Prospect Info: 2019 NHL Entry Draft Part I

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Everyone would be happy with the consensus first or second overall, but odds are it won’t happen.

As of right now who the hell knows where they will end up in the standings but yea overall the chances of getting the 1st overall pick will be low.

Drafts like this one are drafts where 5-10 years from now someone outside of the top 2 would be taken #1 in a redraft. I don’t see how we aren’t a top 10 pick and there will be plenty to choose from there.

 

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Drafts like this one are drafts where 5-10 years from now someone outside of the top 2 would be taken #1 in a redraft. I don’t see how we aren’t a top 10 pick and there will be plenty to choose from there.

I agree. The devils will most likely stay within top 10 and yea this draft is probably going to be similar to 2017 where the 1st/2nd overall players will be solid players but chances are there will be just as many good players beyond them. Hope the devils get it right

 

[Scooooooooooooot]

This isnt 2017, Its a good draft but Hughes/Kakko are most likely the best two pieces in this draft by a significant margin. I know we aren't betting on getting either so its easy to convince ourselves that its a draft where the best player could go 7th, but that's just not the makeup of this draft. Doesn't mean it won't happen, but this is closer to 2016 than 2017.

 

[EnglishDevil]

There’s plenty of talent to choose from even though we likely won’t get one of Hughes/Kakko.

I’d be extremely happy with Krebs or Cozens, both are extremely talented players. Byram is really good if we go with a defender.

Not a big fan of Dach and haven’t seen much at all of Podkolzin or Turcotte, so i’ll reserve judgment on them.

 

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There’s plenty of talent to choose from even though we likely won’t get one of Hughes/Kakko.

I’d be extremely happy with Krebs or Cozens, both are extremely talented players. Byram is really good if we go with a defender.

Not a big fan of Dach and haven’t seen much at all of Podkolzin or Turcotte, so i’ll reserve judgment on them.

Turcotte reminds me a lot of Nico, I like his game a lot. 5'11 vs 6'1 but he is a good two way guy who plays hard and has great skating and skill.

 

[MichaelJ]

Dach is barely over a ppg right now. Does anyone think this will hurt his draft position much? He’s still a big, talented center and they don’t grow on trees, I’m just wondering if teams might be scared off and see him as a gamble/project.

 

[EnglishDevil]

Dach is barely over a ppg right now. Does anyone think this will hurt his draft position much? He’s still a big, talented center and they don’t grow on trees, I’m just wondering if teams might be scared off and see him as a gamble/project.

Dach is a good prospect and Saskatoon are by no means stacked, but they're a pretty good team and he's not playing with scrubs so 48 points in 41 games is a little disappointing for sure. He's my least favourite of the highly rated WHL prospects.

I've said it before and i'll say it again, what Peyton Krebs does for that god awful Kootenay Ice team is nothing short of incredible, he's easily my #3 prospect after Hughes & Kakko. Cozens is great but look at who he has to work with in Lethbridge; they've got 5 other PPG forwards in Bellerive, Leschyshyn, Henry, Ross & Elmer and a PPG defender in Calen Addison too. Krebs has 51 points in 42 games and there's TWO other players on the roster with more than 20 points (who have 37 in 45 and 25 in 46 respectively). There's a reason Kootenay has 10 wins on the season, their roster is completely devoid of talent. Frankly i'd be impressed if an over-age player was able to put up the kinds of numbers Krebs has in that situation, the fact he's doing it as a draft eligible 17 year old is a testament to how good he is. People are definitely sleeping on him because he plays for that disaster of a team.

 

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This isnt 2017, Its a good draft but Hughes/Kakko are most likely the best two pieces in this draft by a significant margin. I know we aren't betting on getting either so its easy to convince ourselves that its a draft where the best player could go 7th, but that's just not the makeup of this draft. Doesn't mean it won't happen, but this is closer to 2016 than 2017.

That has absolutely nothing to do with it. Hughes is nowhere near the level of matthews, sorry and neither is kakko imo. The 2016 draft also had laine on top of matthews.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Drafts like this one are drafts where 5-10 years from now someone outside of the top 2 would be taken #1 in a redraft. I don’t see how we aren’t a top 10 pick and there will be plenty to choose from there.

Watch us pick 11th now.

 

[135ace]

Dach is a good prospect and Saskatoon are by no means stacked, but they're a pretty good team and he's not playing with scrubs so 48 points in 41 games is a little disappointing for sure. He's my least favourite of the highly rated WHL prospects.

I've said it before and i'll say it again, what Peyton Krebs does for that god awful Kootenay Ice team is nothing short of incredible, he's easily my #3 prospect after Hughes & Kakko. Cozens is great but look at who he has to work with in Lethbridge; they've got 5 other PPG forwards in Bellerive, Leschyshyn, Henry, Ross & Elmer and a PPG defender in Calen Addison too. Krebs has 51 points in 42 games and there's TWO other players on the roster with more than 20 points (who have 37 in 45 and 25 in 46 respectively). There's a reason Kootenay has 10 wins on the season, their roster is completely devoid of talent. Frankly i'd be impressed if an over-age player was able to put up the kinds of numbers Krebs has in that situation, the fact he's doing it as a draft eligible 17 year old is a testament to how good he is. People are definitely sleeping on him because he plays for that disaster of a team.

