Yeah, no brainer for me, and I agree about what you said, from 6 to 15, could get wild
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Yeah, no brainer for me, and I agree about what you said, from 6 to 15, could get wild
The Detroit Red Wings needing help at different positions looked hard at a couple of prospects but with Mike Green and Nic Jensen being our only 2 right handed defencemen we are pleased at number 6 to select from Acadie Bathurst 6'3 RH Defenceman Noah Dobson.
Dobson can stand to improve his upper body strength and be more effective in physical battles and get even more power on his shot. There is time for the 18-year-old to add muscle to a skinny frame. He may need a year or two of development time, but he has the potential to be a number one defenceman at the NHL level, playing both the power play and the penalty kill, and taking on other team’s top lines. In terms of style, his game is comparable to Alex Pietrangelo of the St. Louis Blues.
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Dobson can stand to improve his upper body strength and be more effective in physical battles and get even more power on his shot. There is time for the 18-year-old to add muscle to a skinny frame. He may need a year or two of development time, but he has the potential to be a number one defenceman at the NHL level, playing both the power play and the penalty kill, and taking on other team’s top lines. In terms of style, his game is comparable to Alex Pietrangelo of the St. Louis Blues.
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This was a tough one....
The Vancouver Canucks are pleased to select from the London Knights of the OHL, Defenseman Evan Bouchard.
Bouchard is a strong puck moving defenseman with an unbelievable feel for the game. He makes tough plays look easy, can control a game from the backend & his anticipation & skating allow him to recover from mistakes.
He's a terrific addition to our group of young players and should be an offensive leader on the blueline for us for years. A prototypical defenseman for the new NHL.
@GObias of Chicago is next.
The Vancouver Canucks are pleased to select from the London Knights of the OHL, Defenseman Evan Bouchard.
Bouchard is a strong puck moving defenseman with an unbelievable feel for the game. He makes tough plays look easy, can control a game from the backend & his anticipation & skating allow him to recover from mistakes.
He's a terrific addition to our group of young players and should be an offensive leader on the blueline for us for years. A prototypical defenseman for the new NHL.
@GObias of Chicago is next.
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NY Rangers select defensman Quinton Hughes from the University of Michigan Wolverines.
More than likely the best skater in this year's class with gamebreaking talent from the backend. Hugues is a puck wizard that dictates and controls play with his vision, puck control, skating agility, and poise. He also has a good shot with a quick release that gets to the net on a constistant basis. He'll have to get stronger to help win battles but typically uses outstanding stick work to steal pucks from bigger opponents.
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The Edmonton Oilers are VERY proud to select from the Spokane Chiefs, defensemen Ty Smith!
"Hughes may be the best skater of the draft, but Smith isn't that far off, he is also an excellent skater. This skating is what helps him become so effective defensively. Smith put up an impressive 73 points in just 69 games for Spokane. He has elite vision and poise making him a massive powerplay threat. The saying that smaller defensemen have poor shots doesn't apply to Smith, as he has an outstanding release. In addition, he also excels defensively more often than not, and you will rarely find him making mistakes. His player comparison is Duncan Keith. Overall, Smith is going to be a key role in helping out the Oilers and we are very excited to be able to have him in our organization.".
@sandviper and the Islanders are up at 11 and 12
"Hughes may be the best skater of the draft, but Smith isn't that far off, he is also an excellent skater. This skating is what helps him become so effective defensively. Smith put up an impressive 73 points in just 69 games for Spokane. He has elite vision and poise making him a massive powerplay threat. The saying that smaller defensemen have poor shots doesn't apply to Smith, as he has an outstanding release. In addition, he also excels defensively more often than not, and you will rarely find him making mistakes. His player comparison is Duncan Keith. Overall, Smith is going to be a key role in helping out the Oilers and we are very excited to be able to have him in our organization.".
@sandviper and the Islanders are up at 11 and 12
On behalf of the New York Islanders, we would like to give the people of Dallas a good ole yee-haw!
With the 11th overall pick in the 2018 NHL Draft, the New York Islanders are proud to select from the Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL), Vitali Kravtsov, RW
Vitaly is an excellent skater with above average speed and acceleration and an uncanny ability to switch gears. Impressive for such a large man, as is his remarkable stickhandling ability.
With the 11th overall pick in the 2018 NHL Draft, the New York Islanders are proud to select from the Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL), Vitali Kravtsov, RW
Vitaly is an excellent skater with above average speed and acceleration and an uncanny ability to switch gears. Impressive for such a large man, as is his remarkable stickhandling ability.
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With the 12th pick, the New York Islanders are happy to select from Boston University (NCAA), Brady Tkachuk, C/LW
The scouts are incredibly happy to be able to select Brady as we feel he is a top ten talent and will bring some grit and toughness to the team along with some sweet hands.
Some notes: I hate @The Great Schlemko for stealing Smith away from me. He was my first choice at #11. That said, despite some of this board's grievances with Tkachuk, I did have Tkachuk #9 on my list so I guess I should be pleased. I think a line of Tkachuk - Barzal - Kravtsov is going to be ridiculous.
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The scouts are incredibly happy to be able to select Brady as we feel he is a top ten talent and will bring some grit and toughness to the team along with some sweet hands.
Some notes: I hate @The Great Schlemko for stealing Smith away from me. He was my first choice at #11. That said, despite some of this board's grievances with Tkachuk, I did have Tkachuk #9 on my list so I guess I should be pleased. I think a line of Tkachuk - Barzal - Kravtsov is going to be ridiculous.
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Yeah, I had him as a borderline top-10, but at #12? I had to take him. I could had taken him at #11 I guess, but I was seeing red for losing Smith.
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I give Tkachuk shit for a choice at 3. I would be ecstatic to take him at 12.
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Yep insane value at 11/12th, I hope Bergy at least makes the offer of his 3rd overall for those picks and maybe add a little extra to make it more enticing. I doubt NYI bite though, the gap in talent between 3rd and 12 is so small.
Great selections everyone thus far
Great selections everyone thus far
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I never understood the real purpose of these mock threads. I thought the whole idea was to try and come up with the closest draft to the actual results and then produce a final tally based on who has the most selections at the right round and rank, and declare a winner for bragging rights and shits and giggles.
Instead of that, are you guys simply making selections for the hell of it? What's the end game?
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