HF Habs: Mock Early Birds (Draft Has Started)

[ProspectsFanatic]

The prospect so nice you drafted him twice.

I will look twice a genius in a couple of years

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Hey @Gobias you have 55 minutes to draft before you're autoed.

 

[G0bias]

Minnesota Wild select from the Kitchener Rangers, Riley Damiani.

@Habs76 is up

 

[MarkovsKnee]

@Habs76 you going to make your last pick? 1 hour to auto.

 

[Habs76]

select RW German Grachyov from Almaz Cherepovets, MHL

 

[Habs76]

@le_sean OTC

 

[Habs76]

picks:

Round 1, pick 21: C/RW Dominik Bokk, Vaxjo Lakers HC J20, SuperElit -- Germany
Round 4, pick 114: C Mathias Emilio Pettersen, Muskegon Lumberjacks, USHL -- Norway
Round 5, pick 145: F Liam Kirk, Sheffield Steelers, EIHL -- England
Round 6, pick 176: D William Worge Kreu, Linkoping HC J20, SuperElit -- Sweden
Round 6, pick 183: C Austin Wong, Okotoks Oilers, AJHL -- Canada
Round 7, pick 207: RW German Grachyov, Almaz Cherepovets, MHL -- Russia

Covered 6 countries and 5 leagues with 6 picks

 

[G0bias]

1 (20) Nils Lundkvist
2 (51) Danila Zhuravlyov
3 (64) Jay O’Brien
5 (144) Nico Gross
5 (149) Jerry Turkulainen
6 (175) Einar Emanuelsson
7 (205) Riley Damiani


3 (82) Kyle Topping
4 (94) Kirill Marchenko

 

[le_sean]

With the 208th pick, the St. Louis Blues select defenceman Jordan Harris of the USHL.

@NotProkofievian on the clock!

Great draft everyone.

 

[le_sean]

St. Louis Blues 2018 draft

27. St. Louis Blues: Jacob Olofsson (C) - Timra IK (Sweden)
53. St. Louis Blues: Cole Fonstad (C) - Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
84. St. Louis Blues: Jack Drury (C) - Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL)
115. St. Louis Blues: Riley Stotts (C) - Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
146. St.Louis Blues: Santeri Salmela (D) - KooKoo Liga (Finland)
177. St. Louis Blues: Sean Comrie (D) - Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL)
208. St.Louis Blues: Jordan Harris (D) - Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)

Average draft for an average team!

Seriously though, tried to find some offence at first then shifted my focus to defenders that dropped.

 

[The Great Weal]

St. Louis Blues 2018 draft



Average draft for an average team!

They got Robert "Wayne Gretzky" Thomas coming up, so it's all good.

 

[Mrb1p]

St. Louis Blues 2018 draft



Average draft for an average team!

Seriously though, tried to find some offence at first then shifted my focus to defenders that dropped.

It's a good draft I'd say, but not much upside, imo.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Well, only 9 more picks to go! OP has been updated.

@NotProkofievian you're up for Dallas. Make your final pick.

 

[NotProkofievian]

select, from the Oakville Blades of the OJHL, Matthew Kellenberger

@Pompeius Magnus

 

[NotProkofievian]

My drafts are done.



Vitali Kravtsov
Jacob Ragnarsson
Martin Fehervary
Samuel Fagemo
Tyler Weiss
Nikita Rtishchev
Christian Lindberg
Matthew Kellenberger



Arttu Nevasaari
Patrick Khodorenko

There's only a couple players that I drafted that I really believe in. Those would be Kravtsov and Ragnarsson. Throughout the draft I left players to try to get them to wheel. Given that we allowed trades I probably should have moved up to cut off @ProspectsFanatic who sniped me twice. Utunen and Foudy are fantastic picks where he made them. There were also some oversights in the later rounds. Christian Lindberg over Justin Almeida? Anderson MacDonald?

