The Ducks dropped in the draft lottery—again, to 10th overall. That makes five times in seven years they’ve fallen, and this time it was the lowest possible spot. But in a wide-open 2025 draft, the Ducks still have solid options, and I’ve got my eye on one big (literally) name: Roger McQueen. Injury concerns aside, he could be the perfect high-upside swing for a team with a deep prospect pool. Should the Ducks draft at 10—or trade the pick? Let’s talk about it. #hockey #nhl #nhldraft #anaheimducks
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….well if we get #1 next year I wont complain
If we can’t get McQueen I’d trade the pick
1. Desnoyers 2. McQueen 3. Eklund 4. 0'Brien WE DONT MRTKA OR JACKSON SMITH also Lynden Lakovic seems like such a verbeek pick
Anaheim has plenty of talent in and coming over to the team, the concern still is coaching, and that's where my anxieties are stacked on right now.
Trade the pick.
cry cry cry ducks nation Utah shall rise hahaha 4th overall porter martone welcome to the mammoth baby. mammoth are gonna be feasting on duck stew for the next quarter century haahah
Honestly as a Ducks fan I am more concerned about the free agency than the NHL draft
The weekend before the draft where Verbeek picked Leo Carlson most conventional wisdom was Verbeek would select Fantilli. There was a hockey show that weekend where they did a live interview with Fantilli and the were asking him what he thought about the Ducks players. Fantilli responded with a sour, lackluster " I mean.. they seem like nice guys" response. It was clear to me at that moment he did not want to go to Anaheim. My theory is he made that abundantly clear to Verbeek and that he would not sign. Hence why I think Verbeek selected Carlson. I'm happy with Carlson even though right now the career stats show Fantilli has a slight edge and they have both played 131 games.. I believe Carlson's potential for improvement is much greater.
He’s going to keep getting away with it until more people wake up, smarten up, and realize these lotteries are rigged beyond belief.
To be honest I don’t care this year, draft class is nothing special. So I’m not opposed trading it if it makes sense
Should probably trade the pick and something else to get a top 6 forward. Can’t be expecting high calibre for free agency signings
Trade with pens. We need Rakell back!
At 10, I'm guessing that Verbeek will take best available… whether that's trading the pick for a prospect and a lower pick, or simply the best player available.
Try building by plucking guys from minors then.
This draft was not the one that one was gonna get us back anyway… We need that FA. And I say a BIG FA. Not fucking Killorn.
Evrytime I think of how somebody :can't keep getting away with this". I immediately think of Jesse.
You keep getting picks and your team still suck
3:41 that video of Leo is so cursed LMFAO
Anyways, I don't even care about the draft lottery anymore, as we'll never win it, so…
We can trade the 10th overall to Pittsburgh and get Rickard Rakell back a 70 point winger and rutger mcgordy. Him and Cutter are close friends. I know its not the best trade and we probably could get way more for the 10th overall than that but a 35 goal winger is what we can use haha but honestly whoever we draft should be fine. This isn't the most exciting draft class and based on the last couple drafts and the prospects we have gotten I think we'll be good
Radim Mrtka.
As a Penguins fan. We got screwed even worse than y’all in this lottery.
It does not matter if we pick 8th or 10th, Verbeek's first picks are usually reaches anyway – we did not need 3rd overall to pick Sennecke, Carlsson was also not projected 2nd etc. The principle of this lottery is much more frustrating and more so with us falling down almost every year including Bedard draft.
I don’t wanna hear it. I’m a Nashville predators fan.
Hi guys, just a quick question. How many times in the recent history has the last team (first for draft) lost it's place after the lottery?
As a Preds fan, I am so pissed! This is our worst season ever and we finished as the 3rd worst team in the NHL. But yet, we dropped to the 5th spot. I mean, why on Earth would the Preds ever be allowed to pick in the top 3, right? So pissed!
You can’t convince me that the draft lottery isn’t rigged
North American sports fans deride European football leagues for having promotion & relegation, but 1 thing we most certainly don't have is an arbitrary way of picking teams to reward them! How can the draft be a lottery which always punishes certain teams while others are just "lucky" I guess? Nice to see "Duck My Life" in this post Cronin post season btw. UK.
Fixed. If we don't get what we need in fa'cy, trade it. And if we do trade it, swing for the fences. Crosby & letang for the #10 and prospects.
This is so brilliant and so stupid you just can't believe the NHL draft. let's play bingo that's how you get a draft choice. these people have to be the stupidest people in their world running the NHL
I think y'all should keep the #10 Pick and draft McQueen if hes avaliable or whoever the best overall player avaliable at the 10th spot 🤔
Since the Flames didn't win the lottery, and lost their 16th pick to the Canadians due to a trade, I hope you get this guy. He reminds me of a taller early nineties Michael Nylander, smooth skater, hopefully can keep it up when the close checking happens.
Love the McQueen part. For reference, check out the Actor Steve McQueen on a motorbike in the movie The Great Escape! 😁
Abolish the draft lottery
I really don’t care about the draft, I’m just excited about the increase in sports betting.
Gary BETman announced we can now bet on injuries for players, like how long will stolarz be out with concussion, well, the guy who hit Johnny be guilty or innocent, things like that.
Thanks BETman.
He also said that next year they’re going to change the name of the league from the NHL to the national sports betting league.
Can we trade the DJ?
Imagine in the NFL if the Super Bowl winner was able to land a top 10 pick because of a lottery, people would be livid! To reduce tanking, limit a team to 3 number one picks over a 7-year period. I don't think a franchise or its fan base should be punished for trying to get better talent after a bad season or two.
BAD LUCK …BUT FREE AGENCY IS OUR LOTTO …IF NOTHING IS DONE WE NEED TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT VERBEEK'S FUTURE
We seriously need a RW either through the draft or FA