Prospect Info: 2019 NHL Draft.

[FireBird71]

Those damn Sabres have already 3x 1st for this draft. Botteril seems to be a smart man.

He’s got his degree from Michigan..of course he is

 

[raymond23]

Datsyukian stuff here

Kid should've been lit up. Not sure what the Rd was doing.

Still I think he scored another one like that in the same game or something.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Kid should've been lit up. Not sure what the Rd was doing.

Still I think he scored another one like that in the same game or something.

He is going to be a very slippery guy from what I saw at the Hlinka. He has great body control, Datsyuk should have gotten hit a lot more than he did too... There is a talent to that. I think he is a top 5 guy in this coming draft no question.

 

[Henkka]

He is going to be a very slippery guy from what I saw at the Hlinka. He has great body control, Datsyuk should have gotten hit a lot more than he did too... There is a talent to that. I think he is a top 5 guy in this coming draft no question.

Stop pushing him at Wings pick range...

We have a need to draft a center and my god if this guy keeps the highlight show going and we have a chance to draft him...

...still would go with BPA if he's there? Another winger on the mix.

 

[Frk It]

Draper said he liked Broberg, Podkolzin, and Cozens at the Hlinka. Cozens seems to fit the mold for what we have been picking lately.

I would sign off on 2 Dylan's down the middle. LH and RH would be nice too.

 

[Henkka]

Draper said he liked Broberg, Podkolzin, and Cozens at the Hlinka. Cozens seems to fit the mold for what we have been picking lately.

I would sign off on 2 Dylan's down the middle. LH and RH would be nice too.

First time I ever checked these 2019 guys I liked Dach. I still like him, so Getzlaf-like.

Fine with Cozens too. I just so hope we get a good righty center. It would fix our future power-play.

 

[Frk It]

First time I ever checked these 2019 guus I liked Dach. I still like him, so Getzlaf-like.

Fine with Cozens too. I just so hioe we get a good righty center. It fixes our future power-play.

I like Cozens, Dach, and Suzuki for RH centers. They all played good at the Hlinka, but I liked Cozens overall game the best personally. Dach and Suzuki both look like really good playmakers.

For the USA guys I like Turcotte a lot and obviously Hughes.

I really don't know much about Newhook, I'll have to wait to comment on him.

 

[HisNoodliness]

I like Cozens, Dach, and Suzuki for RH centers. They all played good at the Hlinka, but I liked Cozens overall game the best personally. Dach and Suzuki both look like really good playmakers.

For the USA guys I like Turcotte a lot and obviously Hughes.

I really don't know much about Newhook, I'll have to wait to comment on him.

Cozens really fits the style of player we've targeted in the Tyler Wright era. He's big, fast and has great work ethic. Some people are doubtful of him having elite upside. He screams "Tyler pick me."

Personally I'm hoping for Byram at this point but we're a long way from the draft.

 

[Henkka]

I like Cozens, Dach, and Suzuki for RH centers. .

Suzuki is left-handed.

 

[Henkka]

Doing this thing on the prospects-section, but I'll add my updated list also here.

