Prospect Info: #129 Maximilian Kilpinen, 2022 Draft

Reddwit

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Detroit is taking some guys who played very little last year, hoping that they’ve got some guys who would be ranked higher if not for lack of development time?
 

ChadS

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Never seen him but his stats look interesting. Started the season in U18 but quickly transitioned to the U20 team, ended up scoring point-per-game on a high scoring team and 2nd in playoffs scoring for the team.
 
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Henkka

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From Draper-interview:

- Håkan and TC (Thomas Carlsson, scout) did see him a lot.
- Position, skating and hockey sense were biggest strengths.
- Draft stock probably did fall, because was hurt for the first half on season and was left off from swedish junior national team.
 

Henkka

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Ansar Khan listed him as Left wing, I don't know where does that come from.

Yzerman said at draft that "we drafted 5 Centers", but Khan only had listed him as LW and rest 4 as centers.
 

ChadS

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Ansar Khan listed him as Left wing, I don't know where does that come from.

Yzerman said at draft that "we drafted 5 Centers", but Khan only had listed him as LW and rest 4 as centers.
He took very few faceoffs this season both in J18 and J20, and on many of the game sheets I checked he was mostly on the wing. Probably has played a lot at center though in past seasons.
 

Frk It

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Ansar Khan listed him as Left wing, I don't know where does that come from.

Yzerman said at draft that "we drafted 5 Centers", but Khan only had listed him as LW and rest 4 as centers.
5 centers? I am counting 3 between Kasper, Lombardi, and Ali
 

Frk It

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And Mehlenbacher & Kilpinen.
Just looked at a bunch of lineup sheets for Muskegon, and Mehlebacher is listed as 2C for a lot of games.

Was thinking he was a winger for some reason. No clue if Kilpinen is a center or winger.
 

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Just looked at a bunch of lineup sheets for Muskegon, and Mehlebacher is listed as 2C for a lot of games.

Was thinking he was a winger for some reason. No clue if Kilpinen is a center or winger.

Yzerman said 5 centers when he got asked about it, so even if those guys didnt play it a whole lot this year they must view them at center long term as of right now
 
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Looks like he has a solid set of tools. I like the number of centers we drafted. This guy also has decent size. Back when the Wings were great they used to stock up on centers.
 

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