2023 NHL Entry Draft

[Mrb1p]

But what if he's there with the FLA pick once we draft let's say Benson first?

Benson-Suzuki-Slafkovski
Caufield-Dach-Barlow

Add maybe Dubois + Farrell + Roy + Beck + Heineman + RHP and Kidney and that offence is pretty good no?

Depends on whos there still. Hes an option for sure.

With that said, with another late first or an early 2nd you could get a similar profile of player that could fit in well with the boys and have another shot at a great play driver.

Yager, Wood, Ziemmer, Ritchie, Honzek, Gauthier, Leonard and Musty, to name a few other that have somewhat of a powergame/size Suzuki+Caufield need.

With that said, the Habs did spend their most valuable asset in the past half century to draft a guy with that profile so idk whats up with that.

Vancouver taking him ahead of our own pick would ease some of the pain of missing out on the big boys at the top

Vancity cant seem to do a single thing right so Im sure they could lmao

 

[morhilane]

Lol poor Carlsson

-100 to professionalism

He's so getting asked about that at the combine interviews.

 

[MonkeyBusiness]

Hockey is disgraceful sometimes. Treycen Wuttunee of the Oil Kings hits some Winnipeg player cleanly, and it's a big hit that drew the ire of Ostapchuk. 6'3'' Ostapchuk instantly drops the gloves and starts whaling on the guy. Wuttunee is a 16-year old kid who has all but 12 games in the WHL and is 5'6'', 140 pounds soaking wet. He was knocked out after getting an uppercut from Ostapchuk. Ridiculous, the kid was most likely concussed after this shit.

 

[Mrb1p]

-100 to professionalism

He's so getting asked about that at the combine interviews.

I hope he falls because of this. Let him fall to #7. Very unprofessional of him.

Might bust because of this.

I have inside knowledge on Carlsson guys, hes not a consummate professional, rumour has it he wont commit to the NHL because Sweden is going to war with Denmark for old sakes time.

Take this to Twitter and mass spread this shit, we need to be working 24/7 on spreading the news, multiple accounts a day, we need our best coders on this. Take out a loan nobodys going to work.

Hockey is disgraceful sometimes. Treycen Wuttunee of the Oil Kings hits some Winnipeg player cleanly, and it's a big hit that drew the ire of Ostapchuk. 6'3'' Ostapchuk instantly drops the gloves and starts whaling on the guy. Wuttunee is a 16-year old kid who has all but 12 games in the WHL and is 5'6'', 140 pounds soaking wet. He was knocked out after getting an uppercut from Ostapchuk. Ridiculous, the kid was most likely concussed after this shit.

Did Wuttunee drop the gloves? Otherwise Ostapchuk should get a suspension.

 

[MonkeyBusiness]

Did Wuttunee drop the gloves? Otherwise Ostapchuk should get a suspension.

He managed to get one glove off but Ostapchuk was already throwing punches before he could defend himself. Ostapchuk ended up getting an instigator.

 

[Mrb1p]

He managed to get one glove off but Ostapchuk was already throwing punches before he could defend himself. Ostapchuk ended up getting an instigator.

Im all for defending your teammates on a dirty hit but you gotta be reasonable. Equivalent of Laracque wrecking Marchand. Thats stupid and would never happen in the NHL. The league needs to step in.

 

[SOLR]

Focusing on developing his playmaking game which he has but has run into some unluckiness goal scoring wise.

People will regret passing on him if he goes out of the top 10

Still have him 5...

 

[Team_Spirit]

 

[WeThreeKings]

But what if he's there with the FLA pick once we draft let's say Benson first?

Benson-Suzuki-Slafkovski
Caufield-Dach-Barlow

Add maybe Dubois + Farrell + Roy + Beck + Heineman + RHP and Kidney and that offence is pretty good no?

I still like a lot of people more but I can live with it. I just don't want him with our selection.

 

[Mrb1p]

Still have him 5...

Thats high but hes a sureshot to me.

 

[TomKosto]

But what if he's there with the FLA pick once we draft let's say Benson first?

Benson-Suzuki-Slafkovski
Caufield-Dach-Barlow

Add maybe Dubois + Farrell + Roy + Beck + Heineman + RHP and Kidney and that offence is pretty good no?

That would be my dream scenario if we miss on the top3. Benson has all star potential and I know there's concern with Barlow, but he knows where to be in the Ozone and has a tremendus shot + size. Perfect mix of size and skills for a draft. I would also be temped by a defenseman with the Florida pick.

