Men's Ice Hockey NHL 2019 - 2020

[phelps 7,667]

46 minutes ago, hckosice said:

We had to wait until pick 78 to see a Slovak name (gone gone are the times of the early 2000s when some Gáborík was 3rd pick )...

 

surprisingly it was not Chromiak who is top pick this year but the honor goes to our talented blueliner Samuel Kňažko selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets

 

 

this draft is getting more and more a "Caporetto" for Slovak Hockey...

 

I'm a bit distracted (I'm following the MLB playoffs), but if I haven't missed someone, Knazko is the only Slovak picked so far (and  we are at no.106 )...

[hckošice 14,807]

1 minute ago, phelps said:

this draft is getting more and more a "Caporetto" for Slovak Hockey...

 

I'm a bit distracted (I'm following the MLB playoffs), but if I haven't missed someone, Knazko is the only Slovak picked so far (and  we are at no.106 )...

yep...does not look good this year... again...

 

also only 2 czechs so far

[phelps 7,667]

let's hope next year everything will go better than this cursed 2020...

[hckošice 14,807]

5 minutes ago, phelps said:

this draft is getting more and more a "Caporetto" for Slovak Hockey...

 

I'm a bit distracted (I'm following the MLB playoffs), but if I haven't missed someone, Knazko is the only Slovak picked so far (and  we are at no.106 )...

 

Anyway here you have all Slovak drafted players.

 

Last year we had also only one...in 2012 or 2016 none https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenskí_hokejisti_draftovaní_NHL

[OlympicsFan 858]

6 hours ago, hckosice said:

So, in this bizarre 2020 year we had the NHL Draft 1st round last night in historic online version

 

As expected had the most drafted players among the first 31 picks with 19 players ! followed by 4 and 2 guys from and   and 1 player from both and

 

As expected the most selected were the centers 13 ! The clubs also picked 4 defencers and only 1 goalie (the Russian Iaroslav Askarov picked by Nashville as 11th overall pick)

 

 

Sadly but as expected no nor player were picked in the opening round this year...however chances to have some drafted guys also this year are quite realistic in the remaining 6 rounds (2nd to 7th) this evening from 18:30 CEST

(rumors mentioning especially the likes of GK Samuel Hlavaj, DEF Samuel Kňažko and Marko Stacha or FW Martin Chromiak (should be definitely be our 1st this years pick) and Oliver Okuliar ?

 

 

I am a bit disappointed/surprised that Stützle wasn’t drafted 2nd overall (especially because Marco Sturm is a coach for the Los Angeles Kings) and that Peterka wasn’t drafted in the first round. It would have been crazy for Germany to have more guys than the US/Sweden drafted in the first round. Between 2000 and 2017 Germany only had 2 first round picks (Goc was the 20th pick in 2001 and Draisaitl was the 3rd pick in 2014), but in the last 3 years Germany had 4 first round pick (two of them were top 6 picks). Overall a pretty good year for Germany when it comes to ice hockey ...
 

Personally I would have picked Rossi ahead of Holtz, I also think that Askarov should have been picked earlier.

 

Edit: Peterka was picked 34th by the Buffalo Sabres. Also there were 8! swedish players picked in the 2nd round, their depth is just crazy.

[hckošice 14,807]

Finally someone drafted Martin Chromiak. Surprising he was not drafted in earlier rounds though. 128th is really too low for him, This guy is one heck of talent. Clearly our most talented 2002 class

 

Should be a good prospect for LA Kings

 

 

[hckošice 14,807]

yep, so far (middle of 5th round) behind the top powerhouses 46x 17x 10x 18x and 34x

 

we have players from 5 other countries drafted right now. 138 players drafted at the moment  5x (48,99, 107, 110 and 136), 3x (3, 17 and 34 ) 2x (9, 104) and (78, 128) and 1x (56)

 

still 0x

[OlympicsFan 858]

11 minutes ago, hckosice said:

yep, so far (middle of 5th round) behind the top powerhouses 46x 17x 10x 18x and 34x

 

we have players from 5 other countries drafted right now. 138 players drafted at the moment  5x (48,99, 107, 110 and 136), 3x (3, 17 and 34 ) 2x (9, 104) and (78, 128) and 1x (56)

 

still 0x

Switzerland for sure is a bit disappointing, but I guess all countries except the big five have off-years like that. This year Germany should have had 3 first round picks and next year Germany probably won’t have a single guy drafted (at least not in the first 3 rounds).

[hckošice 14,807]

Going to bed..will see the last 2 rounds results tomorrow

 

so Right now after 5 rounds

 

50x 40x 19x 18x 11x

 

then 7 other countries had at least 1 drafted guy in the first 5 rounds :

6x (48, 99, 107, 110 ,136 and 146), 3x (3, 17 and 34 ) 2x (9, 104) and (78, 128) and 1x (56),   (145) and (149)

 

Still none from

 

Will post more stats and info tomorrow

 

 

[hckošice 14,807]

So, quick recap. Only 2 slovaks from the 2002 class are drafted (quite disappointing for kids like Hlavaj, Okuliar or Stacha but it is how it is) the only 2 drafted are Samuel Kňažko and Martin Chromiak.

 

All in all the clubs picked

 

71x

52x

32x

23x

17x

8x (Highest pick number 48 - Jan Myšák)

3x (9, 104, 161) (3, 17 and 34)

2x (162, 205) (78, 128)

1x (56) (149) (145)

 

The biggest surprise definitely is to see no player was drafted from this year

 

62 Centers

61 Defensemens

37 Right Wings

36 Left Wings

20 GK

 

The first pick Alexis Lafreniere by NY Rangers and last drafted was as 217th Declan McDonnell by Tampa Bay

First European drafted was Tim Stuetzle as 3rd overall pick by Ottawa Senators, last European to get drafted was Jakub Konečný as 216th by Buffalo Sabres.

 

 

Highest picks by rounds:

1st round 19 (worth mention all 3 picks were 1st and early 2nd round picks, not really surprising for guys like Peterka, Stutzle and Reichel)

2nd Round 9 followed by 7x , First pick and the Tristen Robbins first British to get drafted since Liam Kirk in 2018

3rd Round 10x followed by 9x (First pick of the year with Samuel Kňažko beng selected by Columbus)

4th Round 11x

5th Round 9x (only picks for and ) 2nd and last this year draft Martin Chromiak as 128th by Los Angeles Kings

6th Round 13x first pick for

7th Round 9x followed by 8 picks for and

 

Highest drafted by positions:

GK: Iaroslav Askarov by Nashville Predators as 11th

DEF: Jake Sanderson by Ottawa Senators as 5th

LW: Alexis Lafreniere by NY Rangers as 1st overall pick

C: Quinton Byfield by LA Kings as 2nd

RW: Alexander Holtz by New Jersey Devils as 7th.