2023 NHL draft prospects

[alko]

Dvorsky emerging as a top talent for 2023 draft

Bedard and Michkov, be ware.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

If Dvorsky and Bedard both keep up their current hype, is there a chance Michkov falls to 3rd because of his contract? That would be interesting

 

[Ryan Van Horne]

If Dvorsky and Bedard both keep up their current hype, is there a chance Michkov falls to 3rd because of his contract? That would be interesting

Falls to third from where? There is no consensus on a #1 pick for this draft. Also, Michkov is having a good tournament this week as well.

Also, hype only leads to changes in speculation by folks here on Hockey's Future. Hype doesn't affect rankings of professional evaluators, who only look at performance and projection when doing their rankings.

 

[Antiillafire]

If Dvorsky and Bedard both keep up their current hype, is there a chance Michkov falls to 3rd because of his contract? That would be interesting

I don’t think so, Dvorsky is great but Michkov is next level scorer and I would have a hard time seeing teams pass on him. However, Dvorsky has probably established himself amongst scouts at this tournament as a potential lottery pick in 2023. Let’s hope his development continues, Slovak hockey desperately needs a 1C

 

[kp61c]

I don’t think so, Dvorsky is great but Michkov is next level scorer and I would have a hard time seeing teams pass on him. However, Dvorsky has probably established himself as the second best Centre in the class.

But with Dvorsky there won't be a 3-year waiting period for a player to come over. That may move the needle in Dvorsky's favour.

 

[kudla]

Michkov and Bedard will be top 2 picks and there is no smallest doubt about it

 

[wings5]

I don’t think so, Dvorsky is great but Michkov is next level scorer and I would have a hard time seeing teams pass on him. However, Dvorsky has probably established himself as the second best Centre in the class.

No one has established or cemented anything yet, there were hundreds of thousands of prospects who couldn't even play last season and there is still alot of time. People need to calm down.

You can say Bedard as well as Michkov have an extremely high chance of being the top pick which they do but that's as much as you can say at this point

 

[ijuka]

I'd say that Bedard's all but guaranteed to be first overall.

2nd overall is more open for contention mostly because of contract. I feel like people underestimate how important those 3 years are for a player like that, teams get a ton of mileage out of them.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

The only way Michkov doesn't go 2 is if a team thinks someone like Dvorsky can step into the NHL and make an impact in the those 3 years Michkov will be in Russia. At the end of the day, he'll be entering the NHL as he enters his prime...on an ELC.

 

[Ryan Van Horne]

The only way Michkov doesn't go 2 is if a team thinks someone like Dvorsky can step into the NHL and make an impact in the those 3 years Michkov will be in Russia. At the end of the day, he'll be entering the NHL as he enters his prime...on an ELC.

Something to remember, too, about Michkov's ELC is that it will still be a three-year deal, so a team keeps that cost certainty for a much older player. Had he decided to stay one more year in Russia, he could have had a two-year ELC.

 

[wings5]

The only way Michkov doesn't go 2 is if a team thinks someone like Dvorsky can step into the NHL and make an impact in the those 3 years Michkov will be in Russia. At the end of the day, he'll be entering the NHL as he enters his prime...on an ELC.

Not to slight Dvorsky but I think Yager and some others can still be chosen above him. As I've said earlier the Ontario kids are still a big secret and are underrated at the moment because of not having played.

 

[kp61c]

Something to remember, too, about Michkov's ELC is that it will still be a three-year deal, so a team keeps that cost certainty for a much older player. Had he decided to stay one more year in Russia, he could have had a two-year ELC.

It will be savvy of him to stay one more year in Russia then.

 

[Ryan Van Horne]

It will be savvy of him to stay one more year in Russia then.

He might still do that, especially if he can earn more in Russia in that extra year than he can in the NHL on a rookie contract.

 

[The Swede]

The first national team from Sweden and the 2005-group. Interesting of course. This group is strong and many of the strongest name are there like Westh (Färjestad BK),Stenberg (Frölunda), Stockselius (Djurgården), Nordh (Brynäs) and Lindstein (Brynäs). I do miss Hugo Hedvall (Leksand), Kristian Kostadinski (Frölunda) Viggo Aspling (Leksand), Gustaf Kangas (Västerås), Elliot Ståhlberg (Färjestad BK), Gustav Ling (Färjestad BK), Anton Nilsson-Andrén (Örebro HC), Hugo Lejon (Västerås) and goalies Noah Erliden (HV71) and Marcus Gidlöf (Leksand). But thats me, and I have the luck that i don´t have to lift anyone off the team.

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[KohoPai66]

The first national team from Sweden and the 2005-group. Interesting of course. This group is strong and many of the strongest name are there like Westh (Färjestad BK),Stenberg (Frölunda), Stockselius (Djurgården), Nordh (Brynäs) and Lindstein (Brynäs). I do miss Hugo Hedvall (Leksand), Kristian Kostadinski (Frölunda) Viggo Aspling (Leksand), Gustaf Kangas (Västerås), Elliot Ståhlberg (Färjestad BK), Gustav Ling (Färjestad BK), Anton Nilsson-Andrén (Örebro HC), Hugo Lejon (Västerås) and goalies Noah Erliden (HV71) and Marcus Gidlöf (Leksand). But thats me, and I have the luck that i don´t have to lift anyone off the team.

