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Senko1291 · 07-02-2019, 11:37 PM

2019 NHL Entry Draft!

The 2019 NHL Entry Draft arrived and the hockey gods must have been looking out for us because not only did we own 2 1st rounders (ours and CGY) the draft lottery paid huge dividends...

WE WON THE 2019 NHL DRAFT LOTTERY.

We had moved all the way from picking 6th to 1st.

Now all we had to decide was Hughes or Kakko. We did not take this decision lightly as it was going to be our 1st franchise player we have ever selected. After countless hours of deliberation and I am not kidding, the Seattle Totems chose Jack Hughes as the 1st selection in the 2019 draft.

The fun wasn't over. We still had a pick at #19 that was extremely important. We knew we wanted to go D since we had already had chosen our franchise C just a few short minutes prior.

There was realistically only 2 options when it got to pick #19.

Cam York or Thomas Harley. We ultimately went with Thomas Harley and the only reason behind that was because he was a tad younger. Cam York immediately went to the Rangers with the next pick.

The rest of our draft was dead on. I feel as if we really knocked it out of the park in terms of value. The rest of our selections were as follows:

Rd. 1, Pick 1 - Jack Hughes
Rd. 1, Pick 19 - Thomas Harley
Rd. 2, Pick 37 - Tobias Bjornfot
Rd. 2, Pick 53 - Pavel Dorofeyev
Rd. 3, Pick 69 - Artemi Knayazev
Rd. 3, Pick 86 - Elmer Soderblom
Rd. 3, Pick 95 - Yegor Afanasyev
Rd. 4, Pick 102 - Henri Nikkanen
Rd. 5, Pick 133 - Antti Saarela
Rd. 6, Pick 165 - Tomas Koblizek
Rd. 7, Pick 197 - Oleg Zaitsev

The day after the draft we tried to negotiate with Hughes and Harley but they wanted to play another years worth of college puck which was no problem. We wanted them to feel ready before committing to make the jump to the NHL.

The following RFA's were all signed to 2 way extensions prior to July 1st.

Comrie
Kamenev
Scherbak
Bunting
Djoos
Amadio
Subban
Heatherington
Ryan
Dickinson
Bigras

The following UFA's were signed to extensions prior to July 1st as well.

R. Panik - 2 years 7.1M deal with a 3.050M AAV
P. Nemeth - 2 years 5.4M deal with a 2.70M AAV

The following UFA's were not tendered contracts and allowed to walk.

J. Eberle
A. Duclair
B. Orpik
T. Myers

07-02-2019, 11:37 PM	#3
Senko1291 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 46	2019 NHL Entry Draft! The 2019 NHL Entry Draft arrived and the hockey gods must have been looking out for us because not only did we own 2 1st rounders (ours and CGY) the draft lottery paid huge dividends... WE WON THE 2019 NHL DRAFT LOTTERY. We had moved all the way from picking 6th to 1st. Now all we had to decide was Hughes or Kakko. We did not take this decision lightly as it was going to be our 1st franchise player we have ever selected. After countless hours of deliberation and I am not kidding, the Seattle Totems chose Jack Hughes as the 1st selection in the 2019 draft. The fun wasn't over. We still had a pick at #19 that was extremely important. We knew we wanted to go D since we had already had chosen our franchise C just a few short minutes prior. There was realistically only 2 options when it got to pick #19. Cam York or Thomas Harley. We ultimately went with Thomas Harley and the only reason behind that was because he was a tad younger. Cam York immediately went to the Rangers with the next pick. The rest of our draft was dead on. I feel as if we really knocked it out of the park in terms of value. The rest of our selections were as follows: Rd. 1, Pick 1 - Jack Hughes Rd. 1, Pick 19 - Thomas Harley Rd. 2, Pick 37 - Tobias Bjornfot Rd. 2, Pick 53 - Pavel Dorofeyev Rd. 3, Pick 69 - Artemi Knayazev Rd. 3, Pick 86 - Elmer Soderblom Rd. 3, Pick 95 - Yegor Afanasyev Rd. 4, Pick 102 - Henri Nikkanen Rd. 5, Pick 133 - Antti Saarela Rd. 6, Pick 165 - Tomas Koblizek Rd. 7, Pick 197 - Oleg Zaitsev The day after the draft we tried to negotiate with Hughes and Harley but they wanted to play another years worth of college puck which was no problem. We wanted them to feel ready before committing to make the jump to the NHL. The following RFA's were all signed to 2 way extensions prior to July 1st. Comrie Kamenev Scherbak Bunting Djoos Amadio Subban Heatherington Ryan Dickinson Bigras The following UFA's were signed to extensions prior to July 1st as well. R. Panik - 2 years 7.1M deal with a 3.050M AAV P. Nemeth - 2 years 5.4M deal with a 2.70M AAV The following UFA's were not tendered contracts and allowed to walk. J. Eberle A. Duclair B. Orpik T. Myers Last edited by Senko1291; 07-03-2019 at 12:25 AM.