I have him behind Svechnikov (obviously, he's a beast) but honestly i've been more impressed by Farabee than Tkachuk. Tyler Weiss and Jake Pivonka are 2 other players that i've been impressed with.
Pivonka doesn't impress me that much, to be honest. He's very reliable, takes a lot of the tough draws, but I don't think he has the offensive talent to be a first round pick. He still should be a mid-round pick. We'll see about Weiss, as well. I like what I've seen when he has the puck, but he's very one-dimensional, and he's like 5'9. Thats a tough combo to pick in the first round. If he can play a better all-around game, and maybe grow a few inches, I could see him being a first round pick, but for now, I wouldn't consider him more than a 2nd or 3rd rounder.
On that team, I think Wilde, Wise, Farabee are the three obvious first rounders for now. Miller, Samuelsson, Wahlstrom and Gruden are kind of borderline for me. Whenever I watch the U17 NTDP team, the other goalie is starting
, so I'm not sure about Karki, but he does seem to be one of the better goalies out of that NTDP program. Probably too early to say if he's a 1st round level goalie, there usually aren't many 1st round level goalies.
