Wow that list shakes things up. The players I was hoping for in the second are ranked in the first. Looks like I have to revise my thinking a bunch. I really wanted both Edstrom and Whalberg
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I absolutely have time for skilled but undersized defensemen. I think you need to be mindful, however, about seeing skill and offensive intelligence that really isn't there. The offensive skill and the skating need to be really high-end to get me interest, not just above average. ASP is a pass for me. I will let him show me that I was wrong.
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When the players you want in the 2nd, start getting ranked in the 1st... everybody goes through that.
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Talking about second round , those prospects I like for RW
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Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Gracyn Sawchyn, 2005-01-19 Grande Prairie, AB, CAN Canada. Most recently in the WHL with Edmonton Oil Kings. Complete player biography and stats.
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Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Gracyn Sawchyn, 2005-01-19 Grande Prairie, AB, CAN Canada. Most recently in the WHL with Edmonton Oil Kings. Complete player biography and stats.
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Hunter Brzustewicz - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Hunter Brzustewicz, 2004-11-29 Washington, MI, USA USA. Most recently in the AHL with Calgary Wranglers. Complete player biography and stats.
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Oscar Fisker Mølgaard - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Oscar Fisker Mølgaard, 2005-02-18 Denmark. Most recently in the SHL with HV71. Complete player biography and stats.
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David Edstrom - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of David Edstrom, 2005-02-18 Göteborg, SWE Sweden. Most recently in the SHL with Frölunda HC. Complete player biography and stats.
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Theo Lindstein - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Theo Lindstein, 2005-01-05 Gävle, SWE Sweden. Most recently in the SHL with Brynäs IF. Complete player biography and stats.
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Felix Unger Sörum - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Felix Unger Sörum, 2005-09-14 Trondheim, NOR Sweden. Most recently in the AHL with Chicago Wolves. Complete player biography and stats.
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Daniil But - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Daniil But, 2005-02-15 Yaroslavl, RUS Russia. Most recently in the KHL with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Complete player biography and stats.
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Danny Nelson - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Danny Nelson, 2005-08-03 Maple Grove, MN, USA USA. Most recently in the NCAA with Univ. of Notre Dame. Complete player biography and stats.
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Coulson Pitre - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Coulson Pitre, 2004-12-13 Newmarket, ON, CAN Canada. Most recently in the AHL with San Diego Gulls. Complete player biography and stats.
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Juraj Pekarcik - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Juraj Pekarcik, 2005-09-12 Trstena, SVK Slovakia. Most recently in the QMJHL with Moncton Wildcats. Complete player biography and stats.
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Kasper Halttunen - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Kasper Halttunen, 2005-06-07 Helsinki, FIN Finland. Most recently in the OHL with London Knights. Complete player biography and stats.
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I have us taking OFM in the 3rd when I ran the Realgud draft simulator.Talking about second round , those prospects I like for RW
Gracyn Sawchyn at eliteprospects.com
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Gracyn Sawchyn, 2005-01-19 Grande Prairie, AB, CAN Canada. Most recently in the WHL with Edmonton Oil Kings. Complete player biography and stats.Hunter Brzustewicz - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Hunter Brzustewicz, 2004-11-29 Washington, MI, USA USA. Most recently in the AHL with Calgary Wranglers. Complete player biography and stats.Oscar Fisker Mølgaard - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Oscar Fisker Mølgaard, 2005-02-18 Denmark. Most recently in the SHL with HV71. Complete player biography and stats.David Edstrom - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of David Edstrom, 2005-02-18 Göteborg, SWE Sweden. Most recently in the SHL with Frölunda HC. Complete player biography and stats.Theo Lindstein - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Theo Lindstein, 2005-01-05 Gävle, SWE Sweden. Most recently in the SHL with Brynäs IF. Complete player biography and stats.Felix Unger Sörum - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Felix Unger Sörum, 2005-09-14 Trondheim, NOR Sweden. Most recently in the AHL with Chicago Wolves. Complete player biography and stats.Daniil But - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Daniil But, 2005-02-15 Yaroslavl, RUS Russia. Most recently in the KHL with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Complete player biography and stats.Danny Nelson - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Danny Nelson, 2005-08-03 Maple Grove, MN, USA USA. Most recently in the NCAA with Univ. of Notre Dame. Complete player biography and stats.Coulson Pitre - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Coulson Pitre, 2004-12-13 Newmarket, ON, CAN Canada. Most recently in the AHL with San Diego Gulls. Complete player biography and stats.Juraj Pekarcik - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Juraj Pekarcik, 2005-09-12 Trstena, SVK Slovakia. Most recently in the QMJHL with Moncton Wildcats. Complete player biography and stats.
