DRAFTERMATH 2023

2023-08-05

It's mere weeks before Free Agent Frenzy is upon us, but before we get to that we must first look over our teams recent prospect additions in this year's entry draft.
The 2023 RHL Entry Draft was considered to be the deepest pool of draft eligible prospects we have seen in quite a few years, and we have the final stats in comparison with the NHL Draft.
Every team made at least one selection in this years draft.
GMs Brrr (San Jose) and NewStar (Rangers) were seen only once, like a pair of Sasquatch hoping to make their one sighting count.
While GM Austin was seen on the stage eighteen times, making his presence felt like the mosquito that finds its way into your house and bites you every time you stop looking.
Some GMs decided to play it safe, rarely reaching deep into the draft board on their selections, likely unlikely to reach for anything other than their wieners on a lonely night.
Others went reaching far and often like a stereotypical street pimp driving around sifting through every hooker he sees for the diamond in the rough that could bring the best return. (I'm on to you LedTasso).
Welcome to DRAFTERMATH 2023!

ANAHEIM DUCKS
38. Anton Wahlberg +1
63. Mathieu Cataford +15
95. Andrew Strathmann +3
104. Dylan MacKinnon -21
127. Vadim Moroz -39
191. Vojtech Port -30
194. Sean Keohane -21
Total Picks   7
Total =/-    -92
Avg +/-       -13

ARIZONA COYOTES
153. Zachary Schulz +24
162. Sutter Muzzatti -19
170. Eric Pohlkamp -38
175. Chase Cheslock -21
Total Picks   4
Total =/-    -57
Avg +/-       -14

BOSTON BRUINS
27. Calum Ritchie 0
61. Andrew Gibson -19
125. Larry Keenan -8
137. Matthew Perkins -18
151. Hampton Slukynsky -33
169. Kevin Bicker -22
183. Melvin Strahl -27
201. Filip Eriksson -36
Total Picks   8
Total =/-    -163
Avg +/-       -20

BUFFALO SABRES
18. Daniil But -6
39. Michael Hrabal -1
97. Aiden Fink +121
161. Yegor Rimashevskiy +42
178. Samuel Mayer NA
210. Hannes Hellberg NA
223. Ty Henricks -40
Total Picks   7
Total =/-    +116
Avg +/-       +23

CALGARY FLAMES
6. Ryan Leonard +2
34. Kasper Halttunen +2
57. Hunter Brzustewicz +18
94. Zach Nehring -12
114. Alexis Gendron NA
115. Jiri Felcman -22
122. Cole Knuble -19
152. Rasmus Larsson 0
166. Nikita Ishimnikov -11
204. Dyllan Gill NA
Total Picks   10
Total =/-    -42
Avg +/-       -6

CAROLINA HURRICANES
12. Colby Barlow +6
30. Riley Heidt +34
Total Picks   2
Total =/-    +40
Avg +/-       +20

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
14. Oliver Moore +5
43. Maxim Strbak +2
46. Tanner Molendyck -22
67. Nico Myatovic -34
78. Coulson Pitre -13
100. Alex Pharand -1
130. Patrick Thomas -26
142. Zeb Forsfjall +38
146. Matthew Mayich +24
174. Kaden Hammell -26
Total Picks   10
Total =/-    -53
Avg +/-       -5

COLORADO AVALANCHE
124. Joey Willis -13
135. Axel Landen -5
156. Stanislav Yarovoi -30
188. Cole Brown -24
Total Picks   4
Total =/-    -72
Avg +/-       -18

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
7. Zach Benson +7
75. Will Whitelaw -9
96. Matthew Mania +54
103. Rodwin Dionicio +26
128. Carter Sotheran +7
192. Jake Fisher NA
224. Griffin Erdman NA
Total Picks   7
Total =/-    +85
Avg +/-       +12

