HF Habs: Official Habs Mock Draft 2018 Edition - Complete

[WeThreeKings]

Here's my write up on Florchuk:

"Florchuk is one of those kids who saw a massive grow spurt which has helped but also hampered their development. His first CHL season was one of development and getting used to his new found height. In this season, he played on a Royals team and didn't really find his footing until he was traded to the Saskatoon Blades. Florchuk has good size, he plays a pro style game which involves finding the open man, getting to good areas of the ice, not over complicating the play but taking the space allowed him. He has a good playmaking touch and a very underrated goal scorers shot. He displays some slick hands from time to time and could stand to use them in a more creative sense in his next junior season. There's a lot to like about his progression and his pro style of play."

 

[Fozz]

With pick #101, the Rangers pick D Joey Keane, of the Barrie Colts.

The overager has a solid all around game and was a finalist for the d-man of the year in the OHL. He has great mobility, with a great first pass and just doesn't make mistakes out there.

Draft recap:
9 - Quinn Hughes, LD, USA, University of Michigan, NCAA
28 - Ty Dellandrea, C, CAN, Flint Firebirds, OHL
29 - Serron Noel, RW, CAN, Oshawa Generals, OHL
39 - Jacob Bernard-Docker, RD, CAN, Okotoks Oilers, AJHL
48 - Jay O'Brien, C, USA, Thayer High School, USHS-Prep
70 - Albin Eriksson, LW, SWE, Skellefteå AIK, SuperElit/SHL
90 - Luka Burzan, LW, CAN, Brandon Wheat Kings, WHL
101 - Joey Keane, RD, USA, Barrie Colts, OHL

 

[Yoshidas Island]

Dallas selects Nathan Dunkley!

1(13): Joel Farabee
2(44): Jack McBain
3(75): Johnny Gruden
4(106): Nathan Dunkley

PM'ing

*Takes a look at list*
*Scribbles furiously*

Have to choose someone else, give me a couple of minutes to choose

 

[Yoshidas Island]

The Montreal Canadiens select from the UNTSPTPDSPNNPDPSTP, Defenseman, Spencer Stastney.

Will PM next GM.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

The Montreal Canadiens select from the Calgary Hitmen, Centre, Riley Stotts.

@zaluty has been PM'd

Solid pick!!

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

God freaking damnit !! Why can't you guys sleep on some of those ? My entire top 100 is gone now

 

[NotProkofievian]

God freaking damnit !! Why can't you guys sleep on some of those ? My entire top 100 is gone now

Hfhabs circle jerk take all subjects of said circle jerk in the top 100? Say it ain't so!

 

[WeThreeKings]

Shouldn't have such a bad top ,100 bruh

 

[sandviper]

The New York Islanders are proud to select with the 103rd pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, from the Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL), Dmitry Zavgorodniy, RW

Another diminutive forward, hailing from the Omsk system, this dynamo spent the last year getting himself acclimated to North America in the CHL. While we were impressed with his CHL combine results, we have selected him due to the fact that he is highly skilled, with a very good shot and plays with some grit. While it is our hope he fills out a little more, we feel his tools are what is needed in today's NHL.

@Mrb1p is up.

NYI Picks thus far:
11. Vitali Kravtsov
12. Brady Tkachuk
41. Jesse Ylonen
43: Liam Foudy
72: Niklas Nordgren
103: Dmitry Zavgorodniy

 

[sandviper]

Draft so far:

