Biggest steals round 4 to 7 of 2017 draft

[WhatTheDuck]

Fedor Gordeev
6'6" 211lbs LHD
Great skater with natural offensive instincts
Transitioned from W to D full time at the start of THIS YEAR
Extended ice time coming his way next year
From Toronto and cried when the Leafs took him - wants to be a Leaf

He was a Dman in minor hockey. May have played more wing than D in junior but he's spent plenty of time on the blueline.

 

[landy92mack29]

Great value picks for me are

94-Nick Henry
98-Nikita Popugaev
106-Matthew Strome
107-Maksim Sushko
109-Adam Ruzicka
110-Ian Scott
115-Ostap Safin
118-Markus Phillips
122-Kyle Olson
146-Kirill Maksimov
171-D'Artagnon Joly
176-Pavel Koltygin
185-Sasha Chmelevski
194-Dylan Ferguson
204-Daniel Bukac
212-Ivan Chekhovich
216-Jacob Paquette

 

[Vagrant]

I really like the Scott Reedy pick for San Jose. He has great puck skills and a power forward frame. Really looking forward to seeing how he adapts to the NCAA. Was projected much higher to start the season.

 

[snipes]

Great value picks for me are

94-Nick Henry
98-Nikita Popugaev
106-Matthew Strome
107-Maksim Sushko
109-Adam Ruzicka
110-Ian Scott
115-Ostap Safin
118-Markus Phillips
122-Kyle Olson
146-Kirill Maksimov
171-D'Artagnon Joly
176-Pavel Koltygin
185-Sasha Chmelevski
194-Dylan Ferguson
204-Daniel Bukac
212-Ivan Chekhovich
216-Jacob Paquette

Good list.

 

[The Abusement Park]

I really like the Igor Shyvrov pick by the Avs. Really really like his offensive ability.

 

[Empoleon8771]

 

[Jaykay]

I really like the Scott Reedy pick for San Jose. He has great puck skills and a power forward frame. Really looking forward to seeing how he adapts to the NCAA. Was projected much higher to start the season.

Reedy would be my pick for this.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

I really like the Scott Reedy pick for San Jose. He has great puck skills and a power forward frame. Really looking forward to seeing how he adapts to the NCAA. Was projected much higher to start the season.

I agree .. I wanted him the the 2nd for the Sens.. 4th is a great pick

 

[Magua]

Ok, so are they supposed to be "steals" based on draft day value or based on projecting years from now who will be risers.....? Here's some of the latter (and a handful also the former):

#104 Mikey Anderson (LAK)
#105 Santeri Virtanen (WPG)
#113 Alexei Toropchenko (STL)
#117 Emil Bemstrom (CBJ)
#121 Drake Batherson (OTT)
#127 Lukas Elvenes (VGK)
#128 Tyler Steenbergen (ARZ)
#136 Leon Gawanke (WPG)
#137 Noah Cates (PHI)
#155 Linus Olund (PIT)
#180 Cole Guttman (TB)
#194 Dylan Ferguson (DAL)
#199 Cayden Primeau (MTL)
#204 Daniel Bukac (BOS)

 

[Lays]

*insert your teams 6th round pick that probably never plays in the NHL*

 

[Avsblitzkrieg]

*insert your teams 6th round pick that probably never plays in the NHL*

Why post something like this? I'll never understand it.

Having said that.

Igor Shyvrov if h comes over. That's the biggest knock on him. Talent by the bucket load

 

[The Winter Soldier]

The player I am thinking about almost made it to the 4th rd. But since this is rd 4 to 7 steals. Won't bother to mention it here.

 

[The Burdened]

Guys fell for a reason. To pretend you know more than every team is just silly. It'll take a few years before we see any 'steals'.

but WE WUZ SCOUTZ

 

[Ricklongisland]

I thought the Safin pick was the strongest value pick of the draft. He should have went top 50 easily. If he pans out teams will feel stupid for passing on him.

 

[Ricklongisland]

He is only 5'8. How can that be the BIGGEST steal?

Agreed. Of all the Isle picks in this range I would go with Aho as our best pick.

 

[RoadWarrior]

Farrance, Popuguyev, Reedy, Scott, Safin, Shvyrov, Elvenes, L. Olund, Svetlakov, Chekhovich

Some good steals here.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Guys fell for a reason. To pretend you know more than every team is just silly. It'll take a few years before we see any 'steals'.

This^^^^^^^

It is laughable that these armchair experts think there little draft guides mean anything. Players drop for good reason and the vast majority of the time their drop is proven to be validated years later.

A true steal is usually a player that hasn't had much exposure due to various reasons such as injury, location, politics etc. These are the only players that should be mentioned as potential steals this close to the completion of a draft. Even so they should only de earmarked as potential steals and not some definitive heist.

 

[Elche1975]

This^^^^^^^

It is laughable that these armchair experts think there little draft guides mean anything. Players drop for good reason and the vast majority of the time their drop is proven to be validated years later.

A true steal is usually a player that hasn't had much exposure due to various reasons such as injury, location, politics etc. These are the only players that should be mentioned as potential steals this close to the completion of a draft. Even so they should only de earmarked as potential steals and not some definitive heist.

I disagree with you and the other poster....

Luc Robitaille dropped in a draft for being a bad skater, Theo Fleury for being short.....there is hundred of examples but these 2 are the best. The team who take a chance was willing and they think the guy have talent but this against him, all others passed on them but the team who selected them gambled and it paid! Thats a steal because these players end up being better than most of first rounders.

When Tampa selected Palat in round 7, he was a 7th round pick value that day. Now years later he gave them 3 good seasons and if they trade him tomorow, they'll still get way way more.

Everything in life has a value so if you get something that you could resell 2 times or 5 times more you did a benefit or a steal.

The goal of all this is to try to guess who will be the next Fleury, Robitaille, Palat etc....because there will be and it will be a steal for when it was taken.

 

[Kingsfan1]

4(94) - COL - Nick Henry
4(108) - ARI - Noel Hoefenmayer
4(115) - EDM - Ostap Safin
4(118) - LAK - Markus Phillips
5(127) - LVK - Lukas Elvenes
6(185) - SJS - Alex Chmelevski
7(199) - MTL - Cayden Primeau
7(201) - NYI - Logan Cockerill
7(212) - SJS - Ivan Chekhovich

This . Great list !

 

[Juxtaposer]

As usual, Sharks' 4th-7th round picks (Reedy, Chekhovich, Chmelevski) are better than our 1st and 2nd.

 

[North Country]

Reedy

 

[Aceboogie]

Safin has been getting alot of love from scouting circles in draft recap pieces. He was rated 40 by FC, 51 by Mackenzie and 53 by ISS, plus never ranked lower than 98. He ended up going 115, so from a value perspective, it looks great. Although well have to wait 5 years to see

 

[maaran]

Denis Smirnov, or Sebastian Aho who might be able to make the jump to the NHL this year.

 

[Cmac66]

Fedor Gordeev
6'6" 211lbs LHD
Great skater with natural offensive instincts
Transitioned from W to D full time at the start of THIS YEAR
Extended ice time coming his way next year
From Toronto and cried when the Leafs took him - wants to be a Leaf

You sure he wasn't crying that he now has to play for Toronto

 

[Reddawg]

I'm falling in love with a pick BUF made in the 7th.

192OA - Linus Weissbach - overager but we great numbers for a 7th rounder 2 years in a row in SWE and USHL.

Kid has both speed and crafty hands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HyDc-QRTos&t= If you show me this highlight reel, I'd be thinking 3rd rounder tops.

Really, really impressed with Weissbach, kid could be our Arvidsson in a couple years.