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1. Juraj Slafkovsky W Liiga
2. Shane Wright C OHL
3. Logan Cooley C USHL
4. Simon Nemec RD SVK
5. David Jiricek RD Extraliga
6. Cutter Gauthier C USHL
7. Matthew Savoie C WHL
8. Joakim Kemell W Liiga
9. Frank Nazar C USHL
10. Denton Mateychuk LD WHL
11. Conor Geekie C WHL
12. Marco Kasper C SHL
13. Rutger McGroarty W USHL
14. Pavel Mintyukov LD OHL
15. Brad Lambert W Liiga
16. Danila Yurov W MHL
17. Ryan Chesley RD USHL
18. Kevin Korchisnki LD WHL
19. Nathan Gaucher C QMJHL
20. Lian Bichsel LD SHL
21. Jiri Kulich C Extraliga
22. Liam Ohgren W SHL
23. Luca Del Bel Belluz C OHL
24. Mats Lindgren LD WHL
25. Owen Pickering LD WHL
26. Filip Mesar W SVK
27. Owen Beck C OHL
28. Jimmy Snuggerud W USHL
29. Calle Odelius LD SHL
30. Noah Ostlund C SHL
31. Isaac Howard W USHL
32. Jonathan Lekkerimaki W SHL
33. Ivan Miroshnichenko W VHL
34. Reid Schaefer W WHL
35. Jack Hughes C NCAA
36. Ty Nelson RD OHL
37. Matthew Seminoff W WHL
38. Noah Warren RD QMJHL
39. Danny Zhilkin C OHL
40. Tristan Luneau RD QMJHL
41. Servac Petrovsky C OHL
42. Filip Bystedt C SHL
43. Matyas Sapovaliv C OHL
44. Jani Nyman W Liiga
45. Sam Rinzel RD USHL
46. Isaiah George LD OHL
47. Christian Kyrou RD OHL
48. Jagger Firkus W WHL
49. Maveric Lamoureaux RD QMJHL
50. Mikey Milne W WHL

 

[Kent Nilsson]

Final ranking

1. Shane Wright
2. Logan Cooley
3. Simon Nemec
4. David Jiricek
5. Frank Nazar
6. Juraj Slafkovsky
7. Pavel Mintyukov
8. Marco Kasper
9. Denton Mateychuk
10. Matthew Savoie
11. Cutter Gauthier
12. Jonathan Lekkerimaki
13. Joakim Kemell
14. Danila Yurov
15. Jiri Kulich
16. Rutger McGroarty
17. Noah Ostlund
18. Filip Mesar
19. Lane Hutson
20. Gleb Trikozov
21. Sam Rinzel
22. Kevin Korchinski
23. Ryan Chesley
24. Conor Geekie
25. Ivan Miroschnichenko
26. Lian Bischel
27. Owen Pickering
28. Calle Odelius
29. Tristan Luneau
30. Jagger Firkus
31. Isaac Howard
32. Liam Ohgren

 

[DollardStLaurent]

1	Shane Wright (C)
2	Logan Cooley (C)
3	Juraj Slafkovsky (LW)
4	Simon Nemec (D)
5	Matthew Savoie (C)
6	David Jiricek (D)
7	Joakim Kemell (RW)
8	Danila Yurov (RW)
9	Frank Nazar (C/RW)
10	Jonathan Lekkerimäki (RW)
11	Cutter Gauthier (C/LW)
12	Brad Lambert (C/RW)
13	Kevin Korchinski (D)
14	Pavel Mintyukov (D)
15	Denton Mateychuk (D)
16	Conor Geekie (C)
17	Marco Kasper (C)
18	Gleb Trikozov (C/RW)
19	Ivan Miroshnichenko (LW)
20	Filip Mesar (W/C)
21	Isaac Howard (LW)
22	Owen Pickering (D)
23	Rutger McGroarty (C)
24	Liam Öhgren (LW)
25	Jiri Kulich (C)
26	Jimmy Snuggerud (F)
27	Noah Östlund (C)
28	Jagger Firkus (F)
29	Seamus Casey (D)
30	Alexander Perevalov (LW)
31	Calle Odelius (D)
32	Ryan Chesley (D)

