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I guess you can make a case for the other ones but there's certainly nothing wrong with Hemming, Ritchie and Galvas. Ryder Ritchie is an intense, electric righty forward who was fantastic in the playoffs for Prince Albert. If anything, he should be trending upwards. Both Hemming and Galvas had success at the highest level in European pro hockey this season which is never a bad thing. Both have a very mature two way game and aren't afraid to engage physically. I guess the knock on Galvas is that he's too slight for how he wants to play and the knock on Hemming is that his WJC20 was underwhelming but that alone doesn't mean they should be a fallers in the draft.By the way, players that are risers throughout the year have a strong success rate of being better than where they were selected. Biggest fallers;
Cole Eiserman from 4 to 14
Emil Hemming from 15 to 26
Ryder Ritchie from 21 to 31
Tanner Howe from 25 to 45
Aaron Kiviharju from 23 to 52
Aatos Koivu from 60 to 83
Sebastian Soini from 56 to HM (outside the top 90)
Tomas Galvas from 53 to 82
Tomas Lavvoie from 52 to 77
As a fan, I'm hoping my team avoids the fallers because in years past they usually have dissappointed from where they get drafted
Finland was a let-down this year huh?
Btw: Ritchie and Hemming were both fantastic at the Hlinka Gretzky.