Overall	Pos	2019 draft	Size / Hand	Nationality	Avg_Rank
1	C	Jack Hughes	5'10, Left	USA	1.00
2	RW	Kaapo Kakko	6'2, Left	FIN	3.33
3	C	Alex Turcotte	5'11, Left	USA	3.67
4	C/LW	Alex Newhook	5'11, Left	CAN	4.17
5	LD	Bowen Byram	6'0, Left	CAN	5.50
6	C	Kirby Dach	6'4, Right	CAN	7.50
7	C/RW	Dylan Cozens	6'3, Right	CAN	7.67
8	LW/C	Peyton Krebs	5'11, Left	CAN	8.17
9	C/RW	Raphaël Lavoie	6'4, Right	CAN	10.50
10	LW	Arthur Kaliyev	6'2, Left	USA	12.50
11	C	Ryan Suzuki	6'0, Left	CAN	12.67
12	LD	Matthew Robertson	6'3, Left	CAN	13.33
13	RD	Victor Söderström	5'11, Right	SWE	15.17
14	C	Blake Murray	6'2, Left	CAN	19.00
15	C	Trevor Zegras	5'11, Left	USA	19.17
16	RD	Anttoni Honka	5'11, Right	FIN	19.50
17	RW	Vasili Podkolzin	5'11, Left	RUS	20.00
18	W	Maxim Cajkovic	5'11, Right	SVK	20.50
19	C	Jakob Pelletier	5'9, Left	CAN	20.67
20	C	Matthew Boldy	6'0, Left	USA	21.83
21	C/RW	Cole Caufield	5'6, Right	USA	22.50
22	LW	Nolan Foote	6'3, Left	CAN	23.00
23	LD	Cam York	5'11, Left	USA	25.33
24	C	Valentin Nussbaumer	5'11, Left	SUI	27.50
25	G	Spencer Knight	6'3	USA	29.17
26	LD	Michael Vukojevic	6'2, Left	CAN	29.17
27	LD	Mikko Kokkonen	5'11, Left	FIN	29.83
28	LW	Nils Höglander	5'9, Left	SWE	32.33
29	LD	Tobias Björnfot	6'0, Left	SWE	33.00
30	C/RW	Henri Nikkanen	6'2, Left	FIN	33.33
31	RD	Moritz Seider	6'4, Right	GER	34.00
32	RW	Sasha Mutala	6'0, Right	CAN	35.17
33	RW	Simon Holmström	5'11, Left	SWE	35.17
34	LD	Ben Brinkman	6'1, Left	USA	36.17
35	C	Matvei Guskov	6'1, Left	RUS	36.33
36	LD	Artemi Knyazev	5'11. Left	RUS	37.67
37	LW	Daniil Gutik	6'3, Right	RUS	39.50
38	LW	Samuel Poulin	6'1, Left	CAN	40.50
39	C/RW	Albin Grewe	6'0, Left	SWE	40.67
40	C	John Beecher	6'2, Left	USA	43.40
41	C	Brady Meyer	6'5, Left	USA	44.80
42	LD	Marshall Warren	5'11, Left	USA	45.20
43	LD	Alex Vlasic	6'5, Left	USA	45.38
44	RW	Josh Williams	6'1, Right	CAN	45.88
45	C	Tag Bertuzzi	6'1, Left	CAN	46.63
46	C	Nikita Alexandrov	5'11, Left	GER	47.00
47	RW	Danil Antropov	6'1, Left	CAN/KAZ	49.00
48	C/LW	Oleg Zaitsev	6'1, Left	RUS	50.75
49	LD	Ilya Mironov	6'3, Left	RUS	50.63
50	C/LW	Antti Saarela	5'11, Left	FIN	53.63
51	F	Vojtech Strondala	5'7, Left	CZE	53.63
52	LW	Matias Maccelli	5'11, Left	FIN	53.63
53	RD	Kaedan Korczak	6'2 Right	CAN	56.13
54	LD	Philip Broberg	6'3, Left	SWE	56.33
55	RD	Case McCarthy	6'1, Right	USA	56.50
56	RD	Drew Helleson	6'2, Right	USA	57.13
57	W	Michal Teply	6'3, Right	CZE	57.13
58	RW	Graeme Clarke	5'11, Right	CAN	58.00
59	F	Xavier Parent	5'7, Left	CAN	59.25
60	LW	Luke Toporowski	5'10, Left	USA	59.75
61	RD	Lassi Thomson	6'0, Right	FIN	60.38
62	LD	Henry Thrun	6'1, Left	USA	62.88

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

So these are averages from 8 different ranks I've picked here and there.

Rank number also excludes the highest and the lowest rank to avoid some homerisms.

 

[Henkka]

That Moritz Seider is interesting. Huge 6'4 right-handed German defenceman, has scored a lot of goals as a Defenceman. Without seeing him ever play, I could imagine guy has deadly shot from the point.

Could be nice try with one of our 2nd round picks.

 

[Frk It]

Suzuki is left-handed.

That’s right... I just assumed he was because his brother is.

 

[Larkin1578]

 

[lilidk]

you never know how kids will progress . It is great that we had 21 pics last 2 years and we already have 11 more this comin year . I like to see as draft more players like Jonatan Berggren .Late birthday smaller high skill forward . They have more higher potential than bigger pics. On defense pics should be at least 6 feat and preferably from Sweden.

