Here are my sleepers for the 2018 draft for the first three rounds. It will be interesting to see if the NHL teams share my optimism for these prospects.
1st round
1. Foudy, Liam – C – OHL – 6’0, 184, L – 42pts (68 game equivalent points)
E-Mac – 18; others (I have seen ranked) – 24-51
2. Marchenko, Kirill – RW – MHL – 6’3, 168, R – 35pts
E-Mac – 30; others – 16-73 with most in the 2nd
2nd round
1. Shafigullin, Bulat – RW – MHL – 6’1, 163, L – 110pts
E-Mac – 32; others – 56 to unranked
2. Eriksson, Albin – LW – SWE J20 – 6’4, 205, R – 72pts
E-Mac – 37; others 28 – 143 with most after the 2nd
3. Gruden, John – LW – NTDP – 6’0, 170, L – 67 pts
E-Mac – 51; others – 53-117 with most in the 3rd
4. Mascherin, Adam – LW – OHL – 5’10, 205, L – 87 pts
E-Mac – 55; others - 64 to unranked with most unranked
5. Kondelik, Jachym – LW – USHL – 6’6, 226, L – 53 pts
E-Mac – 60; others - 69 to unranked
3rd round
1. Gogolev, Pavel – RW – OHL – 6’0, 168, L – 48 pts
E-Mac – 64; others – 74 to unranked
2. Smith, Nathan – C – USHL – 6’0, 177, L – 63 pts
E-Mac – 70; others – 75 to unranked with most unranked
3. O’Reilly, Ryan – RW – USHL – 6’2, 201, R – 51 pts
E-Mac – 75; others – 84 to unranked
4. Keane, Joey – D – OHL – 6’0, 185, R – 45pts
E-Mac – 77; others – 81 to unranked with most past the 4th
5. Zhuravlyov, Danila – D – MHL – 6’0, 163, D, L – 44pts
E-Mac – 82; others – 67 to unranked with most after the 4th
6. Brazeau, Justin – RW – OHL – 6’5, 221, R – 75pts
E-Mac – 86; others – 198 to unranked with most unranked
7. Pospisil, Martin – RW – USHL – 6’2, 173, L – 51pts
E-Mac – 90; others – 86 to unranked with most unranked