JoeLassister

Done deal as per HFboards Hawks section.

Hjalmarsson to Phoenix Dauphin and Murphy to Chicago

and Kovalchuk

As I explained, this is not a mock draft. This is his ranking of how he thinks the picks will be ranked in 5 years. The guy just doesn't believe in the "hockey establishment" and despise pretty much every GM who are trying to keep a team competitive for many years. His opinion about hockey (and sport in general) is that you should always be trying to build a powerhouse, a dynasty. He's the biggest fan of tanking that I "know". In his mind, 3 or 4 teams have a legit chance at the Cup every year and all the 26 other teams should be selling. (I know, it doesn't make sense, the math don't add up.) Also, he doesn't believe in the way the draft is done. He swings for homerun on pretty much every pick.

Vegas flipped TVR to the Canes as well.

makes it Beaulieu + 5th for Schlemko + 3rd. Not so bad anymore.

Eberle for Ryan Strome straight up !?!?!

Yeah, I don't get Dumba either. It was a no brainer in my opinion.

Keep in mind that the goal of Las Vegas is maybe not to be THAT competitive right now, but to draft a top player next year.

Not if we get a deal done with Vegas.

And... you know... he could maybe convince MB to... get his brother...

So. There is this guy on Mathias Brunet's blog who was a scout for St-John (LHJMQ). He thinks all head scouts and GMs are waaaay too much conservative and "old fashionned" with their picks. Here is his top 31. He believes that in 5 years, this will end up as the logic draft order when we wil re-visit the draft. He's fully aware that many of these picks will happen in later rounds. 1. Cale Makar 2. Miro Heiskanen 3. Nico Hischier 4. Owen Tippett 5. Robert Thomas 6. Cody Glass 7. Nolan Patrick 8. Eeli Tolvanen 9. Joni Ikonen 10. Martin Necas 11. Kristian Vesalainen 12. Elias Pettersson 13. Gabe Vilardi 14. Casey Mittelstadt 15. Klim Kostin 16. Alexei Lipanov 17. Erik Brannstrom 18. Timothy Liljegren 19. Nick Suzuki 20. Jaret Anderson-Dolan 21. Ryan Poehling 22. Michael Rasmussen 23. Lias Andersson 24. Kailer Yamamoto 25. Ostap Safin 26. Alex Formenton 27. Ivan Lodnia 28. Grant Mismash 29. Max Gildon 30. David Farrance 31. Alexander Volkov

I hope you're right... But, you know, making trades and signing... it's tough man...