 

[OregonCanuck]

1. Logan Cooley
2. Shane Wright
3. Simon Nemec
4. David Jiricek
5. Jurarj Slafkovsky
6. Brad Lambert
7. Matt Savoie
8. Frank Nazar
9. Kevin Korchinski
10. Joakim Kemell
11. Pavel Mintyukov
12. Noah Ostlund
14. Jonathan Lekkermaki
15. Cutter Gauthier


Ranking of this draft class thus far

 

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[Kipper933]

Couldn't be bothered to do write-ups this year. My list isn't quite finished, I still have a quite a few game replays to watch this week, but I wanted to post it before McKenzie's list.


1) Shane Wright
2) Juraj Slafkovsky
3) Simon Nemec
4) David Jiricek
5) Jonathan Lekkerimaki
6) Logan Cooley
7) Noah Ostlund
8) Frank Nazar
9) Marco Kaspar
10) Joakim Kemell
11) Conor Geekie
12) Matthew Savoie
13) Ivan Miroshnichenko
14) Rutger McGroarty
15) Cutter Gauthier
16) Jiri Kulich
17) Lane Hutson
18) Liam Ohgren
19) Calle Odelius
20) Owen Pickering
21) Maveric Lamoureux
22) Pavel Mintyukov
23) Danila Yurov
24) Isaac Howard
25) Denton Mateychuk
26) Ryan Chesley
27) Jagger Firkus
28) Kevin Korchinski
29) Tristan Luneau
30) Brad Lambert
31) Alexander Perevalov
32) Filip Mesar

33) Mattias Havelid
34) Lian Bichsel
35) Owen Beck
36) Gleb Trikozov
37) Hunter Haight
38) Julian Lutz
39) Nicholas Moldenhauer
40) Rieger Lorenz
41) Jani Nyman
42) Dylan James
43) Tomas Hamara
44) Noah Warren
45) Seamus Casey
46) Jimmy Snuggerud
47) Cameron Lund
48) Jordan Dumais
49) Adam Sýkora
50) Vladimir Grudinin
51) Sam Rinzel
52) Jake Livanavage
53) Logan Morrison*
54) David Goyette
55) Matthew Poitras
56) Filip Bystedt
57) Jake Karabela
58) Danny Zhilkin
59) Adam Ingram
60) Dominic James
61) Isaiah George
62) Ilya Ivantsov
63) Luca Del Bel Belluz
64) Ryan Greene

Top 5 Gs:
1) Maxim Mayorov
2) Reid Dyck
3) Ivan Zhigalov
4) Topias Leinonen
5) T.J. Semptimphelter

 

[SantosHalper]

1. Montreal Canadiens: Shane Wright
- Not the best player in this draft imo but probably most guaranteed pick. Since every insider and expert have Wright as 1st overall, im not gonna fight the windmills here.

2. New Jersey Devils: Juraj Slafkovsky
- I can not think of anyone who's more perfect pick than Slafkovsky for the Devils. Future top-6 powerforward & PP1 net front guy and perfect linemate for Hughes and Hischier.

3. Arizona Coyotes: Matt Savoie
- Best player in this draft imo. Elite hockey IQ, elite hands, elite speed, everything what Savoie does is elite. His size and uncertainty of his position drops him a bit and also because Slaf is a perfect fit for the Devils. But i wouldn't worry about his position, Savoie is elite, it doesn't matter if he's center or winger. He's also quite stocky already and his going to get more muscle on the way.

4. Seattle Kraken: Simon Nemec
-
I'd get it one piece at a time and it wouldn't cost me a dime I've heard from reliable source that Ron Francis sings this song all the time. Last year he selected his center foundation piece, this year is defenseman turn.

5. Philadelphia Flyers: Logan Cooley
- Lucky day for Philly, BPA and they get Giroux's replacement immediately.

6. Columbus Blue Jackets: David Jiricek
- Last year Kekäläinen picked every center who wasn't nailed down, but Seth Jones hasn't been replaced yet. But Jiricek will fix that problem.

