Way too early 2023 redraft (picks 4-13)

[wetcoast]

The player I would be questioning if he translates as a high level NHL’er is Leonard. He’s the one who consistently has lower point totals of the three.

That being said Perreault's game is really warming me up he looks like he will be an excellent NHLer and might be the early best value pick in the first round from that draft but time will tell.

 

[wetcoast]

This thread will be hilariously terrible to look back on

Of course it will as most of these guys aren't in the NHL yet and a lot are still developing, injuries and confidence and opportunities are all different.

You can take the best hockey minds one year out from a draft and their list won't look all that great 5 years later.

 

[wetcoast]

i didn't stutter, nor did i miss many London games. Ask any London fan who their best player was. Bonk was hands down the best defensive player while being over PPG as a D

That's great but in a thread about a 23 draft redraft I'm not confident that Bonk's offense translates to the NHL as a star player.

Cowan really drove the bus last year in London, although he had a great supporting cast to be sure.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

That being said Perreault's game is really warming me up he looks like he will be an excellent NHLer and might be the early best value pick in the first round from that draft but time will tell.

Perreault looks like Kucherov-lite. That's what I see when I watch him play hockey.

People will go crazy about that, and I'm obviously not expecting him to be one of the best players of the next generation, but if Perreault hits like 90-100 points his best years because he's stupid skilled, smart, and can see amazing passes, this stuff has been completely obvious the last few years and people underestimated him because he's like very barely undersized and his skating is slightly wonky, along with being a winger who is average, at best, defensively.

 

[villacco]

Top 4 are pretty much set. Everything after that is a pissing contest amongst fanbases. Ill do a top 10.

1. Bedard
2. Michkov
3. Carlsson
4. Fantilli
5. Reinbacher
6. Smith
7. Benson
8. Honzek
9. Dvorsky
10. Leonard

I agree on 3 and 4
But imo I see no reason to put Bedard ahead of Michkov at this point, just because he played in the NHL last year.
Both are exceptional players. Smaller guys, different play style. Only time will tell, who is better. I would actually bet on Michkov. But it will be very close.

From position 5 I have absolutely no clue and it is way to early to guess.