Pre-Game Talk: 2023 Draft
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If there’s a year to do it, it’s this one. I know there’s expectations that we might try to flip our first at the draft, but some of the players that might still be around by the time our pick comes up are very intriguing. (ie - Matt Wood, Jayden Perron, Mikhail Gulyavev, and possibly players like Andrew Cristall and Gabe Perrault could fall as well) LOTS of prospects with some pretty high upside for as far down as we’re picking.
Because we don’t really believe in Pyotr’s readiness yet, I think we end up eating Murray’s deal to swap the boston pick for our 2nd rounder. Then we sell our pick off for a good player. Then trade the Boston pick for a couple of 2nds. That way we get a good player, have 2 picks and get an emergency backup with nhl experience.
I can totally understand your desire to hit Adam--the guy is a dolt....but why wait until the draft?
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What is the word on Haltunnen? You think he rushed himself to Liiga to try to put up decent numbers against men to up his draft status from bottom 1st rounder to top half? Which back fired. Either way it seems like he still has a lot of potential and be a good pick when we trade down
What is the word on Haltunnen? You think he rushed himself to Liiga to try to put up decent numbers against men to up his draft status from bottom 1st rounder to top half? Which back fired. Either way it seems like he still has a lot of potential and be a good pick when we trade down
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There's nothing alarming, he's expected to make his breakthrough next season. HIFK was a mess and in the headlines in the early season as the "Chrisis HIFK", they only got it turned around after the Spengler Cup. Developing Halttunen wasn't a priority in the circumstances, not that it would have been anyway.
He did have one major concussion in his young career.
Ive seen his name going in the 20s and into the mid 40s. I like what I saw so, I figured I would ask.
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He did get hit ugly in October. A singular online poster I saw felt that he perhaps wasn't quite the same after, but who knows.
I don't follow Liiga and don't know crap so whenever I'm asked of a Finn player, what I do is I google and do some checks at educatedly-guessed places. The consensus seem to not worry of him.
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Hopefully Connor Bedard drops to #30 and we snag him.
Another gnat-sized forward? No thanks.
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listening to the Friedman podcast, who is the dumb team that selects Kai Uchacz? Which team will dominate the conversations with the leagues race issue? They ignore the issue to draft his 50 goals scored in the 3rd round or later.
I dont usually pay a ton of attention of WHL teams and players that arent hurricanes draftees. I was unaware of this situation.
I dont usually pay a ton of attention of WHL teams and players that arent hurricanes draftees. I was unaware of this situation.
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For those like me that also hadn't heard of him or listened to the podcast yet:
Red Deer Rebels acquire Kai Uchacz from Seattle Thunderbirds - Red Deer Advocate
The Prospects of NHL Prospect Kai Uchacz
Red Deer Rebels acquire Kai Uchacz from Seattle Thunderbirds - Red Deer Advocate
The Prospects of NHL Prospect Kai Uchacz
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Only a complete moran would select Chaczi.
I wonder if Philly with their new President of Hockey Ops would take a Flyer on him.
I hear Jonesy loves Chaczi.
I hear Jonesy loves Chaczi.
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WreckingCrew
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He's 20, an overager, so scoring 50G this year may not play a huge role in whether or not he's drafted. There's always a few PPG overagers who go undrafted bc they can dominate at that age but don't have much higher potential or skills that could grow into NHL level.
Also, here I was thinking maybe this just happened, but it was 2 years ago. He basically missed a whole season, went through a Diversity Coaching program, was evaluated and reinstated under a strict zero-tolerance policy. He's since played 2 years, so I presume he's had no incidents since? And here we go again with the whole "cancel culture" type thing...is he permanently punished, ridiculed, & irredeemable for something he did/said when he was 17? Has he "served his time" and made amends and deserve another chance? Has he truly changed or just putting up a front? There will always be a sect of folks who will forgive him too easily, and a sect who will forever see him as a villain...and they likely won't budge.
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can't see us being interested anyway, I can't even remember the last time we took a double overage skater. Was that Martin Vagner way back when we hosted the draft?
DaveG
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Kochetkov and Andersen I don't count (he was one as well) since they're goalies, that can be a very different situation if they're stuck behind a veteran guy until their overage year(s). I also don't recall Elynuik being an over-ager, only a few months older than Bean who was young for that draft.
wrong name out of the hat. De Jong was a single overager. Lorentz was as well.
edit finally found it. Brendan Woods was the other 20 year old we selected.
