2018 draftees who made the opening night roster.

[DramaticGloveSave]

Julien has confirmed J2K for Montreal, and I assume Dahlin, Svech and Tkachuk made their teams. Any others?

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[Exit Dose]

Looks like Lundestrom may have.

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

Julien has confirmed J2K for Montreal, and I assume Dahlin, Svech and Tkachuk made their teams. Any others?

Bouchard for the Oilers most likely.

 

[King In The North]

Looks like Lundestrom may have.

Wow another great pick for Anaheim.

 

[Seb]

Not only has Kotkaniemi shown he was NHL ready, but he was actually the Habs best player throughout the preseason (not that we have a great team to begin with).

I would prefer he plays 9 games then go back to Finland, but he might definitely stick around longer. He is legit.

 

[Seb]

Not only has Kotkaniemi shown he was NHL ready, but he was actually the Habs best player throughout the preseason (not that we have a great team to begin with).

I would prefer he plays 9 games then go back to Finland, but he might definitely stick around longer. He is legit.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

We should hear announcements today I imagine.

 

[780il]

Bouchard with the Oilers, looks to be NHL ready so far. Elite offensively but a lil sus defensively although he can work on that as the season progresses.

 

[sandviper]

Wings fan may need to chime in but I don’t think Zadina is making opening night.

 

[93LEAFS]

Wings fan may need to chime in but I don’t think Zadina is making opening night.

He got sent down already today.

 

[lawrence]

extremely impressive we have at least 4 players from the 2018 crew make their teams opening night roster, wow........ nice.

 

[lawrence]

Bouchard with the Oilers, looks to be NHL ready so far. Elite offensively but a lil sus defensively although he can work on that as the season progresses.

is he officially in? if so very impressive.

 

[780il]

is he officially in? if so very impressive.

No official announcement of it but he was on the plane to Europe and management/coaching staff are very impressed with him.

 

[Mrb1p]

extremely impressive we have at least 4 players from the 2018 crew make their teams opening night roster, wow........ nice.

I wonder, how was Hughes?

Did he even play or did he go not come ?

 

[lawrence]

I wonder, how was Hughes?

Did he even play or did he go not come ?

not sure if serious, but Hughes did not attend our training camp.

 

[CraigBillington]

I wonder, how was Hughes?

Did he even play or did he go not come ?

Went back to college .

 

[lawrence]

Wings fan may need to chime in but I don’t think Zadina is making opening night.

unlikely we will see a prospect out of draft make the Red Wings opening night roster anytime soon. That team never rushes prospects and they like it when they are more then ready to play in the NHL.

 

[Mrb1p]

not sure if serious, but Hughes did not attend our training camp.

I didn't get the news, thats why I was asking. It's tough to follow training camps.

 

[lawrence]

I didn't get the news, thats why I was asking. It's tough to follow training camps.

ok cool, yea, he opted to go back to college back in August.

 

[42]

unlikely we will see a prospect out of draft make the Red Wings opening night roster anytime soon. That team never rushes prospects and they like it when they are more then ready to play in the NHL.

Until the Red Wings draft Hughes next year ...

 

[lawrence]

Until the Red Wings draft Hughes next year ...

not sure if the Wings can be worst then the Canucks.

 

[42]

not sure if the Wings can be worst then the Canucks.

They don't have to be, just have to be lucky.

 

[NotProkofievian]

not sure if serious, but Hughes did not attend our training camp.

This appears to have worked out swimmingly for Pettersson. I was advocating for Montreal to follow the Pettersson model with Jesperi, but this has gone much better than I expected it to.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

This appears to have worked out swimmingly for Pettersson. I was advocating for Montreal to follow the Pettersson model with Jesperi, but this has gone much better than I expected it to.

Pettersson was an interesting case as he was an absolute toothpick last year. I think he was NHL ready at 18 in regards to everything but his Keira Knightly-esq 160lb on 6'2 frame. As much as J2K needs to bulk up, he can at least play in the league without snapping in half.

 

[SuperScript29]

unlikely we will see a prospect out of draft make the Red Wings opening night roster anytime soon. That team never rushes prospects and they like it when they are more then ready to play in the NHL.

Zadina was definitely not ready and has quite a bit of work to do, but I'd argue that Veleno should have probably gotten a shot, the kid looked very impressive.