Prospect Info: 2018 NHL Draft

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Not surprised. Guy can play.

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Kirill Marchenko looks interesting. Anyone know anything about him?

 

[FireBird71]

Svechnikov with the Hat Trick tonight

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Svechnikov with the Hat Trick tonight

I expect this post to happen a lot this year.

 

[Martinez]

Svechnikov with the Hat Trick tonight

 

[Ingvar]

Actually, 6+2 in 6 games.

 

[ChadS]

Kirill Marchenko looks interesting. Anyone know anything about him?

Saw him a few times last season, looked really good and like a potential 1st rounder. Big, skilled and good skater.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Man if Detroit could land the #1 overall pick next year, It could be a tough decision on rather to draft either Dahlin or Svechnikov. But i would love to have that decision to make.

 

[Frk It]

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Saw him a few times last season, looked really good and like a potential 1st rounder. Big, skilled and good skater.

Thanks Chad.

 

[Martinez]

Well right now we are picking Akil Thomas with the 26th pick on tankathon. Kinda funny seeing Dallas, Nashville and San Jose picking top 3.

 

[SpookyTsuki]

Man if Detroit could land the #1 overall pick next year, It could be a tough decision on rather to draft either Dahlin or Svechnikov. But i would love to have that decision to make.

Doesn’t svechnikov play winger? That makes it a no brainer. It’s pretty easy even if he’s a center. 1D>1C

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Man if Detroit could land the #1 overall pick next year, It could be a tough decision on rather to draft either Dahlin or Svechnikov. But i would love to have that decision to make.

Not a tough choice, anybody that passes on Dahlin is going to look bad. I like Svechnikov a ton, but the #1 pick is Dahlin and for me that is a no contest kind of statement.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Not a tough choice, anybody that passes on Dahlin is going to look bad. I like Svechnikov a ton, but the #1 pick is Dahlin and for me that is a no contest kind of statement.

Totally agree if we're fortunate to get the #1 overall pick, You've to go with Rasmus Dahlin he's a left handed version of Erik Karlsson have to love that.

 

[Frk It]

Not a tough choice, anybody that passes on Dahlin is going to look bad. I like Svechnikov a ton, but the #1 pick is Dahlin and for me that is a no contest kind of statement.

I wonder if some team gets tripped up because of the track record of #1 selected defenseman in the past. It really isn't too great. Svech will provide earlier returns more than likely, and defenseman are considerably harder to project.

I think Dahlin will probably end up going #1, and is the right pick at #1, but I could see some teams being skeptical.

 

[Rzombo4 prez]

I wonder if some team gets tripped up because of the track record of #1 selected defenseman in the past. It really isn't too great. Svech will provide earlier returns more than likely, and defenseman are considerably harder to project.

I think Dahlin will probably end up going #1, and is the right pick at #1, but I could see some teams being skeptical.

I think that concern will be very muted because as good as Svech is, he is still a wing.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

This is kind of obvious, but it depends on how badly that team needs a winger. If Svechnikov fills a need, the fact that he's very, very likely to translate has got to be appealing to you. Dahlin is the better prospect, but defense is a riskier position to draft, and history is not on the side of teams taking defensemen so high. It's sort of like a more moderated version of the goalie effect, where teams would be extremely shy to draft a goalie in the top 5 because of the natural variation built into the development curve of that position. It certainly appears there's a lot less of that when it comes to drafting forwards, and wingers especially.

Obviously, if you're good on wingers, Dahlin is worth the gamble. But the reduction in uncertainty gained by drafting Svechnikov can be really attractive in the right circumstances, IMO. Which would never happen in Detroit, of course. We have wingers out the ears.

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Another wrinkle to the top pick is Detroit already has his brother.

Personally, at this point, I'd pick Dahlin.

 

[gretskidoo]

 

[Frk It]

Outside of the top ranked guys, here are some guys putting up some numbers so far...

OHL:
Allan McShane - 10 pts in 6 GP
Serron Noel RW - 8 pts in 6 GP
Pavel Gogolev RW - 7 pts in 7 GP
Riley Damiani C - 7 pts in 8 PG
Nathan Dunkley C - 6 pts in 6 GP

QMJHL
Noah Dobson D - 9 pts in 8 GP
Yegor Sokolov RW - 7 pts in 8 GP
Vladislav Kotkov LW - 7 pts in 7 GP
Xavier Bernard D - 5 pts in 6 GP

WHL
Cole Fonstad C/LW - 8 pts in 6 GP
Eric Florchuk C - 8 pts in 6 GP
Calen Addison D - 6 pts in 6 GP

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Outside of the top ranked guys, here are some guys putting up some numbers so far...

OHL:
Allan McShane - 10 pts in 6 GP
Serron Noel RW - 8 pts in 6 GP
Pavel Gogolev RW - 7 pts in 7 GP
Riley Damiani C - 7 pts in 8 PG
Nathan Dunkley C - 6 pts in 6 GP

QMJHL
Noah Dobson D - 9 pts in 8 GP
Yegor Sokolov RW - 7 pts in 8 GP
Vladislav Kotkov LW - 7 pts in 7 GP
Xavier Bernard D - 5 pts in 6 GP

WHL
Cole Fonstad C/LW - 8 pts in 6 GP
Eric Florchuk C - 8 pts in 6 GP
Calen Addison D - 6 pts in 6 GP

Damiani
Dobson
Addison

Players of interest.

 

[Reddwit]

Totally agree if we're fortunate to get the #1 overall pick, You've to go with Rasmus Dahlin he's a left handed version of Erik Karlsson have to love that.

I wouldn't even call Dahlin a variant of Karlsson. Dahlin's defensive awareness at his age/level is beyond solid. This is not just a new and improved version of Kylington/Liljegren. I'd argue that Dahlin is a lot more bankable than most highly ranked defenseman. You can't play the way he does without having something special going on upstairs. And his physical package doesn't scare either.

 

[Orthodox Caveman]

I'm not going to be happy until we pick Dahlin.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

I'm not going to be happy until we pick Dahlin.

Same here, Dahlin or bust.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

I wouldn't even call Dahlin a variant of Karlsson. Dahlin's defensive awareness at his age/level is beyond solid. This is not just a new and improved version of Kylington/Liljegren. I'd argue that Dahlin is a lot more bankable than most highly ranked defenseman. You can't play the way he does without having something special going on upstairs. And his physical package doesn't scare either.

Probably should've said that Rasmus Dahlin, Is a far superior version of Erik Karlsson at the very least.