7. Ottawa Senators: Jonatan Lekkerimäki
- This is like asking what to give a rich person as a birthday gift. Ottawa wants more goals, therefore best sniper in this draft goes to Ottawa.

8. Detroit Red Wings: Marco Kasper
- fast, smart, hard working 200-foot game center who plays in SHL. Yzerman is written all over this one.

9. Buffalo Sabres: Cutter Gauthier
- Buffalo is looking to change the team culture and there's no better way than to draft Gauthier.

10. Anaheim Ducks: Kevin Korchinski
- Pat Verbeek worked several years for Yzerman and he learned one thing, you can never go wrong when you pick a mobile 6'2'' defenseman.

11. San Jose Sharks: Conor Geekie
- Sharks keep building their future core, adding one more potential top-6 center

12. Columbus Blue Jackets: Frank Nazar the 3rd
- BPA, Kekäläinen steals another center.

13. New York Islanders: Joakim Kemell
- Isles needs offense and goals, Kemell brings in both.

14. Winnipeg Jets: Denton Mateychuk
- Sounds like there's going to be rebuild in Winnipeg, but at least the defense needs re-tooling. Mateychuk is a good piece to start with.

15. Vancouver Canucks: Danila Yurov
- BPA, they got Podkolzin already and they signed Kuzmenko. It is going to be easier lure Yurov along when he has his fellow russians already in the team.

16. Buffalo Sabres: Brad Lambert
- Buffalo takes a calculated risk, Lambert has the skill but he still needs maturing.

17. Nashville Predators: Rutger McGroarty
- BPA

18. Dallas Stars: Isaac Howard
- Skill is disappearing from Dallas, Howard can change that.

19. Los Angeles Kings: Jimmy Snuggerud
- Dustin Brown's replacement eventually.

20. Washington Capitols: Pavel Mintyukov
- BPA

21. Pittsburg Penguins: Liam Öhgren
- Could be a future trade bait or one first pieces of post-Crosby era.

22. Anaheim Ducks: Noah Östlund
- Middle-6 center/winger, nice backup to have if and when Zegras/McTavish gets injured.

23. St. Louis Blues: Tristan Luneau
- Once young and powerful Blues D-corps is starting to age up, they should start preparing for a re-tooling. Since d-men takes longer to develop.

24. Minnesota Wild: Ivan Miroshnichenko
- Minnesota use to be Finnesota, but now Minnesota have newly found success with russian's. At this point Miroshnichenko is worh to gamble.

25. Toronto Maple Leafs: Ryan Chesley
- Another cheap d-men in sight, in the near future for the Leafs.

26. Montreal Canadiens: Nathan Gaucher
- Since the draft is in Montreal, Habs has to pick a kid from QMJHL.

27. Arizona Coyotes: Lian Bichsel
- Coyotes haven't really stocked up their defense yet but now with the 2nd first round pick they take the best d-man available.

28. Buffalo Sabres: Maveric Lamoureux
- A pair for Power.

29. Edmonton Oilers: Filip Mesar
- Kenny goes BPA, salary cap requires Oilers to find skill.

30. Winnipeg Jets: Owen Pickering
- Jets keeps building their blueline.

31. Tampa Bay Lightning: Jiri Kulich
- BPA

32. Arizona Coyotes: Ty Nelson
- Another D-man to Arizona and a potential pair for Bichsel.

 

[Jordan Belfort]

So why is Savoie so low on all insider rankings?

 

[majormajor]

1. Montreal Canadiens: Shane Wright
- Not the best player in this draft imo but probably most guaranteed pick. Since every insider and expert have Wright as 1st overall, im not gonna fight the windmills here.

Have you not been paying attention?

Just in the last few weeks, we've seen Pronman or Wheeler's poll have most scouts with Wright 2nd, Chris Peters had Wright 2nd, the Blackbook and their quoted team scouts having Wright 2nd, and just before you posted, Bob's poll came out, with Wright 2nd.