 

[jiboy]

Scrollig over blackbook 23 rankings as of january 23

Need more info on those guys :

Simashev (read many good things about him)
Honzek
Gabriel Perreault

Interesting enough they have 4 goalies and only 1 LD as top 32

 

[Goldenhands]

Scrollig over blackbook 23 rankings as of january 23

Need more info on those guys :

Simashev (read many good things about him)
Honzek
Gabriel Perreault

Interesting enough they have 4 goalies and only 1 LD as top 32

Gabe Perreault has incredible offensive awarenesses, has great passing/shooting skills and scoring instincts. A bit like Smith, he plays a skills game and not the most physically or defensively engaged. Wont make the highest % plays at time, especially when it gets tighter. I dont really considere him with the Florida pick personally, there are kids I like better.

Honzek is all potential, he is extremmely green and will need time to reach the NHL, physically he looks a bit like KK in his draft year, he is tall and a bit lanky, but still strong enough and isnt effraid to engage physically. Had a late growth spurt, went from 6'1 160 lbs to 6'3.5 186 lbs in the last year, so there is alot of room to fill his frame over the next few years, what makes him extremmely attractive as prospect. Kid has great hands, a long reach and skates well, plays a simple effective north south game, good passing skills and not effraid to go in the dirty areas.

 

[Mrb1p]

Scrollig over blackbook 23 rankings as of january 23

Need more info on those guys :

Simashev (read many good things about him)
Honzek
Gabriel Perreault

Interesting enough they have 4 goalies and only 1 LD as top 32

Simashev is a perfect blend of tools.
Honzek too but lacks a bit of a shot.
Perrault has the best tools in the smalelst body. Hes soft but super smart. Very, very good passer and transition player.

 

[McGees]

 

[le_sean]

Thanks for the video on Heidt. It’ll be between him and Danielson at this point. Maybe Musty too.

 

[Mrb1p]

My boy. Love that kid. He does it all, ALL.

He doesnt have a single weakness.

 

[morhilane]

My boy. Love that kid. He does it all, ALL.

He doesnt have a single weakness.

If we draft him, I'm sure we will all find some...

 

[Hannibal]

If we are bound to draft 8-11, i would be happy with either of Barlow or Dvorsky.

 

[Goldenhands]

If we are bound to draft 8-11, i would be happy with either of Barlow or Dvorsky.

I have Dvorsky ranked at 6, so I would grab him or Reinbacher with our own pick and Barlow is a legit canditate for the Florada pick, I would prefer one of Leonard, Moore, Brindley though.

 

[SwiftyHab]

Wheeler's 2023 NHL Draft Ranking (March)

