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select Ethan Phillips from the USNDP and Boston University!
He’s a very good skater who is slick and is an adept stickhandler, which allows him to protect pucks
2. Jack Hughes
We nearly fell over when we realized he was falling to us at 2. Not a bad silver medal. Hughes brings dynamic acceleration, top-end speed, edgework, puck skills… I can keep going but you get the idea. He makes something happen every shift and competes hard to become the best player on the ice.
22. Moritz Seider
He’s a 6-foot-4 defenseman who skates and moves the puck well, showing great poise and instincts. Defensively, he’s a rock with his wingspan, feet and defensive acumen, and projects as a tough minutes player in the NHL
37. Nathan Legare
He’s got one of the best shots in the draft. He’s scored a lot of goals this season, wiring shots from long distance off a post/crossbar or blowing it past a goalie. He’s a great scorer and that’s where he’ll make his money, but he’s also a very smart overall player. Legare can hit tight seams consistently and is very crafty overall with the puck.
49. Anttoni Honka
Honka is very smart, and his skating and vision make him ideal to quarterback a power play. He's a great puck mover, and his skating is excellent.
62: John Farinacci
A big right shot centre who passes the puck quick and effectively, uses his size to protect pucks and wins the battles along the boards. One of the best passers in high school as he puts but touch and zip on them.A really good skater for a large kid; he needs to work on his first step quickness, but once he is moving straight ahead, he is barreling freight coming down the track.
68: Michal Teply
Has a great shot and good vision. He’s a big goal-scoring winger with a right-handed shot, has a great selection of shots, has an amazing release, is capable of making plays.
112: Layton Ahac
Long lean defender who wasn’t afforded as much situational ice time to raise him to the upper echelons of the draft class, but he shows terrific feet, nice jump, very good offensive talents. Reads the ice and sees those hard to anticipate seam passes and pinpoints them, while in motion. Good size and athletic enough to continue to develop into a solid defender as well as a mailman. Might have the lightest edging in the class, he is a long term project that has a high water mark.
130: Ethan Phillips
He’s a very good skater who is slick and is an adept stickhandler, which allows him to protect pucks.
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