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If all are available, I would select Brzustewicz, OFM, and Pekarcik.
It would be hard to pass on Edstrom's size, but you get most of that with Pekarcik.
I think Felix Nilsson is still in the mix. He was getting a good deal of attention two months ago (including in this thread) and isn't in Button's top 100.
I will say it again--the three 2nds might end up being what makes this draft hugely successful.
Maybe Philly will take a defenseman at pick #7:
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How does everyone feel about drafting Michael Hrabal in this draft? Here is a scouting report from the Hockey Writers.
His size at 6'6" and his agility would be the enticing part, while his play in NA to date is a big question mark. He had a .920 SV% at the WJC-18 and a .927 SV% International-Jrs. Omaha's team was pretty bad and he clearly wasn't standing on his head for them in the USHL.
Would you draft him? If so which round/pick? I took him in the 2nd round with Realgud's draft simulator. If he pans out you have a really nice tandem of Cossa and Hrabal in net. He's going the college route and I am not sure how many quality net minders develop in the NCAA. I can't really think of any recent ones off the top of my head. Howie was nice but not a top tier goalie.
His size at 6'6" and his agility would be the enticing part, while his play in NA to date is a big question mark. He had a .920 SV% at the WJC-18 and a .927 SV% International-Jrs. Omaha's team was pretty bad and he clearly wasn't standing on his head for them in the USHL.
Would you draft him? If so which round/pick? I took him in the 2nd round with Realgud's draft simulator. If he pans out you have a really nice tandem of Cossa and Hrabal in net. He's going the college route and I am not sure how many quality net minders develop in the NCAA. I can't really think of any recent ones off the top of my head. Howie was nice but not a top tier goalie.
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Probably a pass for me. Doing well at the U18's does not un-do that he was pretty bad in the USHL down the stretch.
I would prefer to use our 1st and 2nd round picks on forwards or defenseman. I would take a flyer on someone like Ratzlaff or Milic in the later rounds maybe. Both of the big goalies were underwhelming for me over the course of the year (Hrabal and Bjarnasson). If I was going to take a goalie in round 2 it would probably be Jacob Fowler.
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Liked him at the WJC, didn't like him in the USHL. Having said that, I think drafting an athletic 6'6 goalie is always going to be a good move, even if they don't pan out, and even if they kind of suck now (not saying he sucks, he's pretty good), because there's just soooo much development to be done with goalies, and especially tall goalies so it's a long term investment. We do have Cossa already, and I'm a giant believer in him but having more high end goalie prospects isn't a bad thing, especially if he's available in the 2nd round+. I do think there's going to be so many excellent players available at the beginning of the 2nd round that I think I would draft them first. And for tall goalies, there's also Gajan or Clara that I honestly prefer personally and I think they will be available a bit later, so you can always get those if you really want. We'll see what our team decides to do but I wouldn't be mad about adding an extra giant athletic goalie...
I like that trio, but there is no way in hell I am passing on Edstrom if he is available in the 2nd. If people are really clamoring for a right-handed defensemen, Strbak deserves some attention somewhere in the 2nd-3rd round. I like Brzustewicz but he doesn't fit the profile of what we seam to like on the backend.
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I'd take Strbak in the 2nd, but he won't be there. If Detroit doesn't take him at 17, he won't be there at 40.
Same with Edstrom.
