GDT: Blues Draft Day 2023

[Linkens Mastery]

Commercial right before blues pick again lol

 

[Kylester]

Habs just drafted their third goalie. Carey Price must be running their draft table.

But can he remember their names?

Blues are up in the 6th round. Cue drum roll....

 

[mk80]

Mayich another 6'0 left shot dman

Matthew Mayich - Stats, Contract, Salary & More

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Matthew Mayich, 2004-12-21 Stoney Creek, ON, CAN Canada. Most recently in the undefined with Ottawa 67's. Complete player biography and stats.

www.eliteprospects.com

 

[Kylester]

It's another defenseman!! Matthew Mayich...a Canadian!

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

Is he related to Balls Mayich?

 

[Kylester]

Guess they figured Tyler Tucker worked out as a late round pick, so why not this kid?

 

[Blueston]

It's another defenseman!! Matthew Mayich...a Canadian!

Another leftie too!

 

[STL fan in MN]

Not familiar with Mayich. But he’s a 6’0” LD, which apparently is now our type.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

"At least one of these LHD has to hit, right? "

 

[kimzey59]

Mayich another 6'0 left shot dman

Matthew Mayich - Stats, Contract, Salary & More

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Matthew Mayich, 2004-12-21 Stoney Creek, ON, CAN Canada. Most recently in the undefined with Ottawa 67's. Complete player biography and stats.

www.eliteprospects.com

6'2"
This one at least has some size to him.

 

[Kylester]

"At least one of these LHD has to hit, right? "

If that's our draft philosophy, it may need some revisiting...

 

[542365]

6'2"
This one at least has some size to him.

Burns and Fischer are both 6’1???

 

[Kylester]

If there was a true #1 D in this draft, he would have been taken way before #10, so I guess we're just going for depth here.

Still surprised Reinbacher and Simyshev (sp?) went so early, though...are they projected to be THAT good?

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

Better name: Marcel Marcel or Yegor Yegorov?

 

[OSA]

At the end of the Sportsnet broadcast, the panelists were asked to summarize what team they thought was the storyline of the draft.

The first two obviously picked Arizona and Chicago. The last guys, Jason Bukala’s answer: The Blues

He wasn’t a no-substance cheerleader either; he basically said that people don’t realize how incredibly well the Blues draft went and that they got 3 ELITE talents.

For what it’s worth, I was quite impressed with Jason even before this. Insightful comments throughout, not part of the hype echo chamber for every pick, balanced positives with criticism and wasn’t afraid to hold back in this regard (Ex while acknowledging Will Smith’s skill was still very critical of his tendency to blow the d zone way too early and said much of his game he will not get away with in the NHL). Seems like an honest guy who loves scouting.

 

[mk80]

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

If Simashev's shot develops he can most definitely be a stud 1st pairing D-man. I'm not sold on Reinbacher.

 

[Kylester]

Since I'm the one who notices the fun names in this draft, Calgary just drafted a Russian goaltender named Yegor Yegorov.

At least it's phonetic...

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

At the end of the Sportsnet broadcast, the panelists were asked to summarize what team they thought was the storyline of the draft.

The first two obviously picked Arizona and Chicago. The last guys, Jason Bukala’s answer: The Blues

He wasn’t a no-substance cheerleader either; he basically said that people don’t realize how incredibly well the Blues draft went and that they got 3 ELITE talents.

For what it’s worth, I was quite impressed with Jason even before this. Insightful comments throughout, not part of the hype echo chamber for every pick, balanced positives with criticism and wasn’t afraid to hold back in this regard (Ex while acknowledging Will Smith’s skill was still very critical of his tendency to blow the d zone way too early and said much of his game he will not get away with in the NHL). Seems like an honest guy who loves scouting.

I like this Jason guy already.

 

[Kylester]

If Simashev's shot develops he can most definitely be a stud 1st pairing D-man. I'm not sold on Reinbacher.

Sounds on the mark.

Not saying either aren't quality defensemen nor that they didn't have 1st round talent, but I would assume if you pick a defenseman in the top 10 (or even top 5), you expect them to be an all-around #1 D who plays a ton of minutes. Again, not questioning their talent, but not sure either fits that #1 D mold right now.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

So what LHD are we picking at 202?

Dallas drafted a cheeseburger

 

[BleedBlueForever]

Only name I have left is Cole Burbidge that I was tracking for this late.

 

[Kylester]

Better name: Marcel Marcel or Yegor Yegorov?

Tough call there....I go with Yegorov. Think he'll be nicknamed YeYe, YaYa, or just YY?

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Tough call there....I go with Yegorov. Think he'll be nicknamed YeYe, YaYa, or just YY?

Yee Yee

 

[Kylester]

More names:

For those of us with Scottish heritage, the Stars just drafted a center names Angus Macdonnell.

Aye, that's about as Scot as you can get.