 

[SantosHalper]

Have you not been paying attention?

Just in the last few weeks, we've seen Pronman or Wheeler's poll have most scouts with Wright 2nd, Chris Peters had Wright 2nd, the Blackbook and their quoted team scouts having Wright 2nd, and just before you posted, Bob's poll came out, with Wright 2nd.

I guess i haven't but before last few weeks, Wright was a undisputed 1st overall last 2 years. But i guess the experts and insiders are finally seeing what i've seen this past year.

 

[Zapp]

18. Dallas Stars: Isaac Howard
- Skill is disappearing from Dallas, Howard can change that.

Lol I'm guessing you haven't heard of Johnston, Stankoven, or Bourque yet.

 

[SantosHalper]

Lol I'm guessing you haven't heard of Johnston, Stankoven, or Bourque yet.

I referred to this
Pavelski, 37
Radulov, 35(left back to Russia)
Benn, 32
Seguin, 30
+ Comeau, Raffl, Glendening, Namestnikov

But i guess better choice of words would have been better, like "Dallas forward core is aging" or something like that. Hintz, Robertson, Johnston, Stankoven and Bourque is a good start, but only the first two are proven in NHL level. Dallas needs more depth and that's why i think Isaac Howard would fit in very well.

 

[Lays]

1. Gauthier
2. Jiricek
3. Savoie
4. Slafkovsky
5. McGroarty
6. Wright
7. Mateychuk
8. Yurov
9. Nemec
10. Ohgren

 

[DollardStLaurent]

Final rankings

1	Shane Wright (C)
2	Logan Cooley (C)
3	Juraj Slafkovsky (LW)
4	Simon Nemec (D)
5	David Jiricek (D)
6	Matthew Savoie (C)
7	Joakim Kemell (RW)
8	Jonathan Lekkerimäki (RW)
9	Frank Nazar (C/RW)
10	Cutter Gauthier (C/LW)
11	Danila Yurov (RW)
12	Kevin Korchinski (D)
13	Pavel Mintyukov (D)
14	Brad Lambert (C/RW)
15	Denton Mateychuk (D)
16	Marco Kasper (C)
17	Owen Pickering (D)
18	Conor Geekie (C)
19	Liam Öhgren (LW)
20	Gleb Trikozov (C/RW)
21	Isaac Howard (LW)
22	Ivan Miroshnichenko (LW)
23	Jiri Kulich (C)
24	Filip Mesar (W/C)
25	Jimmy Snuggerud (F)
26	Rutger McGroarty (C)
27	Jagger Firkus (F)
28	Noah Östlund (C)
29	Calle Odelius (D)
30	Seamus Casey (D)
31	Ryan Chesley (D)
32	Mattias Hävelid (D)

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

1. Wright
2. Jiricek
3. Slafkovsky
4. Savoie
5. Cooley
6. Mintyukov
7. Nemec
8. McGroarty
9. Kemell
10. Gauthier

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Final Ranking:
1. Wright
2. Cooley
3. Nemec
4. Slafkovsky
5. Jiricek
6. Savoie
7. Kemell
8. Nazar
9. Lekkerimaki
10. Korchinski
11. Mintyukov
12. Gauthier
13. Yurov
14. Lambert
15. Mateychuk
16. Kasper
17. Ostlund
18. Geekie
19. Bischel
20. Chesley
21. McGroarty
22. Howard
23. Goyette
24. Firkus
25. Pickering
26. Casey
27. Trikozov
28. Mesar
29. Ohgren
30. Luneau
31. Lamoureaux
32. Kulich
HM: Del Bel Belluz, Gaucher, Snuggerrud

 

[Frk It]

(Note - There's very little that separates who I have 7-15... but that's the order I like them)

