2018 NHL Draft Prospects
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Wise, Veleno, Svechnikov, Wilde and Merkley are the strongest contenders at this moment.
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how come not Oliver Wahlstrom? Haven't followed him just remember him having been hyped since he was 9
alko
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There is no McDavid or Matthews. But we have 2 season to 2018 draft. Lets speak in summer 2017, who is the choice for 1. pick.
Zaddy
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With a very limited sample size on all these guys I would say Jake Wise.
No McDavid no, but Wise seems to be doing as well as Eichel so far and Eichel=Matthews IMO.
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Wahlstrom could be in the mix but he has been out of the spotlight a bit lately. He got hurt at the YOG and he played U18 SSM Prep last season where he had a very good year but not the gaudy numbers he might of put up if he played U16 and then you would hear more about him.
A clearer picture on potential 1OA will probably come by the end of this year when you get to see a lot of these guys on the same team and guys like Merkley in the OHL.
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I think what that poster means is that there is no clear-cut consensus #1 two years in advance, like there was with McDavid and arguably Matthews.
But yeah I think Wise and Svechnikov are the two that will battle it out Hall/Seguin style. But as mentioned, guys like Veleno, Wilde, Zadina, Merkley, Wahlstrom, Jenkins, etc. will fill out a strong top-10 even if they don't end up truly challenging Wise and Svechnikov.
VictorLustig
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This type of speculation two years ahead of the draft will look silly in a few years.
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=277600
Juxtaposer
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The OP of that thread ended up a scout for an NHL team, so I think you're the one that looks a little silly.
Nothing wrong with speculating.
I don't think he was referring to the OP cause the OP wasn't making any claims, I think he was talking about scoutman1's predictions.
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I wasn't a member of this board back then, but Scoutman1 was simply sharing his ranking of players a couple of years prior to the draft. You can take, literally, any ranked list of players two years out from a draft and it will be "inaccurate", so to speak, vis-a-vis how a draft pans out.
Btw - Scoutman1 has had many very solid predictions not to mention frequently providing some great insight into younger players before most of the people who post on HF start to see them more (usually when the kids hit major jr or the non-Canada equivalent).
Maybe some of those players didn't pan out as per his ranking in the linked to thread. But that doesn't mean his assessment wasn't accurate at the time. Lots of things change. Just like when you look at the NHL draft, things don't necessarily pan out the same.
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Well that's my point. Making top 10 rankings at this point is useless because too much will change the next two years.
Making rankings now simply gives people a chance to learn who might be interesting. After all, guys who play well at age 15-16 and are still that good in the rankings at 17-18 are players who will go high and deserve to, consistent top-notch players. Guys who come out of nowhere in their draft year rarely are all that good, many wind up nobodies and a few turn out to have long careers as 3rd liners. Consistency matters, so lists like this make sense for fans.
players DONT just come out of no where
they just have less of a " pimped" entourage
thats the reality
they just have less of a " pimped" entourage
thats the reality
Pavel Buchnevich
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This is a random question, and it might not even be the right thread, but do any of the Russian posters know anything about Valenetin Tarasenko. I believe he's a 2018 draft eligible, and he's the brother of Vladimir Tarasenko. How good is he?
Dang I was like "I thought he just had his first" when I read the post
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2016/05...harks-nhl-playoffs-western-conference-finals/
VictorLustig
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Wow just watched some of the highlights from the YOG and the 2018 draft looks really stacked. Lots of top end American forwards to look out for!
Stive Morgan
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Some of the Minnesotans in the mix.
Colin Schmidt 6'5" 215 Wayzata/Omaha
Jaxon Nelson 6'4" 200 Luverne
Gavin Hain 6'0 188 Grand Rapids
K'Andre Miller 6'4 195 Minnetonka
Colin Schmidt 6'5" 215 Wayzata/Omaha
Jaxon Nelson 6'4" 200 Luverne
Gavin Hain 6'0 188 Grand Rapids
K'Andre Miller 6'4 195 Minnetonka
Jett Woo has some dynamic puck skills, in addition to already having a very good defensive game. Right now, I think he has the most projectable NHL game of the 2000 defenders out west.
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Some 2018 prospects participating in the Hlinka Memorial that's worth keeping an eye on:
Andrei Svechnikov (RUS), Danila Galenyuk (RUS), Mikhail Bitsadze (RUS), Rasmus Dahlin (SWE), Isac Lundeström (SWE), Lukas Wernblom (SWE), Ryan McLeod (CAN), Joseph Veleno (CAN), Evan Bouchard (CAN), Filip Zadina (CZE).
Andrei Svechnikov (RUS), Danila Galenyuk (RUS), Mikhail Bitsadze (RUS), Rasmus Dahlin (SWE), Isac Lundeström (SWE), Lukas Wernblom (SWE), Ryan McLeod (CAN), Joseph Veleno (CAN), Evan Bouchard (CAN), Filip Zadina (CZE).
