2023 NHL Entry Draft

[NotProkofievian]

I doubt he drops to the Florida pick, but great for us if that happens.
Would you considere him with the Habs picks if we ended up drafting 5th and the big 4 is gone? Im trending more and more this way personally...

He's in the discussion IMO. Last game was excellent. No way in hell he makes it to 20 if he keeps playing like that.

 

[Mrb1p]

Using Bobby Mac's list:

#7: Brayden Yager (C)
#15: Nate Danielson (C)
#39: Cameron Allen (RD)
#71: Luca Pinelli (C)

Im very down with Allen at 39 tbh. Thats value man.

 

[Habs Icing]

Just tell me whose blood needs to be spilled on which altar for us to win the lottery, and I'll make sure to do the deed.

Yours!

 

[SOLR]

Im very down with Allen at 39 tbh. Thats value man.

Yeah no chance of that happening

 

[Mrb1p]

Matthew Wood at 14.

Book's still not out on Reinbacher @Goldenhands . We doin it!

I was the first one in on Reinbacher stop that right now, Im the true hip prospect dude

 

[WinterLion]

Top prospect game this Wednesday.

 

[HuGort]

Using Bobby Mac's list:

#7: Brayden Yager (C)
#15: Nate Danielson (C)
#39: Cameron Allen (RD)
#71: Luca Pinelli (C)

I hope we end up with none of those players

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Brock Otten has his mid-season OHL report out too. I have a soft spot for London Knights Barkey too. Potential mid-rounds pick.

Midseason Top 50 for the 2023 NHL Entry Draft

What an unbelievable OHL Trade Deadline it was this year. We saw over a half dozen teams across the league really load up and this is going ...

ohlprospects.blogspot.com

 

[BeliveauFan4ever]

Really like Barlow!... he's my guy for a 6-10 spot pick at this early stage.

I want that elusive 1C most. If the cupboards for that have been raided, and Michkov is gone, I’d like Barlow.

 

[Mrb1p]

I want that elusive 1C most. If the cupboards for that have been raided, and Michkov is gone, I’d like Barlow.

We can get that elusive 1W easy tho

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Using Bobby Mac's list:

#7: Brayden Yager (C)
#15: Nate Danielson (C)
#39: Cameron Allen (RD)
#71: Luca Pinelli (C)

Im very down with Allen at 39 tbh. Thats value man.

Explanation of the hype/excitement with Allen ? Did his team get worse from last season ?

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Explanation of the hype/excitement with Allen ? Did his team get worse from last season ?

There is no hype for Allen anymore. He had a pretty solid year last season and had a terrific Hlinka this past summer. Those 2 combined made an early top 10 rated pick. He was rated as high as #5 coming into season.

Since then he's been pretty unspectacular. He hasn't shown much at either end and has shown a lack of pace. Most people thought Guelph would be a good team this year. Instead they've been one of the worst teams in OHL.

He's gone #5 to #39.

 

[Playmaker09]

There is no hype for Allen anymore. He had a pretty solid year last season and had a terrific Hlinka this past summer. Those 2 combined made an early top 10 rated pick. He was rated as high as #5 coming into season.

Since then he's been pretty unspectacular. He hasn't shown much at either end and has shown a lack of pace. Most people thought Guelph would be a good team this year. Instead they've been one of the worst teams in OHL.

He's gone #5 to #39.

Sounds a lot like the Justin Barron situation.

I think the overreactions will calm down and when the dust settles, someone will take him in the 1st.

 

[Schooner Guy]

Im very down with Allen at 39 tbh. Thats value man.

His stock keeps dropping. He may be one of those kids who peaked too early. He's also not producing. I don't like his trajectory.

There is no hype for Allen anymore. He had a pretty solid year last season and had a terrific Hlinka this past summer. Those 2 combined made an early top 10 rated pick. He was rated as high as #5 coming into season.

Since then he's been pretty unspectacular. He hasn't shown much at either end and has shown a lack of pace. Most people thought Guelph would be a good team this year. Instead they've been one of the worst teams in OHL.

He's gone #5 to #39.

There's not much to like about him this year.

Sounds a lot like the Justin Barron situation.

I think the overreactions will calm down and when the dust settles, someone will take him in the 1st.

Barron could skate though.

 

[SOLR]

His stock keeps dropping. He may be one of those kids who peaked too early. He's also not producing. I don't like his trajectory.


There's not much to like about him this year.


Barron could skate though.

Allen is fine, still have him top 20.

From near MVP at Hlinka to 2nd round, the weed is getting better I see.

 

[Schooner Guy]

Allen is fine, still have him top 20.

From near MVP at Hlinka to 2nd round, the weed is getting better I see.

Speaking of weed, you seem to like players who are not like weeds because they stop growing at 15. Savoie was the second coming of Howie Morenz to you last year.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Hope our WHL scout is good because that crop is insane. When you look at the OHL and then the QMJHL list. Really lacking upside out there.

 

[SOLR]

Speaking of weed, you seem to like players who are not like weeds because they stop growing at 15. Savoie was the second coming of Howie Morenz to you last year.

Lol - another Savoie joke, I'm collecting them.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Why would Benson be the one thats stapled in at 6 and not Heidt, Cristall, Leonard or even Reinbacher?

I love Benson, by the way. I think its actually Smith that hasnt separared himself from that group, but for discussion sakes.

I'm talking about the professional lists. Majority of organizations have a top 6 of Bedard, Fantilli, Carlsson, Michkov, Smith & Benson now.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I'm talking about the professional lists. Majority of organizations have a top 6 of Bedard, Fantilli, Carlsson, Michkov, Smith & Benson now.

Yager seems solidly in 7, no? Or are hot take lists pushing him down?

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Yager seems solidly in 7, no? Or are hot take lists pushing him down?

He seems to be settling in that 7-9 range. He had a really bad start to the season, so he was getting severely dropped in the pre-Christmas/WJC lists to the point of ranking late 1st.

I wouldn't say he's a consensus though. Dvorsky, Barlow, Moore & Sale are still challenging in that range.

 

[Schooner Guy]

I'm talking about the professional lists. Majority of organizations have a top 6 of Bedard, Fantilli, Carlsson, Michkov, Smith & Benson now.

Bobby Mac, HockeyProspect and the latest RLR that was in my mailbox today all have Benson #5 after the big four.

 

[Nevins]

I don't watch American college hockey. When I look at the USDP prospect stats, I notice that G Perrault is the youngest of the group (W Smith, R Leonard, O Moore) but he is the one producing the most points. G Perrault 36 games= 69 points! W Smith 33 games=62 points , R Leonard 31 games=49 points, O Moore 34 games=46 points I know the points don't say everything but he is ranked lower than the other 3 according to McKenzie. For those who have seen him play, what kind of player is he and what is his potential? thank you

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Bobby Mac, HockeyProspect and the latest RLR that was in my mailbox today all have Benson #5 after the big four.

Yeah, majority mid-term have Benson 5th then Smith 6th.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Yeah, majority mid-term have Benson 5th then Smith 6th.

I'd be pretty giddy to get Smith at 6.