Krebs as been impressive, but I think I'd still take Cozens over him. The more I watch Byram though the more I see him as my #3 after Hughes/Kakko though. At times he looks more raw than Smith did last year (and he does have more defensive lapses), but he's literally a bigger, more talented version of Smith. A duo of Smith/Byram will mean we're set on D for over a decade.

 

[ScottyK]

Byram if we don't get one of the big 2. I like Cozens as well but I lean towards the D at 3/4/5

 

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Watch us pick 11th now.

As I’ve said the past few years... where ever we get slated to pick, all of a sudden tends to represent a large gap in talent from the prior pick.

 

[MadDevil]

As I’ve said the past few years... where ever we get slated to pick, all of a sudden tends to represent a large gap in talent from the prior pick.

Well, we did win the lottery for Nico in 2017 and got Smith at #17 last year, so our luck may be turning on that front. Hopefully our lottery ball specialist is using his down time to make whatever preparations he needs to get us another high pick.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Well, we did win the lottery for Nico in 2017 and got Smith at #17 last year, so our luck may be turning on that front. Hopefully our lottery ball specialist is using his down time to make whatever preparations he needs to get us another high pick.

Let’s be real. We wait and do our real damage in the 6th round.

 

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That has absolutely nothing to do with it. Hughes is nowhere near the level of matthews, sorry and neither is kakko imo. The 2016 draft also had laine on top of matthews.

Hughes and kakko aren’t matthews and Laine and i didn’t say they were. I said it’s closer to 2016 than 2017 and those two players are not moving in the draft order for a reason. It’s a good top 10-12 so i am confident we will get a no doubt impact player based on where we are slated now, but the top two are better than the rest.

 

[Edmonton East]

I cant remember the last time 11 teams were straight up trash at this point in a season. Usually you have some below average teams and 1-3 that really suck.

This year, ya have 11 teams that are awful. Bizarre.

 

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Hughes and kakko aren’t matthews and Laine and i didn’t say they were. I said it’s closer to 2016 than 2017 and those two players are not moving in the draft order for a reason. It’s a good top 10-12 so i am confident we will get a no doubt impact player based on where we are slated now, but the top two are better than the rest.

Wait what? I never said they aren't going #1 and #2. I was saying it's impossible to say that they will or will not be the best players coming out of the draft in 5 or so years unless they really were THAT good, which they're not and since you used 2016 as an example i referenced matthews and laine. I agreed it's closer to 2017 because well, look at hischier vs pettersson. We have no idea who the better player will be.

 

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Wait what? I never said they aren't going #1 and #2. I was saying it's impossible to say that they will or will not be the best players coming out of the draft in 5 or so years unless they really were THAT good, which they're not and since you used 2016 as an example i referenced matthews and laine. I agreed it's closer to 2017 because well, look at hischier vs pettersson. We have no idea who the better player will be.

I think they are the best two players no doubt about it and it’s closer to 2016 than 2017. Not exactly the same, but they will be the best two players.

 

[ScottyK]

Only 2 pts out of sitting last. Currently 5th in draft order

 

[NJDevs26]

It's sort of a pet peeve but it's fifth in the lottery order, not the draft order. We haven't gotten the backside of this current lottery yet, while several other teams have. We drafted where we were 'supposed' to in 2015-16 and moved up in 2017. Watch this be the year where we get passed by a couple of teams in the lottery and people will then complain how unfair it is, and we'll supposedly get bumped behind a tier of players.

 

[glenwo2]

Everyone would be happy with the consensus first or second overall, but odds are it won’t happen.

Do you think the Devils have a shot at the #4 or #5 pick?

I know they have zero shot at #1 and #2.

Let’s be real. We wait and do our real damage in the 6th round.

Indeed we do.

 

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whats the skinny on Broberg? He seems to be moving up. Smooth skating and big frame

 

[thethinglonger]

whats the skinny on Broberg? He seems to be moving up. Smooth skating and big frame

A team will fall in love with his size and top-end skating speed. He loves to skate the puck up the ice, which can result in some highlight reel plays or some bad turnovers (yeah that's really vague, didn't mean for that).

My big gripe on him is his IQ, specifically his decision-making. He seems to get frantic when under pressure. An additional, but similar concern is that he seems to only have one particular play in mind at a time and can't quite over the hump of figuring out what to do if his initial plan doesn't work out. That being said, his skating and aggressiveness in the offensive zone (he loves to shoot) plus that above skating skills means a team will roll the dice on him in the mid-first round...very interesting prospect though. He's not so much a boom or bust pick, but with some minor adjustments and improvements to his game, he could be a top-4 defenseman at the NHL level.

 

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sounds a lot like John Moore

 

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A team will fall in love with his size and top-end skating speed. He loves to skate the puck up the ice, which can result in some highlight reel plays or some bad turnovers (yeah that's really vague, didn't mean for that).

My big gripe on him is his IQ, specifically his decision-making. He seems to get frantic when under pressure. An additional, but similar concern is that he seems to only have one particular play in mind at a time and can't quite over the hump of figuring out what to do if his initial plan doesn't work out. That being said, his skating and aggressiveness in the offensive zone (he loves to shoot) plus that above skating skills means a team will roll the dice on him in the mid-first round...very interesting prospect though. He's not so much a boom or bust pick, but with some minor adjustments and improvements to his game, he could be a top-4 defenseman at the NHL level.

McCleod?