Team Board Mock Draft

[n8]

I'm really puzzled by the Letourneau love here. Pretty sure people just saw committed to Boston College & his size.

He's a guy playing Canadian high school hockey. High School hockey is not a big thing in Canada. This is not high level hockey. He is ranked 87 by Recruit, 55 by Dobber, 69 by TSN, 51 by THN, meh. IF he somehow pans out he is a project who will take many years after our window anyway. If he weren't big it would be even lower, his linemate who only got 6 fewer points is only ranked by 2 agencies, 211 by Recruit & 156 by DraftProspects. And they are the only 2 players in the entire league ranked on a single draft list.

Meanwhile several guys ranked in the teens on some lists are still available here.

The only players in KHL history with more points in a season as a draft eligible than Nikita Artamonov:

- Matvei Michkov
- Vladimir Tarsenko
- Artemi Panarin

So what you're saying is he's better than Kravtsov...

 

[Luger]

Artamonov seems like a good prospect. A middle-6 forward in a league that's better than the AHL. Reports say he's smart and skilled.

I suspect he fell due to the extreme Russian factor - you don't watch them in the WJC anymore, there's a possibility of ever greater sanctions (either the US banning any employees from Russia or Russia banning its players from playing in the NHL if they ever want to return) or even outright nuclear war between the nations.

Otherwise, you have a player who can almost certainly step into the AHL and instantly be a good player there, so assuming any progress whatsoever after the age of 18, he likely makes the NHL, which is more than can be said of most 30 OA. He also has enough skill and smarts to have a top-6 ceiling. I suspect his main downside is political rather than on the ice.

 

[Hasbro]

Dean Letourneau it is. Thanks everyone!

 

[TGWL]

Nah

i'm going to be heartbroken if perreault isn't close to what i think he is, which is basically Fox at W.

he's That f***in Guy.

Nah, he's more Stepan with hands.

 

[bernmeister]

fyi all

Yardbarker's NHL mock draft: Intrigue surrounds top 10

Hobey Baker Award winner Macklin Celebrini has been the presumed No. 1 overall pick for close to a year now, but things could quickly get interesting with the following picks.

www.yardbarker.com

A guy w/size at C, even if 2 yrs patience required, is a good thing

Would love to mega deal w/Ana and get the big defenseman at 3

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

I’ve seen multiple mocks for this pick being Letourneau and I just sit here and laugh because all the analysis is “well he’s 6’7 and the Rangers like tall guys”

 

[bhamill]

Nah

Nah, he's more Stepan with hands.

and much better skating than Stepan. I'd say Fox as a forward is not a bad comparison at all, but Stepan like hockey IQ is the type for both Fox and GP. I think GP has an IQ better than Stepan, close to Fox...

 

[TGWL]

fyi all

Yardbarker's NHL mock draft: Intrigue surrounds top 10

Hobey Baker Award winner Macklin Celebrini has been the presumed No. 1 overall pick for close to a year now, but things could quickly get interesting with the following picks.

www.yardbarker.com

A guy w/size at C, even if 2 yrs patience required, is a good thing

Would love to mega deal w/Ana and get the big defenseman at 3

Not happening. Like less than 0 % if that were possible.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

There has never been a good player taken at 30th overall. Use the 1st in a trade package to get better now.

 

[Savant]

There has never been a good player taken at 30th overall. Use the 1st in a trade package to get better now.

If there’s never been a good player taken at 30th, who else would want the pick

 

[eco's bones]

Since Boston got their 1st back from Ottawa I've seen a number of mocks having the Bruins taking Letourneau at 25 and it makes some sense--large center a position they need to fill going to Boston College.

 

[Daves a mess]

what's the equivalent of Lias Andersson

He got sent to Vancouver for a 6 pack of Bud Light.


Then back to mother Russia.