Prospect Info: 2018 NHL Draft - Shall We Begin?

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OrangeAndBlackMetal

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Watching Hextall's press conference, and the recent video with Pryor, has left me feeling there's a distinct possibility they are going to try to trade up for Wahlstrom.
This is what i've been lobbying for all year. I love Wahlstroms game, and I think he's going to end up being the 2nd or 3rd best player out of this draft. He also fills a glaring need, even if he's a few years away.
 

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I think Wahlstrom is going to be a force on LW. Goal scoring LWer on this team would be so damn good to have. Plus the kid is built like a truck. He apparently models his game after Laine, and if he can get near that, then f*** me do we need to get him.
 
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This is what i've been lobbying for all year. I love Wahlstroms game, and I think he's going to end up being the 2nd or 3rd best player out of this draft. He also fills a glaring need, even if he's a few years away.

Wahlstrom is the type of power forward I bet Hextall thinks would be the perfect complement to a player like Frost.

Hextall likes size. Wahlstrom certainly has size, power, and an absolute cannon shot. I do think he would fit in very well with the young core; they don't have a player of Wahlstrom's style. My concern with Wahlstrom is how much did he rely on Jack Hughes? His stats were rather pedestrian for a top prospect until the magician Hughes came along to center him this season. That worried me at first. That said, the more I watch Wahlstrom, the more I like him, and he should be fine with Patrick or Frost setting him up.

I'm not completely sure it's worth giving up 14 & 19 to trade up, still debating that idea, but I'd be lying if I said it wouldn't be exciting to have Wahlstrom in the system.
 

BillDineen

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How would everyone feel about trading 19 back and taking Bernard-Docker?
 

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How would everyone feel about trading 19 back and taking Bernard-Docker?
It all depends on who is available at 19 and how far back they are trading. Way too hard to evaluate that without knowing more. I am perfectly fine moving both up and down depending on the circumstances, but this draft does seem like a prime candidate to take one and move it back (maybe even try and pick up an additional first next year?).
 

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What are peoples thoughts on Grigori Denisenko? Seems to be a homerun swing that many are looking for. Def lacks a 200 ft game, but he prob has a ceiling of Panarin.
 
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Ghosts Beer

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What are peoples thoughts on Grigori Denisenko? Seems to be a homerun swing that many are looking for. Def lacks a 200 ft game, but he prob has a ceiling of Panarin.
His lack of production really bothers me and is a red flag, especially considering his lack of size. That said, if the Flyers took him at 19 I wouldn't be too upset, because he certainly has tantalizing skills.
 

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My Hayton thoughts are so conflicted. He's just been one of those guys I watch and re-watch trying to get a read, and I'm never sure. He's one of the players I'm least sure of my opinion about. I just would rather dreamily think about a Kravtsov or Berggren type player. I think they are better; I think they fill a bigger need. But it's not like I didn't write this back in August:

Hayton too, who isn't ranked by anyone yet as a 1st rounder, but that's probably going to change. He scored a lot of points, yeah, but he was used in every situation for Canada, all strengths, and he looked awesome besides the scoring. Competed like a bas***d in the dirty areas, super smart, excellent skill as a passer/shooter, quick feet. First reaction was him being a bigger Anderson-Dolan. It's going to be fun seeing him and Frost center the top two lines for SSM. Sure I'll be watching a lot of him to get a better gauge. They both seemed like "Flyers type" picks fwiw. Maybe they'll be in the vicinity of their pick.

That sure sounds like something a super fan would say today. Not everything I think in small sample 9 months ago looks great now (as page 1 shows), though rarely is something entirely wrong either, but I wanted to believe in him so badly entering the season. I was often disappointed for the majority of it. Yet, his late season and playoff viewings were very strong and he looked a lot more like this player again to me. But the minor gripes I talk about aren't entirely fiction to me either, even if they're not "negatives" so much as "not entirely positives." So, I guess reality ends up something in between. I just like others more at #14. This isn't a player I close to dislike and would at least be comfortable with him, unlike a handful of other players.

Maybe it's a bit of an overreaction to being called the next Bergeron too. If he was ranked more in the mid-late teens, I'd be less critical. Again, Robert Thomas was ranked low-mid 20s by most. Button had him close to 50 and Hayton 7. Now, he could go top 10.

This draft lacks centers so it wouldn’t be a surprise if Hayton gets pushed up boards.

Bingo. And he probably won't even make it to #14.
 

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What are peoples thoughts on Grigori Denisenko? Seems to be a homerun swing that many are looking for. Def lacks a 200 ft game, but he prob has a ceiling of Panarin.

I like him. Definitely wouldn't be dissapointed in picking him at 19.
 
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I love how people call Hayton "the next Bergeron" but then have him ranked in the 10-15 range. If he had a realistic chance to be the next Bergeron, he'd be a top 5 pick. The contradictions amuse me.
 
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I am chuckling now at people who said last year's draft was WOAT... but in hindsight looky looky at who the best C's are in 2018. Valeno? Hayton? Kotkaniemi?

Nico & Nolan were/are significantly better prospects than any C available in this draft AINEC
 
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