2023 NHL Entry Draft

[Mrb1p]

How good is the defense this year ?
Last year we had
Nemec - Jiricek - Korchinski - Mutiyukov

This year we have
Pelikka - Reinbacher - Dragicevic - Gulyayev

Witch year is better ?? seems like 2022 have the edge here

Reinbacher compares to Minty and is slightly behind Jiri and Nemec. The rest okay-ish.

 

[Doublechin]

Sale has great skill. Dvorsky reminds me of Girgensons/KK.

Dvorsky reminds me of Lars Eller actually

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

 

[Goldenhands]

Wanna know who had another huge night? #4 Michigan, 2+1.

Second rounder.

 

[Goldenhands]

Call me crazy but I have that little man 6th on my list right now ahead of Oliver Moore, just a wonderful hockey player.

 

[1000eeer]

I know I'm late to the party, but I've just finished watching the CHL top prospects game.

Here are my standouts:

1- Sawchyn +++

2- Morin
3- Heidt

 

[Playmaker09]

Call me crazy but I have that little man 6th on my list right now ahead of Oliver Moore, just a wonderful hockey player.

The high-end skill does not really appear to be there.

He's just an early October 2004 putting up points on a stacked team. Plenty of other late birthdays have had a PPG-ish draft year in the NCAA and gone on to just be middle 6ers as Brindley also projects: Luke Kunin, Colin Wilson, Jordan Schroeder, Drew Stafford, David Booth.

I like him, probably in the 15-25 range, and he'll have a long NHL career but there are more interesting options higher.

Also, wasn't watching very closely, but it seemed like Willander was Sweden's #1 over ASP in todays U18 game vs the US.

Nice tools at a glance, but haven't really paid attention to him defensively just yet.

 

[Goldenhands]

The high-end skill does not really appear to be there.

He's just an early October 2004 putting up points on a stacked team. Plenty of other late birthdays have had a PPG-ish draft year in the NCAA and gone on to just be middle 6ers as Brindley also projects: Luke Kunin, Colin Wilson, Jordan Schroeder, Drew Stafford, David Booth.

I like him, probably in the 15-25 range, and he'll have a long NHL career but there are more interesting options higher.

Also, wasn't watching very closely, but it seemed like Willander was Sweden's #1 over ASP in todays U18 game vs the US.

Nice tools at a glance, but haven't really paid attention to him defensively just yet.

Skills clearly are top 6 level, IQ off the chart, skating, compete high level, he just makes the right plays all the times.

 

[KevSkillz4]

Wanna know who had another huge night? #4 Michigan, 2+1.

Second rounder.

Will Smith right?

 

[Goldenhands]

Will Smith right?

Brindley.

 

[KevSkillz4]

Brindley.

Oh. What your comparable to him and potential? He looks like a top 10 talent with his skillest.

 

[Riggins]

Brindley:

Ranked #22 by CONSOLIDATED RANKING
Ranked #24 by ELITEPROSPECTS.COM
Ranked #27 by FCHOCKEY
Ranked #21 by DAILY FACEOFF
Ranked #21 by THE HOCKEY NEWS
Ranked #43 by TSN/BOB McKENZIE
Ranked #22 by MCKEEN'S HOCKEY
Ranked #40 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING (NA Skaters)
Ranked #33 by RECRUIT SCOUTING
Ranked #16 by DOBBERPROSPECTS
Ranked #23 by DRAFT PROSPECTS HOCKEY
Ranked #9 by SMAHT SCOUTING
Not in top 32 for HOCKEY PROSPECT

Top 6 pick anyone?

 

[WeThreeKings]

Brindley:

Ranked #22 by CONSOLIDATED RANKING
Ranked #24 by ELITEPROSPECTS.COM
Ranked #27 by FCHOCKEY
Ranked #21 by DAILY FACEOFF
Ranked #21 by THE HOCKEY NEWS
Ranked #43 by TSN/BOB McKENZIE
Ranked #22 by MCKEEN'S HOCKEY
Ranked #40 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING (NA Skaters)
Ranked #33 by RECRUIT SCOUTING
Ranked #16 by DOBBERPROSPECTS
Ranked #23 by DRAFT PROSPECTS HOCKEY
Ranked #9 by SMAHT SCOUTING
Not in top 32 for HOCKEY PROSPECT

Top 6 pick anyone?

