Your 2006 draft board

[GKJ]

I was wondering what people's draft board is, now just 3 months from the draft, there is not much more opportunity to move up drastically.


This is how I see it based on uneducated guesses I see around, I would apprectiate it if people could go further than this. Perhaps some of the more educated people can go a while with this.


1. Erik Johnson
2. Phil Kessel
3. Johnathan Toews
4. Michael Frolik
5. Peter Mueller
6. Jordan Staal
7. Nicklas Backstrom
8. James Sheppard
9. Bryan Little
10. Bob Sanguinetti

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[Letang fan 58]

I was wondering what people's draft board is, now just 3 months from the draft, there is not much more opportunity to move up drastically.


This is how I see it based on uneducated guesses I see around, I would apprectiate it if people could go further than this. Perhaps some of the more educated people can go a while with this.


1. Erik Johnson
2. Phil Kessel
3. Johnathan Toews
4. Michael Frolik
5. Peter Mueller
6. Jordan Staal
7. Nicklas Backstrom
8. James Sheppard
9. Bryan Little
10. Bob Sanguinetti

My draft board is pretty similar.
If the Pens were to have first pick as they sit in the standings right now here's my board.
1 Erik Johnson
2 Kessel
3 Toews
4 Staal
5 Peter Mueller
6 Frolik
7 Sheppard
8 Backstrom
9 Little
10 Tlusty

 

[Jaded-Fan]

I was wondering what people's draft board is, now just 3 months from the draft, there is not much more opportunity to move up drastically.


This is how I see it based on uneducated guesses I see around, I would apprectiate it if people could go further than this. Perhaps some of the more educated people can go a while with this.


1. Erik Johnson
2. Phil Kessel
3. Johnathan Toews
4. Michael Frolik
5. Peter Mueller
6. Jordan Staal
7. Nicklas Backstrom
8. James Sheppard
9. Bryan Little
10. Bob Sanguinetti

Frolik is a wild card. I could see him going as high as four, but doubt it with some of the thoughts on him floating around of late. He could fall as far as ten as well. Most seem to have a top tier of two or three, in the order that you have them. Then that next group. Personally I think that Kessel has been slammed a bit harder than he deserves. Less than six months ago he was widely praised and had been anticipated as the clear top of his class for how long? At least a couple of years. I always am very wary of drops those last very few months before a draft, usually because one one lack-luster week at WJC's. True Kessel did not dominate this year as well, but he did pretty well none the less. I truly think that though he likely will fall to two or three when people look back, who pick either one or two and pass him, they will regret having done so.

Edit: A reminder of what had been said of Kessel less than half a year ago:

1. Phil Kessel, C, Minnesota (WCHA), 6-0, 190
Scout's Take: "He is to this draft what Ovechkin and Crosby were the past two years. This guy is a turbo-charged rocket with explosive speed, great quickness and a big shot. He shows the kind of offensive firewagon hockey I have not seen since Kovalchuk."

http://mckeenshockey.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=464269

 

[Captain Conservative]

Surprised at how low Backstrom is on the first two lists here.


1.Erik Johnson
2.Phil Kessel
3.Niklas Backstrom
4.Jordan Staal
5.Jonathan Toews
6.Peter Mueller
7.Derrick Brassard
8.Brian Little
9.Kyle Okposo
10.Michael Frolik

 

[Vikke]

1. Johnson
2. Kessel
3. Toews
4. Bäckström
5. Mueller
6. Staal
7. Frolik
8. Okposo

I can't do the list longer

 

[timlap]

I was wondering what people's draft board is, now just 3 months from the draft, there is not much more opportunity to move up drastically.


This is how I see it based on uneducated guesses I see around, I would apprectiate it if people could go further than this. Perhaps some of the more educated people can go a while with this.


1. Erik Johnson
2. Phil Kessel
3. Johnathan Toews
4. Michael Frolik
5. Peter Mueller
6. Jordan Staal
7. Nicklas Backstrom
8. James Sheppard
9. Bryan Little
10. Bob Sanguinetti

I'm a bit intimidated by that remark about 'educated people' but I will blunder ahead anyway. I like your list

1-3: the same
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4-7: Same guys but I might put them in this order. Tough for me to differentiate between these guys, but if pressed this is the order I would choose.