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Ya no chance we even come close to picking him.
Good question though DaveG. Justin Shugg in 2010?
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2023 Draft Rankings: Top 100
EOTP’s 2023 Consensus NHL Draft Rankings
The 2023 NHL Entry Draft begins on Wednesday, and EOTP has been keeping track of most of the rankings to come out ahead of the draft. Some rankings have more correlation to how the draft will unfold…
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| RK | NAME | POS | HT | WT | DOB | S | LEAGUE | AVG | DROP | RANGE | BEST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CONNOR BEDARD | C | 5'10" | 185 | 2005-07-17 | R | WHL | 1.00 | NA | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | ADAM FANTILLI | C | 6'2" | 187 | 2004-10-12 | L | NCAA | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | LEO CARLSSON | C/W | 6'3" | 194 | 2004-12-26 | L | SHL | 3.46 | 1.46 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | MATVEI MICHKOV | RW | 5'10" | 148 | 2004-12-09 | L | KHL | 3.54 | 0.08 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | WILL SMITH | C | 6'0" | 172 | 2005-03-17 | R | USDP | 5.38 | 1.85 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | ZACH BENSON | F | 5'10" | 159 | 2005-05-12 | L | WHL | 7.08 | 1.69 | 12 | 5 |
| 7 | RYAN LEONARD | C | 5'11" | 181 | 2005-01-21 | R | USDP | 8.69 | 1.62 | 17 | 5 |
| 8 | DALIBOR DVORSKÝ | C | 6'1" | 201 | 2005-06-15 | L | ALLSVENSKAN | 10.31 | 1.62 | 15 | 6 |
| 9 | OLIVER MOORE | C | 5'11" | 176 | 2005-01-22 | L | USDP | 10.62 | 0.31 | 19 | 6 |
| 10 | AXEL SANDIN PELLIKKA | D | 5'11" | 181 | 2005-03-11 | R | SHL | 12.00 | 1.38 | 21 | 5 |
| 11 | DAVID REINBACHER | D | 6'2" | 187 | 2004-10-25 | R | NL | 12.54 | 0.54 | 17 | 6 |
| 12 | MATTHEW WOOD | F | 6'3" | 190 | 2005-02-06 | R | NCAA | 15.77 | 3.23 | 30 | 7 |
| 13 | COLBY BARLOW | LW | 6'1" | 187 | 2005-02-14 | L | OHL | 16.23 | 0.46 | 27 | 6 |
| 14 | GABE PERREAULT | RW | 5'11" | 165 | 2005-05-07 | L | USDP | 16.46 | 0.23 | 20 | 7 |
| 15 | DMITRI SIMASHEV | D | 6'4" | 201 | 2005-02-04 | L | KHL | 17.23 | 0.77 | 33 | 5 |
| 16 | NATE DANIELSON | C | 6'1" | 185 | 2004-09-27 | R | WHL | 18.62 | 1.38 | 24 | 7 |
| 17 | EDUARD SALE | RW | 6'1" | 168 | 2005-03-10 | L | CZECHIA | 19.85 | 1.23 | 25 | 7 |
| 18 | SAMUEL HONZEK | C | 6'4" | 185 | 2004-11-12 | L | WHL | 20.15 | 0.31 | 32 | 12 |
| 19 | BRAYDEN YAGER | C | 6'0" | 165 | 2005-01-03 | R | WHL | 20.54 | 0.38 | 23 | 10 |
