2018 NHL Entry Draft Thread (Less then 24 Hours Edition)

[Kudo Shinichi]

@2:25

Confirmed, habs winning the lottery for 1st overall

 

[Per Sjoblom]

Genius i tell ya

At least I saw him dancing!

 

[NotProkofievian]

Oyoyoyoy, beautiful play by Kotkaniemi's line, just missed an open goal.

 

[ProspectsSTC]

Smith hasn't impressed me so far, hasn't been creating offense like I expected him to at this tournament. Been solid defensively though.

Gustafsson on the other hand keeps rising up my rankings, looks like any western conference center you hate but respect

 

[NotProkofievian]

Smith hasn't impressed me so far, hasn't been creating offense like I expected him to at this tournament. Been solid defensively though.

Gustafsson on the other hand keeps rising up my rankings, looks like any western conference center you hate but respect

That's a good way to put it. He needs to spend some summers with a skating coach, but he's otherwise a fantastic player.

 

[L4br3cqu3]

A potential game-breaking talent, that's for sure...

 

[NotProkofievian]

Another missed opportunity for the finns. Sampo shanked a sure goal off the side of the net. Kotkaniemi looking awesome.

 

[yianik]

We draft at least 7th.

I know Kotkaniemi is not ranked this high and I may have bias towards a C. But...

Dahlin
Svechnikov
Boqvist
Wahlstrom
Zadina
Hughes
Kotkaniemi

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

It's the cool thing now to rank him 7th for some reason.

Well.. i was one of the first to do that, but im sooo cool already that I did that for other reasons.

Zadina scores a lot on set-up plays, always from the faceoff circles. Im warry of his lack of versatility and capacity to adapt.

 

[Habs 4 Life]

I still have a great feeling about the lottery this year
I've had it from like March, I really think we will draft 1st overall

 

[WeThreeKings]

Zadina is a very lethal goal scorer. He has that extra sense to know where to go to get the puck and have a scoring chance.

But he's definitely behind Boqvist and Wahlstrom, Svech and Dahlin. He's in the next tier with Hughes and Dobson.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Well.. i was one of the first to do that, but im sooo cool already that I did that for other reasons.

Zadina scores a lot on set-up plays, always from the faceoff circles. Im warry of his lack of versatility and capacity to adapt.

Filip Zadina - Prospect-Stats

I dunno man, that kinda seems like the place to score from.

 

[Andrei79]

Pretty much ^^. Zadina scoring from where NHLers score isn't a bad thing.

He creates space, gets to the slot and scores... that's a great quality and that's what he is, a goalscorer.

 

[WinterLion]

Smith hasn't impressed me so far, hasn't been creating offense like I expected him to at this tournament. Been solid defensively though.

Gustafsson on the other hand keeps rising up my rankings, looks like any western conference center you hate but respect

Yeah, I can't see Smith being top 10. I like Gistafsson and Olofasson... I even like Bäck. They are all solid and look like legit Centres at the pro level.

 

[WinterLion]

I still have a great feeling about the lottery this year
I've had it from like March, I really think we will draft 1st overall

That would be so great!

 

[Mrb1p]

I still don't see any reason to rank Zadina behind Wahlstrom.

 

[WinterLion]

Zadina is a very lethal goal scorer. He has that extra sense to know where to go to get the puck and have a scoring chance.

But he's definitely behind Boqvist and Wahlstrom, Svech and Dahlin. He's in the next tier with Hughes and Dobson.

Where do you put Tkachuk and Bouchard?

 

[WeThreeKings]

Where do you put Tkachuk and Bouchard?

Bouchard's near 10 with Smith and Kotkaniemi. Tkachuk is behind them

 

[WinterLion]

I still don't see any reason to rank Zadina behind Wahlstrom.

The more I see these guys, the more I want us to win a top 2 spot. The next 8 or so players are great, but I get the feeling they will leave us wanting more...

 

[WinterLion]

Bouchard's near 10 with Smith and Kotkaniemi. Tkachuk is behind them

OK, you're really down on Tkachuk. Yeah Bouchard & Smith seem close to me. I think I would take Bouchard if forced to choose.

 

[WinterLion]

Olofsson is a De La Rose clone.

Definitely some similarities. DLR didn't have the puck control skills back then and mostly scored on his shot. I like Olofsson and think he has a higher upside.

 

[WinterLion]

I think Velano makes sense where he is ranked around 10-15. He is skilled and very smart.... but he's a bit vanilla. I understand why some won't want him. I think I would be more excited with Kotkienemi... except then I would have to write his name more often... so just give me Velano...

 

[Habs76]

But he has the potential to not just be one of those 20% but to be a real statistical outlier and have 1st -round-player impact.

That's what im saying

 

[Mrb1p]

I think Velano makes sense where he is ranked around 10-15. He is skilled and very smart.... but he's a bit vanilla. I understand why some won't want him. I think I would be more excited with Kotkienemi... except then I would have to write his name more often... so just give me Velano...

seems both names are equally hard.

 

[WinterLion]

We draft at least 7th.

I know Kotkaniemi is not ranked this high and I may have bias towards a C. But...

Dahlin
Svechnikov
Boqvist
Wahlstrom
Zadina
Hughes
Kotkaniemi

I think I would have Dobson in there. Maybe in the place of hughes though...