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Physically he's not as strong as Kasper or Larkin and Veleno when they were same age .What are you basing Danielson being better at wing on? He's played center most of his junior career so far.
Physically he's not as strong as Kasper or Larkin and Veleno when they were same age .What are you basing Danielson being better at wing on? He's played center most of his junior career so far.
This is total BS and not relevant at all long term. If you actually watch him play the game, he does everything you ask and expect from a center. Kasper and Danielson are both natural centers. The only reason people talk about either playing wing is because they both play the same position, not because one can't handle the center position.Physically he's not as strong as Kasper or Larkin and Veleno when they were same age .
I don't watch enough to judge if we have Larkin replacement in the farm . Kasper is like 2-3 line center and Danielson, I think will be better at wing , but I am not sure. Do we still need to target center in the first ?
It's easy to watch him , it's an You tube . To me his game similar to Sennecke or Sawchyn from last draft, but MHL not as good as OHL, so it's hard to compare.Have never watched him play aside from highlights, but Yegor Surin is starting to show up in first-round speculation. He's been mentioned a few times in this thread as a possible second-round pick or someone to trade up for. A good scouting service, Draftin Europe, recently ranked him 7th OA among Euro prospects, behind another rarely mentioned Draft possibility, C Lucas Pettersson, at 5, MBN at 6; higher than fellow Russian RW Chernyshov, who I like and has been in some top 20 rankings. C Helenius, a more likely Draft target for the Wings and a possibility to drop from where rankings have him, is ranked No. 2 behind Demidov.
Surin, from scouting reports on him, sounds like Kasper. Natural center, strong and agile on his skates, same size, lots of physicality. His MHL team is good and rolls over a lot of teams, and his numbers are very good, second among U18 MHL players. One scouting report basically describes him as a boss on the ice, lots of skill, lots of attitude, arrogant in a good way. He's not listed among top 20 OA prospects in any ranking I've seen, but there seems to be a little bit of a buzz around him, as guys who follow the draft more closely than I do probably already know.
Hage will probably be available at 15.Given my post has come to fruition, the next phase is a LOCK! The Wings will move up to #5. OK, at least to #10. I have already listed out the two big wingers they desperately need. At 15, I think that is what they do.
At 15, Greentree. Lotto luck and they move up to to 9 or 10..... Michael Hage
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Hage will probably be available at 15.
A full season of hockey for a 17 or 18-year-old is a TON of development time. Players change a lot at those ages.I do always question when a player moves up going into the draft. He was a low 1st, high 2nd at one point.
I do always question when a player moves up going into the draft. He was a low 1st, high 2nd at one point.
Seider one of themThe fast risers at the draft usually turn out good. The fallers are the guys you have to worry about.
oliver? eiserman is way better of a scorerFor those who put some time into evaluating 2018 Draft prospects, how similar is Eiserman to Owen Wahlstrom at that time? Try not to let the fact Wahlstrom might now be available for peanuts if not on waivers influence the comparison.
oliver? eiserman is way better of a scorer
Seriously, he is bigger, maybe not better, but bigger then all of them!!!Physically he's not as strong as Kasper or Larkin and Veleno when they were same age .
Once all the ‘talking heads’ start spitting out their rankings and mocks things usually pick up. We haven’t even had the combine yet.Next month is a draft and not much activities here
Didn’t work for Ovechkin though.I say we stay at 15 and select . . . James Hagens. Sure, he's a 2025 draft eligible guy. But Vancouver drafted Pavel Bure when he wasn't supposed to be draft eligible and it worked. So that's my plan in a nutshell.
Should be in no draft note. USaA is a better team , but they have Connelly.Trevor Connelly took a stupid penalty in the gold medal game for the USA. He received 5 and a game for a hit to the head. Stuff like that will likely further drop him in the draft.
I remember the Ovechkin story and believed it had no merit; it was tied to the orthodox calendar, I believe. But the much bigger issue with the bure pick was that detroit tried to draft him a round earlier, or so I'm lead to believe. As I remember it, we asked "hey can we draft this kid? We think he's eligible." The nhl said no. And a round or 2 later Vancouver didn't ask and just drafted him, and so it stood. Further proof that it's always easier to ask for forgivenes, rather then permission. Just imagine sergie and pavel together, like in juniors!!! I mean before the Kournikova stuff of course.Didn’t work for Ovechkin though.
Someone tried that in the late rounds in 2003 a year before he was eligible. Can’t remember who.
Edit; it was Florida.
How The Florida Panthers Schemed To Draft Alex Ovechkin in 2003