The city still hasn't been awarded, and the 2017 draft just ended, but I think it's time to start talking about next year's draft!
Obviously there's a lot that can change in 12 months, seeing how every year there seems to be a guy or 3 who everyone believes will be in contention for #1, then falls down the rankings, sometimes well out of the 1st round.
With that in mind, here are some prospects to keep an eye on for next year's draft (in alphabetical order, by position):
Center
Burzan, Luka - C
Dellandrea, Ty - C
Foudy, Liam - C
Groulx, Benoit-Olivier - C
Khovanov, Alexander - C
Kotkaniemi, Jesperi - C
Kravtsov, Vitali - C/W
Kupari, Rasmus - C
Hallander, Filip - C/RW
Hayton, Barrett - C
Lauko, Jakub - C/LW
Lilja, David - C
Lunderstrom, Isac - C/LW
Marchenko, Kirill - C/W
McBain, Jack - C
McLeod, Ryan - C
McShane, Allan - C
Olofsson, Jacob - C
Stevens, Sam - C/W
Tkachuk, Brady - C/LW
Thomas, Akil - C
Veleno, Joe - C
Wahlstrom, Oliver - C/RW
Wassenius, Carl - C
Wernblom, Lukas - C/LW
Wise, Jake - C
Zavgorodny, Dmitri - C/W
Wing
Denisenko, Grigori - LW
Eggenberger, Nando - LW/RW
Farabee, Joel - LW
Levin, David - LW/RW
MacDonald, Anderson - LW
Svechnikov, Andrei - RW --- SEER's post w/video
Ylonen, Jesse - RW
Zadina, Filip - LW
Defence
Addison, Calen - RHD
Bahl, Kevin - LHD
Boqvist, Adam - RHD
Bouchard, Evan - RHD
Bouchard, Xavier - RHD
Dahlin, Rasmus - LHD --- SEER's Post w/video
Emberson, Ty - RHD
Hughes, Quinn - LHD
McIsaac, Jared - LHD
Merkley, Ryan - RHD
Miller, K'Andre - LHD
Samuelsson, Mattias - LHD
Smith, Ty - LHD
Vallati, Giovanni - LHD
Wilde, Bode - RHD
Woo, Jett - RHD
Goalie
Dostal, Lukas - G
Gravel, Alexis - G
Ingram, Jacob - G
Kooy, Jordan - G
Skarek, Jakub - G
Again, a lot will change in the next 12 months, and some of these guys might not even get drafted, but right now they're prospects who look intriguing given their D-1 seasons. There's a few in there that look like real promising picks and will be fun to follow this upcoming season.
Obviously there's a lot that can change in 12 months, seeing how every year there seems to be a guy or 3 who everyone believes will be in contention for #1, then falls down the rankings, sometimes well out of the 1st round.
With that in mind, here are some prospects to keep an eye on for next year's draft (in alphabetical order, by position):
Center
Burzan, Luka - C
Dellandrea, Ty - C
Foudy, Liam - C
Groulx, Benoit-Olivier - C
Khovanov, Alexander - C
Kotkaniemi, Jesperi - C
Kravtsov, Vitali - C/W
Kupari, Rasmus - C
Hallander, Filip - C/RW
Hayton, Barrett - C
Lauko, Jakub - C/LW
Lilja, David - C
Lunderstrom, Isac - C/LW
Marchenko, Kirill - C/W
McBain, Jack - C
McLeod, Ryan - C
McShane, Allan - C
Olofsson, Jacob - C
Stevens, Sam - C/W
Tkachuk, Brady - C/LW
Thomas, Akil - C
Veleno, Joe - C
Wahlstrom, Oliver - C/RW
Wassenius, Carl - C
Wernblom, Lukas - C/LW
Wise, Jake - C
Zavgorodny, Dmitri - C/W
Wing
Denisenko, Grigori - LW
Eggenberger, Nando - LW/RW
Farabee, Joel - LW
Levin, David - LW/RW
MacDonald, Anderson - LW
Svechnikov, Andrei - RW --- SEER's post w/video
Ylonen, Jesse - RW
Zadina, Filip - LW
Defence
Addison, Calen - RHD
Bahl, Kevin - LHD
Boqvist, Adam - RHD
Bouchard, Evan - RHD
Bouchard, Xavier - RHD
Dahlin, Rasmus - LHD --- SEER's Post w/video
Emberson, Ty - RHD
Hughes, Quinn - LHD
McIsaac, Jared - LHD
Merkley, Ryan - RHD
Miller, K'Andre - LHD
Samuelsson, Mattias - LHD
Smith, Ty - LHD
Vallati, Giovanni - LHD
Wilde, Bode - RHD
Woo, Jett - RHD
Goalie
Dostal, Lukas - G
Gravel, Alexis - G
Ingram, Jacob - G
Kooy, Jordan - G
Skarek, Jakub - G
Again, a lot will change in the next 12 months, and some of these guys might not even get drafted, but right now they're prospects who look intriguing given their D-1 seasons. There's a few in there that look like real promising picks and will be fun to follow this upcoming season.
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