2007 draft

[bossy22]

Is Colton Gillies related to Clark Gillies?

I have read elsewhere he isnt

 

[Spetzky]

I have read elsewhere he isnt

i believe Colton is his nephew.

 

[Crosby=Gretzky]

Oh man, I'm siked for that draft, already! Is Kuchin, the Russian eligible for that draft, I believe? That will definitely be an amaaazing draft.

Kuchin is '08 eligible as far as I know.

 

[hifk88]

Kuchin is '08 eligible as far as I know.

Kuchin is 1991 born. He is eligible in 2009.

 

[Crosby=Gretzky]

Kuchin is 1991 born. He is eligible in 2009.

Ok. Thought I saw him on a ranking for the '08 draft, but I guess it was for '09.

 

[VINMONTY]

Don't know if anyone posted this yet, but McKeen's has a top 60 ranking for 2007.

 

[Crosby=Gretzky]

top americans in an order similar to this would be
nick petrecki - ushl
pat kane - ohl (likely) or ushl
tristin llewellyn - ushl
billy sweatt - colorado college
james van reimsdyk - us ntdp
jimmy obrien - minnesota
jon blum - whl
mike hoeffel - usntdp
drayson bowman - whl
kevin shattenkirk - us ntdp
brad phillips - us ntdp
teddy ruth - usntdp
ryan hayes - usntdp
brett bruneteau - ushl
aaron palushaj - ushl
cade fairchild - usntdp
john albert - us ntdp
joey lavin - usntdp
nick palmieri - ohl
cj severyn - usntdp

Good group of players. One question: Is this where they will play next season? If it is, you have to change james van riemsdyk's club, he'll be attending University of New Hampshire for 2006-07.

 

[orangeandblack]

Good group of players. One question: Is this where they will play next season? If it is, you have to change james van riemsdyk's club, he'll be attending University of New Hampshire for 2006-07.

he has 1 season left with the ntdp, he will be there in 07-08. most players are listed with the league or club they will be with, but theres still some guys that are undecided

 

[hawksfan50]

Don't forget: KYLE TURRIS! Oodles and oodles of skill and talent...I haven't seen Backlund...I have seen Esposito and Couture...but Turris is special...really special--once he fills out you may be looking at another generational talent...

 

[Alessandro Seren Rosso]

Bashkirov twins

 

[Scandale du Jour]

No love for Angelo? He is the front runner for the first overall pick or am I mistaken? Love, the kid 95 points as a 16 years old quite impressive IMO.

 

[MN_Gopher]

The gophers will have a good class. With O'Brien, Fairchild and Hoeffel all coming in. Another gopher recruit Patrick White, has come up alot of late. He is another HS kid. Playing at Grand Rapids. But in the HS tourney he almost single handedly won it all. GR came in second. They beat some great teams along the way and White really showed he has all the tools. I read somewhere, i think, that Red Line had him as high as 3-5 overall.

 

[X-SHARKIE]

We'll see about the top 5 next year but I was underwhelmed by the 2006 crop top to bottm and I believe it was an average at best draft year. However, at first glance the 2007 crop is going to be a very deep one with strong year from Canada, and the U.S.A. There also seems to be some European talent with Backlund and Voracek mainly.

 

[andy51]

Looking on wikipedia.org

The draft is to be held in Columbus.

Top prospects as provided by wikipedia.org

Karl Alzner
Mikael Backlund
Logan Couture
Keaton Ellerby
Angelo Esposito
Sam Gagner
Colton Gillies
Alex Grant
Zach Hamill
Thomas Hickey
Pat Kane
Mark Katic
Ryan Kerr
Justin Leclerc
Tristian Llewellyn
Oscar Moller
James O'Brien
Jeff Parkes
Nick Petrecki
Michal Repik
Tyson Sexsmith
Brandon Sutter
Chris Terry
Zack Torquato
James Van Riemsdyk
Jakub Voracek

Not sure how good that list is. I'll have to read up, won't get too much. It's still very early.

 

[scoutman1]

Kuchin is 1991 born. He is eligible in 2009.

yeah Kuchin is 2009 ranked, like said 91 born

 

[monster_bertuzzi]

Looking on wikipedia.org

The draft is to be held in Columbus.

