derblaueClaus

Inspired by the Thread @kliq dug out here it is. Lets revisit the 2014 Draft and see how we fared in hindsight. LGW- Discussion: Picks: 1st round pick, 15th Overall- Dylan Larkin 3rd round pick, 63rd Overall- Dominic Turgeon 4th round pick, 106th Overall- Christopher Ehn 5th round pick, 136th Overall- Thomas (Chase) Perry 6th round pick, 166th Overall-Julius Vähätalo 7th round pick, 196th Overall- Axel Holmström 7th round pick, 201st Overall- Alexander Kadeykin Notable other picks: 1st Overall - Aaron Ekblad (Floriada Panthers) 3rd Overall - Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers) 8th Overall - William Nylander (Toronto Maple Leafs) 25th Overall - David Pasternak (Boston Bruins) The Wings came into this draft as a playoff team. They lost in the first round to the Boston Bruins which let them pick at position 15. Their second round pick went to Nashville in the David Legwand trade. It should be pretty obvious to call this draft a great success if you get your future No. 1 Center out of it. Or as fellow user Richdg put it: Also notable is Christopher Ehn at 106th, who seems to develop in a career NHLer. Some of our forum residents wanted Tuch instead of Larkin before the pick was made. Tuch ended up being drafted at 18th by Minnesota and is now playing for the Golden Knights and put up 52 Points last season. Some also like Ritchie very much. He was picked at 10th by Anaheim and is a reliable 30 point player for them. Overall the Larkin pick was liked by almost all Members of the board which supposedly hasn't changed since then. Our second round pick was traded by Nashville to the Sharks who then consequently picked Swedish Defenseman Julius Bergmann. The Turgeon pick (our second one) did cost a 2 thirds (2014 and 2015). That didn't work out so well. The 2015 pick was then traded to the Ducks wo used it on Goalie Brent Gates. Never heard of the guy? Me neither. The Ehn pick raised some eyebrows on the forum, but also some Hakan Fans to defend it. Rightfully so. Our draftclass was pretty center heavy with 5 out of 7 picks being big frame centers.

Now we did.

I think Zegras would have been a perfect fit here, hence my choice. Seider/Zadina is a very very close second, only because I'm not sure how good Zadina will turn out and we already have scoring wingers, but not enough playmaking centers. With his and Seiders potential however, I might look like an idiot for that vote here a few years down the road.

Sadly Nielsen isn't worth the proverbial even bag of pucks at this point of his career. The Flip singing makes sense if they want to bring AA back to the wing. Terms for both are also reasonable. Flips age also means no cap penalty if he decides to retire. And Stevie apparently didn't hand out any NTCs. We had much worse July 1sts under Holland. Not what I wished for, but that is the reality of the bottom feeder that we are. Better time are ahead.

We simply don't know how they will develop. With Seider we have a bottom 4 guy at least, but I think he has the tools to become a solid 1st pair defender. Elite? Impossible to project for any prospect, except for a few others guys that you don't get at 6th. It's also not impossible that we get an older elite defenseman over free agency or through trade if that is indeed the piece we think we are missing. First we have to build a solid core that is competitive again and can reach the playoffs.

At least he can be Glendogs Winger and both can annoy the hell out of the oppositions Top-Lines. That will be fun to watch.

Love this quote. He already got his nickname then.

Interesting pick. Most had him around mid 40s. https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/342488/albin-grewe

Love how the play Gloria during the Blues pick

Albert Johannsson , great size, great first pass. I sense a pattern here.....

From that piece:

LW Robert Mastrosimone. Welcome to the Wings.

Probably. He has the Draft Shotgun loaded and he uses it.

Others had them around pick 70 - 77. https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/396170/antti-tuomisto

Pretty smart strategy. When there is a shortage of these guys in 7 to 10 years we have all the leverage. Trust the Yzerplan.

And it's another D. Welcome to the Wings Tuomisto.

That dog-sleighing question. Still not over Krupp, are we ?

I'm not so sure. Defenseman are drafted left and right in this first round.

He probably is. I have to add that in that clip above it was his first game at the National Mens Team and Germany was under intense pressure. This was a must win for us and the team didn't deliver. Until Seider scored that goal. He stood up when it was most needed.

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

And by pulling out he deprived us of that fun. Damn you Holland.

I'm not sure he is still alive at this point.

I think it's a great pick.

Ask Ottawa how they like it.

Byram still available.