Craig Button's December Rankings for the 2019 Draft

[16thOverallSaveUs]

I would be interested in newhook for the wild. I think newhook has the speed and skill to be a top line center.

Turcotte is rated too low

Broberg In my opinion should be 20-30, although he can really skate well.

I like Dach more than Cozens. I don’t know why but Cozens has me on bust alert.

Other than that I like the list a lot.

 

[VictorLustig]

Hes going to ride Brobergs international games right to the end I feel. Button overvalues international play so heavily year after year. He might make an adjustment at the end but I feel he will still have him top 10.

Broberg has been good pretty much the entire season. Not a top 10 for me but I can see him go there. Reading this thread you get the impression that he's some kind of disaster, which he is absolutely not.

 

[thrillhous]

Potentially still a chance. Pelletier is still 5'9 and teams could pass up on him with a lottery pick. Moncton is a stacked team as well so overager teammates will be taken into account as well.

What overagers are you referring to?

 

[Guy Gadowsky]

Button does not like Turcotte or Newhook all that much

Podkolzin has been excellent this year, I wouldn't be surprised to see him go 3rd, even 2nd is possible.

Eh, I think he the obvious fall guy. More than a few teams won't want to sit on him in Russia for a few years

 

[Daximus]

Broberg has been good pretty much the entire season. Not a top 10 for me but I can see him go there. Reading this thread you get the impression that he's some kind of disaster, which he is absolutely not.

I think his WJC will be a big on where he goes in the draft. If he preforms well there teams will be picking him high because of his size and speed. He's not a bad player. I just think he got a little overrated after the Hlinka.

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

I'm going all in on Jakob Pelletier, love his speed, compete, playmaking ability and craftiness.