DALLAS STARS
80. Arttu Karki +16
182. Milton Oscarson -15
196. Antoine Keller +10
205. Jeremy Hanzal -18
Total Picks   4
Total =/-    -7
Avg +/-       -2

DETROIT RED WINGS
17. Brandon Yager -3
49. Lenni Hameenaho +9
81. Quinton Burns -7
113. Quentin Miller +15
177. Justin Gill -32
209. David Klee -13
Total Picks   6
Total =/-    -31
Avg +/-       -5

EDMONTON OILERS
62. Luca Cagnoni +61
64. Beau Akey -8
71. Felix Unger Serum -9
79. Yegor Sidorov +6
Total Picks   4
Total =/-    +50
Avg +/-       +12.5

FLORIDA PANTHERS
10. Gabe Perreault +13
37. Koehn Ziemmer +41
134. Vilmer Alriksson -27
140. Luke Mittelstadt +57
186. Will Vote NA
198. Yegor Klimovich NA
202. Yegor Yegorov -26
Total Picks   7
Total =/-    +58
Avg +/-       +12

LA KINGS
19. Tom Willander -8
44. Nick Lardis 0
55. Noah Dower-Nilsson +18
72. Juraj Pekarcik +4
98. Alexander Rykov +2
136. Oskar Asplund NA
173. Tyler Peddle +51
200. Elias Zimmerman NA
211. Erik Pahlsson NA
Total Picks   9
Total =/-    +67
Avg +/-       +7

MINNESOTA WILD
23. Eduard Sale -3
48. Aydar Suniev +32
51. Carson Bjarnason 0
83. Gavin McCarthy +3
92. Florian Xhekaj +9
176. Mikhail Ilyin -34
Total Picks   6
Total =/-    +7
Avg +/-       +1

MONTREAL CANADIENS
26. Otto Stenberg -1
58. Easton Cowan -30
59. Felix Nilsson -16
219. Jordan Tourigny NA
Total Picks   4
Total =/-    -47
Avg +/-       -16

NASHVILLE PREDATORS
85. Marcel Marcel +46
117. Jaden Lipinski -5
149. Terrell Goldsmith -47
168. Aiden Celebrini +3
Total Picks   4
Total =/-    -3
Avg +/-       -1

NEW JERSEY DEVILS
40. Charlie Stramel -19
90. Noel Nordh -18
107. Drew Fortescue -17
112. Jesse Nurmi +1
123. Jakub Stancl -17
158. Tuomas Uronen +34
216. Abram Wiebe NA
Total Picks   7
Total =/-    -36
Avg +/-       -6

NEW YORK ISLANDERS
11. Matthew Wood +4
15. Axel Sandin-Pellikka +2
53. Jesse Kiiskanen +15
70. Rasmus Kumpulainen -17
132. Hudson Malinoski +21
143. Emil Jarventie +74
184. Austin Roest -9
Total Picks   7
Total =/-    +90
Avg +/-       +13

NEW YORK RANGERS
167. Angus MacDonell +22
Total Picks   1
Total =/-    +22
Avg +/-       +22

OTTAWA SENATORS
8. David Reinbacher -3
47. Gracyn Sawchyn 0
76. Roman Kantserov -32
131. Maximus Wanner NA
144. Nikita Yevseyev NA
159. Carsen Musser +7
207. James Clark +6
221. Cade Littler NA
Total Picks   8
Total =/-    -22
Avg +/-       -4

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
29. Quentin Musty -3
42. Carson Rehkopf +8
74. Tristan Bertucci -13
88. Brandon Svoboda -17
121. Christopher Pelosi -29
138. Sam Harris -5
145. Jacob Julien +1
179. Jack Harvey +14
Total Picks   8
Total =/-   -44
Avg +/-       -5.5

PITTSBURGH PENUINS
20. Etienne Morin +28
84. Luca Pinelli +30
116. Emil Pieniniemi -25
180. Matthew Andonovski -40
212. Cooper Foster -38
Total Picks   5
Total =/-    -45
Avg +/-       -9