Top prospects as provided by wikipedia.org

Karl Alzner
Mikael Backlund
Logan Couture
Keaton Ellerby
Angelo Esposito
Sam Gagner
Colton Gillies
Alex Grant
Zach Hamill
Thomas Hickey
Pat Kane
Mark Katic
Ryan Kerr
Justin Leclerc
Tristian Llewellyn
Oscar Moller
James O'Brien
Jeff Parkes
Nick Petrecki
Michal Repik
Tyson Sexsmith
Brandon Sutter
Chris Terry
Zack Torquato
James Van Riemsdyk
Jakub Voracek

Not sure how good that list is. I'll have to read up, won't get too much. It's still very early.

How could Turris not be in the top 25.

 

[BlueJays]

Kyle Turris had a great season but remember he played Tier II Junior, NOT CHL hockey. Put top 89's from the CHL like Esposito Katic Boychuk & Couture in Tier II and see what they could do....
At the 2006 World Under 17 against his own age group and many CHL players, Turris did NOT stand out at all.
However, he is still talented no doubt.

 

[hawksfan50]

Kyle Turris had a great season but remember he played Tier II Junior, NOT CHL hockey. Put top 89's from the CHL like Esposito Katic Boychuk & Couture in Tier II and see what they could do....
At the 2006 World Under 17 against his own age group and many CHL players, Turris did NOT stand out at all.
However, he is still talented no doubt.

GEt off it--Keith Seabrook (albeit a D-man) was a 2nd round pick in '06 from the same BCHL team as Turris ...I saw what I saw with my own eyes--if a talent like Turris isn't top 5 material,then I should resign my scouting bona fides --just because he didn't shine in the summer of '05 doesn't mean he didn't blossom in the following season so that by the spring of '06 he REALLY DID SHINE=lots!!!
I know talent when I see it--he's got it;I'm more dubious about the hype on Esposito (let's see how gooid he is without Radulov this season).

 

[LaLaLaprise]

GEt off it--Keith Seabrook (albeit a D-man) was a 2nd round pick in '06 from the same BCHL team as Turris ...I saw what I saw with my own eyes--if a talent like Turris isn't top 5 material,then I should resign my scouting bona fides --just because he didn't shine in the summer of '05 doesn't mean he didn't blossom in the following season so that by the spring of '06 he REALLY DID SHINE=lots!!!
I know talent when I see it--he's got it;I'm more dubious about the hype on Esposito (let's see how gooid he is without Radulov this season).

Its way too freakin early to be posting about anyone being a lock for top 5 next year.

 

[A-Fan]

2009 is the draft to watch !!

With the way Holland is running the Wings into the ground now that he doesn't have Illitch's money to throw around, they should have the 1st pick in 09'. Let the rebuilding begin!

 

[gamblor]

Jeff Parkes

Who is Jeff Parkes? I typed "'Jeff Parkes' hockey" into google and all I got was that wikipedia artcle.

 

[Crosby=Gretzky]

I'm putting together a list of the top eligible players for the 07 draft. Right now, it contains 98 players(hopefully I will have 210 names come draft day). I thought I post it. Could you guys tell me who to add, and who to take away?