I think you are absolutely right about Edstrom. I have no idea where Strbak goes exactly. The tail end of the 1st and the first half of the second tend to blend together on draft day. I won't be shocked if someone likes him enough to take in the last part of the 1st.
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I would be okay with this, haha:
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I think you could say “but they won’t be there” about some 20+ guys in this draft. Some guys people really like will be there in the 2nd round. Not Edstrom but Strbak has a chance.
I could see Arizona going D too.
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I’d hate losing Reinbacher to Philly but I think this gives Detroit a better shot at Leonard.
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There's been a lot of talk about who might be available at different draft positions, and opinions vary based on which lists you've been looking at. But the reality is that each team has their own list that may or may not look very close to the consensus.
So I decided to simulate how the draft might go to see how often various players would be available at Detroit's different picks. To do this, I collected as many different draft rankings as I could find, and for each simulation of the draft that I performed, I randomly assigned each team their own ranking, with more recent lists being more likely to be selected. Whenever a team selected, they simply took the highest-ranked player remaining, according to their list (so positional need is not taken into account). I did 100,000 simulations and measured how often each player was still available at the 9th, 17th, 41st, 42nd, and 43rd picks. Anyone not appearing on this list was always available at any of these positions.
It's obviously not perfect, but hopefully, this can provide some common ground when we're discussing who will or will not be available for Detroit to pick.
So I decided to simulate how the draft might go to see how often various players would be available at Detroit's different picks. To do this, I collected as many different draft rankings as I could find, and for each simulation of the draft that I performed, I randomly assigned each team their own ranking, with more recent lists being more likely to be selected. Whenever a team selected, they simply took the highest-ranked player remaining, according to their list (so positional need is not taken into account). I did 100,000 simulations and measured how often each player was still available at the 9th, 17th, 41st, 42nd, and 43rd picks. Anyone not appearing on this list was always available at any of these positions.
It's obviously not perfect, but hopefully, this can provide some common ground when we're discussing who will or will not be available for Detroit to pick.
| Available at | 9 | 17 | 41 | 42 | 43 |
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| Connor Bedard | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Adam Fantilli | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Matvei Michkov | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Leo Carlsson | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Will Smith | 0.1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Zachary Benson | 5.4% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| David Reinbacher | 42.2% | 0.8% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Ryan Leonard | 48% | 0.8% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Dalibor Dvorsky | 51.8% | 0.6% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Andrew Cristall | 69.4% | 18% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Brayden Yager | 76.3% | 18.6% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Oliver Moore | 81.4% | 5.6% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Axel Sandin-Pellikka | 82.9% | 20.3% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Colby Barlow | 84.3% | 17.7% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Eduard Sale | 85.4% | 9.9% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Gabe Perreault | 90.6% | 34.9% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Matthew Wood | 91.5% | 28.8% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Nate Danielson | 92.4% | 26.3% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Dmitri Simashev | 98.5% | 81.2% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Tom Willander | 99.9% | 82.7% | 0.1% | 0% | 0% |