Backstrom (seems to be performing at the highest level now)
Staal (Mildly worried about suggestion that he isn't "putting it all together" despite having "all the tools" )
Mueller (A bit of unknown (to me), but recent digging has convinced me that he and Staal are neck and neck)
Frolik (Worried by the lack of clear success, same as most people. But still intriguing)
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8-10
Sheppard
Brassard
Little

Red Line and others have made me wary of Saguinetti.
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Williams and Okposo are next, on my board.

 

[komisakick ass]

Surprised at how low Backstrom is on the first two lists here.


1.Erik Johnson
2.Phil Kessel
3.Niklas Backstrom
4.Jordan Staal
5.Jonathan Toews
6.Peter Mueller
7.Derrick Brassard
8.Brian Little
9.Kyle Okposo
10.Michael Frolik

That's what I tought to but maybe switch Staal and Backstrom

 

[Jeffrey]

my ranking:

1. Erik Johnson
2. Phil Kessel
3. Johnathan Toews
4. Jordan Staal
5. Derrick Brassard
6. Nicklas Backstrom
7. Peter Mueller
8. Bryan Little
9. Michael Frolik
10. James Sheppard
11.Jiri Tlusti
12.Bobby Sanguinetti
13. Kyle Okposo
14. Ben Shutron
15. Leland Irving

 

[Garp]

my ranking:

1. Erik Johnson
2. Phil Kessel
3. Johnathan Toews
4. Jordan Staal
5. Derrick Brassard
6. Nicklas Backstrom
7. Peter Mueller
8. Bryan Little
9. Michael Frolik
10. James Sheppard
11.Jiri Tlusti
12.Bobby Sanguinetti
13. Kyle Okposo
14. Ben Shutron
15. Leland Irving

Bernier will go before Irving, Mark my words...

 

[Riggins]

1. Johnson
2. Kessel
3. Toews
4. Staal
5. Backstrom
6. Mueller
7. Frolik
8. Brassard
9. Little
10. Sheppard

 

[Vic Rattlehead*]

1. Erik Johnson
2. Jonathan Toews
3. Phill Kessel
4. Jordan Staal
5. Nicklas Backstrom
6. Peter Mueller
7. James Sheppard
8. Michael Frolik
9. Bryan Little
10. Derrick Brassard
11. Kyle Okposo
12. Nigel Williams
13. Ty Wishart
14. Jiri Tlusty
15. Bob Sanguinetti

 

[Boomhower]

Bernier will go before Irving, Mark my words...

What does that matter?

It's his draft board.

 

[boredmale]

I think the wildcard will be somebody in the top 10(that is not picking top 2) will want a defenseman and knock everything out of order

 

[GKJ]

Bernier will go before Irving, Mark my words...

it's not a mock draft, its a draft board. There's no way we're going through the top 15 picks and only 1 defenseman being taken

 

[KStewart113]

1. Johnson(if Pittsburgh, Kessel if Washington or St. Louis)
2. Kessel
3. Staal
4. Toews
5. Mueller
6. Frolik
7. Brassard
8. Little
9. Backstrom
10. Okposo

 

[Letang fan 58]

1. Johnson(if Pittsburgh, Kessel if Washington or St. Louis)
2. Kessel
3. Staal
4. Toews
5. Mueller
6. Frolik
7. Brassard
8. Little
9. Backstrom
10. Okposo

I hope your right that would leave Johnson there for the Pens when they pick if they dont get first.

 

[Checker*]

Johnson
Toews
Kessel
Backstrom
Staal
Mueller
Brassard
Sheppard
Little
Williams
Okposo
Frolik
Tlusty
Sanguinetti
Forney

 

[GKJ]

Is there anyone out there who can go a little deeper?

