Prospect Info: 2023 NHL Draft (mod warning 1st post)

[Anaheim4ever]

Yeah i know its early but 2022 draft discussion started pretty quickly too last year.
So far its #1 Bedard and #2 Mitchkov but after that what are players you are interested in for the Ducks ?
I don't see Bedard falling like Wright did at all. Who will be this years Slaf and Cooley ?

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[bsu]

You’re missing my point completely. Those guys can all skate well enough to play in todays NHL. What I’m saying is they need to be good skaters to handle the increased speed of the game. Of course size is awesome to have on the back end, but it’s useless if they can’t move around well.

I’d pick a 5’11 180 lb d man who can skate over a 6’4 220 lb pilon. Put it that way.


And just because a guy is big doesn’t mean he is tough.

I'd pick a 6'2-6'3 defensemen that knows how to play defense/ clear the crease / play with a bit of physicality and has puck skills.

 

[FlyingV09]

I'd pick a 6'2-6'3 defensemen that knows how to play defense/ clear the crease / play with a bit of physicality and has puck skills.

But can he skate?

 

[Hockey Duckie]

I'd pick a 6'2-6'3 defensemen that knows how to play defense/ clear the crease / play with a bit of physicality and has puck skills.

But can he skate?

Not every player can be great skaters. With defensemen, usually it's the smaller D that skate like the wind. What Anaheim has done under GM Murray was to pair an OFD with a DFD. Most OFD can skate well. The DFD does all the grunt work on the defensive end and the OFD has the responsibility to push or carry the puck out of the D-zone and potentially help score. It's a great paring dynamic that works. Manson isn't a great skater, but he plays the shutdown role very well.

If we can find tall, big DFD that can skate, then draft them. We have in LD Hinds and RD Warren. A DFD that doesn't skate like the wind is Thrun, but we're very high on him.

 

[Static]

If we do end up with a second first round pick this would be a target of mine.

 

[cheesymc]

If we do end up with a second first round pick this would be a target of mine.

Agree, his footage looks good. We don’t need more small Dmen but he looks a bit like Drysdale with his skating and his defensive coverage. Shows a bit of grit.

He’s ranked as a really late 2nd or 3rd right now but I think hes going to climb up by the end of the year.

 

[bsu]

Looks decent but about the last thing we need by the time he would be ready to play.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

RHD Maxim Strbak
6'3 and 198 lbs

Here is a Sportsnet blurb on his play at the WJC-20:

Maxim Strbak, Slovakia​

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The 6-foot-2, 198-pound right shot defenceman logged a ton of minutes for Slovakia. He was used in all situations (second PP unit) and was up to task in the defensive zone. There wasn’t a single easy matchup for Strbak in this game. When captain Nemec was in the penalty box Strbak was deployed in his place on the first penalty kill unit. He’s calm under pressure, pushes back physically, and provides some secondary offence. Strbak ended the game with 22:12 in ice time and over 35 shifts. His draft ranking has had him anywhere from the mid-second round to the early third round. I’m betting he goes between 35-40 after this display.​

He's a 17-year old who played in the WJC-20 for Slovakia.

We definitely could use another big RHD that we could stash for a couple of years in the NCAA to learn how to play defense and get bigger.

Any thoughts on him?

 

[Rasp]

RHD Maxim Strbak
6'3 and 198 lbs

Here is a Sportsnet blurb on his play at the WJC-20:

Maxim Strbak, Slovakia​

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The 6-foot-2, 198-pound right shot defenceman logged a ton of minutes for Slovakia. He was used in all situations (second PP unit) and was up to task in the defensive zone. There wasn’t a single easy matchup for Strbak in this game. When captain Nemec was in the penalty box Strbak was deployed in his place on the first penalty kill unit. He’s calm under pressure, pushes back physically, and provides some secondary offence. Strbak ended the game with 22:12 in ice time and over 35 shifts. His draft ranking has had him anywhere from the mid-second round to the early third round. I’m betting he goes between 35-40 after this display.​

He's a 17-year old who played in the WJC-20 for Slovakia.

We definitely could use another big RHD that we could stash for a couple of years in the NCAA to learn how to play defense and get bigger.

Any thoughts on him?

