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Top 15 NHL 2017 Draft rankings:
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My Audio about the Mock List (Enjoy my smooth voice)
1 - Nico Hischier
2 - Nolan Patrick
3 - Casey Mittelstadt
4 - Cale Makar
5 - Gabriel Vilardi
6 - Miro Heiskanen
7 - Elias Pettersson
8 - Lias Anderson
9 - Cody Glass
10 - Owen Tippett
11 - Timothy Liljegren
12 - Martin Necas
13 - Nick Suzuki
14 - Klim Kostin
15 - Jake Oettinger
In my opinion, these are the top 15 talents in the 2017 NHL Draft.
Summary: Nico I believe has the second highest offensive potential in this NHL Draft, it was a tough choice between the two, but I look for top end skill as my #1 attribute, and he has this in spades.
Talking about high end skill: Casey Mittelstadt is in my opinion the most talented player in this draft, has a higher ceiling than even Nico and Nolan, but needs significantly more time to reach his ceiling. I believe that the Canucks absolutely need to target him here.
Makar is the most dynamic and offensive D-man in this draft, While I don't belive he will become Erik Karlsson, I think maybe a smaller version of PK Subban is something we should be hoping.
Cody Glass is maybe my least favorite prospect that is hyped currently. While he will become a solid 2nd line center, his game is way to Vanilla, and I would like to "shoot for the moon" with more pure talented attributes (hands,Shot,IQ) players.
Klim Kostin has been one of my favorite players for awhile now, big strong, has a great two way game, the russian factor should not scare the canucks away if we hand another 1st rounder, he has all the talent to develop into a Kopitar type player.
Kake Oettinger is the best goalie in the past few drafts, extremely athletic, and just a great overall package in his game, he is a future #1 goalie for sure, Can't miss goalie prospect.