 

[Meat Wave]

1. Erik Johnson
2. Jordan Staal
3. Nicklas Backström
4. Phil Kessel
5. Jonathan Toews
6. Peter Mueller
7. Kyle Okposo
8. Derick Brassard
9. Jiri Tlusty
10. Michael Frolik

 

[Amadeus]

1. Phill Kessel
2. Erik Johnson
3. Niklas Backstrom
4. Jonathan Teows
5. Jordon Staal
6. Nigel Williams
7. Peter Mueller
8. Bryan Little
9. James Shepard
10. Kyle Okposo

 

[Thornton97]

1. Johnson
2. Kessel
3. Toews
4. Staal
5. Backstrom
6. Mueller
7. Frolik
8. Brassard
9. Little
10. Sheppard

I like this one. I might swap Frolik and Mueller, but I'd be content this way.

 

[inferno98]

1. Erik Johnson
2. Phil Kessel
3. Johnathan Toews
4. Jordan Staal
5. Peter Mueller
6. Michael Frolik
7. Nicklas Backstrom
8. James Sheppard
9. Bryan Little
10. Bob Sanguinetti(# 2 D-man taken overall in my opinion, so I guess who ever needs a d-man he can drop or go up)

I believe 2-6 is up in the air, as was last years draft

 

[KH1]

1) Johnson
2) Kessel
3) Staal
4) Toews
5) Backstrom
6) Mueller
7) Little
8) Frolik
9) Sanguinetti
10) Sheppard

 

[badrobot101]

1. Erik Johnson
2. Phil Kessel
3. Jonathan Toews
4. Jordan Staal
5. Nicklas Backstrom
6. Nigel Williams
7. Peter Mueller
8. James Sheppard
9. Derrick Brassard
10. Michael Frolik
11. Bryan Little
12. Bob Sanguinetti
13. Chris Stewart
14. Ty Wishart
15. Kyle Okposo
16. Jiri Tlusty
17. Jesse Joensu
18. Ben Shutron
19. Leland Irving
20. Cory Emmerton
21. Nick Foligno
22. Bobby Hughes
23. Ben Maxwell
24. Mark Mitera
25. Ryan White
26. Joe Ryan
27. Jonathan Bernier
28. John Degray
29. Ryan Hillier
30. Ivan Vishnevskiy

I'll admit that some of these guys I don't know too much about - I borrowed some rankings from another guy, and was researching a mock draft of my own. Then realized I lack the info...

However, somebody asked for greater depth, so here you go. I have a fairly good idea of what #1-#20 approx. are like. But, as always, these things are a crap shoot so please be kind...


Notes:
I was at game four between Barrie and St. Mike's this week, and came away very impressed with Bryan Little: very fast, great hands, and resilient as well. But he looks so tiny out there, that I figure he will drop a little. You know what GM's are like. Eventually, I think Little will make some people cry that they didn't take him.

I hesitate to put a Russian (Vishnevisky) in the first round, what with the transfer agreement problem. But I'm guessing that whoever wins the cup (if they own their own first rounder) might be feeling lucky. And if someone else owns the 30th overall pick, then they might be willing to take a chance.

 

[Dr.Sens(e)]

1. Erik Johnson
2. Phil Kessel
3. Jonathan Toews
4. Jordan Staal
5. Nicklas Backstrom
6. Peter Mueller
7. Michael Frolik
8. James Sheppard
9. Bryan Little
10. Derick Brassard
11. Kyle Okposo
12. Jiri Tlusty
13. Bob Sanguinetti
14. Nigel Williams
15. Jonathan Bernier
16. Chris Stewart
17. Cory Emmerton
18. Ty Wishart
19. Leland Irving
20. Codey Burki
21. Michael Forney
22. Ben Shutron
23. Ryan Hillier
24. Bobby Hughes
25. Vladimir Zharkov
26. David Fischer
27. Nick Foligno
28. Ryan White
29. Alexander Vasyunov
30. Joey Ryan
31. Cal Clutterbuck
32. Michael Grabner
33. Claude Giroux
34. Billy Sauer
35. Ivan Vishnevsky
36. Mark Mitera
37. Yuri Alexandrov
38. Jhonas Enroth
39. Matthew Corrente
40. Mike Weber
41. Francois Bouchard
42. Tomas Kana
43. Brian Strait
44. Brady Calla
45. John deGray
46. Kevin Armstrong
47. Jesse Joensuu
48. Carl Sneep
49. Ben Maxwell
50. Riku Helenius

Not really my draft board, but rather a blended average I keep of sorts combining McKeens, ISS, Redline, CSB and Youngguns.