1. Wright
2. Slafkovsky
3. Nemec
4. Cooley
5. Savoie
6. Jiricek
7. Yurov
8. Geekie
9. Mintyukov
10. Mateychuk
11. Lekkerimaki
12. Kasper
13. Nazar
14. Gauthier
15. Kemell
16. Korchinski
17. Mesar
18. Lambert
19. Kulich
20. Firkus
21. Ohgren
22. Howard
23. Goyette
24. Rinzel
25. Perevalov
26. Pickering
27. Bichsel
28. McGroarty
29. Trikozov
30. Sapovaliv
31. Hutson
32. Ostlund
33. Del Bel Belluz
34. Snuggerud
35. Chesley
36. Beck
37. Luneau
38. Odelius
39. Duda
40. Lutz
41. Casey
42. Gaucher
43. Nyman
44. Zhilkin
45. Grudinin
46. Warren
47. Bystedt
48. Lorenz
49. M Havelid
50. Hughes

HM: Greene, Haight, Hamara, Kaplan, Lamoreux, Neuchev, Nelson, Salomonsson, Schaefer, Ronni

Edit: Just adding a disclaimer that I am not ranking Mirosnichenko because I don't know enough about the risk/impact around his health concerns

 

[PatrickMcC]

1. Juraj Slafkovsky W Liiga
2. Shane Wright C OHL
3. Logan Cooley C USHL
4. Simon Nemec RD SVK
5. David Jiricek RD Extraliga
6. Cutter Gauthier C USHL
7. Matthew Savoie C WHL
8. Joakim Kemell W Liiga
9. Frank Nazar C USHL
10. Denton Mateychuk LD WHL
11. Conor Geekie C WHL
12. Marco Kasper C SHL
13. Rutger McGroarty W USHL
14. Pavel Mintyukov LD OHL
15. Brad Lambert W Liiga
16. Danila Yurov W MHL
17. Ryan Chesley RD USHL
18. Kevin Korchisnki LD WHL
19. Nathan Gaucher C QMJHL
20. Lian Bichsel LD SHL
21. Jiri Kulich C Extraliga
22. Liam Ohgren W SHL
23. Luca Del Bel Belluz C OHL
24. Mats Lindgren LD WHL
25. Owen Pickering LD WHL
26. Filip Mesar W SVK
27. Owen Beck C OHL
28. Jimmy Snuggerud W USHL
29. Calle Odelius LD SHL
30. Noah Ostlund C SHL
31. Isaac Howard W USHL
32. Jonathan Lekkerimaki W SHL
33. Ivan Miroshnichenko W VHL
34. Reid Schaefer W WHL
35. Jack Hughes C NCAA
36. Ty Nelson RD OHL
37. Matthew Seminoff W WHL
38. Noah Warren RD QMJHL
39. Danny Zhilkin C OHL
40. Tristan Luneau RD QMJHL
41. Servac Petrovsky C OHL
42. Filip Bystedt C SHL
43. Matyas Sapovaliv C OHL
44. Jani Nyman W Liiga
45. Sam Rinzel RD USHL
46. Isaiah George LD OHL
47. Christian Kyrou RD OHL
48. Jagger Firkus W WHL
49. Maveric Lamoureaux RD QMJHL
50. Mikey Milne W WHL

What do you like about Conor Geekie? How is his compete level?

 

[rt]

What do you like about Conor Geekie? How is his compete level?

Sometimes elite. Sometimes non-existent. Just like the player himself!

He’s a gamble. Sometimes he’s Eric Lindros and sometimes he’s Hugh Jessiman

 

[hockey20000]

how come all the experts got savoie lower then people here just his size cause his skills looks elite and like he could be a 70-90 point player down road.? personally i think hes gonna be best or top 3 player from the draft class.

 

[vildurson]

how come all the experts got savoie lower then people here just his size cause his skills looks elite and like he could be a 70-90 point player down road.? personally i think hes gonna be best or top 3 player from the draft class.

This board tends to value speed and skill over size and strength more than your usual scouts. I am in that camp as well.

