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Mateo3xm Verified Member Posted Saturday at 04:16 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:16 PM This is a solid pick but Artamonov would have been insane and he was there for us. He scored the 6th most points in a u18 season in the khl between Kaprizov and Daniil But. He was also the first 17 year old in KHL history to have a 4 point game. He has insane hockey smarts and is slightly shorter but built like a brick shit house at 5’11 200lbs I think Richie was actually hurt during the season and that’s why his points total were a little low but he actually won the Whl rookie of the year last season. The team he was on was pretty bad too. Richie was thought to go in the first round by a lot of mock drafts so this is a good pick. He’s 6’1 176lbs 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protec Verified Member Posted Saturday at 04:25 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:25 PM Ritchie is cool. Great name! Hoping Hagen Burrows falls to MN. That'd be cool. He had nice USHL numbers, kinds doubt he lasts til 110th. Like big defenseman Jimmy Dodig too. Sandpaper & size combo. He's probably available for the MN connection. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateo3xm Verified Member Posted Saturday at 04:32 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:32 PM 6 minutes ago, Protec said: Ritchie is cool. Great name! Hoping Hagen Burrows falls to MN. That'd be cool. He had nice USHL numbers, kinds doubt he lasts til 110th. Like big defenseman Jimmy Dodig too. Sandpaper & size combo. He's probably available for the MN connection. Didn’t know anything about this guy but he looks like a stud from what I read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imyourhuckleberry Verified Member Posted Saturday at 04:33 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:33 PM (edited) Seems like a really nice draft for Guerin and Brackett this year. Hopefully these guys develop the strength necessary to compete in the NHL in the near future. Ritchie is the son of former NHL player Byron Ritchie, who played for the Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames, and Vancouver Canucks in his eight season, 300+ game career. Edited Saturday at 04:35 PM by Imyourhuckleberry 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protec Verified Member Posted Saturday at 05:34 PM Share Posted Saturday at 05:34 PM Still available I think, the MN boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateo3xm Verified Member Posted Saturday at 05:49 PM Share Posted Saturday at 05:49 PM 14 minutes ago, Protec said: Still available I think, the MN boys. We traded back with Boston but I don’t know what we got in return. Mr hockey would be nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protec Verified Member Posted Saturday at 05:51 PM Share Posted Saturday at 05:51 PM Missed Javon Moore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateo3xm Verified Member Posted Saturday at 05:52 PM Share Posted Saturday at 05:52 PM 16 minutes ago, Protec said: Still available I think, the MN boys. They took Aron kivijaru the 5’9 dmen who was picked to go 1st in this draft a year and a half ago. Ffs we need size….how does the Wild not understand that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protec Verified Member Posted Saturday at 05:58 PM Share Posted Saturday at 05:58 PM Missed Jake Fisher too but 140 & 142 is cool I guess. Still some good targets available. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protec Verified Member Posted Saturday at 06:10 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:10 PM Big Finnish defenseman, that's cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protec Verified Member Posted Saturday at 06:13 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:13 PM Goaltender! Like the last name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protec Verified Member Posted Saturday at 06:15 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:15 PM Maybe Burrows is there at 174. At least Brackett got his Euros.🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateo3xm Verified Member Posted Saturday at 06:35 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:35 PM 20 minutes ago, Protec said: Maybe Burrows is there at 174. At least Brackett got his Euros.🤣 Tampa got him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protec Verified Member Posted Saturday at 08:04 PM Share Posted Saturday at 08:04 PM 1 hour ago, Mateo3xm said: Tampa got him Rats, I see that now. Had stuff to do and missed it today. We took a little Euro over the MN kid. Brackett is such an assbag sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnfaninnc Verified Member Posted yesterday at 01:52 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:52 AM 5 hours ago, Protec said: Brackett is such an assbag sometimes. It's because of his laser focus on the puck movers. It's like he's got blinders on when he sees them. It's easy to pick out his tendencies. Also, with Guerin, it seems like the pick he really likes tossing around is the 3rd rounder. For Fletcher, it was the 2nd rounder, so I guess we're improving. Guerin does need to sit down with Brackett and reshuffle the priorities. He's got to knock down the strong skating a bit, and bring up the size factor some. I think if Brackett had the opportunity, we'd have 6 Ryan Murphys in the lineup. Yes they skate great and can really move the puck, but how do they defend? (suddenly we see a deer in the headlights look on Judd's face) We all know the bigger guys aren't skating well now. How did they skate prior to their growth spurt? How long ago did they get this spurt? Is it fixable? It seems he doesn't want to be bothered with those questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protec Verified Member Posted yesterday at 06:59 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:59 PM Ritchie looks like a pretty good player. Reminds me a little of Boldy. Wearing #21, I thought he looks a little like Robertson from Dallas. Based on rankings, MN got a bunch of top 10, 20, and 30 range guys. From that perspective and beginning at 12th overall they got really good selections, plus Lauko upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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