| 20 | TOM WILLANDER | D | 6'1" | 179 | 2005-02-09 | R | J20 NATIONELL | 20.62 | 0.08 | 29 | 8 |
| 21 | ANDREW CRISTALL | LW | 5'10" | 165 | 2005-02-04 | L | WHL | 21.23 | 0.62 | 57 | 11 |
| 22 | QUENTIN MUSTY | LW | 6'2" | 205 | 2005-07-06 | L | OHL | 21.31 | 0.08 | 36 | 11 |
| 23 | CALUM RITCHIE | C | 6'2" | 187 | 2005-01-21 | R | OHL | 21.46 | 0.15 | 26 | 13 |
| 24 | OTTO STENBERG | C/W | 5'11" | 181 | 2005-05-29 | L | J20 NATIONELL | 21.69 | 0.23 | 24 | 12 |
| 25 | GAVIN BRINDLEY | RW | 5'9" | 157 | 2004-10-05 | R | NCAA | 22.85 | 1.15 | 42 | 9 |
| 26 | MIKHAIL GULYAYEV | D | 5'10" | 170 | 2005-04-26 | L | MHL | 25.38 | 2.54 | 30 | 13 |
| 27 | RILEY HEIDT | F | 5'11" | 179 | 2005-03-25 | L | WHL | 26.54 | 1.15 | 50 | 15 |
| 28 | DANIIL BUT | LW | 6'5" | 203 | 2005-02-15 | R | MHL | 26.77 | 0.23 | 41 | 7 |
| 29 | ETHAN GAUTHIER | RW | 5'11" | 176 | 2005-01-26 | R | QMJHL | 32.85 | 6.08 | 77 | 17 |
| 30 | BRADLY NADEAU | C | 5'10" | 163 | 2005-05-05 | R | BCHL | 35.08 | 2.23 | 25 | 21 |
| 31 | GRACYN SAWCHYN | C | 5'11" | 165 | 2005-01-19 | R | WHL | 36.46 | 1.38 | 103 | 13 |
| 32 | DAVID EDSTROM | C | 6'3" | 187 | 2005-02-18 | L | J20 NATIONELL | 37.54 | 1.08 | 45 | 18 |
| 33 | OLIVER BONK | D | 6'1" | 176 | 2005-01-09 | R | OHL | 38.15 | 0.62 | 70 | 16 |
| 34 | JAYDEN PERRON | F | 5'8" | 157 | 2005-01-11 | R | USHL | 39.23 | 1.08 | 95 | 12 |
| 35 | OSCAR FISKER MØLGAARD | F | 6'0" | 163 | 2005-02-18 | L | SHL | 39.46 | 0.23 | 56 | 23 |
| 36 | LUKAS DRAGICEVIC | D | 6'2" | 181 | 2005-04-25 | R | WHL | 39.77 | 0.31 | 40 | 20 |
| 37 | TANNER MOLENDYK | D | 5'11" | 176 | 2005-02-03 | L | WHL | 40.38 | 0.62 | 43 | 25 |
| 38 | MICHAEL HRABAL | G | 6'6" | 209 | 2005-01-20 | L | USHL | 41.62 | 1.23 | 37 | 24 |
| 39 | KASPER HALTTUNEN | RW | 6'3" | 207 | 2005-06-07 | R | LIIGA | 41.77 | 0.15 | 41 | 23 |
| 40 | NICK LARDIS | RW | 5'10" | 154 | 2005-07-08 | L | OHL | 44.08 | 2.31 | 64 | 30 |
| 41 | ANTON WAHLBERG | C | 6'3" | 185 | 2005-07-04 | L | J20 NATIONELL | 46.15 | 2.08 | 68 | 28 |
| 42 | KOEHN ZIEMMER | RW | 6'0" | 194 | 2004-12-08 | R | WHL | 47.54 | 1.38 | 44 | 31 |
| 43 | CHARLIE STRAMEL | F | 6'3" | 216 | 2004-10-15 | R | NCAA | 47.62 | 0.08 | 45 | 23 |
| 44 | TREY AUGUSTINE | G | 6'1" | 179 | 2005-02-23 | L | USDP | 48.15 | 0.54 | 44 | 33 |
| 45 | THEO LINDSTEIN | D | 6'0" | 181 | 2005-01-05 | L | SHL | 50.54 | 2.38 | 56 | 24 |
| 46 | CADEN PRICE | D | 6'1" | 181 | 2005-08-24 | L | WHL | 51.69 | 1.15 | 52 | 28 |
| 47 | ÉTIENNE MORIN | D | 6'0" | 183 | 2005-03-09 | L | QMJHL | 51.69 | 0.00 | 79 | 32 |
