Sleeper Picks in Each Round Of This Year's Draft

[haelwho]

It's pronounced kind of like "sim-yon" yeah. But like I said, pronunciation has never really mattered when it comes to spelling names in North America, nor should it. Like has already been said, the reason the Capitals are spelling it that way is to be politically correct, I guess.

Indeed, but regardless, it seems everyone already has it at Semen and it's pretty hard to change all those articles and whatnot, so I don't really see it changing anytime soon.

 

[Talent Analyst]

1-Kessel
2-Maxwell
3-Aaron Snow
4-Oskar Osala
5-Valentenko
6-Sergei Shirikov
7-Andrei Popov


But Danis-Pepin will be a big one too

 

[Redwingsfan]

It's funny how many people are misspelling Simeon Varlamov's name

hockeydb says semen.

 

[Redwingsfan]

well there is a lot of guys here saying evgeny malkin, but it is evgeni

 

[Whitesnake]

Disregarding my team's picks:

1- Denis Persson HM: Berglund, Summers
2- Williams HM: Matthias, Kulemin
3- Ahnelov HM: Armstrong, Lagerstrom
4- Shutron HM: Carpentier, Reimer
5- Latal HM: Chaput, Daniels
6- Walker HM: Shirokov, Dudas
7- Breault HM: Didiomete, Popov

 

[Kevin Forbes]

Big fan of the Matt Marquardt pick by Columbus in the 7th round. He's definitely a project, but the tools are there for him to become a regular at the NHL level.

 

[studley49]

1) Claude Giroux, HM: Bob Sanguinetti
2) Alexander Vasyunov, HM: Simon Danis-Pepin
3) Vladmir Zharkov, HM: Robin Figren
4) Bobby Hughes, HM: Korbinian Holzer
5) Alex Biega, HM: Robert Nyholm
6) Jan-Mikael Juutilainen, HM: Alexander Bumagin
7) Andrei Popov, HM: Benjamin Breault

 

[Pothier]

I'll do up to 5:

1. Giroux, HM: Frolik
2. Vasyunov, HM: Joensuu
3. Daugavins, HM: Marchand
4. Berra, HM: Shutron
5. Valentenko, HM: Chaput

 

[Dominator13]

Wow, based on this assessment, the Habs did well, especially given that they were weakest on defense.

funny part is for me that before opening this pâge the first guy that came to mind was Ryan White.

 

[Rookie Chargers]

funny part is for me that before opening this pâge the first guy that came to mind was Ryan White.

White was picked in every round

 

[Superfly Jimmy Snuka]

even being a Leafs fan I think the Habs made a good pick getting Maxwell

 

[Dominator13]

White was picked in every round

what are you talking about? i ment that for a third round draft pick, White could become very usefull down the road

even being a Leafs fan I think the Habs made a good pick getting Maxwell

especially if he buckels up and grows a few inches, if he become a 6'3 to 6'5, 200 to 215 pound player( his brother is a 6'8 basket-ball player), with the talent and speed he has he can become something big for us, or atleast i'm hoping

 

[Hedberg]

Not a misspelling at all. It looks like it's just the Capitals that feel like spelling it Simeon, which is pretty lame, in my opinion.

Do you really blame them?

 

[hfboardsuser]

1. Claude Giroux
2. Jamie McBain
3. Daniel Larsson, Kaspars Daugavins.
4. Derrick LaPoint, Reto Berra, Ben Shutron.
5. Pavel Valentenko
6. Jan-Mikael Juutilain, Alexander Bumagin, Sergei Shirokov.
7. Logan Pyett

 

[Rookie Chargers]

what are you talking about? i ment that for a third round draft pick, White could become very usefull down the road

Did you read the title?

 

[NewHabsEra*]

Valentenko seems to be highly regarded.. Im a Habs fan and never seen him play.. Could someone give me a little report on the guy plz?