FIRST ROUND
1. Buffalo: Rasmus Dahlin
2. Carolina: Andrei Svechnikov
3. Montreal: Adam Boqvist
4. Ottawa: Oliver Wahlstrom
5. Arizona: Filip Zadina
6. Detroit: Noah Dobson
7. Vancouver: Evan Bouchard
8. Chicago: Jesperi Kotkaniemi
9. New York Rangers: Quinn Hughes
10. Edmonton: Ty Smith
11. New York Islanders: Vitali Kravtsov
12. New York Islanders (from Calgary): Brady Tkachuk
13. Dallas: Joel Farabee
14. Philadelphia (from St. Louis): Isaac Lundstrom
15. Florida: Jonatan Berggren
16. Colorado: Barrett Hayton
17. New Jersey Devils: Joe Veleno
18. Columbus Blue Jackets: Rasmus Kupari
19. Philadelphia: Martin Kaut
20. Los Angeles: Bode Wilde
21. San Jose: Grigori Denisenko
22. Ottawa (from Pittsburgh): Filip Hallander
23. Anaheim: Akil Thomas
24. Minnesota: Rasmus Sandin
25. Toronto: Jared McIsaac
26. Washington: Nils Lundkvist
27. Detroit (from Vegas): Dominick Bokk
28. New York Rangers (from Boston): Ty Dellandrea
29. New York Rangers (from Tampa Bay): Serron Noel
30. St. Louis (from Winnipeg): Jett Woo
31. Chicago (from Nashville): Alexander Alexeyev

SECOND ROUND
32. Buffalo: K'Andre Miller
33. Detroit (from Ottawa): Mattias Samuelsson
34. Florida (from Arizona): Ryan Merkley
35. Montreal: Bulat Shafigullin
36. Detroit: Ryan McLeod
37. Vancouver: Jacob Olofsson
38. Montreal (from Chicago): Jonny Tychonick
39. New York Rangers: Jacob Bernard-Docker
40. Edmonton: Calen Addison
41. New York Islanders: Jesse Ylonen
42. Carolina: Cole Fonstad
43: New York Islanders (from Calgary): Liam Foudy
44. Dallas: Jack McBain
45: St. Louis: Adam Ginning
46. Washington (from Florida): Blake McLaughlin
47. Colorado: Cameron Hillis
48. New York Rangers (from New Jersey): Jay O’Brien
49. Columbus: Alexander Khovanov
50. Philadelphia: Nicolas Beaudin
51. Los Angeles: Jake Wise
52. Toronto (from San Jose): Jakub Lauko
53. Pittsburgh: Stanislav Demin
54. Anaheim: Kyle Topping
55. Arizona (from Minnesota): Kirill Marchenko
56. Montreal (from Toronto): Jack Drury
57. Montreal (from Washington): Allan McShane
58. Vegas: Kevin Bahl
59. Boston: Ivan Morozov
60. Tampa Bay: Jan Jenik
61. Winnipeg: David Gustafsson
62. Colorado (from Nashville): Philip Kurashev

THIRD ROUND
63. Minnesota (from Buffalo): Benoit-Olivier Groulx
64. Pittsburgh (from Ottawa): Ruslan Iskhakov
65. Arizona: Olivier Rodrigue
66. Montreal: Jacob Ragnarsson
67. Detroit: Jakub Skarek
68. Vancouver: Filip Kral
69. Chicago: Daniil Zhuravlyov
70. New York Rangers: Albin Eriksson
71. Edmonton: Semyon Der-Arguchintsev
72. New York Islanders: Niklas Nordgren
73. Carolina: Milos Roman
74. Arizona (from Calgary): Blade Jenkins
75. Dallas: Johnny Gruden
76. St. Louis: Tyler Madden
77. Boston (from Florida): Alec Regula
78. Colorado: Filip Johansson
79. Anaheim (from New Jersey): Matej Pekar
80. Columbus: Linus Nyman
81. Detroit (from Philadelphia): Nando Eggenberger
82. Los Angeles: Ryan O'Reilly
83. Toronto: Axel Andersson
84. Detroit: Sean Durzi
85. Anaheim: Alex Steeves
86. Minnesota: Xavier Bernard
87. Chicago (from Toronto): Sampo Ranta
88. Washington: Aidan Dudas
89. Minnesota (from Vegas): Jachym Kondelik
90. New York Rangers (from Boston): Luka Burzan
91. Tampa Bay: Ty Emberson
92. Winnipeg: Justin Almeida
93. Nashville: Ryan Chyzowski