Decent practice draft considering the value of my picks, but it could have been better.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

With the 210th pick, the Pittsburgh Penguins select, from Krasnaya Armiya Moskva of the MHL, defenseman Alexander Romanov . @MasterMatt25 is on the clock.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

That's it for the Pens.
55.:David Gustafsson
65.:Linus Nyman
127.Scott Perunivich
148.Ryan Chyzowski
179. Jeremi Gerber
210:Alexander Romanov
In retrospect I did reach a little in the middle on a couple re-entries I happen to like but all told the talent level is pretty decent for a lot of late picks. I'll have to do my homework on the Russian contingent .

 

[MasterMatt25]

@Pompeius Magnus up next

Washington selects Cedric Desruisseaux

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

With the 212th pick, the Toronto Maple Leafs select, from the Cap Breton Screaming Eagles of the QMJHL, forward Mathias Laferriere. @sandviper is up next.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

The Leafs are done for the draft.
26.:Jared McIsaac- AUTO
52.: Patrick Giles-AUTO
83.:Jacob Bernard - Docker
119.Samuel Bucek
150.Severi Lahtinen
205.Paul Cotter
212.Mathias Laferriere
I'm fairly happy, decent potential all around.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Only 5 picks left.

@sandviper make your last pick.

 

[sandviper]

With Winnipeg's last pick, the Jets select Robert Arrak (C/RW) from Kiekko-Vantaa (Mestis).

Summary:
#58: Blade Jenkins (C/LW) - Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
#89: Nando Eggenberger (LW) - HC Davos (NLA)
#151: Kirill Nizhnikov (RW) - Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
#153: Justus Annunen (G) - Karpat SM Liga (Finland)
#182: Max Crozier (D) - Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL)
#213: Robert Arrak (C/RW) - Kiekko-Vantaa (Mestis)

@ProspectsFanatic Nashville is up.

 

[ProspectsFanatic]

The traditional annual mock draft selection;
Veini Vehvilainen
Not particularly excited about him, but I can't find anyone else who I believe has somewhat of an NHL upside.

Draft completed;
(1) 13.: Bode Wilde (D) - USNTDP (USHL) - 6'2"
(1) 15.: Ryan Merkley (D) - Guelph Storm (OHL) - 5'11"
(2) 44.: Bulat Shafigullin (F) - Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik (KHL) - 6'1"
(2) 46.: Jan Jenik (LW) - HC Benatky nad Jizerou (Czech2) - 6'1"
(3) 75. Liam Foudy (C) - London Knights (OHL) - 6'0"
(4) 106. Curtis Douglas (C) - Windsor Spitfires (OHL) - 6'8"
(5) 132. Justin Brazeau (RW) - North Bay Battalion (OHL) - 6'6"
(5) 137. Toni Utunen (D) - LeKi (Mestis) - 5'11"
(5) 152. Olivier Rodrigue (G) - Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) - 6'1"
(6) 172. Michal Kvasnica (LW/RW) - HC Frydek-Mistek (Czech2) - 6'1"
(7) 190. Shawn Boudrias (RW) - Gatineau (LHJMQ) - 6'5"
(7) 203. Pavel Shen (F) - Mamonty - Yugry (Russia) - 6'1"
(7) 214. Veini Vehvilainen (G) - Kärpät (Liiga) - 6'0"

I like my draft overall, lot of size as I like to go for, good skaters in the average size ones. A lot of overagers with the later picks which is surprising because it usually isn't my style of pick.

Shafigullin and Foudy are the selections which I am the most pleased about, and I am glad I am the one taking a chance on Douglas, will be interesting to follow how he will develop. Like the guys I got in the 5th too.

Retroactively I would pick Kravtsov with one of the first rounders, it someone I always had high on my list, but with how he is performing in the playoff he is moving in my top10 (more bragging rights for @NotProkofievian). Otherwise, Carl Wassenius is a player which went under my radar which seems like a very solid selection to me.

Thank you to @MarkovsKnee for his contribution to the draft

 

[MarkovsKnee]

And.... we're down to the final 3.

@Treb @WeThreeKings

Who's picking for Boston?

 

[The Great Weal]

Otherwise, Carl Wassenius is a player which went under my radar which seems like a very solid selection to me.

Happy with that pick, but I really wanted Linus Karlsson instead.