Elliotte Friedman: "Smilanic is a 2002 birth year. Jeff Gorton, Kent Hughes and Martin St. Louis all have kids who played against him. They know his game and pushed the Panthers for him." (32 Thoughts)
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/32-thoughts-trade-deadline-fallout-coming-fast-and-furious/
An interesting tidbit included by Friedman. An interesting connection and it's good to hear they were keen on him. He also noted that the Chiarot trade likely just raised market prices for defencemen, which would be good news if one of our division rivals (Toronto?) has to overpay for a guy like Lindholm or Giordano.
He also mentions:
Two teams that make a lot of sense for Minnesota and Jack McBain: Arizona and Montreal. The Wild are looking for a second-rounder. The Coyotes have five. The Canadiens have one this year, but three thirds. The Wild are also looking for a defender with beef. I’d heard they had interest in Christian Dvorak, but that was dated. They like the player, but can’t fit him now.
Montreal’s also looked at Pavel Zacha
Posted Mar 17, 2022, 1:31 PM UTC
I’d be interested in McBain but hopefully we can get him for a 3rd instead of a 2nd
McBain has much worse stats than Jimmy Vesey. I don't get why anyone would spend a 2nd for him. He wasn't PPG until his fourth season of NCAA. The ceiling can't be very high. Seems more of a late round value to me.
I mean a third is basically nothing if you can get him for that and he pans out you look like a genius if he doesn’t no harm no foul
Ultimately a 2nd rounder has what, about 11% chance of making the NHL at all? I don’t know the dude but if he’s a sure NHLer, for a 2nd it’s already pretty much a win
It's closer to 20% but I get what you're saying.
Usually a second rounder will have much more upside though. Subban, Weber, Debrincat and Aho were all second round picks for example. Hitting that type of player takes some luck but far less than finding a Mark Stone or a Gallagher in the 5th.
The ceiling on McBain isn't very high. We've drafted players like that much later. Xavier Simoneau went for a 6th. Harvey-Pinard went for a 7th. These were CHL overagers with some upside as bottom six wingers. If they don't pan out, no big deal. That's where I place McBain too and why I give him a similar value.
There’s a lot more player like Nieto or Panik who makes the NHL as a second rounder than there’s second rounders who end up being a Sebastian Aho. It’s not true at all that second round player usually comes with higher upside.
That’s fair enough, I guess that anyway we’re not lacking in quality bottom line-AHL guys anyways. As I said I don’t know the dude, but if his upside is shit, might as well gamble a second
Our 2nd rounder is going to be very high, there’s a big difference between 31st and 45th
Don't forget the top of the 2nd round is 33rd overall now :)
I beleive picks 25-40 have a 30-35% chance of playing 100 games. It's a very steep drop of after that.
He's not
He plays at BOSTON College though. Book it
All i know of McBain is from the Simpsons.
Ze goggles do nothing