Fantasy Sports: Flyers Board Mock Draft 2018

[Strawberry Fields]

For our final pick, the Washington Capitals are hopping on the Russian bandwagon. And how fitting, given the amount of Ruskie talent we've developed over the past fifteen years.

With the 214th pick in the mock draft, the Caps select, from MHK Dynamo St. Petersburg, D Bogdan Zhilyakov.

Final Draft Recap
1 (28): Nils Lundkvist, RHD, Lulea (SHL)
2 (46): Blake McLaughlin, LW, Chicago (USHL)
3 (90): Filip Král, LHD, Spokane (WHL)
4 (121): Samuel Fagemo, LW, Frolunda (SHL)
6 (183): Jack Perbix, F, Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
7 (214): Bogdan Zhilyakov, D, MHK Dynamo St. Petersburg (MHL)

@BigToe has the floor. PM will be sent as well.

 

[BigToe]

With the 215th pick the Hurricanes select David Lilja, C, Karlskoga (Allsvenskan)

Final Results

1-2 - Carolina - Andrei Svechnikov, RW, Barrie (OHL)
2-42 - Carolina - Niklas Nordgren, RW, HIFK (SM-Liiga)
3-73 - Carolina - Bulat Shafigulin, RW, Nizhnekamsk (MHL)
4-104 - Carolina - Linus Karlsson, C, Karlskrona (SHL)
6-166 - Carolina - Jerry Turkulainen, RW, Jyvaskyla (SM-Liiga)
7-197 - Carolina - Jesper Myrenberg, G, Linkoping J20 (Superelit)
7-215 - Carolina - David Lilja, C, Karlskoga (Allsvenskan)

Didn't realize I took so many RW's until now

I wanted to pick Dhooghe so bad.

@Chuck Downie you're up.

 

[Chuck Downie]

After reading a good book...

....Stevie Y and pal Shanahan wanted to get dressed-up before they made their last selection.

selects forward Austin Wong from Okotoks (BCHL)

Austin Wong at eliteprospects.com

Draft recap:

61 - Jay O'Brien, C, Thayer Academy (USHS)
92 - Curtis Douglas, C, Windsor (OHL)
123 - Nico Gross, D, Oshawa (OHL)
154 - Gavin Hain, C, USNTDP (USHL)
185 - German Grachyov, F, Cherepovets (MHL)
206 - Conor Corcoran, D, Windsor (OHL)
216 - Austin Wong, C, Okotoks (BCHL)


GM @BillDineen has the final pick in the draft.

 

[BigToe]

That’s Yzerman?!?!? Doesn’t look like him at all.

 

[BillDineen]

To finish it up, Preds take Dennis Busby from the Flint Firebirds.

Recap:

3-93 - Nashville - Cameron Hillis, C, Guelph (OHL)
4-111 - Nashville - Curtis Hall, C, Youngstown (USHL)
5-131 - Nashville - Matej Pekar, RW, Muskegon (USHL)
5-155 - Nashville - Eric Florchuk, C, Saskatoon (WHL)
7-217 - Nashville - Dennis Busby, D, Flint (OHL)

We'll see how these turn out in a few years.

Thanks for running this @Chuck Downie

 

[Chuck Downie]

Wow! We're done!

A big thank you to the participants in this 2018 mock! This went as well as a mock possibly could, hope you all enjoyed it.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Awesome. Thanks again, @Chuck Downie.

My biggest surprise for going undrafted is Carl Wassenius. I guess others got scared off by his skating in the same way I did, but he was the next player on my list and I thought for sure someone would take him.

 

[Tripod]

Awesome. Thanks again, @Chuck Downie.

My biggest surprise for going undrafted is Carl Wassenius. I guess others got scared off by his skating in the same way I did, but he was the next player on my list and I thought for sure someone would take him.

Funny enough, one of the lists I was looking at has him ranked 63rd. But they are alone in thinking he is that high. And he was the only guy in that list of 100 that did not get drafted.

 

[pit]

Thanks @Chuck Downie . Incredibly well run!

