Prospect Info: 2023 Draft Thread (Yotes picking #6 & #12)

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lanky

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As of right now, I count 7 guys who are widely expected to go top ten. This draft has a clear top 7.

If we end up with the 8th or 9th pick, we might get a chance at one of those top 7. I hope we end up with a pick in the top 7, just to ensure it.
 

rt

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Dragicevic will go late 1st, early 2nd and I'm hoping that we can move some of our 3rd draft capital to get back into the 2nd and draft Daniil But

7 - Dvorsky
11 - Honzek (I had Danielson there, but I keep forgetting that I'm in awe of Honzek and think he's going to be Jason Robertson)
39 - Dragicevic or Bonk
If Dragicevic isn’t top 20 in bobs final poll, I’ll eat my hat.

I would also guess that he goes a full five spots ahead of bobs final rank. Because of position. He’ll be the 2nd D taken. Odds are very good Reinbacher goes just inside the top ten and Dragicevic goes just inside the top fifteen.
 

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Have any of you guys looked into Riley Heidt? He’s now 5th in WHL scoring. Kinda surprised he’s ranked in the 20s…
Loved his play at the prospects game. He is a name I can see with the Senators pick. Fantastic skater from what I saw. Plays fast and has been aggressive whenever I have watched him (albeit only a few games and some WHL highlights).

As of right now, I count 7 guys who are widely expected to go top ten. This draft has a clear top 7.

If we end up with the 8th or 9th pick, we might get a chance at one of those top 7. I hope we end up with a pick in the top 7, just to ensure it.
Who is your 7th?

Bedard
Fantilli
Carlsson
Mitchkov
Benson
W Smith
??
 

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Loved his play at the prospects game. He is a name I can see with the Senators pick. Fantastic skater from what I saw. Plays fast and has been aggressive whenever I have watched him (albeit only a few games and some WHL highlights).


Who is your 7th?

Bedard
Fantilli
Carlsson
Mitchkov
Benson
W Smith
??
This was Bob McKenzies mid-season scouting poll result:

1 Connor Bedard
2 Adam Fantilli
3 Leo Carlsson
4 Matvei Michkov
5 Zach Benson
6 Will Smith
7 Brayden Yager
8 Colby Barlow
9 Dalibor Dvorsky
10 Ryan Leonard
11 Oliver Moore
12 Eduard Sale
13 Calum Ritchie
14 Matthew Wood
15 Nate Danielson
16 Ethan Gauthier
17 Axel Sandin-Pellikka
18 Andrew Cristall
19 Samuel Honzek
20 David Reinbacher
 

lanky

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Loved his play at the prospects game. He is a name I can see with the Senators pick. Fantastic skater from what I saw. Plays fast and has been aggressive whenever I have watched him (albeit only a few games and some WHL highlights).


Who is your 7th?

Bedard
Fantilli
Carlsson
Mitchkov
Benson
W Smith
??
Reinbacher. Those 7 are definitely going top 10.
I suspect he's off the board before the 7th pick.
 

Mosby

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I’ve never loved drafting players from lesser programs. PG would be one of them. Little history of success both on the ice and in development.
 
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That can change once we get our own ducks in a row development wise. We’ve made improvements but we’re still not near good enough. Fergie needs to revamp Tucson quite a bit, coaching and roster wise.

In the interim, we sort of need to rely on good development programs to do some of the heavy lifting for us.
 

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That can change once we get our own ducks in a row development wise. We’ve made improvements but we’re still not near good enough. Fergie needs to revamp Tucson quite a bit, coaching and roster wise.

In the interim, we sort of need to rely on good development programs to do some of the heavy lifting for us.
The way this kid is playing he might be in the NHL by 19 like Guenther. You won't have to worry about him in PG.
 

rt

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Thinking about drafting 8th and 9th. Last year that gets us Kasper and Savoie. They would be awesome. The year before, it would’ve been Clarke and Guenther. Also awesome. The year before that, Quinn and Rossi, which would clearly also be awesome.

Funny thing is all the online fans outside of AZ laughing it up saying AZ could NEVER get a Clarke or Savoie level prospect for Chychrun. Then the trade happens and they’re high stepping and chest thumping and crowing about how right they were. Look at what AZ got! They got ONLY a 1st - LOLOLOLOL

As soon as there’s a name on that pick, they’ll sing a different tune. Anyone wanna ask Vancouver fans how they feel about Dylan Guenther?
 

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All I have to say is that our scouting staff better be good, because we're outside the top tiers and in the range where there are about 12 guys that could be selected.

Good news is that we're going to get two of those guys, bad news is that we're outside the top tier range.
The good news is that this is the deepest draft since 2015. This draft is way better than last years that it's not even funny.
 

Jakey53

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Dragicevic is currently outscoring Geekie and Mateychuk. He’s only a few points behind Yager and Danielson.

And he’s a 6’2-6’3 right-shot. NHL folks are gonna go nuts for that while independent Twitter scouts fall in love with tiny euros.
Why isn't Geekie absolutely dominating this year? With his size, playing with his peers. I haven't watched him play so maybe they have him working on other parts of his game?
 

Jakey53

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Thinking about drafting 8th and 9th. Last year that gets us Kasper and Savoie. They would be awesome. The year before, it would’ve been Clarke and Guenther. Also awesome. The year before that, Quinn and Rossi, which would clearly also be awesome.

Funny thing is all the online fans outside of AZ laughing it up saying AZ could NEVER get a Clarke or Savoie level prospect for Chychrun. Then the trade happens and they’re high stepping and chest thumping and crowing about how right they were. Look at what AZ got! They got ONLY a 1st - LOLOLOLOL

As soon as there’s a name on that pick, they’ll sing a different tune. Anyone wanna ask Vancouver fans how they feel about Dylan Guenther?
It's fine only getting one 1st. but what not is fine is not getting a good prospect because we were too broke to take on money.
 

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Why isn't Geekie absolutely dominating this year? With his size, playing with his peers. I haven't watched him play so maybe they have him working on other parts of his game?
He has dominated at times, but to be frank I think he got drafted a bit too high. Like I said before, I think Geekie will end up as a good third line center. His acceleration needs quite a bit of work. I see him turning out similar to his brother.
 
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