE: [2x Draft Media] 2nd Annual Draft Winners and Losers - WannabeFinn - 10-26-2021 10-26-2021, 02:20 PMsve7en Wrote: Very credible grades, definitely no bias. Surface level analysis of how many picks teams had with little attention paid to the use of draft capital, while not calling out Buffalo while calling out New Orleans for essentially trading out of the draft entirely from the top definitely raises an eyebrow.what the hell is that second sentence RE: [2x Draft Media] 2nd Annual Draft Winners and Losers - Wally - 10-26-2021 10-26-2021, 06:02 PMWannabeFinn Wrote:10-26-2021, 02:20 PMsve7en Wrote: Very credible grades, definitely no bias. Surface level analysis of how many picks teams had with little attention paid to the use of draft capital, while not calling out Buffalo while calling out New Orleans for essentially trading out of the draft entirely from the top definitely raises an eyebrow.what the hell is that second sentence I’ve never been able to make sense of medical handwriting either RE: [2x Draft Media] 2nd Annual Draft Winners and Losers - sve7en - 10-26-2021 10-26-2021, 06:02 PMWannabeFinn Wrote:10-26-2021, 02:20 PMsve7en Wrote: Very credible grades, definitely no bias. Surface level analysis of how many picks teams had with little attention paid to the use of draft capital, while not calling out Buffalo while calling out New Orleans for essentially trading out of the draft entirely from the top definitely raises an eyebrow.what the hell is that second sentence I added a comma oop RE: [2x Draft Media] 2nd Annual Draft Winners and Losers - Inf1d3l - 10-26-2021 @DarkCanuck29 Love the write-up and kind words, however you did forget our boy Gordie Goodenough taken at #28 as well. RE: [2x Draft Media] 2nd Annual Draft Winners and Losers - hhh81 - 10-26-2021 10-26-2021, 02:20 PMsve7en Wrote: Very credible grades, definitely no bias. Surface level analysis of how many picks teams had with little attention paid to the use of draft capital. Called out New Orleans for essentially trading out of the draft entirely while ignoring Buffalo doing the same definitely raises an eyebrow.FTFY RE: [2x Draft Media] 2nd Annual Draft Winners and Losers - Serpe x 13 - 10-26-2021 GO MTL RE: [2x Draft Media] 2nd Annual Draft Winners and Losers - Slappydoodle - 10-26-2021 Outstanding job. A cogent and insightful analysis, straight down the middle without bias. The kind of balanced media the league could use more of in the future. |