This was Ottawa's final list:
1-4 - Ottawa - Brady Tkachuk, LW, Boston U (NCAA)
1-22 - Ottawa - Martin Kaut, RW, Pardubice (Extraliga)
4-95 - Ottawa - Riley Stotts, C, Calgary (WHL)
5-126 - Ottawa - Alexander Romanov, D, Armiya Moskva (MHL)
6-157 - Ottawa - Chase Wouters, LW, Saskatoon (WHL)
7-188 - Ottawa - Nikolai Kovalenko, RW, Lokomotiv (MHL)
7-194 - Ottawa - Sergei Sapego, D, Prince Albert (WHL)

Went much heavier on the wing than I think might be ideal, but I wasn't seeing C and G options of value when I was picking. Doing a mock really makes you appreciate how much not having a 2nd and 3rd round pick sucks, especially if your well of knowledge isn't super deep. Happy with most of the options, though there are a few question marks in there for sure. Also glad to get Kovalenko in the 7th since I was also considering him in the 6th.

Thanks everyone!

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Funny enough, one of the lists I was looking at has him ranked 63rd. But they are alone in thinking he is that high. And he was the only guy in that list of 100 that did not get drafted.

He has good size and he's always put up impressive offensive numbers, but he also has played in lower leagues than you'd think considering his production, and never made any of Sweden's international teams.

I watched some videos of him skate, and I'd say his feet are almost certainly what are holding him back. He looks like he's skating in mud.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Another good draft ladies and germs! Now let's see how dumb we look in a couple weex!

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Apologies to any lurking Caps fans who may be reading this for ****ing up your team's draft.

 

[Rebels57]

1-1 - Rasmus Dahlin, D, Frolunda (SHL)
2-32 - Jacob Olofsson, C, Timra (SHL)
4-94 - Damien Giroux, LW,Saginaw (OHL)
5-125 - Jacob Ingham, G, Mississauga (OHL)
6-156 - Joey Keane, D, Barrie (OHL)
7-187 - Adam Gajarsky, RW,Brno (Extraliga) auto-pick

 

[Hexy4]

Dallas Stars final list of players....

1-13 - Dallas - Joel Farabee, LW, USNTDP (USHL)
2-44 - Dallas - Jett Woo, D, Moose Jaw (WHL)
3-75 - Dallas - Olivier Rodrigue, G, Drumondville (QMJHL)
4-100 - Dallas - Xavier Bernard, D, Drummondville (QMJHL)
4-106 - Dallas - Aidan Dudas, C, Owen Sound (OHL)
5-137 - Dallas - Justin Almeida, C, Moose Jaw (WHL)
6-168 - Dallas - Tyler Weiss, LW, USNTDP (USHL)
7-199 - Dallas - Pavel Shen, F, Khanty-Mansiysk (KHL)

Not a bad blend of players. I feel like my first 3 picks are solid. The rest seem to be solid picks at there draft slots. Not much of a Europe flavour but that’s just the way it fell. What do the experts think?

 

[Chinatown88]

Another good draft ladies and germs! Now let's see how dumb we look in a couple weex!

Dumb? We're going to be geniuses compared to the actual GMs.

 

[Tripod]

In years past, did you guys end up posting the lists by teams in the OP as well as the order of the draft? Would make it easier to compare teams. I know that a bunch of us have already posted their teams when they made their last picks but having them all in the OP would be good I think.

Just an idea.

And thank you @Chuck Downie. I think we did quite well considering there were very few aoto-picks.

 

[Chuck Downie]

In years past, did you guys end up posting the lists by teams in the OP as well as the order of the draft? Would make it easier to compare teams. I know that a bunch of us have already posted their teams when they made their last picks but having them all in the OP would be good I think.

Just an idea.

And thank you @Chuck Downie. I think we did quite well considering there were very few aoto-picks.

@denominator compiled team pick lists and gave them weighted values after last mock. I believe he has an idea to keep stats over multiple mocks.

To answer your question if the team lists were posted on the first page - not as of yet.

 

[BernieParent]

Another good draft ladies and germs! Now let's see how dumb we look in a couple weex!

Some of us don't need to wait.

Thanks very much for ringmastering this circus, @ChuckDownie!

 

[Flyerfan13]

Yes thanks @Chuck Downie for taking the time to do this definitely a great group of guys posting here.

