2014 Draft Thread – Part Five

[Woodhouse]

Continued from Part One, Part Two, Part Three, and Part Four.

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2014 NHL Draft set for June 27-28 in Philadelphia:

The 2014 NHL Draft will be held over two days, Friday June 27, and Saturday, June 28, it was announced today by the NHL and the Philadelphia Flyers, the host Club of next year's NHL Draft.

The event will take place at the Wells Fargo Center, home of the Flyers. NHL club executives, scouts and coaches will be present on the NHL Draft floor while more than 10,000 fans and 500 print, television and radio media are expected to attend. It will be the first time the city and facility will host the NHL Draft.

DRAFT GUIDE ROUNDUP

January Rankings

CSS, Future Considerations ($), Hockey Prospect ($), ISS, McKeen's ($), Pronman ($), RLR, THW, TSN Button, TSN McKenzie (video).

Junior Resources

Buzzing the Net, DraftSite, ESPN ($), Future Considerations ($), HF, Hockey News, Hockey Prospect ($), Hockey
Prospectus, Hockey Writers, Last Word on Sports, McKeen's ($), NEHJ, NHL.com, OHL Prospects, OHL Writers,
Pipeline Show, Red Line Report ($), Reel Hockey Scouting ($), Scout.ca ($), Scouting Report, Sportsnet, TSN,
World of Junior Hockey, WHL From Above.

Mock Drafts (Tally – More Mocks)​

CSS 2014 ONES TO WATCH

"A" Players (aka potential first-round picks)

PLAYER|TEAM|POS|HT|WT|HF|YT|MEDIAWATCH

Barbashev, Ivan |Moncton|LW|6.01|185| HF |-| 10/3 Bennett, Sam |Kingston|LW|6.00|178| HF | YT | 10/24 Clarke, Blake |North Bay|LW|6.01|197| HF | YT | 9/27 Dal Colle, Michael |Oshawa|LW|6.02|179| HF | YT | 9/19 , 10/5 , 10/25 De Leo, Chase |Portland|LC|5.09|177|-|-| 9/27 , 10/17 Demko, Thatcher |Boston College|G|6.04|182| HF |-|-

Draisaitl, Leon |Prince Albert|LC|6.02|208| HF | YT | 9/9 , 9/26 Ekblad, Aaron |Barrie|RD|6.04|216| HF | YT | 9/11 Fleury, Haydn |Red Deer|LD|6.03|198| HF | YT | 10/12 Ho Sang, Josh |Windsor|RW|5.11|166| HF |-| 8/20 , 10/11 Honka, Julius |Swift Current|RD|5.10|167| HF |-| 10/1 , 10/3 , 10/24 Kapanen, Kasperi |Kalpa|RW|5.11|172| HF |-| 9/23 Kempe, Adrian |Modo Jr.|LW|6.02|187| HF |-| 8/28 Larkin, Dylan |USNTDP|LC|6.01|190|-|-| 9/27 ; College: Michigan

Martin, Brycen |Swift Current|LD|6.02|184| HF |-|-

McCann, Jared |Sault Ste. Marie|LC|6.00|179| HF |-| 8/14 , 10/4 McKeown, Roland |Kingston|RD|6.01|197|-| YT | 8/28 , 10/5 Milano, Sonny |USNTDP|LW|6.00|183|-|-| 7/31 , 9/27 ; College: Notre Dame

Mistele, Matt|Plymouth|LW|6.02|190|-|[URL="http://youtu.be/qkct8EXrmjU"]YT | 9/23 Nedeljkovic, Alex |Plymouth|G|6.00|184| HF |-| 10/1 , 10/8 Nylander, William |Rogle|RC|5.11|169| HF |-| 9/5 Pastrnak, David |Sodertalje|RW|6.00|167| HF |-|-

Reinhart, Sam |Kootenay|RC|6.01|185| HF | YT | 7/10 , 9/2 , 9/11 , 10/10 Ritchie, Nick |Peteborough|LW|6.02|231|-| YT | 10/21 , 2/15 Schmaltz, Nick |Green Bay|RC|6.00|172|-|-| 9/27 ; College: North Dakota

Virtanen, Jake |Calgary|LW|6.01|208| HF | YT | 10/22 , 10/24 Vrana, Jakub [/URL]|Linkoping|LW|5.11|185|-|-|-

Watson, Spencer |Kingston|RW|5.10|166|-|-|-

** Again, copied for now, but I'll update this table at some point with McKenzie's list **​

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[ZeroPT*]

From the last thread..

Bennett not going to the WJC is not a bad thing. Plenty of top draft eligible players aren't chosen

 

[Rowley Birkin]

I hate to state the obvious but if the Sabres get one of Ekblad, Reinhart or Bennett they will have a good if not great player. Either way.

Really looking forward to the draft here.

 

[BUCKSHOT]

Anyone heard anything about Sabres trading their 1st rounder in 2014 ?

 

[Beerz]

Anyone heard anything about Sabres trading their 1st rounder in 2014 ?

Nope.

 

[Moskau]

Anyone heard anything about Sabres trading their 1st rounder in 2014 ?

No but that wont stop media from reporting it's being shopped like they do every year.

