Time to fire up the draft talk for 2018. Rasmus Dahlin is the early top dog, LHD already playing in the SEL with Frölunda HC. Andrei Svechnikov tore up the USHL as a 17-year old.
Quinton Hughes is pint sized, but very skill, off to Big Blue this fall and USNTDP teammate Brady Tkachuk has some buzz already too.
Figured we may as well kick this off. Dahlin looks like the early favorite for #1 overall, but that also opens him up to the perils of overscouting. It'll be interesting to see how this shakes out. Early lists have a variety of quality defensemen toward the top, but that too is also likely to change as it does every year as players rise and others stagnate.
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BG's order update:
1. BUF
2. CAR
3. MTL
4. OTT
5. ARI
6. DET
7. VAN
8. CHI
9. NYR
10. EDM
11. NYI
12. NYI (from CGY)
13. DAL
14. PHI (from STL)
15. FLA
16. COL
17. NJD
18. CBJ
19. PHI
20. LA
^^As of 30-April, order 1st thru 20th is set, pending any trades.
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21. SJ* [will pick 21st if lose vs. LVK, otherwise will pick 28th or later]
22. OTT* (from PIT*) [will pick 21st or 22nd if lose vs. WAS; otherwise will pick 28th or later]
23. ANA# [will pick between 21st - 23rd]
24. MIN# [will pick between 21st - 24th]
25. TOR# [will pick between 23rd - 25th]
26. NYR* (from BOS*) [will pick 24th - 26th, or 28th or later, but can't pick 27th]
27. STL% (from WPG)
28. WAS%
29. DET% (from LVK)
30. NYR% (from TBL)
31. CHI% (from NSH)
32. BUF
Teams currently without a Rd1 2018 pick (in reverse order of final standings points):
CGY
PIT
LVK
BOS
TBL
WPG
NSH
Quinton Hughes is pint sized, but very skill, off to Big Blue this fall and USNTDP teammate Brady Tkachuk has some buzz already too.
Figured we may as well kick this off. Dahlin looks like the early favorite for #1 overall, but that also opens him up to the perils of overscouting. It'll be interesting to see how this shakes out. Early lists have a variety of quality defensemen toward the top, but that too is also likely to change as it does every year as players rise and others stagnate.
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BG's order update:
1. BUF
2. CAR
3. MTL
4. OTT
5. ARI
6. DET
7. VAN
8. CHI
9. NYR
10. EDM
11. NYI
12. NYI (from CGY)
13. DAL
14. PHI (from STL)
15. FLA
16. COL
17. NJD
18. CBJ
19. PHI
20. LA
^^As of 30-April, order 1st thru 20th is set, pending any trades.
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21. SJ* [will pick 21st if lose vs. LVK, otherwise will pick 28th or later]
22. OTT* (from PIT*) [will pick 21st or 22nd if lose vs. WAS; otherwise will pick 28th or later]
23. ANA# [will pick between 21st - 23rd]
24. MIN# [will pick between 21st - 24th]
25. TOR# [will pick between 23rd - 25th]
26. NYR* (from BOS*) [will pick 24th - 26th, or 28th or later, but can't pick 27th]
27. STL% (from WPG)
28. WAS%
29. DET% (from LVK)
30. NYR% (from TBL)
31. CHI% (from NSH)
32. BUF
Teams currently without a Rd1 2018 pick (in reverse order of final standings points):
CGY
PIT
LVK
BOS
TBL
WPG
NSH
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