HF Habs: Official Habs Mock Draft 2018 Edition - Complete

[WeThreeKings]

I think all of the D goes top 10. Obviously Dahlin, but Dobson, Hughes, Bouchard, Smith & Boqvist. That leaves 4 spots for forwards. Svechnikov, Zadina, Wahlstrom, Tkachuk & Kotkaniemi. Someone is dropping out of top 10.

That guy is crazy, so is McCagg, who absolutely went off the deep end because of it. Our top 12 is fine.

Boqvist might fall, but I'd be shocked if he falls out of top 12. Ditto Wahlstrom. Wahlstrom could go 4th or he could go 12th. No one knows how this draft is going to fall. A few spots here or there is nothing to get worked up about.

I don't get people who flip out over a fantasy draft.

Unless you're taking a 3rd round talent at 5th overall

 

[sandviper]

Well, all I can say is good job HF. Our world-breaking mock managed to make a “member” quit HF and take it to Twitter and ask how to delete his account as well as enraging another Twitter “scout” and 0.0072% of his whopping 695 followers.

Also, if it was the Boqvist pick that sparked all this, who I would have chosen also, extra credit to @Yoshidas Island for his incredible work.

 

[Andrei79]

alright, gimme a sec I'll make my pick.

 

[Andrei79]

Washington selects, from the Okotoks Oilers, center Austin Wong.

@calder candidate

 

[G0bias]

Grant didn't like my joke about Hayton having the best hands in the draft, what he doesn't know is my pompous uninformed idiot ass succeeded in getting the player he was taking in Kotkaniemi.

 

[Mathletic]

The point isn't trying to pick who you think is going at that spot. It's about picking who you think is best.

I would have picked Boeser a lot earlier than he went in our mock and IRL.. it might have looked stupid at the time but it isn't now.

I know someone looking stupid for picking Bracco over him ... me

 

[Habs76]

Washington selects, from the Okotoks Oilers, center Austin Wong.

@calder candidate

I picked him pretty high in the other mock

 

[Andrei79]

I picked him pretty high in the other mock

Seemed like a good gamble at this point. IIRC he's second in U18 scoring in the AJHL this year and he's an august birthday. He's already comitted to Harvard and they've been developing some great players lately. He's feisty like Gallagher, too.

 

[The Great Weal]

You noobs are sleeping on someone. Hurry up and let me take him!

 

[Habs76]

Seemed like a good gamble at this point. IIRC he's second in U18 scoring in the AJHL this year and he's an august birthday. He's already comitted to Harvard and they've been developing some great players lately. He's feisty like Gallagher, too.

Yeah, he was leading the AJHL in PIMs when I checked.

I watched a game and JBD stood out big time, looked absolutely dominant and a few leagues above everyone else... but Wong was good as well and played on the edge. The Brooks announcer hated him an awful lot too, which can only be a good thing.

 

[Andrei79]

You noobs are sleeping on someone. Hurry up and let me take him!

I think I know who it is and I was banking he'd be there in the 7th. Banked on Kovalenko in the 6th too, oh well.

 

[Le Barron de HF]

@calder candidate will be auto'd at 8:45.

 

[Le Barron de HF]

Via auto-pick, Vegas selects: Patrick Giles. @ProspectsFanatic is up.

 

[ProspectsFanatic]

The Tampa Bay Lightnings selects from Peliitat in Mestis forward Severi Lahtinen.

up next @NotProkofievian

2nd: #60 Jan Jenik (C)
3rd: #91 Ty Emberson (D)
4th: #122 Libor Zabransky (D)
5th: #153 Justin Brazeau (RW)
6th: #184 Severi Lahtinen (LW)

 

[G0bias]

Well damn. Figured there was little chance he'd go past here.

 

[The Great Weal]

Looks like some don't like our mock...

This is his list:
Dahlin Svechnikov Zadina Tkachuk Dobson Wahlstrom Hughes Bouchard Boqvist Kotkaniemi Farabee Smith Kupari Hayton

 

[G0bias]

This is his list:
Dahlin Svechnikov Zadina Tkachuk Dobson Wahlstrom Hughes Bouchard Boqvist Kotkaniemi Farabee Smith Kupari Hayton

So all that fuss was about Tkachuk and possibly Boqvist? The rest of his top 12 is pretty much identical.

 

[The Great Weal]

So all that fuss was about Tkachuk and possibly Boqvist? The rest of his top 12 is pretty much identical.

It's literally the same except Farabee(who went 13) instead of Kravtsov.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Yeah, @ is not working guys. PM only from here on out.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Winnipeg selects, from Oulun Kärpät of Liiga, G Veini Vehviläinen

PM-ing the next GM.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

With the 186th pick, the San Jose Sharks select, from the Sudbury Wolves of the OHL, forward Kirill Nizhnikov.
'' This is a guy who possesses as good of puck skill as any player in this draft. But he needs to play with a high level of intensity in order to be consistently successful, which hasn't been the case so far in the OHL. A true boom or bust project'' .

Mathletic is up next and has been notified.

 

[sandviper]

It's literally the same except Farabee(who went 13) instead of Kravtsov.

Yeah, I really like Farabee also. I just feel the potential upside is higher with Kravtsov. I suppose I coulda taken him in Tkachuk’s spot, but I had a storyline to play out

 

[sandviper]

With the 186th pick, the San Jose Sharks select, from the Sudbury Wolves of the OHL, forward Kirill Nizhnikov.
'' This is a guy who possesses as good of puck skill as any player in this draft. But he needs to play with a high level of intensity in order to be consistently successful, which hasn't been the case so far in the OHL. A true boom or bust project'' .

Mathletic is up next and has been notified.

Crap, I must had been daydreaming. I skipped Kirill since I was certain he’d been picked already.

 

[Mathletic]

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With the 187th overall pick, the Buffalo Sabres select, from Sibirskie Snaipery Novosibirsk of the MHL, goaltender,​

Shamil Shmakov

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Draft recap

1 - Rasmus Dahlin, LD, Frölunda HC, SHL
32 - K'Andre Miller, LD, USA NTDP
94 - Marcus Westfält, C, Brynäs IF, SHL
117 - Logan Hutsko, C, Boston College, NCAA
125 - Alexis Gravel, G, Halifax Mooseheads, QMJHL
156 - Einar Emanuelsson, RW, Lulea HF, SHL
187 - Shamil Shmakov, G, Sibirskie Snaipery, MHL

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@WeThreeKings is now now on the clock

 

[WeThreeKings]

With the 188th selection in the 2018 NHL Draft the Ottawa Senators select from Karpat of the Finnish Junior leagues, Goaltender Justus Annunen

"The typical Finnish goalie prospect. He has ideal size, good lateral movement with an aggressive presence in the crease and active hands. Annunen finished his season on a good note, having a strong play-offs then finishing it off as the goalie of record for the Gold Medal Fins at the U-18s. There's a lot of room for progression in his game but when you have a chance this late in the draft to draft a goalie with ideal size and athleticism, you take it."