 

[newfy]

you never know how kids will progress . It is great that we had 21 pics last 2 years and we already have 11 more this comin year . I like to see as draft more players like Jonatan Berggren .Late birthday smaller high skill forward . They have more higher potential than bigger pics. On defense pics should be at least 6 feat and preferably from Sweden.

Height has nothing to do with higher potential. A guy being 5'9 or 5'10 just means he has way more to overcome to be an NHLer. And why do defense have to be from Sweden? They should just be drafting the best dman.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

Doing this thing on the prospects-section, but I'll add my updated list also here.

Overall	Pos	2019 draft	Size / Hand	Nationality	Avg_Rank
1	C	Jack Hughes	5'10, Left	USA	1.00
2	RW	Kaapo Kakko	6'2, Left	FIN	3.33
3	C	Alex Turcotte	5'11, Left	USA	3.67
4	C/LW	Alex Newhook	5'11, Left	CAN	4.17
5	LD	Bowen Byram	6'0, Left	CAN	5.50
6	C	Kirby Dach	6'4, Right	CAN	7.50
7	C/RW	Dylan Cozens	6'3, Right	CAN	7.67
8	LW/C	Peyton Krebs	5'11, Left	CAN	8.17
9	C/RW	Raphaël Lavoie	6'4, Right	CAN	10.50
10	LW	Arthur Kaliyev	6'2, Left	USA	12.50
11	C	Ryan Suzuki	6'0, Left	CAN	12.67
12	LD	Matthew Robertson	6'3, Left	CAN	13.33
13	RD	Victor Söderström	5'11, Right	SWE	15.17
14	C	Blake Murray	6'2, Left	CAN	19.00
15	C	Trevor Zegras	5'11, Left	USA	19.17
16	RD	Anttoni Honka	5'11, Right	FIN	19.50
17	RW	Vasili Podkolzin	5'11, Left	RUS	20.00
18	W	Maxim Cajkovic	5'11, Right	SVK	20.50
19	C	Jakob Pelletier	5'9, Left	CAN	20.67
20	C	Matthew Boldy	6'0, Left	USA	21.83
21	C/RW	Cole Caufield	5'6, Right	USA	22.50
22	LW	Nolan Foote	6'3, Left	CAN	23.00
23	LD	Cam York	5'11, Left	USA	25.33
24	C	Valentin Nussbaumer	5'11, Left	SUI	27.50
25	G	Spencer Knight	6'3	USA	29.17
26	LD	Michael Vukojevic	6'2, Left	CAN	29.17
27	LD	Mikko Kokkonen	5'11, Left	FIN	29.83
28	LW	Nils Höglander	5'9, Left	SWE	32.33
29	LD	Tobias Björnfot	6'0, Left	SWE	33.00
30	C/RW	Henri Nikkanen	6'2, Left	FIN	33.33
31	RD	Moritz Seider	6'4, Right	GER	34.00
32	RW	Sasha Mutala	6'0, Right	CAN	35.17
33	RW	Simon Holmström	5'11, Left	SWE	35.17
34	LD	Ben Brinkman	6'1, Left	USA	36.17
35	C	Matvei Guskov	6'1, Left	RUS	36.33
36	LD	Artemi Knyazev	5'11. Left	RUS	37.67
37	LW	Daniil Gutik	6'3, Right	RUS	39.50
38	LW	Samuel Poulin	6'1, Left	CAN	40.50
39	C/RW	Albin Grewe	6'0, Left	SWE	40.67
40	C	John Beecher	6'2, Left	USA	43.40
41	C	Brady Meyer	6'5, Left	USA	44.80
42	LD	Marshall Warren	5'11, Left	USA	45.20
43	LD	Alex Vlasic	6'5, Left	USA	45.38
44	RW	Josh Williams	6'1, Right	CAN	45.88
45	C	Tag Bertuzzi	6'1, Left	CAN	46.63
46	C	Nikita Alexandrov	5'11, Left	GER	47.00
47	RW	Danil Antropov	6'1, Left	CAN/KAZ	49.00
48	C/LW	Oleg Zaitsev	6'1, Left	RUS	50.75
49	LD	Ilya Mironov	6'3, Left	RUS	50.63
50	C/LW	Antti Saarela	5'11, Left	FIN	53.63
51	F	Vojtech Strondala	5'7, Left	CZE	53.63
52	LW	Matias Maccelli	5'11, Left	FIN	53.63
53	RD	Kaedan Korczak	6'2 Right	CAN	56.13
54	LD	Philip Broberg	6'3, Left	SWE	56.33
55	RD	Case McCarthy	6'1, Right	USA	56.50
56	RD	Drew Helleson	6'2, Right	USA	57.13
57	W	Michal Teply	6'3, Right	CZE	57.13
58	RW	Graeme Clarke	5'11, Right	CAN	58.00
59	F	Xavier Parent	5'7, Left	CAN	59.25
60	LW	Luke Toporowski	5'10, Left	USA	59.75
61	RD	Lassi Thomson	6'0, Right	FIN	60.38
62	LD	Henry Thrun	6'1, Left	USA	62.88