 

[BUCKSHOT]

Nope.

No but that wont stop media from reporting it's being shopped like they do every year.

just heard it today from a guy who knows a guy .....

 

[stokes84]

just heard it today from a guy who knows a guy .....

There was that Eklund rumor from a few weeks ago....

 

[Moskau]

just heard it today from a guy who knows a guy .....

I know a guy who knows a guy that said they're taking Thatcher Demo with the 1st overall pick.

 

[BUCKSHOT]

I know a guy who knows a guy that said they're taking Thatcher Demo with the 1st overall pick.

I didn't think it was true (although this dude seems to know some things), figured I would ask to see if anyone had heard the same

 

[MacOfNiagara]

I hate to state the obvious but if the Sabres get one of Ekblad, Reinhart or Bennett they will have a good if not great player. Either way.

Really looking forward to the draft here.

Really a guarantee at this point that they will come out with one of those three. IMO.

 

[SamuraiArt]

Really a guarantee at this point that they will come out with one of those three. IMO.

EDIT: Misread your post; sorry for the confusion. It's not hard to imagine coming out of this draft with one of the three most talented players... I'd Love any of those three, considering we can trade current players around our strengths.

 

[zbubble]

I didn't think it was true (although this dude seems to know some things), figured I would ask to see if anyone had heard the same

The whole team was "available" at the deadline. Anything can be had if the price is right, even our 1st round pick this year.

 

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[Sean McG]

If the Oilers, or another team who would take Ekblad, won the lottery, I'd be fascinated to hear the Sabres war room on the Sam vs. Sam debate. In my arbitrary rankings early on I had it Ekblad, Reinhart, Dal Colle, Draisaitl, Bennett. Now the top two are the same, but Bennett's 3rd by a hair, and I flip flop every day on who I want the Sabres to take. Can't imagine being the people who actually have to make that decision...

Very curious to see McKenzie's rankings as well, they usually come out a day or two before the lottery. I would guess that not enough has changed for anyone to unseat Ekblad, but I'm intrigued to see which Sam is ranked higher.

 

[EichHart]

If the Oilers, or another team who would take Ekblad, won the lottery, I'd be fascinated to hear the Sabres war room on the Sam vs. Sam debate. In my arbitrary rankings early on I had it Ekblad, Reinhart, Dal Colle, Draisaitl, Bennett. Now the top two are the same, but Bennett's 3rd by a hair, and I flip flop every day on who I want the Sabres to take. Can't imagine being the people who actually have to make that decision...

Very curious to see McKenzie's rankings as well, they usually come out a day or two before the lottery. I would guess that not enough has changed for anyone to unseat Ekblad, but I'm intrigued to see which Sam is ranked higher.

His draft lottery rankings are pretty close to what actually goes down in the actual draft. Once those are released we have a pretty good idea on who goes where, at least in the top 10.

http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=93505

 

[EichHart]

Wow a week from today is the lottery. CRAZY!!

We should have a poll on who you think wins it. My bet is the Oilers. ^_^

 

[BananaSquad]

Wow a week from today is the lottery. CRAZY!!

We should have a poll on who you think wins it. My bet is the Oilers. ^_^

Anahiem. I dont care tho, as long as the Leafs dont win it im happy.

 

[Djp]

Who do you think the lottery winner would take?

 

[Buffalo Warlord]

Anyone heard anything about Sabres trading their 1st rounder in 2014 ?

Unless IT'S Ovechkin or Malkin coming back pass!!. Both Reinhart and Bennett are legit top 6 prospects. Reinhart is more NHL ready, but should we rush him. If any young player takes a roster spot I'd expect it would be Grigorenko.

Were gonna have interest in this years Memorial Cup and heavy WJHC presence with Fasching, Compher and Reinhart/Bennett being locks

 

[jBuds]

His draft lottery rankings are pretty close to what actually goes down in the actual draft. Once those are released we have a pretty good idea on who goes where, at least in the top 10.

http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=93505

Wow. I had no idea he had Zadorov in his top ten. Good for Bobbo

 

[Paxon]

Wow. I had no idea he had Zadorov in his top ten. Good for Bobbo

Just FYI it's not actually him. He compiles the information but his opinion doesn't factor into it. He polls a number of NHL scouts and then tallies it up. That's why it is year in and year out the best rule of thumb indicator on where guys will go, because it reflects how NHL scouts are valuing players.

 

[Bps21*]

It also explains why Devine was adamant they were taking a second defensemen when he was still there. That's BPA all the way.

 

[jBuds]

Just FYI it's not actually him. He compiles the information but his opinion doesn't factor into it. He polls a number of NHL scouts and then tallies it up. That's why it is year in and year out the best rule of thumb indicator on where guys will go, because it reflects how NHL scouts are valuing players.

Thought this whole time it was his personal list. Thought I've heard him break it down like "I have Xxxxxx rated fifth because ..." Etcetera.

Guess not. Learn something new everyday. Thanks.

 

[Vito_81]

Bennett may be ranked no.1. But my gut still goes with Reinhart. Can't really go wrong with either guy. But I'll take that hockey IQ thats raved about whenever SR is mentioned.