FOURTH ROUND
94. Buffalo: Marcus Westfält
95. Ottawa: Eric Florchuk
96. Arizona: Curtis Douglas
97. Montreal: Riley Stotts
98. Detroit: Carl Jakobsson
99. Vegas (from Vancouver): Gabriel Fortier
100. Dallas (from Chicago): Nathan Dunkley
101. New York Rangers: Joey Keane
102. Montreal (from Edmonton): Spencer Stastney
103. New York Islanders: Dmitry Zavgorodniy
104. Carolina: Tyler Weiss
105. Calgary: Giovanni Vallati
106. Dallas: Linus Karlsson
107. St. Louis: Riley Sutter
108. Calgary (from Florida): Curtis Hall

 

[WeThreeKings]

#65 is still chilling on my list wondering when you goombas are gonna realize he's a talent.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Ill be surprised if 100 players get picked in front of Dunkley. Good value there.

Issue with Dunkley is he can be sluggish in his skating. I'll be interested to see where he goes actual draft because production is there but he also needs a lot of work on his lower body & acceleration in particular.

He might fall because of that, like Mathew Strome did last year. A lot of mock drafts had Strome going late 1st or 2nd rd (not just fan ones either) he went 4th rd (106 to Philadelphia), so I can see Dunkley falling too.

 

[Mrb1p]

The Carolina Hurricanes are proud to take a tiny gamble in Tyler Weiss from the USNTDP.

Weiss is a diminutive forward that oozes talent, hes a bargain at this point in the draft.

 

[SWRekker]

With our first pick in this year's draft, the Calgary Flames are proud to select, from the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League...

Defenseman Giovanni Vallati

Giovanni a slick two-way defender with good wheels, sound instincts and can unload an absolute missile from the point. He is very confident carrying the puck and has amazing vision.

 

[Mrb1p]

@TT1 razzle dazzle this draft

 

[SWRekker]

Yeah sorry for that @TT1 is next !

 

[TT1]

Dallas selects Linus Karlsson!

1(13): Joel Farabee
2(44): Jack McBain
3(75): Johnny Gruden
4(100): Nathan Dunkley
4(106): Linus Karlsson
5(137): Krystof Hrabik

PMing

 

[yoteshot]

Woah guys, amazing pace since last night after a few slower days! Love it, my next pick is coming in fast!

 

[Mrb1p]

Dallas selects Danila Zhuravlyov!

1(13): Joel Farabee
2(44): Jack McBain
3(75): Johnny Gruden
4(100): Nathan Dunkley
4(106): Danila Zhuravlyov

PMing

But.... I thought you couldn't see Russians ?

 

[WeThreeKings]

Dallas selects Danila Zhuravlyov!


1(13): Joel Farabee
2(44): Jack McBain
3(75): Johnny Gruden
4(100): Nathan Dunkley
4(106): Danila Zhuravlyov

PMing

He went at 68 to Chicago.

 

[TT1]

kk changing pick

 

[MarkovtoSubban]

At #107 the St. Louis Blues select from the Everett Silvertips RW Riley Sutter

GM Says "His uncle Brian is a Blues legend and even though his cousins have been underwhelming he's still got Hockey Royalty in his blood. Had a strong second half and raised his game in the playoffs. A stronger skater than other Sutters we've seen recently but still needs work."

PMing

 

[SWRekker]

With the 108th pick, the Calgary Flames are proud to select, from the Yale University of the NCAA :

Center Curtis Hall

Curtis has tremendous skating for a player his size. Robust, maneuver easily, excellent vision and has a high Hockey IQ. He is really effective around enemy nets. North-South kind of player that possess the scorer instinct.

 

[SWRekker]

@Toene is on the clock !!

 

[OriginalCanadian]

With the 108th pick, the Calgary Flames are proud to select, from the Yale University of the NCAA :

Center Curtis Hall

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Curtis has tremendous skating for a player his size. Robust, maneuver easily, excellent vision and has a high Hockey IQ. He is really effective around enemy nets. North-South kind of player that possess the scorer instinct.

How does it feel to have 2 picks in just under 3 hours?