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Red Line's list of the top draft-eligible prospects for the NHL's 2007 Entry Draft in Columbus on June 22-23
No. Player Pos. Height/Weight Shoots DOB 2006-07 team
1. Pat Kane LW 5-10/167 L 11/19/88 London
2. Jakub Voracek RW 6-1/178 L 8/15/89 Halifax
3. Kyle Turris RW 6-0/170 R 8/14/89 Burnaby
4. Karl Alzner D 6-2/210 L 9/24/88 Calgary
5. James van Riemsdyk LW 6-3/198 L 5/4/89 U.S. NTDP U-18
6. Sam Gagner C 5-10/187 R 8/10/89 London
7. Logan Couture C 6-0/191 L 3/3/89 Ottawa
8. Zach Hamill C 5-11/182 R 9/23/88 Everett
9. Ian Cole D 6-1/209 L 2/21/89 U.S. NTDP U-18
10. Ryan McDonagh D 6-1/200 L 6/13/89 Cretin-Derham Hall
Rising:
Lars Eller — Came up huge for Frölunda in Championship of Swedish Junior playoffs, then has a goal and three assists for Denmark to open the World U-18 B pool championships. Great combination of the three S's: size, skating ability and stickhandling.
Brendan Smith— Everybody's been slagging on him all year for not dominating in the Tier II ranks. Well, he sure looked pretty dominant at both ends to us in the playoffs.
Taylor Matson— Meant to get him on this list last month. Missed some time due to injury and is flying a bit under the radar, but he's got skill and skating ability.
Simon Lacroix — Shawinigan went out four straight in the playoffs, but he showed well and also put up a lot of points down the stretch.
Ian Cole— Other than Karl Alazner, we haven't seen a steadier, more consistent or better all-around defenseman all year. And still, nobody talks about him.
Falling:
Alexei Cherepanov— This dog will be a coach killer. Has a Nikolai Zherdev attitude, but with a lesser skill level — that's a bad combination.
Jens Hellgren— He's such a tease. Has everything necessary to be a top 20 pick – but never seems to put it all together for more than a shift or two. Then he's right back to Mr. Invisible.
Tyson Sexsmith— Has always run extremely hot and cold, and wow… was he ever cold in the first round of the playoffs. Just awful, looking completely baffled.
Keven Veilleux— Showed the same problem in the playoffs as he did all regular season – a curious lack of passion. Somebody needs to tell the big fellow it's time to wake up now. Then, he separated a shoulder at the World U-18s to end his season.
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Red Line's list of the top draft-eligible prospects for the NHL's 2007 Entry Draft in Columbus on June 22-23
No. Player Pos. Height/Weight Shoots DOB 2006-07 team
1. Pat Kane LW 5-10/167 L 11/19/88 London
2. Jakub Voracek RW 6-1/178 L 8/15/89 Halifax
3. Kyle Turris RW 6-0/170 R 8/14/89 Burnaby
4. Karl Alzner D 6-2/210 L 9/24/88 Calgary
5. James van Riemsdyk LW 6-3/198 L 5/4/89 U.S. NTDP U-18
6. Sam Gagner C 5-10/187 R 8/10/89 London
7. Logan Couture C 6-0/191 L 3/3/89 Ottawa
8. Zach Hamill C 5-11/182 R 9/23/88 Everett
9. Ian Cole D 6-1/209 L 2/21/89 U.S. NTDP U-18
10. Ryan McDonagh D 6-1/200 L 6/13/89 Cretin-Derham Hall
Rising:
Lars Eller — Came up huge for Frölunda in Championship of Swedish Junior playoffs, then has a goal and three assists for Denmark to open the World U-18 B pool championships. Great combination of the three S's: size, skating ability and stickhandling.
Brendan Smith— Everybody's been slagging on him all year for not dominating in the Tier II ranks. Well, he sure looked pretty dominant at both ends to us in the playoffs.
Taylor Matson— Meant to get him on this list last month. Missed some time due to injury and is flying a bit under the radar, but he's got skill and skating ability.
Simon Lacroix — Shawinigan went out four straight in the playoffs, but he showed well and also put up a lot of points down the stretch.
Ian Cole— Other than Karl Alazner, we haven't seen a steadier, more consistent or better all-around defenseman all year. And still, nobody talks about him.
Falling:
Alexei Cherepanov— This dog will be a coach killer. Has a Nikolai Zherdev attitude, but with a lesser skill level — that's a bad combination.
Jens Hellgren— He's such a tease. Has everything necessary to be a top 20 pick – but never seems to put it all together for more than a shift or two. Then he's right back to Mr. Invisible.
Tyson Sexsmith— Has always run extremely hot and cold, and wow… was he ever cold in the first round of the playoffs. Just awful, looking completely baffled.
Keven Veilleux— Showed the same problem in the playoffs as he did all regular season – a curious lack of passion. Somebody needs to tell the big fellow it's time to wake up now. Then, he separated a shoulder at the World U-18s to end his season.