StevenToddIves
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I'll work on one for Seeley soon...quite high on his as a possible mid-round pick for us.
As for Simoneau, I'm certainly torn. I think he's done enough this season to get himself into the late-round pick discussion. He plays much bigger than his frame and led his team in points by almost 30 points. (Granted, Dawson Mercer got traded mid-season from the team to Chicoutimi). My guess is that a team picks him no earlier than the 6th round. He is a tenacious leader on the ice and has some good skill, but he's definitely tough to project at the pro level because of the way he scores his goals...since his shot isn't all that strong he needs to get close to the net to score and given his frame there could be a limiting factor. That being said, if he makes it to the NHL, I think he'll be a fan-favorite because he will have scratched and clawed his way to the show.
Thanks for doing Seeley, I had a feeling he'd be a sleeper you were hip to.
I like Simoneau, but sometimes I am guilty of becoming enamored with prospects to the degree that I find myself constantly envisioning their best case scenario, and thus over-ranking them. I just explained on a different Devils thread something about K'Andre Miller -- whom I am still high on, but I clearly over-ranked at #10 overall. Then again, sometimes you need to stick with your instincts -- I took a lot of crap for ranking consensus second-rounder Denis Gurianov at #9 overall in 2015, and I'm starting g to look pretty good for that right now.