Suzuki is ranked 12th by Bob McKenzie, dear god I hope he falls he's a likely 60 point player.
Also take it how you like but so far Flames social media pages have done two previews on draft players. Foote and Poehling in the first post of Footes video they mentioned he was ranked 12th by ISS and then skiped the next two players and went to 15th for Poehling. Both of whom are in Buttons top 15.
To follow this up they still haven't previewed any other players... I'd bet on one of these two as our pick unless one of the top 10, Liljegren or Suzuki falls. So I thought I'd update my thoughts on our 4 most likely picks imo.
Suzuki: It would be awesome if he fell and I do think there is a legitimate chance that happens. He's really good; I think he is a good bet to make the NHL and has high upside. Someone on the prospect board compared him to Arvidsson he needs to improve his skating but he has the talent to be a 60 point player. I haven't really had any changed thoughts on him he's still underrated in this draft and should be a first liner for whoever picks him.
Liljegren: I like him more than I liked Kylington in his draft year. Kylington to me has a problem with skating himself into trouble and I don't think Liljegren does. He's awesome at finding the right route to take to gain the zone. I'm also not all that worried about the defensive side of his game he is adept at stopping players from entering the zone with his great skating ability the only time he might struggle would be when he's forced to guard a player in front of the net, because he's simply not big enough yet. I doubt he'll be the next Erik Karlsson because that would mean he's the best D-man in the NHL but I have no issue thinking he could be a bigger better defensively Tyson Barrie.
Foote: He's big and good defensively however I don't think he has as much offensive upside as most do. I do think he's a good bet to make the NHL in a middle pairing role with the upside of a top pairing player. He's been compared to Weber and it's a fair comparison for his max upside they play similarly and were both Kelowna Rockets. I think he's most likely to end up more around Hamonic level which to me is right between a 3 and a 4 D-man. A rockets fan said that this year he seemed less dynamic than last year and questioned if it was due to the coaching changed, so maybe he has more offensive upside than I gave him credit for. The Flames compared him to Seth Jones which seems off to me, Jones is a good skater at any size where as Callan is only good for his size. Jones also had shown much more offensive upside in Junior, however I think Foote is better defensively.
Poehling: I tabbed this guy as a Flames pick couple of months back. He has really good hands for tipping the puck but there's very little video on him at all. I've heard that when he's at his best he is dominant. He's also already finished his first year of college so I'm wondering will he be a UFA in three years? The Flames compared him to Travis Zajac and said that despite maybe not having #1C upside they felt he could be a really good #2C.