Team Board Mock Draft

[Hasbro]

A series of 1 day polls for the forthcoming draft. Picks will be decided by vote.*


*not polling for #1 since we know who it will be and Sharks fans get to vote on their other 1st

Please Only Vote if you are a Blues fan.

Links to the individual threads on the player names.

Mother Thread on Prospect Board

1. Macklin Celebrini, c, Boston University (NCAA)


2. Ivan Demidov, RW/C, SKA (KHL)


3. Artyom Levshunov, D, Michigan State (NCAA)


4. Cayden Lindstrom, C, Medicine Hat (WHL)


5. Tij Iginla, F, Kelowna (WHL)
6.

Zeev Buium, D, Denver (NCAA)

7. Anton Silayev, D, Torpedo Nizhny Novogorod (KHL)



8. Sam Dickinson, D, London (OHL)



9.Berkly Catton, F, Spokane (WHL)


10. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, F, Mora IK (SWE)


11. Konsta Helenius, C/RW Jukurit (Liiga)


12. Zanye Parekh, D, Saginaw (OHL)


13. Carter Yakemchuk, D, Calgary (WHL)


14. Beckett Sennecke, RW, Oshawa (OHL)



15. Cole Eiserman, LW, Boston University (NCAA)


16. Michael Hage, C, Michigan (NCAA)


17. ????

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[Langway]

The main candidates would be Solberg, Jiricek or Connelly you'd think. Connelly perhaps is the skilled upside play but is, alas, a winger (currently a rather light one) and one I'd tend to not talk myself into.

Jiricek could perhaps earn the benefit of the doubt given time missed but I'd still need to dissect his first half league tape to buy in. On the surface and according to everything I've read it wasn't great. His Hlinka play was but just against his peers and even then the offense wasn't amazing.

Solberg amassed high level competition late in the season at the Worlds and has quite the physical rep already. I'm more of a WYSIWYG type evaluator and prefer more mature, well-rounded, reliable players. If that makes them perceived as lower ceiling or unsexy by some so be it. Overall the Caps also need more all-situations players. They need upside, sure, but Solberg does have it if he pops in some crucial ways. A physical, cerebral potential minute-eater LD offers considerable value. I'll be really interested where he lands on Bob's final list.

 

[Roshi]

The main candidates would be Solberg, Jiricek or Connelly you'd think. Connelly perhaps is the skilled upside play but is, alas, a winger (currently a rather light one) and one I'd tend to not talk myself into.

Jiricek could perhaps earn the benefit of the doubt given time missed but I'd still need to dissect his first half league tape to buy in. On the surface and according to everything I've read it wasn't great. His Hlinka play was but just against his peers and even then the offense wasn't amazing.

Solberg amassed high level competition late in the season at the Worlds and has quite the physical rep already. I'm more of a WYSIWYG type evaluator and prefer more mature, well-rounded, reliable players. If that makes them perceived as lower ceiling or unsexy by some so be it. Overall the Caps also need more all-situations players. They need upside, sure, but Solberg does have it if he pops in some crucial ways. A physical, cerebral potential minute-eater LD offers considerable value. I'll be really interested where he lands on Bob's final list.

Agreed with Solberg. Dont see him knocking at the NHL-gates in couple of years, but I like his upside most of this list.

Bummed to see all the other ones i like (Eiserman, Sennecke, Hage) going right before our pick in this mock

Want to avoid the drama with Connelly. One name that could be a suprise pick and is missing on this list is Stiga. Id pick him over many names of this given list. This is the year that upside should overweight risks for us, just take a swing. We need top6/top4 talent going forward.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

If this is how the draft plays out I’d be considering Boisvert, Chernysov, Connelly, Greentree, Jiricek, or Solberg. Nobody I really feel strongly about to be honest, most of the guys I hoped would fall are gone. I don’t have an answer yet, I’ll think about it

 

[wickedwitch]

As someone who is hoping Solberg will fall IRL, this one is easy for me. The Caps have nobody that has 1D ceiling post-Carlson.

 

[Hivemind]

Don't love the options left on the board in this mock. Voted Jiricek, but that's pretty lukewarm.

 

[Rayquaza64]

As someone who is hoping Solberg will fall IRL, this one is easy for me. The Caps have nobody that has 1D ceiling post-Carlson.

solberg has 1D upside?

 

[usiel]

I went Connolly because of the upside.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

If this is how the draft plays out I’d be considering Boisvert, Chernysov, Connelly, Greentree, Jiricek, or Solberg. Nobody I really feel strongly about to be honest, most of the guys I hoped would fall are gone. I don’t have an answer yet, I’ll think about it

I think this is my short list…also undecided….

 

[Holtbyisms]

Mews he's got #1 PPQB potential.

 

[pman25]

With most of the clear talent gone at this stage I’d take the high motor players: Luchanko or Surin. Solberg is interesting but haven’t seen much of him

 

[Hasbro]

One vote differential. Does anyone want a runoff?

 

[usiel]

One vote differential. Does anyone want a runoff?

Sure might as well.

 

[bacchist]

EP puts out their draft guide Monday. I'm going to wait until then to dig into the options here.

 

[Hasbro]

Solberg it is.

Thanks Everyone.

 

[bacchist]

EP puts out their draft guide Monday. I'm going to wait until then to dig into the options here.

After perusing this, I would have gone with Greentree here.

Connolly is graded slightly ahead, but they do have completely different profiles. Connolly has the edge in speed and skill, whereas Greentree is bigger, more physical, and much better defensively.

In a vacuum, with no character issues, Connolly might have a slight edge. But since that's not the world we live in. I'd take Greentree and it wouldn't even be close.

I'd take any of the forwards projected in the first round over Connolly.

 

[kicksavedave]

I was under the impression that if Connelly had no character issues, he'd be a top 5 pick? No?

 

[wickedwitch]

I was under the impression that if Connelly had no character issues, he'd be a top 5 pick? No?

Probably 10-15. His performance at U18s was good but not great, especially not in the medal rounds, even ignoring the hit.

 

[usiel]

Probably 10-15. His performance at U18s was good but not great, especially not in the medal rounds, even ignoring the hit.

Taken as a whole I though Connolly was great throughout. Of course that last hit sucked.

 

[bacchist]

I was under the impression that if Connelly had no character issues, he'd be a top 5 pick? No?

Maybe top 10, but definitely not top 5. I'd have him below Tij Iginla, who is just outside of that tier.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Maybe top 10, but definitely not top 5. I'd have him below Tij Iginla, who is just outside of that tier.

Some ppl have Iginla top 5 (#5).

 

[bacchist]

Some ppl have Iginla top 5 (#5).

I've seen that, too. I'm not sure I'd put him that high, but that's because I'd probably have some D ahead of him. He's looking like a top 5 forward in this draft, for sure.

I don't know if this is considered a "good" year for D, but I really like the ones that I've looked at.

 

[Ridley Simon]

I've seen that, too. I'm not sure I'd put him that high, but that's because I'd probably have some D ahead of him. He's looking like a top 5 forward in this draft, for sure.

I don't know if this is considered a "good" year for D, but I really like the ones that I've looked at.

Pronman thinks it’s a “good” year for D. He says that all 5 of his top D-men are better ranked than the 2 taken in top 10 last year (at #5 & #6).

So there is that.

 

[bacchist]

Pronman thinks it’s a “good” year for D. He says that all 5 of his top D-men are better ranked than the 2 taken in top 10 last year (at #5 & #6).

So there is that.

Not surprising. The top 5 D here look like total studs.