| Samuel Honzek | 100% | 86.8% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Gavin Brindley | 100% | 94.9% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Charlie Stramel | 100% | 97.7% | 32.8% | 27.8% | 25.1% |
| Jayden Perron | 100% | 98.3% | 5.5% | 4.6% | 4.1% |
| Daniil But | 100% | 95.9% | 2.1% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Cal Ritchie | 100% | 92.3% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Riley Heidt | 100% | 95.6% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Kasper Halttunen | 100% | 96.7% | 13.7% | 11.6% | 10.3% |
| Otto Stenberg | 100% | 98.8% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Quentin Musty | 100% | 98.8% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Ethan Gauthier | 100% | 99.3% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 0.9% |
| Mikhail Gulyayev | 100% | 99.4% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Cameron Allen | 100% | 99.5% | 73.6% | 71.8% | 70.6% |
| Lukas Dragicevic | 100% | 99.9% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Etienne Morin | 100% | 99.9% | 29.8% | 28.1% | 26.9% |
| Luca Cagnoni | 100% | 100% | 65.1% | 62.3% | 60.2% |
| Gracyn Sawchyn | 100% | 100% | 36.9% | 32.4% | 29.7% |
| Carson Bjarnason | 100% | 100% | 56.1% | 54.2% | 52.7% |
| Alexander Rykov | 100% | 100% | 93.7% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| Koehn Ziemmer | 100% | 100% | 16.8% | 14.2% | 12.3% |
| David Edstrom | 100% | 100% | 19.6% | 18.5% | 16.9% |
| Bradley Nadeau | 100% | 100% | 21.4% | 17.7% | 15.1% |
| Tanner Molendyk | 100% | 100% | 22.8% | 20.1% | 18.3% |
| Oliver Bonk | 100% | 100% | 44.6% | 39.9% | 35.9% |
| Theo Lindstein | 100% | 100% | 72.4% | 69.3% | 64.7% |
| Jesse Kiiskinen | 100% | 100% | 74.2% | 72.7% | 71.7% |
| Maxim Štrbák | 100% | 100% | 78.8% | 74.2% | 68.9% |
| Noah Dower Nilsson | 100% | 100% | 81.3% | 77.8% | 73.5% |
| William Whitelaw | 100% | 100% | 81.7% | 76.4% | 71.8% |
| Hunter Brzustewicz | 100% | 100% | 82.6% | 81.7% | 79.8% |
| Jacob Fowler | 100% | 100% | 86.9% | 85.7% | 85.2% |
| Caden Price | 100% | 100% | 87.1% | 83.5% | 80.9% |
| Tristan Bertucci | 100% | 100% | 87.8% | 84.5% | 82.5% |
| Timur Mukhanov | 100% | 100% | 88.1% | 87.4% | 86.9% |
| Michael Hrabal | 100% | 100% | 89.3% | 82.8% | 75.7% |
| Oscar Fisker Molgaard | 100% | 100% | 89.7% | 85.5% | 80.4% |
| Luca Pinelli | 100% | 100% | 90.9% | 89.5% | 84.8% |
| Alex Ciernik | 100% | 100% | 92.4% | 87.2% | 81.7% |
| Lenni Hameenaho | 100% | 100% | 92.6% | 90.5% | 89.3% |
| Mathieu Cataford | 100% | 100% | 97.3% | 94.3% | 91.8% |
| Aidar Suniev | 100% | 100% | 97.5% | 97.3% | 97.2% |
| Nick Lardis | 100% | 100% | 97.6% | 93.7% | 88% |
| Carson Rehkopf | 100% | 100% | 98.4% | 96.8% | 94.7% |
| Zeb Forsfjall | 100% | 100% | 98.8% | 98.3% | 97.9% |
| Danny Nelson | 100% | 100% | 99.1% | 97.8% | 95.3% |
| Trey Augustine | 100% | 100% | 99.3% | 98.7% | 98.2% |
| Roman Kantserov | 100% | 100% | 99.4% | 98% | 96.7% |
| Kalan Lind | 100% | 100% | 99.5% | 98.9% | 98% |
| Jesse Nurmi | 100% | 100% | 99.6% | 99.1% | 99% |
| Adam Gajan | 100% | 100% | 99.9% | 99.2% | 97.7% |
| Alexander Hellnemo | 100% | 100% | 99.9% | 99.7% | 98.9% |
| Anton Wahlberg | 100% | 100% | 99.9% | 99.4% | 97.3% |
| Ondrej Molnar | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99.8% | 99.2% |
| Beau Akey | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99.9% | 99.1% |
| Denver Barkey | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99.9% | 99.5% |
| Coulson Pitre | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99.9% | 99.4% |
| Tyler Peddle | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99.8% |
| Martin Misiak | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99.9% |
| Arttu Karki | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99.9% |
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Great list, add Kasper Halttunen if he slipsTalking about second round , those prospects I like for RW
Gracyn Sawchyn at eliteprospects.com
