Top 10 is loaded with good defenseman , I doubt anyone will trade down and we should still get a good player at 13 . I would love to see us move our second round pick up to a late first or early second rounder though . There’s a bit of a drop around 35-40 range .
Ya he should be on there . He is likely to be a major faller . Great stats but was playing with some pretty great players and watching his highlights he doesn’t look that good . Scores a lot of deflection , and wide open net goals .
What highlights are you watching? He isnt my first choice but he is a very solid choice at 13. He has a very good shot and is one of the smarter players that is likely available at our pick. Dude might pot open nets from time to time but straight up has the ability to beat an un screened goalie with a wrister and set up Wahlstrom for tap ins all year
His 2017-18 highlight video on YouTube . I’m not saying he’s bad but there’s a few guys I’d take at 13 before him. I think he will drop to mid to late teens .
Denisenko has unreal hands and skating , he probably has one of the highest ceilings in the draft and is being very Underlooked . The stars also have like zero right handed forwards in the system .
I wouldn’t mind him at 13 , ya his numbers are basically the same as guryanov but just the way he controls the puck , receives passes and his overall confidence you can tell is on another level . I really don’t see him falling to us in the second round .
theyre thin down the middle imo and even thinner on secondary scorers. He's drawing comparisons to Rantanen. Too good to pass up imo
That’s what a lot of people are saying and I think it’s mostly based on some scouting reports that knocked his skating saying he has heavy feet . He’s not lightning fast but he’s is still a good skater and not nearly as slow as he’s been made out to be . I went and watched several of the greyhounds playoff games just to check out Hayton and sandin and Hayton was the greyhounds most dominant player in every game . You could just tell he’s a special player and has that hockey sense that you can’t teach . But I also haven’t seen veleno live so he could very well be better than Hayton . Watching a player live up close you get a much better evaluation on them than through video or even on tv . So we have to trust the scouts that go and watch all these guys throughout the season .
Exactly , hockey iq is the the most important attribute far outweighing any other physical attributes like size , speed , shot etc. those things are good to have too but can be improved with time . I actually just seen an interview the other day where Craig button was suggesting Montreal should take Barrett Hayton with the 3rd pick . There’s zero chance that happens but button usually has a pretty good read on players .
