HaNotsri
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2023 NHL Draft June 28 and 29, Nashville, TN (Selections - 13, 39, 45, 86, 109, 141, 173, 205)
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UnleashRasmus
Rasmus has gone Super Saiyan VI!
Strong right handed skating defensemen. I am a huge Adam Fantilli fan, in general. However, I'll take interesting defensemen/skaters.
Der Jaeger
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Watching Bedard a little bit. Looks like a young Pat Lafontaine with a better shot.
I don't see Pat's explosive skating though.
Der Jaeger
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I think Bedard's got that type of skating ability. He's a PEP kid and looks more like Pat Kane because he likes to slow the play down. He's shifty on his skates.
I made the comparison because Bedard isn't a passing center. He's more of the dual threat, moving the puck where it needs to be. Sometimes it's a pass, sometimes it's a shot. Lafontaine was like that, similar size, both go to the net.
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His skating is good not elite. Makes you wonder if he'll be able to get that separation in the NHL to consistently get his shot off, or will he settle into the Cole Caufield tier of player ie very good but not franchise
I will give Bedard credit for his compete level which for Pat was also top notch. Pat played the game like a human cannon ball. Something was going in the net - the puck, him, the goalie, a defenseman... someone. Bedard has some anger in his game but so far it seems like he channels it into that shot.
His shot is ridiculous. Power, speed, accuracy - he is a threat nearly every time the puck comes off his blade. He's going to score a lot of NHL goals.
Der Jaeger
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I think it’ll be really hard to find someone now who played with Lafontaine’s intensity where it channels directly into play. McDavid is intense but he channels it into trying to score.
MarkusKetterer
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Oliver Bonk Breaks Out in London
The 2023 NHL draft prospect spent last season marinating in Jr. B and now he's putting up great numbers for the OHL's Knights.
thehockeynews.com
As of now: THN predicts him to go in the second round, with a chance to move up into the 1st. Which is what I’ve been saying. So if he’s available with the earliest second rounder, you draft him.
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Comparison?Oliver Bonk Breaks Out in London
The 2023 NHL draft prospect spent last season marinating in Jr. B and now he's putting up great numbers for the OHL's Knights.
As of now: THN predicts him to go in the second round, with a chance to move up into the 1st. Which is what I’ve been saying. So if he’s available with the earliest second rounder, you draft him.
MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
At the risk of making everyone hate him: Joker.
Which now means like 3 Sabres fans would be fine with drafting him
Simashev? I've seen every video that I think is available to be seen on him. Seems like he is Novikov to the 3rd power, really like his skating and decision making, of course he is sheltered and is playing a safe and steady game. I want RHD like everybody else but I'm wondering if he is in the conversation for maybe the 3rd of 4th defenseman off the board.
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He's fun to watch but more of what the Sabres don't need in defensemen
Jim Bob
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'Intriguing' Adam Fantilli hoping to crack Canada's world junior roster
Fantilli, who suited up for Canada at the 2022 under-18 world championships, has 11 goals and 26 points in just 16 games this season at Michigan.
Old Navy Goat
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He got booted from the WJC team for a fight in school soccer game. This will give him more exposure, I have him late first / early second
MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
Oh look. Oliver Bonk and Andrew Gibson. Two people I said the Sabres should target in the second.
NHL Draft Craig's List Craig Button Will Smith | TSN
While this year’s U.S. National Team Development Program squad doesn’t have an individual prospect at the level of a Jack Hughes or an Auston Matthews headlining its class, centre Will Smith is making plenty of noise.
www.tsn.ca
Button has Bonk as 31, Stramel as 33 (seems low to me), and Reidenbacher not in the top 64 (confusingly). Or I just am blind, which is also a possibility.
Preliminary Media/Scout Top 10 for 2023
Time for the first media/scout poll for the 2023 NHL Draft! For those unfamiliar with how this works, I poll many of the OHL's brightest m...
ohlprospects.blogspot.com
Brock's preliminary media top 10 for the OHL has some interesting tidbits, including Musty at 3.
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He has Barlow 2nd who I mentioned as my initial preferred candidate to draft, and so far nothing has swayed my opinion vice winning the lotteryPreliminary Media/Scout Top 10 for 2023
Time for the first media/scout poll for the 2023 NHL Draft! For those unfamiliar with how this works, I poll many of the OHL's brightest m...
Brock's preliminary media top 10 for the OHL has some interesting tidbits, including Musty at 3.
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