He sounds solid and like someone we need but with the lack of Dmen in the 1st round I bet he goes higher than he is projected

 

[bsu]

The more I see the more I want Simashev

 

[WhatTheDuck]

RHD Maxim Strbak
6'3 and 198 lbs

Here is a Sportsnet blurb on his play at the WJC-20:

Maxim Strbak, Slovakia​

​

The 6-foot-2, 198-pound right shot defenceman logged a ton of minutes for Slovakia. He was used in all situations (second PP unit) and was up to task in the defensive zone. There wasn’t a single easy matchup for Strbak in this game. When captain Nemec was in the penalty box Strbak was deployed in his place on the first penalty kill unit. He’s calm under pressure, pushes back physically, and provides some secondary offence. Strbak ended the game with 22:12 in ice time and over 35 shifts. His draft ranking has had him anywhere from the mid-second round to the early third round. I’m betting he goes between 35-40 after this display.​

He's a 17-year old who played in the WJC-20 for Slovakia.

We definitely could use another big RHD that we could stash for a couple of years in the NCAA to learn how to play defense and get bigger.

Any thoughts on him?

I like him as a second round target, possibly late first. There is a very strong basis there for developing a steady defensive minute muncher. He really showed some real compete level at the WJC, to go along with pretty strong physical tools.

 

[MMC]

Who do you all go with if Bedard, Fantilli, Carlsson, and Michkov are off the board?

 

[Boo Boo]

Who do you all go with if Bedard, Fantilli, Carlsson, and Michkov are off the board?

Oops misread your post as on the board will come back later and edit

 

[LePerilsofPerreault]

Who do you all go with if Bedard, Fantilli, Carlsson, and Michkov are off the board?

I like Smith and Barlow

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

Who do you all go with if Bedard, Fantilli, Carlsson, and Michkov are off the board?

Yager looked incredible at the ivan halinka, so i'd go with him.

 

[Kalv]

Who do you all go with if Bedard, Fantilli, Carlsson, and Michkov are off the board?

Alcohol

 

[bsu]

Who do you all go with if Bedard, Fantilli, Carlsson, and Michkov are off the board?

As of right now Smith or Benson

 

[GunnarStahl]

Smith maybe, I would maybe see about dropping back and grabbing Barlow or Sale and an extra pick.

 

[bsu]

I don't want Barlow personally with our first pick at least.

 

[GunnarStahl]

I don't want Barlow personally with our first pick at least.

I’d only go for it if they traded back to like 8, I think he would be an incredible winger for Z and I like the rounded knees of his game.

 

[MMC]

Who do you all go with if Bedard, Fantilli, Carlsson, and Michkov are off the board?

Just as a follow up to this, would you guys say that the person you answered this first question to has the highest upside of all of our young forwards?

 

[Anaheim4ever]

I keep thinking of Mr. Barlow from Salem's Lot whenever i see the name Barlow in draft prospect threads Kurt Barlow - Wikipedia

 

[LePerilsofPerreault]

Barlow to me is a great fit, it’d be a slight reach but so was McTavish

 

[Gliff]

McTavish wasn’t a reach. he was the BPA for the Ducks scouts.

If Barlow is the BPA for the Ducks then they are picking closer to 10. No way he is in the top 5 players in this draft and that’s where the Ducks will likely be picking. Even if they miss on the top 4, the second group of guys are on the same level as where the top guys were last year.

 

[LePerilsofPerreault]

Just as a follow up to this, would you guys say that the person you answered this first question to has the highest upside of all of our young forwards?

We could get someone within our top prospects’ echelon but it’d be hard to put them above our main guys yet imo

McTavish wasn’t a reach. he was the BPA for the Ducks scouts.

If Barlow is the BPA for the Ducks then they are picking closer to 10. No way he is in the top 5 players in this draft and that’s where the Ducks will likely be picking. Even if they miss on the top 4, the second group of guys are on the same level as where the top guys were last year.

McTavish was a reach to fans at 3, Barlow is ranked 8th by McKenzie and I think 5-10 is pretty interchangeable. He isn’t chopped liver compared to a Benson or Yager.

 

[bsu]

Sorry but using our highest pick in a while.... in an absolutely stacked draft for someone like Barlow because he might be good fit next to Zegras doesn't cut it for me personally. I want the best line driving player available period. I wouldn't mind him after the top 10. McTavish has way more play driving than Barlow IMO. If we somehow pick at #10ish than I'd think about it but I don't see that as a realistic possibility at this time.