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

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Who is this Kyle Mandleur kid? Was just checking out O'Brien's stats, and he's a 2001 with 2.81ppg in prep school hockey. He's 6'5, 220, and will be playing for the Catamounts next year in the greatest non-professional league on earth.
 
sandviper said:
Yes, he has 1C potential. I’m not being facetious here. Assume he develops properly and reaches potential, he’d definitely be a 1C for us, but also for many teams. He’s not going to be in the franchise center range (McDavid, Matthews, Crosby) of 1C, but he’ll still be a quality center.
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Then he is my guy at 3
 
2018 NHL Draft: Top 50 Prospects

watching this guy not realize that no good russian forwards being selected in the top 15 means that they are underdrafted is magical. Absolutely magical.

It's as if he thinks that because Kuzya, Kuch, and Tank were drafted later, that's why they're elite forwards. There's something about being Russian and drafted after 25 that makes players incredible.
 
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2018 NHL Draft: Top 50 Prospects

watching this guy not realize that no good russian forwards being selected in the top 15 means that they are underdrafted is magical. Absolutely magical.

It's as if he thinks that because Kuzya, Kuch, and Tank were drafted later, that's why they're elite forwards. There's something about being Russian and drafted after 25 that makes players incredible.
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Joe Veleno, 2nd overall...............................................
 
After rewatching some u18 Finn games and focussing only on Kotkaniemi, Im not convinced he is a natural center... He is not bad down the middle and is winning ton of faceoffs but at times I havent been impressed with his positionning neither I was with his skating... Overall, he has a very good hockey IQ, some great hands, good passing, good creativity and a good shot, I like him alot but if he is going to end up as a winger, Im wondering if he is the right pick to do at 3...
 
Goldenhands said:
After rewatching some u18 Finn games and focussing only on Kotkaniemi, Im not convinced he is a natural center... He is not bad down the middle and is winning ton of faceoffs but at times I havent been impressed with his positionning neither I was with his skating... Overall, he has a very good hockey IQ, some great hands, good passing, good creativity and a good shot, I like him alot but if he is going to end up as a winger, Im wondering if he is the right pick to do at 3...
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Lol... hes going to end up as a winger Reasons: Unknown.

A team that wants him to play C will see him play C full time. Plus Id much rather take a chance on a potential C than a winger..
 
Mrb1p said:
Lol... hes going to end up as a winger Reasons: Unknown.

A team that wants him to play C will see him play C full time. Plus Id much rather take a chance on a potential C than a winger..
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He might pretty well adjust and become a pretty good center with further playing time at that position since he is a smart player, Im just bringing the hypothesis that it might not happen either at this point since he didnt look like the most pure natural center I saw positionally from my viewing of the last U18... He played wing in the liga, my guess is that skating and positional play isnt quite there yet as a Pro...
 
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If we're looking to trade down to #5, as LeBrun insinuated, I'd think that really points to the Habs leaning towards taking Kotkaniemi.

Passing on Zadina will still hurt for me. I think he develops into 60-70 point 35-40 goal scorer. He's solidified himself at #3 for me, with some separation from the pack of players ranked 4-10 in my eyes.

I'm never a fan of picking for position, but if Timmins has Kotkaniemi on equal footing (or better) with Zadina, Dobson, Boqvist, Wahlstrom, Hughes, etc, then he's the right pick.
 
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So this is my top-62

1. Dahlin
2. Svechnikov
3. Zadina
4. Kotkaniemi
5. Hughes
6. Boqvist
7. Dobson
8. Wahlstrom
9. Bouchard
10. Tkachuk
11. Farabee
12. Smith
13. Hayton
14. Thomas
15. Kravtsov
16. Merkley
17. Lundestrom
18. Addison
19. Berggren
20. Olofsson
21. Hallander
22. Denisenko
23. Dellandrea
24. Kupari
25. Alexeyev
26. Wise
27. O'Brien
28. Veleno
29. Bokk
30. Hillis
31. Noel
32. Sandin
33. Kaut
34. Beaudin
35. Tychonick
36. McShane
37. Gustafsson
38. Wilde
39. Nordgren
40. Lauko
41. Miller
42. Marchenko
43. McLaughlin
44. Roman
45. Drury
46. McLeod
47. Fonstad
48. Bernard-Docker
49. Foudy
50. Kurashev
51. Ishkakov
52. Woo
53. McBain
54. McIsaac
55. Rodrigue
56. Lundqvist
57. Khovanov
58. Der-Arguchinstev
59. Dudas
60. Fortier
61. Steeves
62. Ylonen
 
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Meat Wave said:
So this is my top-62

1. Dahlin
2. Svechnikov
3. Zadina
4. Kotkaniemi
5. Hughes
6. Boqvist
7. Dobson
8. Wahlstrom
9. Bouchard
10. Tkachuk
11. Farabee
12. Smith
13. Hayton
14. Thomas
15. Kravtsov
16. Merkley
17. Lundestrom
18. Addison
19. Berggren
20. Olofsson
21. Hallander
22. Denisenko
23. Dellandrea
24. Kupari
25. Alexeyev
26. Wise
27. O'Brien
28. Veleno
29. Bokk
30. Hillis
31. Noel
32. Sandin
33. Kaut
34. Beaudin
35. Tychonick
36. McShane
37. Wilde
38. Nordgren
39. Lauko
40. Miller
41. Marchenko
42. McLaughlin
43. Roman
44. Drury
45. McLeod
46. Fonstad
47. Bernard-Docker
48. Foudy
49. Kurashev
50. Ishkakov
51. Woo
52. McBain
53. McIsaac
54. Rodrigue
55. Lundqvist
56. Khovanov
57. Der-Arguchinstev
58. Dudas
59. Fortier
60. Steeves
61. Ylonen
62. M. Samuelsson
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Veleno does not make your top 62?
 
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