NHL Draft 2015

[Eye of Ra]

Players that should have a shot:


Oliver Kylington
Jens Lööke
Rasmus Andersson
Jacob Larsson
Robin Kovacs
Felix Sandström
Gustav Bouramman
Jesper Lindgren
Filip Ahl
Dmytro Timashov
Fredrik Forsberg
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson
Gustav Franzén
Henrik Törnqvist
Jonathan Léman
Joel Eriksson Ek
Adam Brodecki
Lawrence Pilut
Axel Eidstedt
Albin Runesson
Samuel Ward
etc

Will this be a good draft for Sweden or bad? Discuss...

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[joe89]

Looks about average, maybe 2-3 first rounders and 6-7 top60. Will be a better draft than last year a lot thanks to a number of strong lateborn -96 I'd say.

 

[ulvvf]

At the moment I dont see anyone that are as good as Nylander, but maybe Kylington or Timashov or someone can win me over at WJC 20. In the end I prefer 1-2 really good ones over 20 pretty good.

 

[romelson]

Maybe Sebastian Ohlsson has a shot.
Quick shifty forward. Scored 2 goals yesterday for Sweden U18, against USA.
Or maybe he's falls out due to size...

 

[Tormentor]

Any opinions about Jacob Larsson? Where do you see him going in the draft? How would you rank him among other Swedish D's in this draft?

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Early 2nd rounder

 

[pokerface1]

what are some opinions of Eriksson Ek? how does he compare to some other forward prospects like Looke and Ahl?

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

What a interesting draft coming up. Will Kylington drop out the 1st round? Joel Eriksson EK make his way into 1st round? How much did the poor U18's effect the draft eligible players?

 

[wings5]

After this season I have :

Eriksson Ek-late 1st
Kylington-late 1st
Carlsson-Early 2nd
Looke-Early 2nd
Ahl-mid 2nd
Larsson-mid-late 2nd

Then theres Andersson, Dahlstrom, Lindgren who could go as high as 2nd to as late as late rounds and theres the rest.

 

[VictorLustig]

Personally I think Larsson is the 2nd best player after Kylington.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Players invited to combine: Ahl, G.Carlsson, Eriksson Ek, Kovacs, Kylington, Lööke, J.Larsson, Lindgren, Sandström, R.Andersson, Bouramman, JFK

 

[Eye of Ra]

Viasat hockey will show the draft: http://bloggar.expressen.se/mrmadhawk/2015/06/18/viasat-hockey-visar-draften/

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

weak draft for swedish born players this year, only 15 players picked so far

 

[joe89]

Looks about average, maybe 2-3 first rounders and 6-7 top60. Will be a better draft than last year a lot thanks to a number of strong lateborn -96 I'd say.

Well, this happened. 3 first rounders, 7 top60. I don't think the total number is really of importance, after the first two rounds it's a crapshoot. Weird that only one Swede was picked in the 5th & 6th round combined though.

 

[VictorLustig]

Biggest surprise for me was Jonathan Davidsson going undrafted.

Average draft but it lacked the high end talent. Quite a few guys picked in the mid-late rounds have good upside though.

 

[B Boarding]

Biggest surprise for me was Jonathan Davidsson going undrafted.

Average draft but it lacked the high end talent. Quite a few guys picked in the mid-late rounds have good upside though.

I'm more surprised in Fredrik Forsberg not getting drafted. He "only" needs to address his skating, otherwise he is a very fine prospect. And skating issues seems in later years to be easier to address with new power skating coaches etc. I was 100% sure somebody would take a chance on him, especially given his bloodlines too.

 

[Exarz]

I'm more surprised in Fredrik Forsberg not getting drafted. He "only" needs to address his skating, otherwise he is a very fine prospect. And skating issues seems in later years to be easier to address with new power skating coaches etc. I was 100% sure somebody would take a chance on him, especially given his bloodlines too.

I am actually not surprised that he went undrafted! The J20 games I saw him play, he struggled way too much.