@Playmaker09 with the fair assessment of his play above.

 

[FourQuarters]

Cristall is also an average skater, unidimensional and racking points on a bad team.

Racking points on a bad team…? If he's on a better team, his stats will be way better.

 

[Mrb1p]

Call me crazy but I have that little man 6th on my list right now ahead of Oliver Moore, just a wonderful hockey player.

Theres just no reasons for this. 6 ?

 

[Mrb1p]

I really, really want to hate Fantili and rate Carlsson ahead but man... I cannot.

This guy is basically everything you want in a player.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Call me crazy but I have that little man 6th on my list right now ahead of Oliver Moore, just a wonderful hockey player.

That's why I asked you who you have ahead, Moore or Brindley, because to my eye it wasn't very clear.

Racking points on a bad team…? If he's on a better team, his stats will be way better.

A lot of nonsense gets passed around as analysis on hfboards. Man, if you are a twink born in August, someone on hfboards has you top 10 because of RoOm FoR gRoWtH.

 

[MasterMatt25]

How good is the defense this year ?
Last year we had
Nemec - Jiricek - Korchinski - Mutiyukov

This year we have
Pelikka - Reinbacher - Dragicevic - Gulyayev

Witch year is better ?? seems like 2022 have the edge here

Mateychuk also pretty decent

 

[CoopersFalls]

Barlow without a bread accepting the community award.

His stock just went up 3 spots on HFHabs.

He's from my hometown, so it would be very cool to see him n the Habs!

 

[Goldenhands]

That's why I asked you who you have ahead, Moore or Brindley, because to my eye it wasn't very clear.



A lot of nonsense gets passed around as analysis on hfboards. Man, if you are a twink born in August, someone on hfboards has you top 10 because of RoOm FoR gRoWtH.

I like both, Moore has great tools, but he has to show better playmaking and offensive awarenesses, I think its there, but still awaiting for him to show more. There is a possibility I drop him a bit if he doesnt display more offensive upside, still alot to like about though.

 

[Goldenhands]

Theres just no reasons for this. 6 ?

Any reasons why he shouldnt? Whats your knocks on him aside his size?

 

[Goldenhands]

Brindley:

Ranked #22 by CONSOLIDATED RANKING
Ranked #24 by ELITEPROSPECTS.COM
Ranked #27 by FCHOCKEY
Ranked #21 by DAILY FACEOFF
Ranked #21 by THE HOCKEY NEWS
Ranked #43 by TSN/BOB McKENZIE
Ranked #22 by MCKEEN'S HOCKEY
Ranked #40 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING (NA Skaters)
Ranked #33 by RECRUIT SCOUTING
Ranked #16 by DOBBERPROSPECTS
Ranked #23 by DRAFT PROSPECTS HOCKEY
Ranked #9 by SMAHT SCOUTING
Not in top 32 for HOCKEY PROSPECT

Top 6 pick anyone?

I dont really care about rankings, I take a look for entertainment purpose, but I usually end up with own list.

Last year I ended up with Slaf and Jiricek at the top of my list, Mintyukov at 5 and Kasper pretty high while all scouting services had him late 1st, Im not effraid to go out of concensus.

 

[Goldenhands]

Oh. What your comparable to him and potential? He looks like a top 10 talent with his skillest.

Im not watching alot of NHL hockey outside of the Habs, I prefer to watch our own prospects and some prospects from the next drafts. So Im not very good to find comparisons. I like the Zuccarello one that Markovsknee brought to the conversation the other day.

 

[NotProkofievian]

When I saw the UConn score, I thought ''oh bother, Wood's point streak is probably over.'' Nope, still going at 9 games.

 

[HuGort]

I want Reinbacher so bad. I'm almost at the pint where if we aren't top 5 maybe even top 4 we should take him.

We already first line winger in CC + Slaf should be a top 6 forward + two top 6 centres in Suzuki + Dach. + the PLD rumors. Even if we don't get PLD we need 2 top 6 wingers (Farrel, Roy, Mesar, Heineman, Florida pick, UFA) you can find those players.

But if we get Reinbacher

Guhle - Reinbacher
Xhekaj - Mailloux
Hutson - Barron
Harris

Guhle - Reinbacher in their prime should be an elite shutdown pairing that also provides okay offense. Then Mailloux + Hutson can do some damage.

Where Bob McKenzie rank Reinbacher? Maybe Florida pick?