I was afraid that this thread wouldn't go as deep into personal recommendations exactly for the reason you gave. A lot of you have lists that you won't share on account of your Fake Drafting Water Buffalo Lodge Extravaganza that you're participating in with other HFers and you'd all like to win the big prize, which is .001% greater storage for your HF PM account.
Please tell us when you're holding your fake draft so we can finally get a handle on what you are all really advocating.
In all seriousness, my list probably isn’t far off from others. I think we all like the same groups of kids albeit maybe in different positions. Here’s my top-3 and I am hoping we get at least 1 of them with one of our four second rounders, barring a trade of course.
1. Dellandrea - one of the better centers in the draft. An all situations type of guy, strong work ethic (read: character). Very skilled overall and I think a steal if we can get him.
2. Sandin - great IQ, good offensive instincts. His skating and size is what I think will keep him in the second round, but he seemed to make some progression in this area since coming to the Soo.
3. Hillis - skilled, good skating and playmaking ability. I only started looking into him more past 2 months and I’m pretty impressed with what I’ve seen. Good enough to be my second favorite forward potentially around in the second.
Other notables for me are, in order, Berggren, Alexeyev, Hallander, McLaughlin and Fonstad.