SAN JOSE SHARKS
22. Ethan Gauthier +15
Total Picks   1
Total =/-    +15
Avg +/-       +15

SEATTLE KRAKEN
105. Konnor Smith -8
108. Brad Gardiner -29
139. Jack Phelan -2
150. Noah Chadwick +35
154. Ruslan Khazheyev +4
Total Picks   5
Total =/-    0
Avg +/-       0

ST.LOUIS BLUES
2. Adam Fantilli -1
3. Leo Carlsson +1
5. Will Smith -1
33. Gavin Brindley +1
45. Oscar Fiskar Molgaard +7
65. Adam Gajan +30
73. Caden Price +11
87. Aram Minnetian +38
118. Hoyt Stanley -10
120. Beckett Hendrickson +4
147. Connor Levis +63
164. Luke Coughlin +27
Total Picks   12
Total =/-   +170
Avg +/-       +14

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
4. Matvei Michkov +3
9. Dalibor Dvorsky +1
28. Dmitri Simashev -22
32. Lukas Dragicevic +25
36. David Edstrom -4
82. Damian Clara -22
86. Denver Barkey +9
93. Cameron Allen +43
111. Cam Squires +1
119. Jayson Shaugabay -4
129. Timur Mukhanov +34
141. Albert Wikman -14
148. Yevgeni Volokhin -4
160. Melker Thelin -26
193. Ryan Conmy -11
206. Mazden Leslie NA
208. Gabriel Szturc NA
220. Kalem Parker -39
Total Picks   18
Total =/-    -30
Avg +/-       -2

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
13. Nate Danielson -3
21. Bradly Nadeau +9
56. Jayden Perron +38
66. Jacob Fowler +3
91. Scott Ratzlaff +50
101. Andrei Loshko +15
106. Daniil Karpovich +80
110. Paul Fischer +28
157. Ryan Walsh +31
165. Michael Emerson +25
172. Ethan Hay +39
199. Michael Hagens NA
203. Matthew Soto NA
213. Janne Peltonen -18
214. Francesco Dell'Elce NA
217. Konstantin Volochko NA
218. Ignat Lutfullin NA
Total Picks   17
Total =/-    +297
Avg +/-       +25

VANCOUVER CANUCKS
24. Andrew Cristall +16
25. Theo Lindstein +4
52. Danny Nelson 0
54. Kalan Lind -8
89. Ethan Miedema +20
155. Olof Glifford +4
222. Warren Clark -43
Total Picks   7
Total =/-    -7
Avg +/-       -1

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
50. Trey Augustine -9
77. Martin Misiak -22
102. Jonathan Castagna -32
109. Tanner Ludtke -28
171. Aaron Pionk -22
181. Rudy Guimond -12
185. Justin Kipkie -25
187. Dylan Roobroeck -9
189. Samu Bau -27
190. Ryan MacPherson -18
197. Visa Vedenpaa -29
215. Zaccharya Wisdom -3
Total Picks   12
Total =/-    -236
Avg +/-       -20

WASHINGTON CAPITALS
1. Connor Bedard 0
35. Mikhail Gulyayev -4
60. Alex Ciernik +60
99. Sawyer Mynio -10
163. Charles-Alexis Legault -24
195. Nikita Susuyev +7
Total Picks   6
Total =/-    +29
Avg +/-       +5

WINNIPEG JETS
16. Samuel Honzek 0
31. Oliver Bonk -9
41. Jakub Dvorak +3
68. Carey Terrance -9
69. Brady Cleveland -22
126. Egor Zavragin -39
133. Ty Mueller -28
Total Picks   7
Total =/-    -104
Avg +/-       -15

There you have the numbers for your RHL GM's draft selections in comparison with the decisions made by the GMs being paid millions by their NHL Owners.
Only time will tell which of these RHL GMs are better than their NHL counterparts.

NY Islanders Insider Bob PacKenzie