| 48 | WILLIAM WHITELAW | C | 5'9" | 172 | 2005-02-05 | R | USHL | 52.23 | 0.54 | 89 | 23 |
| 49 | BEAU AKEY | D | 6'0" | 170 | 2005-02-11 | R | OHL | 52.46 | 0.23 | 62 | 32 |
| 50 | LUCA CAGNONI | D | 5'10" | 172 | 2004-12-21 | L | WHL | 53.08 | 0.62 | 93 | 17 |
| 51 | CARSON REHKOPF | C/LW | 6'1" | 194 | 2005-01-07 | L | OHL | 55.15 | 2.08 | 46 | 36 |
| 52 | HUNTER BRZUSTEWICZ | D | 6'0" | 187 | 2004-11-29 | R | OHL | 56.00 | 0.85 | 59 | 32 |
| 53 | DANNY NELSON | F | 6'3" | 203 | 2005-08-03 | L | USDP | 56.23 | 0.23 | 82 | 28 |
| 54 | ARAM MINNETIAN | D | 6'0" | 170 | 2005-03-19 | R | USDP | 57.46 | 1.23 | 67 | 43 |
| 55 | MAXIM STRBAK | D | 6'2" | 198 | 2005-04-13 | R | USHL | 58.15 | 0.69 | 77 | 33 |
| 56 | KALAN LIND | F | 6'0" | 154 | 2005-01-25 | L | WHL | 60.08 | 1.92 | 66 | 44 |
| 57 | CARSON BJARNASON | G | 6'3" | 181 | 2005-06-30 | L | WHL | 60.23 | 0.15 | 85 | 24 |
| 58 | LENNI HÄMEENAHO | F | 6'0" | 174 | 2004-11-07 | R | LIIGA | 60.54 | 0.31 | 53 | 31 |
| 59 | MATHIEU CATAFORD | RW | 5'11" | 187 | 2005-03-01 | R | QMJHL | 62.08 | 1.54 | 71 | 39 |
| 60 | LUCA PINELLI | C | 5'9" | 161 | 2005-04-05 | L | OHL | 63.46 | 1.38 | 85 | 37 |
| 61 | JAKUB DVORAK | D | 6'5" | 203 | 2005-05-25 | L | CZECHIA | 64.23 | 0.77 | 54 | 43 |
| 62 | ALEX CIERNIK | LW/RW | 5'10" | 179 | 2004-10-08 | L | J20 NATIONELL | 65.77 | 1.54 | 86 | 19 |
| 63 | AYDAR SUNIEV | LW | 6'2" | 205 | 2004-11-16 | L | BCHL | 67.00 | 1.23 | 81 | 31 |
| 64 | ROMAN KANTSEROV | F | 5'9" | 176 | 2004-09-20 | L | MHL | 67.00 | 0.00 | 64 | 32 |
| 65 | DENVER BARKEY | C | 5'8" | 174 | 2005-04-27 | L | OHL | 68.15 | 1.15 | 65 | 36 |
| 66 | COULSON PITRE | C | 6'1" | 172 | 2004-12-13 | R | OHL | 68.46 | 0.31 | 60 | 50 |
| 67 | FELIX NILSSON | C/W | 6'0" | 174 | 2005-06-22 | L | J20 NATIONELL | 68.92 | 0.46 | 76 | 41 |
| 68 | NICO MYATOVIC | F | 6'2" | 181 | 2004-12-01 | L | WHL | 69.38 | 0.46 | 68 | 44 |
| 69 | ANDREW STRATHMANN | D | 5'11" | 174 | 2005-02-27 | L | USHL | 70.77 | 1.38 | 75 | 47 |
| 70 | EASTON COWAN | C | 5'10" | 170 | 2005-05-20 | L | OHL | 71.46 | 0.69 | 89 | 29 |
| 71 | JACOB FOWLER | G | 6'2" | 201 | 2004-11-24 | L | USHL | 71.69 | 0.23 | 65 | 45 |
| 72 | CAMERON ALLEN | D | 5'11" | 190 | 2005-01-07 | R | OHL | 73.38 | 1.69 | 66 | 44 |
| 73 | NOAH DOWER NILSSON | C | 6'0" | 183 | 2005-04-25 | L | J20 NATIONELL | 75.38 | 2.00 | 82 | 41 |
| 74 | ADAM GAJAN | G | 6'4" | 176 | 2004-05-06 | L | USHL | 75.92 | 0.54 | 76 | 34 |
| 75 | ANDREW GIBSON | D | 6'3" | 190 | 2005-02-13 | R | OHL | 76.31 | 0.38 | 69 | 46 |