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

So these are averages from 8 different ranks I've picked here and there.

Rank number also excludes the highest and the lowest rank to avoid some homerisms.

Interested to know why you have Vasili Podkolzin as low as 17th? From what I’ve seen of him and in all the mocks he looks like a lock for top 10.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Interested to know why you have Vasili Podkolzin as low as 17th? From what I’ve seen of him and in all the mocks he looks like a lock for top 5.

It looks like a combination of rankings. My guess is not every service has updated since the Hlinka. He should catapult up the draft board as soon as that happens. He really did remind me of Pavel at times during that.... Which is yeah, very high praise.

 

[Henkka]

Interested to know why you have Vasili Podkolzin as low as 17th? From what I’ve seen of him and in all the mocks he looks like a lock for top 5.

This is a rank of averages and in all early ranks he was lower. He will rise, probably more than anybody, as I will insert some rank updates on the average.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

This is a rank of averages and in all early ranks he was lower. He will rise, probably more than anybody, as I will insert some rank updates on the average.

I agree. I really like your list otherwise. Hopefully the wings can nab a few of them in the first top 40 or whatever their first 3 picks will be.

 

[lilidk]

Height has nothing to do with higher potential. A guy being 5'9 or 5'10 just means he has way more to overcome to be an NHLer. And why do defense have to be from Sweden? They should just be drafting the best dman.

taller players have more advantages at junior level and they don't need to compete as much as others 5'10"-6'1"is ideal size for forwards . Swedish defense is the best in the world , just like Russian wingers and North American centers

 

[newfy]

taller players have more advantages at junior level and they don't need to compete as much as others 5'10"-6'1"is ideal size for forwards . Swedish defense is the best in the world , just like Russian wingers and North American centers

Taller players have more advantages at every level. I would take Provorov over Lilja. I would take Laine over Namestnikov.

I dont see your point. Sweden has good D so does Canada and to an extent the states. The wings should be taking the best players who cares about nationality

 

[lilidk]

Taller players have more advantages at every level. I would take Provorov over Lilja. I would take Laine over Namestnikov.

I dont see your point. Sweden has good D so does Canada and to an extent the states. The wings should be taking the best players who cares about nationality

just read first 2 sentences from original post

generally national teams from Russia and Finland has better offence then defense and Sweden just opposite

And yes we should draft the best available player , problem is its hard to project defensive prospect , wingers is easier but how many of them do we need?

 

[Henkka]

Redefining what "pro size" means, and why Carey Price is a physical freak

Old but but still very important and great article about players height.

In every sport, the high wingspan guys seem to be the most talented ones.

Pavel Datsyuk was the best example. He was 5'10 but with 6'1 wingspan at least. Everybody remembers those "monkey" arms and his dangling because of them.

It gives a bigger puck control area in hockey, which is huge factor for players ability.

My friend is 6'2 with 6'7 and my god he is good in every sport just naturally. We always joke about those monkey arms. I have exact same wingspan as my own height 5'10.

I'm a human and my friend is a monkey.

 

[Frk It]

Cozens really fits the style of player we've targeted in the Tyler Wright era. He's big, fast and has great work ethic. Some people are doubtful of him having elite upside.

I don't share this concern. Someone on the prospect board said he is reminiscent of Eric Staal, and that is who he reminds me of offensively.

 

[Henkka]

Dach looked like Getzlaf, so there we go. Without any high picks we have to choose between "Eric Staal" or "Ryan Getzlaf". Or If you somehow end up winning the lottery, you take the "Patrick Kane" who plays at center.

Not a bad draft.