 

[Ovechkin962]

Final list:
1. Shane Wright - Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
2. Juraj Slafkovsky - TPS Turku (Liiga)
3. Logan Cooley - USNTDP U18
4. Simon Nemec - HK Nitra (Slovakia)
5. David Jiricek - HC Plzen (Extraliga)
6. Joakim Kemell - JYP (Liiga)
7. Matthew Savoie - Winnipeg Ice (WHL)
8. Cutter Gauthier - USNTDP U18
9. Jonathan Lekkerimaki - Djurgardens IF (SHL)
10. Frank Nazar - USNTDP U18
11. Danila Yurov - Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk (MHL)
12. Pavel Mintyukov - Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
13. Kevin Korchinski - Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
14. Marco Kasper - Rogle BK (SHL)
15. Denton Mateychuk - Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
16. Brad Lambert - Pelicans Lahti (Liiga)
17. Liam Ohgren - Djurgardiens IF J20 (J20 Nationell)
18. Conor Geekie - Winnipeg Ice (WHL)
19. Jiri Kulich - HC Karlovy Vary (Extraliga)
20. Ivan Miroshnichenko - Omskie Krylia (VHL)
21. Rutger McGroarty - USNTDP U18
22. Noah Ostlund - Djurgardens IF J20 (J20 Nationell)
23. Jagger Firkus - Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
24. Jimmy Snuggerud - USNTDP U18
25. Owen Pickering - Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
26. Isaac Howard - USNTDP U18
27. Filip Mesar - HK Poprad (Slovakia)
28. Ryan Chesley - USNTDP U18
29. Owen Beck - Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
30. Lian Bichsel - Leksands IF (SHL)
31. Nathan Gaucher - Québec Remparts (QMJHL)
32. Calle Odelius - Djurgardens IF J20 (J20 Nationell)

 

[Maplebeasts]

Fire away:

1. Wright
2. Cooley
3. Savoie
4. Jiricek
5. Slafkovsky
6. Nemec
7. Mateychuk
8. Nazar
9. Kemell
10. Lekkerimaki
11. Yurov
12. Mintyukov
13. Trikozov
14. Ohgren
15. Gauthier
16. Lambert
17. Kasper
18. Firkus
19. Miroshnichenko
20. Goyette
21. McGroarty
22. Mesar
23. Howard
24. Kulich
25. Korchinski
26. Ostlund
27. Grudinin
28. Hutson
29. Chesley
30. Geekie
31. Beck
32. Snuggerud

 

[majormajor]

1. Juraj Slafkovsky, W
2. Logan Cooley, C
3. David Jiricek, RD
4. Pavel Mintyukov, LD
5. Shane Wright, C

6. Cutter Gauthier, C
7. Denton Mateychuk, LD
8. Noah Ostlund, C
9. Lian Bichsel, LD
10. Marco Kasper, C

11. Liam Ohgren, W
12. Frank Nazar, F
13. Simon Nemec, RD
14. Owen Pickering, LD
15. Brad Lambert, C

16. Matt Savoie, W
17. Conor Geekie, C
18. Owen Beck, C
19. Jagger Firkus, W
20. Rutger McGroarty, F

21. Joakim Kemell, W
22. Gleb Trikozov, W
23. Ryan Chesley, RD
24. Danila Yurov, W
25. Jiri Kulich, C

26. Jonathan Lekkerimaki, W
27. Kevin Korchinski, LD
28. Jimmy Snuggerud, W
29. Nathan Gaucher, C
30. Isaac Howard, W
31. Filip Bystedt, C
32. Adam Sykora, W

 

[voyageur]

1. Montreal Canadiens: Shane Wright
- Not the best player in this draft imo but probably most guaranteed pick. Since every insider and expert have Wright as 1st overall, im not gonna fight the windmills here.

2. New Jersey Devils: Juraj Slafkovsky
- I can not think of anyone who's more perfect pick than Slafkovsky for the Devils. Future top-6 powerforward & PP1 net front guy and perfect linemate for Hughes and Hischier.

3. Arizona Coyotes: Matt Savoie
- Best player in this draft imo. Elite hockey IQ, elite hands, elite speed, everything what Savoie does is elite. His size and uncertainty of his position drops him a bit and also because Slaf is a perfect fit for the Devils. But i wouldn't worry about his position, Savoie is elite, it doesn't matter if he's center or winger. He's also quite stocky already and his going to get more muscle on the way.