| 76 | JESSE KIISKINEN | RW | 6'0" | 187 | 2005-08-23 | R | U20 SM-SARJA | 77.54 | 1.23 | 197 | 48 |
| 77 | CAREY TERRANCE | C | 6'1" | 174 | 2005-05-10 | L | OHL | 78.31 | 0.77 | 79 | 49 |
| 78 | ALEXANDER RYKOV | RW | 5'11" | 170 | 2005-07-14 | L | VHL | 79.77 | 1.46 | 196 | 28 |
| 79 | FELIX UNGER SÖRUM | F | 5'11" | 172 | 2005-09-14 | R | J20 NATIONELL | 80.00 | 0.23 | 93 | 37 |
| 80 | JURAJ PEKARCIK | LW/C | 6'2" | 183 | 2005-09-12 | L | SLOVAKIA | 81.38 | 1.38 | 113 | 39 |
| 81 | TIMUR MUKHANOV | C | 5'8" | 170 | 2005-06-17 | R | MHL | 83.38 | 2.00 | 130 | 22 |
| 82 | MARTIN MISIAK | C | 6'2" | 198 | 2004-09-30 | L | SLOVAKIA | 83.92 | 0.54 | 95 | 35 |
| 83 | QUINTON BURNS | D | 6'1" | 179 | 2005-04-14 | L | OHL | 84.62 | 0.69 | 82 | 40 |
| 84 | NOEL NORDH | LW/RW | 6'2" | 194 | 2005-01-25 | L | J20 NATIONELL | 87.00 | 2.38 | 119 | 42 |
| 85 | MATTHEW MANIA | D | 6'0" | 187 | 2005-01-11 | R | OHL | 87.38 | 0.38 | 92 | 46 |
| 86 | TRISTAN BERTUCCI | D | 6'2" | 179 | 2005-07-12 | L | OHL | 88.62 | 1.23 | 88 | 58 |
| 87 | SCOTT RATZLAFF | G | 6'1" | 172 | 2005-03-09 | L | WHL | 91.92 | 3.31 | 77 | 69 |
| 88 | GAVIN MCCARTHY | D | 6'1" | 181 | 2005-06-02 | R | USHL | 93.00 | 1.08 | 257 | 48 |
| 89 | RASMUS KUMPULAINEN | F | 6'2" | 196 | 2005-08-08 | L | U20 SM-SARJA | 95.00 | 2.00 | 56 | 62 |
| 90 | CARTER SOTHERAN | D | 6'3" | 185 | 2005-06-26 | R | WHL | 95.08 | 0.08 | 103 | 55 |
| 91 | ARTTU KÄRKI | D | 6'2" | 176 | 2004-12-08 | L | U20 SM-SARJA | 97.62 | 2.54 | 120 | 41 |
| 92 | AIDEN FINK | RW | 5'9" | 152 | 2004-11-24 | R | AJHL | 97.77 | 0.15 | 62 | 70 |
| 93 | ETHAN MIEDEMA | LW | 6'3" | 181 | 2005-03-22 | L | OHL | 100.38 | 2.62 | 97 | 64 |
| 94 | EMIL JÄRVENTIE | F | 5'10" | 168 | 2005-04-04 | L | U20 SM-SARJA | 100.54 | 0.15 | 84 | 62 |
| 95 | DYLAN MACKINNON | D | 6'2" | 187 | 2005-01-12 | R | QMJHL | 100.85 | 0.31 | 68 | 60 |
| 96 | TYLER PEDDLE | C/LW | 6'1" | 190 | 2005-01-28 | L | QMJHL | 100.92 | 0.08 | 74 | 63 |
| 97 | JESSE NURMI | LW | 5'11" | 165 | 2005-03-07 | L | U20 SM-SARJA | 101.08 | 0.15 | 68 | 78 |
| 98 | JORDAN TOURIGNY | D | 5'11" | 168 | 2005-02-28 | R | QMJHL | 103.08 | 2.00 | 96 | 56 |
| 99 | HOYT STANLEY | D | 6'2" | 196 | 2005-02-04 | R | BCHL | 104.15 | 1.08 | 181 | 64 |
| 100 | ALBERT WIKMAN | D | 6'1" | 194 | 2005-03-10 | L | J20 NATIONELL | 104.31 | 0.15 | 176 | 69 |
Sea is calm around the Borg's house right now.
It's day of draft, it's 9AM and we still have our pick(s) for tonight.
It's day of draft, it's 9AM and we still have our pick(s) for tonight.
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