Prospect Info: 6th Overall

[Athana see you later]

He did show tools. You can’t ignore that because they’re not the tools you personally look for. Few 18-19 year olds are as effective at winning puck battles and occupying the area in front of the net. As he gets stronger he’ll be dominant in those areas, the rest of his game is in question sure but too early to write him off as bottom 6.

That play against Vegas where he got a pass on the goal line next the net and just reached around fleury and tucked the puck on the opposite side of the net keeps popping in my mind reading this

 

[Frk It]

Give me Peyton Krebs all day.

 

[newfy]

Give me Peyton Krebs all day.

Watching the u18 makes me think he'll end up going higher than hes projected. He looks really good out there

 

[DRW204]

so with Stevie back on-board, methinks he'll go after Point 2.0 in Turcotte

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

Give me Peyton Krebs all day.

Peyton Krebs bandwagon ACTIVATE!

 

[HisNoodliness]

Peyton Krebs bandwagon ACTIVATE!

You jest, but I respect Frk It enough that he might be able to turn this board into a Krebs fest. I don't think we'd be seeing all this Turcotte love otherwise. Couple that with a good tournament out of Krebs and he'll be third on everyone's board in no time.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

You jest, but I respect Frk It enough that he might be able to turn this board into a Krebs fest. I don't think we'd be seeing all this Turcotte love otherwise. Couple that with a good tournament out of Krebs and he'll be third on everyone's board in no time.

I dunno about third, but I'm no longer sure I want Cozens instead of Krebs. And I'm now positive I want Krebs instead of Dach, so he's climbing the list for sure. Krebs vs Turcotte would be a tough one.

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

With Stevie coming to Detroit the two 2nds we have on top of 6th OA just became much more important

 

[obey86]

With Stevie coming to Detroit the two 2nds we have on top of 6th OA just became much more important

We have 3 second round picks

 

[lilidk]

We have 3 second round picks

Problem is 2 of them almost third, but is ok

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

“The Lightning are open-minded and don’t fall into the same scouting bugaboos people trip themselves on — passports and measuring tape,” former NHL GM Craig Button recently told our Joe Smith. “‘Don’t draft goaltenders in the first round. Don’t draft Russians.’ Tampa Bay never bought into all that bullshit.”

How Steve Yzerman's most defining moves as a GM can be...

This is extremely refreshing. Yzerman is going to be extremely refreshing for this franchise.

 

[lilidk]

Caufield looks amazing at u18. Hope he makes world cup with Hughes. Those 2 so much fun

 

[Hughes Hefner]

Alex newhook has really impressed me for Canada. He's been playing on the same line with Dylan cozens and he's been driving that line, great vision and hockey sense. Not really impressed with Cozens IQ. Thomas Harley looks like a nice looking dman, good size great skater and nice poise...

 

[Marky9er]

How Steve Yzerman's most defining moves as a GM can be...

This is extremely refreshing. Yzerman is going to be extremely refreshing for this franchise.

Eh, we did draft a goaltender and also a Russian both first round.

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Alex newhook has really impressed me for Canada. He's been playing on the same line with Dylan cozens and he's been driving that line, great vision and hockey sense. Not really impressed with Cozens IQ. Thomas Harley looks like a nice looking dman, good size great skater and nice poise...

Would anyone be mad with Newhook at 6?

 

[Pavels Dog]

How Steve Yzerman's most defining moves as a GM can be...

This is extremely refreshing. Yzerman is going to be extremely refreshing for this franchise.

What’s weird is that used to be exactly how the Wings operated. I guess they’ve kinda gotten away from that, so yeah hopefully Stevie reinforces that philosophy.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

Would anyone be mad with Newhook at 6?

Yes, pretty much everyone. I would take so many players before Newhook every single day of the week. Newhook is much more 16th than 6th.

I mean, shit... I don't want a winger, and I would take Podkolzin, Boldy, Caufield... etc. before Newhook. And then there are defensemen like Broberg, Soderstrom, Heinola, etc. And if we're talking a teens level player, then you start to talk about Spencer Knight...

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

Alex newhook has really impressed me for Canada. He's been playing on the same line with Dylan cozens and he's been driving that line, great vision and hockey sense. Not really impressed with Cozens IQ. Thomas Harley looks like a nice looking dman, good size great skater and nice poise...

What's not very flattering to Cozens is that he destroyed in the tune-up games that nobody saw. So he hasn't looked lights out in the last two, but from Team Canada's perspective he has like 6-7 points in his last 4 games.

And he still has a goal, so it's not like he's doing nothing.

 

[Frk It]

Yes, pretty much everyone. I would take so many players before Newhook every single day of the week. Newhook is much more 16th than 6th.

I mean, ****... I don't want a winger, and I would take Podkolzin, Boldy, Caufield... etc. before Newhook. And then there are defensemen like Broberg, Soderstrom, Heinola, etc. And if we're talking a teens level player, then you start to talk about Spencer Knight...

He’s looked better than I expected and I don’t that I would rule him out as a center.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

He’s looked better than I expected and I don’t that I would rule him out as a center.

I didn't mean to say that I think Newhook is a winger. I'm saying I'm at the point where I'd take wingers before him, and I really don't want a winger. Somebody like Boldy is too talented to go fishing for a later-ranked center like that.

 

[obey86]

How Steve Yzerman's most defining moves as a GM can be...

This is extremely refreshing. Yzerman is going to be extremely refreshing for this franchise.

Except, Ken Holland has done both of those exact things. Took a goalie in the 1st, took a Russian in the 1st. The only difference is the players Holland picked sucked. More of a difference in player evaluation, than doing unconventional things.

 

[Hughes Hefner]

I didn't mean to say that I think Newhook is a winger. I'm saying I'm at the point where I'd take wingers before him, and I really don't want a winger. Somebody like Boldy is too talented to go fishing for a later-ranked center like that.

I would take Boldy ahead of Newhook to. I like Boldy a lot and would not be disappointed if the wings got him. I think the reason Newhook is ranked lower is because of concerns about the competition of the league he's in. I think he's showing in the u18s that's not a issue.

 

[Run the Jewels]

How Steve Yzerman's most defining moves as a GM can be...

This is extremely refreshing. Yzerman is going to be extremely refreshing for this franchise.

Yeah when people suggest he's just going to continue doing what Holland has done I don't think they have followed his work at Tampa at all. Yzerman has made loads of tough decisions, the type Holland has always avoided.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

I would take Boldy ahead of Newhook to. I like Boldy a lot and would not be disappointed if the wings got him. I think the reason Newhook is ranked lower is because of concerns about the competition of the league he's in. I think he's showing in the u18s that's not a issue.

I don't think scouts are very concerned about the competition level of the BCHL, considering Cale Makar went #4 overall out of it just a few years ago. But I see what you're saying.

 

[Hughes Hefner]

I don't think scouts are very concerned about the competition level of the BCHL, considering Cale Makar went #4 overall out of it just a few years ago. But I see what you're saying.

Yeah I hear you, Kyle Turris went what 2nd or 3rd overall from that league. I guess that it's the first time seeing Newhook for me and I came away very impressed.