RANK	PLAYER	POS.	NATL.	TEAM	LEAGUE	CHANGE
1	Connor Bedard	C	CAN	Regina	WHL	-
2	Adam Fantilli	C	CAN	U. of Michigan	NCAA	-
3	Matvei Michkov	RW/LW	RUS	Sochi	KHL	-
4	Leo Carlsson	C/LW	SWE	Örebro	SHL	-
5	Will Smith	C	USA	U18	NTDP	Up 5
6	Zach Benson	LW	CAN	Winnipeg	WHL	Down 1
7	Andrew Cristall	LW	CAN	Kelowna	WHL	Up 6
8	Dalibor Dvorsky	C/LW	SVK	AIK	HockeyAllsvenskan	Down 1
9	Oliver Moore	C	USA	U18	NTDP	Up 5
10	Eduard Sale	RW/LW	CZE	Brno	Czechia	Down 2
11	Gabe Perreault	LW	USA	U18	NTDP	Up 10
12	Matthew Wood	C/RW	CAN	UConn	NCAA	Down 1
13	Brayden Yager	C	CAN	Moose Jaw	WHL	Down 7
14	Colby Barlow	LW/RW	CAN	Owen Sound	OHL	Up 2
15	Ryan Leonard	RW	USA	U18	NTDP	-
16	Mikhail Gulyayev	LHD	RUS	Omskie	MHL	Down 4
17	David Reinbacher	RHD	AUS	Kloten	NL	NR
18	Riley Heidt	C	CAN	Prince George	WHL	-
19	Calum Ritchie	C	CAN	Oshawa	OHL	Down 10
20	Quentin Musty	LW	USA	Sudbury	OHL	Up 2
21	Axel Sandin Pellikka	RHD	SWE	Skelleftea	J20	Up 25
22	Nate Danielson	C	CAN	Brandon	WHL	Up 6
23	Koehn Ziemmer	RW	CAN	Prince George	WHL	-
24	Ethan Gauthier	RW	CAN	Sherbrooke	QMJHL	Down 7
25	Gavin Brindley	C/RW	USA	Michigan	NCAA	Down 1
26	Bradly Nadeau	LW	CAN	Penticton	BCHL	Up 16
27	Samuel Honzek	LW	SVK	Vancouver	WHL	Up 34
28	Jayden Perron	RW	CAN	Chicago	USHL	Down 3
29	Charlie Stramel	C	USA	U. of Wisconsin	NCAA	Up 3
30	Alex Ciernik	LW/RW	SVK	Södertälje	J20	Up 1
31	Daniil But	LW/RW	RUS	Yaroslavl	MHL	Down 1
32	Otto Stenberg	C/LW	SWE	Frolunda	J20	Down 3
33	Kasper Halttunen	RW	FIN	HIFK	Liiga	Down 14
34	Etienne Morin	LHD	CAN	Moncton	QMJHL	Up 2
35	Lukas Dragicevic	RHD	CAN	Tri-City	WHL	Up 3
36	Hunter Brzustewicz	RHD	USA	Kitchener	OHL	Down 9
37	Caden Price	LHD	CAN	Kelowna	WHL	Down 11
38	Gracyn Sawchyn	C	USA	Seattle	WHL	Up 3
39	Noah Dower Nilsson	C/LW	SWE	Frolunda	J20	Up 1
40	Tanner Molendyk	LHD	CAN	Saskatoon	WHL	NR
41	Luca Cagnoni	LHD	CAN	Portland	WHL	Up 4
42	Carson Rehkopf	LW	CAN	Kitchener	OHL	Up 3
43	Mathieu Cataford	C/LW/RW	CAN	Halifax	QMJHL	Down 8
44	Luca Pinelli	C/LW	CAN	Ottawa	OHL	Up 11
45	Lenni Hameenaho	C/RW	FIN	Assat	Liiga	NR
46	Jesse Kiiskinen	RW	FIN	Pelicans	Liiga	Up 14
47	Nick Lardis	RW/LW	CAN	Hamilton	OHL	NR
48	Dmitri Simashev	LHD	RUS	Yaroslavl	KHL	NR
49	Alexander Rykov	LW/RW	RUS	Chelyabinsk	VHL	NR
50	Theo Lindstein	LHD	SWE	Brynäs	SHL	Down 13
51	Tom Willander	RHD	SWE	Rogle	J20	NR
52	Kalan Lind	C/LW	CAN	Red Deer	WHL	Up 4
53	Aydar Suniev	LW	RUS	Penticton	BCHL	NR
54	Trey Augustine	G	USA	U18	NTDP	NR
55	Aram Minnetian	RHD	USA	U18	NTDP	Up 9
56	Oliver Bonk	RHD	CAN	London	OHL	NR
57	Danny Nelson	C/LW	USA	U18	NTDP	Down 24
58	Emil Jarventie	LW	FIN	Ilves	Liiga U20	Down 15
59	Coulson Pitre	C/RW	CAN	Flint	OHL	NR
60	Aiden Fink	RW	CAN	Brooks	AJHL	NR
61	Cam Allen	RHD	CAN	Guelph	OHL	Down 41
62	Andrew Strathmann	LHD	USA	Youngstown	USHL	Down 23
63	Maxim Strbak	RHD	SVK	Sioux Falls	USHL	NR
64	William Whitelaw	RW	USA	Youngstown

Wheeler: Ranking the top 64 prospects at the 2023 NHL Draft

The 2023 NHL draft class is rivalled only by 2015 among the talent pools Scott Wheeler has scouted to date.

theathletic.com

 

[Benstheman]

Wheeler's 2023 NHL Draft Ranking (March)

