He’s going to Michigan which will definitely help iron out his game. I think his tools will keep him at center. He may end up being much better than advertised losing time in development with shoulder injury. I like taking either a natural C or D with our first pick. Good size, excellent skater, and a Righty too.
What did you think about Buttons latest rankings?
Button is funny. I don’t get the sense that he puts in the time to dig deep on all these guys the way some other draftniks do, so you get weird results where he falls for certain guys. Like no way would i expect to see Parekh and buium as top 4 picks over levshunov and Dickinson, but if button loves a guy that means a lot more to me than if wheeler does, even if his overall rankings are odd.
This year is almost comical wondering which defenseman will all the sudden be a first round pick. Fibigr??? Also has Catton at 5’10”. He does look small.
he got suspended for allegedly targeting an opponent who had injured a teammate. seem to recall allegations that he put bounty on someone's head? not saying don't draft him, because i don't expect 18 yo kids to never do stupid things, but it wasn't just an ill-advised social media post. he tried to extract revenge on another player. i would want a level of confidence that he has learned lesson and can keep his temper in check, that he wasn't a hot head who would put us at a disadvantage.
Easily second. If Chicago somehow gets Celebrini...I'm gonna be pissed.
yes. i'm thinking based on where we are likely to be picking, a forward is likely to be top guy on board in 1st but we have 2 2nds and this is really good draft to be able to get high potential (but rawer) d in 2nd (fischer, gill, kleber, maybe the usndtp guys...). i don't think there is much dropoff between late teens and 50 (but there is big drop after top 8-10 guys).
I watched USNTP vs Dubuque. Great game. Emery and Skahan look like players on D. Hensler was really good also. Hagens was the best player on the ice. Inside top 5 for sure. No one else really stood out other than Eiserman offensively that I noticed. It was a track meet all night. Both teams can really skate. Reeder was Dubuques best player. Pahlssen is really good.
| 2023-24 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | USHL | 57 | 34 | 28 | 62 | 86 | 7 |
| Brantford Bulldogs | OHL | 68 | 36 | 46 | 82 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| U.S. National Development Team | USHL | 25 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 28 | -2 |
Those are all nice players and good value picks, and boisvert is I think realistic and desirable option for us in 1st, but would be quite disappointing to not get a d with any of our first 3 picks.
Honestly, my biggest problem would be with the 49 pick(Charlie Elick still on the board).
I wouldn’t take Bednarik until the 5th round or later. He really isn’t that impressive watching him. The other two would be exceptional picks if you could get both. I don’t see it short of a trade. Van may go first round.
He is interesting. Good size, nice physical package, not flashy. Seems like he could be nice middle 6 center, one of those guys whose role on ntdp doesn’t put him in offensive role that he would get on most junior teams.
I don’t disagree with you, but am I going to pass on Pettersson, Vuollet, Erickson, Koivu, Villenueve, Bouillard, to name a few to take him? Never mind the D left on the board. Not at all. Dubuque could skate with them. Good game to watch when not cruising against a lesser opponent.
Ya I think #16 would be the highest spot we could have as the other 16 teams make the playoff. If we pick #17th we would be in the playoffs.
