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Out of all the first round picks, ours had the nicest head of lettuce. That’s got to count for something.

https://thehockeywriters.com/2019-nhl-draft-red-wings-pick-moritz-seider-sixth-overall https://thehockeywriters.com/moritz-seider-2019-nhl-draft-prospect-profile/

Sup.

The more I think about it, the more I'm so glad we finally have a top defense prospect. After the initial shock went away, I'm really happy with this pick.

Honestly, I really like the pick. I like it because I love the player, yes, but I also like it because Yzerman knows how important this pick is and you could argue he had every reason in the world not to select Seider if he wasn't fully 100% sure that he's His Guy. Passing on all those good forwards that were available, including Cozens -- who would seem to fit Yzerman's drafting history to a T -- means he's beyond sold on Seider. That, to me, is very exciting. Seider's absolute ceiling is something like a Victor Hedman monster 1D. You know who has unique insight into Hedman himself and, one would assume, defense prospects in that general mold? Steve Yzerman. Steve Yzerman wants a Hedman and Wings fans have been wet-dreaming about finding a Red Wings version of Hedman for the better part of a decade. No one had Chicago taking Dach, so the fact that E X P E R T S are questioning the pick means nothing to me. Though, if we're going to defer to E X P E R T S, Craig Button and some others had Seider going only a few spots after we took him. So I'm not sure you can even call it a true stretch pick. Maybe to E X P E R T S who didn't even consider the possibility that he could go as high as 6th, but many of the E X P E R T S live in their own self-constructed realities, which is why they get so many picks wrong every year. What we were (and weren't) hearing about Seider over the course of the past year doesn't really have any bearing on what our scouts and GM think of Seider.

I'll add this to it : Probably the reason Yzerman pulled the trigger without trading up.

Oh man! If Holland made that pick, this place would be BLOWING UP!

https://www.wingingitinmotown.com/2019/6/21/18703739/reaction-red-wings-first-round-is-baffling Imagine being this guy.

Only on LGW would the day come that we finally draft a potential star RH Dman and the board is less than elated lmao

The look on his face was absolutely priceless. I love it.

Let the whining commence. I'll trust professionals and lifelong hockey minds over the lot of the whiners here. Go Wings.

I came for leftwinger's reaction

HAHAHAHA YESSSSSSSSSSSS

Nice! Zegras plz

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My points are not imaginary, I print them out on actual paper. I'm building a fort, nothing in the world is more real.

I'm not arguing anything. You said something stupid so I pointed at you and laughed. I like laughing at people; it shines a ray of hope on my blackened soul, and helps me focus on diversifying my investment portfolio. I think. Honestly not even sure if you're that guy or not, so this might not make sense.

Holland probably wanted Seider at 8

Unconventional if not bold move to address our most nagging problem, D. The kid sounds tough and aggressive with some skill. When have had that on our D line in recent years? This is exactly the kind of move Holland would never have made. I like the change of pace and approach. Go Stevie.

Holland would have picked commodore

So do we start cursing Holland now orrrr?

Is Stan Bowman an agent of chaos??

Stan is up!