RANK	PLAYER	POS.	NATL.	TEAM	LEAGUE	CHANGE
1	Connor Bedard	C	CAN	Regina	WHL	-
2	Adam Fantilli	C	CAN	U. of Michigan	NCAA	-
3	Matvei Michkov	RW/LW	RUS	Sochi	KHL	-
4	Leo Carlsson	C/LW	SWE	Örebro	SHL	-
5	Will Smith	C	USA	U18	NTDP	Up 5
6	Zach Benson	LW	CAN	Winnipeg	WHL	Down 1
7	Andrew Cristall	LW	CAN	Kelowna	WHL	Up 6
8	Dalibor Dvorsky	C/LW	SVK	AIK	HockeyAllsvenskan	Down 1
9	Oliver Moore	C	USA	U18	NTDP	Up 5
10	Eduard Sale	RW/LW	CZE	Brno	Czechia	Down 2
11	Gabe Perreault	LW	USA	U18	NTDP	Up 10
12	Matthew Wood	C/RW	CAN	UConn	NCAA	Down 1
13	Brayden Yager	C	CAN	Moose Jaw	WHL	Down 7
14	Colby Barlow	LW/RW	CAN	Owen Sound	OHL	Up 2
15	Ryan Leonard	RW	USA	U18	NTDP	-
16	Mikhail Gulyayev	LHD	RUS	Omskie	MHL	Down 4
17	David Reinbacher	RHD	AUS	Kloten	NL	NR
18	Riley Heidt	C	CAN	Prince George	WHL	-
19	Calum Ritchie	C	CAN	Oshawa	OHL	Down 10
20	Quentin Musty	LW	USA	Sudbury	OHL	Up 2
21	Axel Sandin Pellikka	RHD	SWE	Skelleftea	J20	Up 25
22	Nate Danielson	C	CAN	Brandon	WHL	Up 6
23	Koehn Ziemmer	RW	CAN	Prince George	WHL	-
24	Ethan Gauthier	RW	CAN	Sherbrooke	QMJHL	Down 7
25	Gavin Brindley	C/RW	USA	Michigan	NCAA	Down 1
26	Bradly Nadeau	LW	CAN	Penticton	BCHL	Up 16
27	Samuel Honzek	LW	SVK	Vancouver	WHL	Up 34
28	Jayden Perron	RW	CAN	Chicago	USHL	Down 3
29	Charlie Stramel	C	USA	U. of Wisconsin	NCAA	Up 3
30	Alex Ciernik	LW/RW	SVK	Södertälje	J20	Up 1
31	Daniil But	LW/RW	RUS	Yaroslavl	MHL	Down 1
32	Otto Stenberg	C/LW	SWE	Frolunda	J20	Down 3
33	Kasper Halttunen	RW	FIN	HIFK	Liiga	Down 14
34	Etienne Morin	LHD	CAN	Moncton	QMJHL	Up 2
35	Lukas Dragicevic	RHD	CAN	Tri-City	WHL	Up 3
36	Hunter Brzustewicz	RHD	USA	Kitchener	OHL	Down 9
37	Caden Price	LHD	CAN	Kelowna	WHL	Down 11
38	Gracyn Sawchyn	C	USA	Seattle	WHL	Up 3
39	Noah Dower Nilsson	C/LW	SWE	Frolunda	J20	Up 1
40	Tanner Molendyk	LHD	CAN	Saskatoon	WHL	NR
41	Luca Cagnoni	LHD	CAN	Portland	WHL	Up 4
42	Carson Rehkopf	LW	CAN	Kitchener	OHL	Up 3
43	Mathieu Cataford	C/LW/RW	CAN	Halifax	QMJHL	Down 8
44	Luca Pinelli	C/LW	CAN	Ottawa	OHL	Up 11
45	Lenni Hameenaho	C/RW	FIN	Assat	Liiga	NR
46	Jesse Kiiskinen	RW	FIN	Pelicans	Liiga	Up 14
47	Nick Lardis	RW/LW	CAN	Hamilton	OHL	NR
48	Dmitri Simashev	LHD	RUS	Yaroslavl	KHL	NR
49	Alexander Rykov	LW/RW	RUS	Chelyabinsk	VHL	NR
50	Theo Lindstein	LHD	SWE	Brynäs	SHL	Down 13
51	Tom Willander	RHD	SWE	Rogle	J20	NR
52	Kalan Lind	C/LW	CAN	Red Deer	WHL	Up 4
53	Aydar Suniev	LW	RUS	Penticton	BCHL	NR
54	Trey Augustine	G	USA	U18	NTDP	NR
55	Aram Minnetian	RHD	USA	U18	NTDP	Up 9
56	Oliver Bonk	RHD	CAN	London	OHL	NR
57	Danny Nelson	C/LW	USA	U18	NTDP	Down 24
58	Emil Jarventie	LW	FIN	Ilves	Liiga U20	Down 15
59	Coulson Pitre	C/RW	CAN	Flint	OHL	NR
60	Aiden Fink	RW	CAN	Brooks	AJHL	NR
61	Cam Allen	RHD	CAN	Guelph	OHL	Down 41
62	Andrew Strathmann	LHD	USA	Youngstown	USHL	Down 23
63	Maxim Strbak	RHD	SVK	Sioux Falls	USHL	NR
64	William Whitelaw	RW	USA	Youngstown

Wheeler: Ranking the top 64 prospects at the 2023 NHL Draft

The 2023 NHL draft class is rivalled only by 2015 among the talent pools Scott Wheeler has scouted to date.

theathletic.com

Best goalie Augustine???

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

With all the trades we're only gonna need 15 people to run a 3 round mock draft

 

[BeliveauFan4ever]

The precipitous fall of Cam Allen.

Looked top 10-15 in the summer, great OHL rookie season and U-18.

Currently not matching what he did last year - in many respects. Color me shocked w/ his slide.

 

[SOLR]

The precipitous fall of Cam Allen.

Looked top 10-15 in the summer, great OHL rookie season and U-18.

Currently not matching what he did last year - in many respects. Color me shocked w/ his slide.

NHL scouts are often guilty of falling for the "what you have done for me lately" effect.