 

[Flyerfan13]

draft board

4 (105) Libor zabransky d,kelowna (whl)
4 (108) artuu nevasarri rw karpat u20
6 (167) Tyler madden c tri-city (ushl)
7 (198) hunter Holmes c flint (ohl)

 

[Tripod]

draft board

4 (105) Libor zabransky d,kelowna (whl)
4 (108) artuu nevasarri rw karpat u20
6 (167) Tyler madden c tri-city (ushl)
7 (198) hunter Holmes c flint (ohl)

Tough when you only have 4 picks.

 

[pit]

https://www.tsn.ca/sens-agm-lee-to-miss-part-of-draft-for-court-1.1110415

Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Randy Lee will miss at least part of next week's NHL draft because he is due in court to face a harassment allegation, his attorney said Tuesday.

Hopefully it's during round 2 and 3 and Lee can cover his own flights!

 

[BernieParent]

Because I like the maths, here's how we did relative to Round 1: + is a steal against where the player actually went and - is a faller, obv. No number means said player has to eat some worms.

1-1 - Buffalo - Rasmus Dahlin, D, Frolunda (SHL) 0
1-2 - Carolina - Andrei Svechnikov, RW, Barrie (OHL) 0
1-3 - Montreal - Filip Zadina, LW, Halifax (QMJHL) -3
1-4 - Ottawa - Brady Tkachuk, LW, Boston U (NCAA) 0
1-5 - Arizona - Noah Dobson, D, Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL) -7
1-6 - Detroit - Evan Bouchard, D, London (OHL) -4
1-7 - Vancouver - Adam Boqvist, D, Brynas (SHL) -1
1-8 - Chicago - Oliver Wahlstrom, RW, USNTDP (USHL) -3
1-9 - NYR - Ty Smith, D, Spokane (WHL) -8
1-10 - Edmonton - Quinn Hughes, D, U of Michigan (NCAA) +3
1-11 - NYI - Joe Veleno, C, Drummondville (QMJHL) -19
1-12 - NYI - Jesperi Kotkaniemi, C, Pori (SM-Liiga) +9
1-13 - Dallas - Joel Farabee, LW, USNTDP (USHL) -1
1-14 - Philadelphia - Barrett Hayton, C, SSM (OHL) +9
1-15 - Florida - Rasmus Sandin, D, SSM (OHL) -14
1-16 - Colorado - Bode Wilde, D, USNTDP (USHL)
1-17 - New Jersey - Rasmus Kupari, C, Oulu (SM-Liiga) -3
1-18 - Columbus - Jonatan Berggren, RW, Skelleftea (SHL)
1-19 - Philadelphia - Grigori Denisenko, RW, Yaroslavl (MHL) +4
1-20 - Los Angeles - Dominik Bokk, RW, Vaxjo U20 (SuperElit) -5
1-21 - San Jose - Serron Noel, RW, Oshawa (OHL)
1-22 - Ottawa - Martin Kaut, RW, Pardubice (Extraliga) +6
1-23 - Anaheim - Isac Lundestrom, C, Lulea (SHL) 0
1-24 - Minnesota - Vitali Kravtsov, RW, Chelyabinsk (KHL) +15
1-25 - Toronto - Mattias Samuelsson, D, USNTDP (USHL)
1-26 - NYR - Akil Thomas, C, Niagra (OHL)
1-27 - St. Louis - Alexander Khovanov, C, Moncton (QMJHL)
1-28 - Washington - Nils Lundkvist, D, Lulea (SHL) 0
1-29 - Detroit - Jacob Bernard-Docker, D, Okotoks (AJHL) +3
1-30 - NYR - Ryan McLeod, C, Mississauga (OHL)
1-31 - Chicago - Alexander Alexeyev, D, Red Deer (WHL) 0
2-33 - Detroit - Liam Foudy, C, London (OHL) +15
2-35 - Montreal - Ty Dellandrea, C, Flint (OHL) +22
2-41 - NYI - Ryan Merkley, D, Guelph (OHL) +20
2-45 - St. Louis - K'Andre Miller, D, USNTDP (USHL) +23
2-54 - Anaheim - Nicolas Beaudin, D, Drummondville (QMJHL) +27
2-61 - Tampa Bay - Jay O'Brien, C, Thayer Academy (USHS) +42
3-72 - NYI - Filip Johansson, D, Leksands (Allsvenskan) +48

 

[Tripod]

So we got 24 of the 31 picks right in the 1st Rd. Not too bad.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Right on the nose, just hire me now