In no order:
Angelo Esposito
Nick Petrecki
Mikael Backlund
Colton Gillies
Mark Katic
Brandon Sutter
Keaton Ellerby
Jakub Voracek
Logan Couture
Sam Gagner
Zach Torquato
James Van Riemsdyk
James O'Brien
Zach Hamill
David Stich
Michal Repik
Karl Alzner
Logan MacMillan
David Skokan
Max Gratchev
Michael Biega
Alex Plante
Bryan Cameron
Mike Pelech
Joshua Bailey
Yves Bastien
Tristan Llewellyn
Colton Sceviour
Dwight King
Drayson Bowman
John Negrin
Thomas Hickey
Tyson Sexsmith
Dan Lombardi
Alex Grant
Jean-Simon Allard
Dale Mitchell
Blake Parlett
Corey Syvret
Ryan Kerr
Brett Leffler
Brett Sonne
Taylor Ellington
Maxime Tanguay
Isaac Reid
Ryan Hayes
Wilson Ngai
Ian Cole
Billy Sweatt
Jonathan Blum
Brad Philips
Teddy Ruth
Cade Fairchild
Aaron Palushaj
John Albert
Kevin Shattenkirk
Nick Palmieri
C.J. Severyn
Joseph Lavin
Jeff Parkes
Oscar Möller
Ondrej Roman
Chris Terry
Kyle Turris
Justin Leclerc
Kurtis Mucha
Brad Tesink
Marc-Antoine Desnoyers
Eric Doyle
Stephen Lund
Ben MacAskill
Kevin Marshall
Colin Escott
Brad Malone
P.K. Subban
Keith Aulie
Trevor Cann
Daryl Borden
Jake Fischer
Mrcus Carroll
Cody Goloubef
Brendan Smith
Scott Brannon
Nick Ross
Patrick Kane
Matt Rust
Justin Vaive
Ryan Schnell
Olivier Fortier
Michael Stinziani
Marc-Andre Laroche
Maxime Macenauer
Josh Unice
Mike Cieslak
A.J. Sturges
Brannan Vargas
David Kolomatis
Colby Cohen
Joakim Andersson
Dave Grun
Patrick White
Nick Dineen
Corey Tropp
Taylor Mattson
Jordy Christian
Vince LoVerde
Anthony Maiani
Josh Gionfriddo
Louie Caporusso
Alexei Pianosi
Mike Hoeffel
Justin McCrae
Brett Bruneteau
Luke Pither
Matt Fillier
Raffael D'Orso
Dustin Sylvester
Colton Grant
Matthew Kang
Anthony Peluso
Adam Estoclet
John Muse
Max Pacioretty
Nick Bonino
Andrew Glass
Derrick Pallis
Ryan Funk
Travis Ehrhardt
Jason Bast
Matt White
Justin Palazzo
Ruslan Bashkirov
Tommy Cross
Ryan McDonagh
Eddie Olczyk
Matt Tomassoni
Cam Aktinson
Dayn Belfour
Jeremy Smith
David Brownschilde
Joe Diamond
Shane Harper
Tyler Johnson
Nice Sacchetti
Thomas Serratore
Phillipe Garnier
Linden Rowat

 

[Preds666]

I'm putting together a list of the top eligible players for the 07 draft. Right now, it contains 98 players(hopefully I will have 210 names come draft day). I thought I post it. Could you guys tell me who to add, and who to take away?

Add Oscar Möller (Chilliwack Bruins) and Joakim Andersson (Frölunda).

 

[Jacky Robert]

There's Nick Petrecki, whose the top rated defenseman. He's 6'3 205lbs, is a physical force
but doesn't have the offensive tools yet.

I believer Llewellyn, Kane, van Riemsdyke, Malone (2nd overall in QMJHL draft in 2005) are eligible.

Petrecki is probably going to need 2 years at Boston College before he comes out. I think you'll see how slide before the draft starts. Van Riemsdyk is definitely going to slide, no way he is a high pick. Kane, if he plays at London of the OHL could have a huge year and really jump in the draft.

 

[MN_Gopher]

Saint Paul, MN: With Johnson, Kessel, Mueller, Okposo, Sneep, Forney and Fischer, it looks like players with Minnesota ties are very well represented in the first round. In your opinion, is there any other Minnesota born or bred sleepers who might move up to be selected in the 2nd or 3rd round? Also, who are the American born players to keep an eye out for 2007?
Kyle Woodlief: I think Fischer's teammate on the Apple Valley blue line corps, Kyle Medvec, is a real darkhorse sleeper, and could conceivably even slip into the end of the first round, though the 2nd round is far more likely. Also, at Red Line we really like power winger Dave Grun from White Bear Lake H.S., but I don't think many NHL teams are as high on him as we are, so I'm not sure exactly where he'll be selected. The top U.S. players for next year are Nick Petrecki, who should be a top 5 overall pick, and for me, Patrick White, another Minnesota high schooler from Grand Rapids H.S. could jump up and become a top 3-5 overall pick as well - so once again, Minnesota is well represented.

I always forget the rules of posting quotes so if this is wrong sorry. But White should be up there.

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