 

[shaner8989]

1- Denis Persson HM: Kessel
2- Maxwell HM: Joensuu, Kulemin and Matthias
3- Kaspars Daugavins
4- Reto Berra HM: James Reimer
5- Latal HM: Robert Nyholm
6- Bugamin
7- Breault

 

[GSK*]

1- Kyle Okposo
2- Ben Maxwell HM: Mike Weber
3- Ryan White HM: Vladimir Zharkov
4- James Reimer
5- Alex Biega
6- Alexander Bumagin
7- ???

 

[Alexj4x*]

You guys actually follow enough hockey to be able to answer such a question...

I mean, even an nhl scout would have trouble answering who's the steal in the 7th round

As soon as we get in the second round, i'm pretty much lost

I mean, how many games of junior hockey you guys listen to a year exactly, and what kind of crazy satellite system you have to be able to watch them all

 

[Rookie Chargers]

You guys actually follow enough hockey to be able to answer such a question...

I mean, even an nhl scout would have trouble answering who's the steal in the 7th round

As soon as we get in the second round, i'm pretty much lost

I mean, how many games of junior hockey you guys listen to a year exactly, and what kind of crazy satellite system you have to be able to watch them all

Less than the NHL, that how many games we watch. What you say could be applied to any post reflecting opinions.
If one watches Midget AAA games can they give an opinion .

Did you stub your toe on the foot of your bed this morning .

 

[Geese_Howard*]

my leaf hating buddy has stated that reimer and kumelin(sp?) are steals for the leafs, I was surprised especially coming from him.

 

[A Good Flying Bird*]

1: Mark Mitera
2: Joensue, Nigel Williams
3: Ahnelov
4: Berra, Kevin Montgomery,
5: Robert Nyholm, Niko Hovinen
6: Shirokov, Bumagin, Ryan Flynn, Jan Mursak
7: Hellstrom, Oslund, Sauer, Pyett, Popov

 

[Dr_Hook]

Valentenko seems to be highly regarded.. Im a Habs fan and never seen him play.. Could someone give me a little report on the guy plz?

I'd love to read that answer too. The only thing I know about this guy is Timmins hope he's gonna be an Emelin clone and our russian scout thought we should pick him as early as second round.

He's picked by a bunch of people as a steal in this thread; anybody who's seen this guy play, please give us a little inside ?

 

[KH1]

1) Trevor Lewis, HM Michael Grabner

-Lewis is gonna be an excellent player IMO, I was hoping against hope that he would fall to the Isles.​

2) Yuri Alexandrov, HM Ben Maxwell

-I would've chosen Maxwell but he's been picked by just about everybody in this thread so he's not much of a sleeper apparently. Alexandrov would've been a first rounder IMO if there weren't transfer issues--they limited the scouting on him.​

3) Kevin Quick, HM Aaron Snow

-Like Maxwell, Snow isn't apparently much of a sleeper around these parts. Quick has a lot of potential to be a difference maker IMO.​

4) Rhett Rakhshani, HM Ben Shutron

-I know I wasn't supposed to pick a player from my team, but I think that Rakhshani is one of the great sleepers in the NHL, let alone round four of this year's draft.​

5) Robert Nyholm, HM Alex Biega

-Nyholm is a power forward trapped in Jason Blake's body. He plays with power though and is going to be a tough NHLer.​

6) Jan-Mikael Juutilainen, HM Eric Hunter

-Juutilainen is a pretty safe bet to make the NHL in some capacity IMO, which is not bad for the 6th round.​

7) Billy Sauer, HM Andrei Popov

-Sauer will be the best goalie from this class, mark my words.​

 

[burgundynblue]

steal of draft will be Kaspars Daugavins.

Has to be. In his first 2 preseason games in the OHL Daugavins scored 5 points (3+2), helping his team St. Michael’s Majors tie the game against Erie Otters (4:4) and win Peterborough Petes (5:4).

Not a bad start, will see how he performs over the course of the season.