Alright, my draft is wrapped up.
26. Nils Lundkvist.
46. Blake McLaughlin.
88. Aidan Dudas.
119. Wyatte Wylie.
182. Austin Wong.
213. Demetrios Koumontzis.
I'll write my scouting reports since I haven't yet lol.
Blake McLaughlin
"This is a player we're very happy was available at our spot. We scouted Blake extensively this year and our takeaway was: he's a complete offensive package, a tremendously dynamic player with an excellent shot. He combines competent skating with silky smooth hands which he uses to easily gain entry in the offensive zone. He competes in all zone and keeps calm under pressure, playing a mature game for his age. And, while he struggled with consistency this year, he was a big time player in the playoffs."
Aidan Dudas
"Dudas is a highly skilled player with an engine that never quits. He's relentless on pucks, wins his puck battles and combines that high energy with an array of offensive skilll that will help him overcome his size. He has excellent skating agility"
Wyatte Wylie
"Wyatte Wylie is a tank on the ice. He's a tremendous defensive and physical force who's had the kind of upward development curve we're looking for in our draft picks. While we want to see more improvement in the offensive zone, if he can continue to improve his shots, which now get through with more ease, and his ability to move the puck and make crisp first passes, we feel we're getting a solid player who should, in all likehood, become an NHLer at some point".
Austin Wong
"We like his feistiness and his skill. While he was playing in a lower level league, he still managed to be the second highest scoring player of his age group, by little. He's very young however with much room for growth and already comitted to the now excellent Harvard program, where he'll likely develop for a few years."
Demetrios Koumontzis
"An unknown player, but a good scorer at the high school level. What caught our eye is his tremendous speed and his ability to handle the puck at those speeds. While Arizona is still a developping program, they're now a div. 1 team with a lot of upside and where we hope Demetrios will get a lot of ice time to showcase and develop his skills."
So, pretty happy with the draft overall, I like the upside in my picks. Would be surprised if my last pick was drafted, but I wanted to go with players from lesser known leagues who had attributes I liked (speed/compete and/or hands) and would go to division 1 programs to develop long term.
As for players I debated at each spot (I'm writing this so I can look back in a few years).
26. Shafigullin, Alexeyev, Miller, Fonstad, Ylonen.
46. O'brien, Andersson, Wise, Topping, Demin, Ishkakov, SDA. [Hardest pick for me]
88. . Dudas was a clear BPA here for me, but obviously Kovalenko is a fave of mine who I passed since I took him in the last mock.
119. Dostal, Zabransky, Perbix, Emanuelsson.
182. Kooy, Pospisil.
213. Cotter, Golod, Matej Svoboda.
Take away for me is that there's a lot of talent this year between 25 and 50.