4. Seattle Kraken: Simon Nemec
-
I'd get it one piece at a time and it wouldn't cost me a dime I've heard from reliable source that Ron Francis sings this song all the time. Last year he selected his center foundation piece, this year is defenseman turn.

5. Philadelphia Flyers: Logan Cooley
- Lucky day for Philly, BPA and they get Giroux's replacement immediately.

6. Columbus Blue Jackets: David Jiricek
- Last year Kekäläinen picked every center who wasn't nailed down, but Seth Jones hasn't been replaced yet. But Jiricek will fix that problem.

7. Ottawa Senators: Jonatan Lekkerimäki
- This is like asking what to give a rich person as a birthday gift. Ottawa wants more goals, therefore best sniper in this draft goes to Ottawa.

8. Detroit Red Wings: Marco Kasper
- fast, smart, hard working 200-foot game center who plays in SHL. Yzerman is written all over this one.

9. Buffalo Sabres: Cutter Gauthier
- Buffalo is looking to change the team culture and there's no better way than to draft Gauthier.

10. Anaheim Ducks: Kevin Korchinski
- Pat Verbeek worked several years for Yzerman and he learned one thing, you can never go wrong when you pick a mobile 6'2'' defenseman.

11. San Jose Sharks: Conor Geekie
- Sharks keep building their future core, adding one more potential top-6 center

12. Columbus Blue Jackets: Frank Nazar the 3rd
- BPA, Kekäläinen steals another center.

13. New York Islanders: Joakim Kemell
- Isles needs offense and goals, Kemell brings in both.

14. Winnipeg Jets: Denton Mateychuk
- Sounds like there's going to be rebuild in Winnipeg, but at least the defense needs re-tooling. Mateychuk is a good piece to start with.

15. Vancouver Canucks: Danila Yurov
- BPA, they got Podkolzin already and they signed Kuzmenko. It is going to be easier lure Yurov along when he has his fellow russians already in the team.

16. Buffalo Sabres: Brad Lambert
- Buffalo takes a calculated risk, Lambert has the skill but he still needs maturing.

17. Nashville Predators: Rutger McGroarty
- BPA

18. Dallas Stars: Isaac Howard
- Skill is disappearing from Dallas, Howard can change that.

19. Los Angeles Kings: Jimmy Snuggerud
- Dustin Brown's replacement eventually.

20. Washington Capitols: Pavel Mintyukov
- BPA

21. Pittsburg Penguins: Liam Öhgren
- Could be a future trade bait or one first pieces of post-Crosby era.

22. Anaheim Ducks: Noah Östlund
- Middle-6 center/winger, nice backup to have if and when Zegras/McTavish gets injured.

23. St. Louis Blues: Tristan Luneau
- Once young and powerful Blues D-corps is starting to age up, they should start preparing for a re-tooling. Since d-men takes longer to develop.

24. Minnesota Wild: Ivan Miroshnichenko
- Minnesota use to be Finnesota, but now Minnesota have newly found success with russian's. At this point Miroshnichenko is worh to gamble.

25. Toronto Maple Leafs: Ryan Chesley
- Another cheap d-men in sight, in the near future for the Leafs.

26. Montreal Canadiens: Nathan Gaucher
- Since the draft is in Montreal, Habs has to pick a kid from QMJHL.

27. Arizona Coyotes: Lian Bichsel
- Coyotes haven't really stocked up their defense yet but now with the 2nd first round pick they take the best d-man available.

28. Buffalo Sabres: Maveric Lamoureux
- A pair for Power.

29. Edmonton Oilers: Filip Mesar
- Kenny goes BPA, salary cap requires Oilers to find skill.

30. Winnipeg Jets: Owen Pickering
- Jets keeps building their blueline.

31. Tampa Bay Lightning: Jiri Kulich
- BPA

32. Arizona Coyotes: Ty Nelson
- Another D-man to Arizona and a potential pair for Bichsel.

If the Jets draft 2 LHD when that is probably their position of strength I think some people will be disappointed.