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Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Hunter Brzustewicz, 2004-11-29 Washington, MI, USA USA. Most recently in the AHL with Calgary Wranglers. Complete player biography and stats.Oscar Fisker Mølgaard - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Oscar Fisker Mølgaard, 2005-02-18 Denmark. Most recently in the SHL with HV71. Complete player biography and stats.David Edstrom - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of David Edstrom, 2005-02-18 Göteborg, SWE Sweden. Most recently in the SHL with Frölunda HC. Complete player biography and stats.Theo Lindstein - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Theo Lindstein, 2005-01-05 Gävle, SWE Sweden. Most recently in the SHL with Brynäs IF. Complete player biography and stats.Felix Unger Sörum - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Felix Unger Sörum, 2005-09-14 Trondheim, NOR Sweden. Most recently in the AHL with Chicago Wolves. Complete player biography and stats.Daniil But - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Daniil But, 2005-02-15 Yaroslavl, RUS Russia. Most recently in the KHL with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Complete player biography and stats.Danny Nelson - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Danny Nelson, 2005-08-03 Maple Grove, MN, USA USA. Most recently in the NCAA with Univ. of Notre Dame. Complete player biography and stats.Coulson Pitre - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Coulson Pitre, 2004-12-13 Newmarket, ON, CAN Canada. Most recently in the AHL with San Diego Gulls. Complete player biography and stats.Juraj Pekarcik - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Juraj Pekarcik, 2005-09-12 Trstena, SVK Slovakia. Most recently in the QMJHL with Moncton Wildcats. Complete player biography and stats.
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So, we have a good possibility, according to this list, to get dvorsky and perrault? I mean that isn't terrible guys...
I have been trying to talk myself into we will be staying put in the first round of the draft, to tamper my expectations a bit....i really hope it works lmao
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If Yager is falling to 9th, the Wings should take that and run to the bank (Smith I'm sure will be gone). He has 1C potential - transitions and attacks with speed. Picked up his defensive game this year too. I love what Larkin has done this year taking a step forward but Yager has better hands and vision at the same age and I can't wait to see how a guy like him develops, especially with this franchise. For a while now this year I've thought his name for some reason just fits being on the Wings and wearing the winged wheel. If Yager's gone, give me Benson if he drops.
At 17th, I think Matthew Wood will drop there (which I don't agree he should be falling out of the top 10 in the first place) and Detroit should absolutely be all over that. His skating is poor, but he shows high end skill and is able to survey the ice whilst making space for himself in spite of the quickness of foot. He will develop that, it's just a matter of how much. I watched him last year for the Grizzlies and in a league of guys who are mostly all better skaters than him, he was another level above the rest in every other aspect. He's even better than Alex Newhook was and that is very high praise. Backed it up this year as the youngest player in the NCAA. At #17 are you gonna take a chance on a Jason Robertson-esque prospect? Hell yeah you are. We already know the Wings are set at D with the young guys.
Personally, I don't see offensive upside in Dvorsky that warrants a top 10 pick, but maybe at 17. Cristall I'm worried won't be able to translate his game to the NHL. Might be a banger of an AHL rookie at 20 years old but falls off after that. No to Honzek or Moore at Detroit's picks in round 1 either.
At 17th, I think Matthew Wood will drop there (which I don't agree he should be falling out of the top 10 in the first place) and Detroit should absolutely be all over that. His skating is poor, but he shows high end skill and is able to survey the ice whilst making space for himself in spite of the quickness of foot. He will develop that, it's just a matter of how much. I watched him last year for the Grizzlies and in a league of guys who are mostly all better skaters than him, he was another level above the rest in every other aspect. He's even better than Alex Newhook was and that is very high praise. Backed it up this year as the youngest player in the NCAA. At #17 are you gonna take a chance on a Jason Robertson-esque prospect? Hell yeah you are. We already know the Wings are set at D with the young guys.
Personally, I don't see offensive upside in Dvorsky that warrants a top 10 pick, but maybe at 17. Cristall I'm worried won't be able to translate his game to the NHL. Might be a banger of an AHL rookie at 20 years old but falls off after that. No to Honzek or Moore at Detroit's picks in round 1 either.
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