Just the Facts
- The Time: Today! 7pm EDT
- The Place: NHL Network’s Seacaucus Studios in NY
- Place to Watch: ESPN, SportsNet, TVAS
Wait, why are we doing one of these? Boston was a playoff team!
Yes they were! No matter what happens, they will be picking at least 23rd in this Draft. Mathis Preston or ALEXANDER COMMAND can be yours when it comes down to it!
But! As a result of the Brandon Carlo trade that brought Fraser Minten to this team, the Bruins also have a conditional first round pick that is currently controlled by the Toronto Maple Leafs. This pick is Boston’s, on the condition that after the lottery it is no higher than 6th overall. Otherwise it becomes a 2027 First.
The full conditions
are here:
Top 5 protected, slides to 2027. The 2027 pick goes to Philadelphia (as part of Laughton trade) if it is outside the top 10, which converts this pick to Boston to a 2028 unprotected 1st Round Pick. If this Pick slides to 2027 and is in the top 10, TOR can either transfer it to BOS to satisfy this trade and then give PHI the 2028 unprotected, or transfer it to PHI and give BOS the 2028 unprotected 1st Round Pick.
Long story short: We want this pick to be 6th overall or slightly worse!
Don’t Tell me the odds!
Okay, I won’t. They’re gonna get it and we’re all gonna have a big laugh.
Okay I got scared tell me the odds anyway
I figured.
Tankathon.com currently has this pick listed with the following odds:
As a reminder, a team can only move up a maximum of ten spots from where they are.
Who would be best picked up at the 6th overall spot?
Here’s who a number of prospect prognosticators like at 6th overall:
- Defender Xavier Villaneuve, Blaineville-Broisbrand Armada – EliteProspects.com Top 32
- Forward Viggo Bjorck, Djurgardens IF – TSN’s Craig Button
- Defender Keaton Verhoeff, University of North Dakota – McKeen’s Hockey
- Center Caleb Malholtra, Brantford Bulldogs – DailyFaceoff.com Top 32 (oh my f#!king god Manny Malholtra’s kid is in the NHL oh god oh god my bones and my back and my body oh the ravages of age)
- Defender Chase Reid. Soo Greyhounds – Smaht Scouting
- Forward Ethan Belchetz, Windsor Spitfires – DobberProspects.com
And that’s about that! Let’s grit our teeth, suffer through whomever ESPN horks up onto our screens, and prognosticate once we know the number!