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I agree, 2005 is very strong in Sweden and this is strange list. Eric Bürger is definitely not among Top 7 D in Sweden. We also have better F as Svante Johansson. Where are Erliden, Munther?! In general to many boys from Färjestad BK and Örebro HK.

 

[The Swede]

I haven´t seen a lot of Svante Johansson so i can´t say anything there. Munther i also agree on! Färjestads 2005-group is the strongest. Växjö is also strong. Brynäs is strong. There are som more guys in Brynäs like Willner, Zimmerman, Basth, Eriksson. Maybe one or two in Frölunda. Romeo Ekfeldt (Linköping) and Ahlriksson (Djurgården) maybe. In Örebro you also have Svante Sjödin (forward) and Lucas Sagranden (forward). Two good prospects. I like defender Sebastian Tamm (Leksand) as well. But it must have been hard? They haven´t played since november last year ... Many changes will come i guess.

 

[VictorLustig]

I agree, 2005 is very strong in Sweden and this is strange list. Eric Bürger is definitely not among Top 7 D in Sweden. We also have better F as Svante Johansson. Where are Erliden, Munther?! In general to many boys from Färjestad BK and Örebro HK.

Is this really a strong age group? That hasn't been my impression.

 

[KohoPai66]

Is this really a strong age group? That hasn't been my impression.

I think that it should be stronger then 2004

 

[The Swede]

Is this really a strong age group? That hasn't been my impression.

I started to follow the 2002-group. So before that i don´t know on the same level. And it´s getting easier and easier. Maybe not last season (Covid). Svenskhockey TV is a good tool. And from Uplandia, through Folke Filbyter and Regionscamp, Regioncups, TV-puck, U16 Elit and on i try to se as much as possible. Every year one region stands out. For the 2004-group it was East/Stockholm. And this year (2005) it is Väst. Örebro is interesting. Something right is going on there. Many prospects end up there and develops well for the moment. From my point of view this is the strongest group since the 2002-group. There are more prospects in this group (2005) than any of the earlier I followed. Maybe no superstar like Raymond and Holtz. But plenty of Willam Eklunds. For the record many of these guys outplayed the now number two ranked European prospect Dalibor Dvorsky. So time will tell. They are still very young.

 

[mirec04]

I started to follow the 2002-group. So before that i don´t know on the same level. And it´s getting easier and easier. Maybe not last season (Covid). Svenskhockey TV is a good tool. And from Uplandia, through Folke Filbyter and Regionscamp, Regioncups, TV-puck, U16 Elit and on i try to se as much as possible. Every year one region stands out. For the 2004-group it was East/Stockholm. And this year (2005) it is Väst. Örebro is interesting. Something right is going on there. Many prospects end up there and develops well for the moment. From my point of view this is the strongest group since the 2002-group. There are more prospects in this group (2005) than any of the earlier I followed. Maybe no superstar like Edmonds and Holtz. But plenty of Willam Eklunds. For the record many of these guys outplayed the now number two ranked European prospect Dalibor Dvorsky. So time will tell. They are still very young.

Interesting, I am very curious about this talented group from Sweden. When was it when many of them outplayed Dvorsky? 1-2 yeas ago?

 

[The Swede]

Interesting, I am very curious about this talented group from Sweden. When was it when many of them outplayed Dvorsky? 1-2 yeas ago?

Yes, after Uplandia and forward through the "visit" in Linköping. Dalibor was of course good. But not on the level he showed during Hlinka. So with that said, coming years will be interesting to follow. How do they train? Do they get the trust in the clubs and from the coaches? How do they handle setbacks? And so on ...

 

[wetcoast]

The only way Michkov doesn't go 2 is if a team thinks someone like Dvorsky can step into the NHL and make an impact in the those 3 years Michkov will be in Russia. At the end of the day, he'll be entering the NHL as he enters his prime...on an ELC.

Depending on his contract situation and when he might possibly come to the NHL I could see Michkov slipping out of the top 2.

It also depends on how the situation in Minny and other possible contracts/negotiations go with Russian players and NHL teams.

Bedard/Michkov are clearly the top 2 talents and then there is a dropoff but the talent is worth zilch if there are any concerns about the player committing as soon as he is ready and when the NHL team drafting him wants him to do so.

Also if players behind those 2 close the gap enough it might tip the balance but there is alot of time for everything to play out here.

 

[VictorLustig]

If Dvorsky and Bedard both keep up their current hype, is there a chance Michkov falls to 3rd because of his contract? That would be interesting

Locking 15 year olds into certain draft positions is this site in a nutshell. Anything can happen.

The so called "consensus 1st overall pick" for this years draft ended up going in the 2nd round. I remember starting a shit storm for questioning his game 1.5 years ago. People took it personally.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Locking 15 year olds into certain draft positions is this site in a nutshell. Anything can happen.

The so called "consensus 1st overall pick" for this years draft ended up going in the 2nd round. I remember starting a shit storm for questioning his game 1.5 years ago.

Wasn't McDavid projected 1st overall since he was a toddler? And what about Crosby?

 

[VictorLustig]

Wasn't McDavid projected 1st overall since he was a toddler? And what about Crosby?

How about the other hundreds (?) of kids who were projected as superstars when they were toddlers? But sure, once or twice they'll pan out. We only remember those who did.