HF Habs 5th Annual Early Bird Mock Draft 2019 (completed) - thanks for participating

[Habs76]

Oliver Turan

 

[Habs76]

Between my two teams, I wound up with:
1 (8): C Trevor Zegras - USA - USA N.T.D.P.
2 (39): LW Patrik Puistola - FIN - LeKi, Mestis/Tappara, Liiga
2 (56): D Henry Thrun - USA - USA N.T.D.P.
4 (101): D Kalle Loponen - FIN - Karpat U20, Jr. SM-Liiga/Hermes, Mestis
4 (118): G Ilya Konovalov - RUS - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, KHL
4 (121): LW Rhett Pitlick - USA - Chaska High, USHS-MN/Omaha Lancers, USHL
5 (149): C Vojtech Strondala - CZE - SK Horacka Slavia Trebic, Czech 2/HC Kometa Brno, Czech
5 (155): D Oliver Turan - SVK - Drummondville Voltigeurs/Acadie-Bathurst Titan, QMJHL

In retrospect I regret a few picks, realized after there were better players around and didn't have a list handy. I'm alright with it, though.

 

[Mrb1p]

Between my two teams, I wound up with:
1 (8): C Trevor Zegras - USA - USA N.T.D.P.
2 (39): LW Patrik Puistola - FIN - LeKi, Mestis/Tappara, Liiga
2 (56): D Henry Thrun - USA - USA N.T.D.P.
4 (101): D Kalle Loponen - FIN - Karpat U20, Jr. SM-Liiga/Hermes, Mestis
4 (118): G Ilya Konovalov - RUS - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, KHL
4 (121): LW Rhett Pitlick - USA - Chaska High, USHS-MN/Omaha Lancers, USHL
5 (149): C Vojtech Strondala - CZE - SK Horacka Slavia Trebic, Czech 2/HC Kometa Brno, Czech
5 (155): D Oliver Turan - SVK - Drummondville Voltigeurs/Acadie-Bathurst Titan, QMJHL

In retrospect I regret a few picks, realized after there were better players around and didn't have a list handy. I'm alright with it, though.

Pickles redeems your draft

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Oliver Turan

That guy is huuuuuge.

 

[Habs76]

Pickles redeems your draft

Loponen at 101 is a steal too

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Good job guys! We started the draft February 25 and finished it March 12. It took two weeks and one day to complete the draft. That's amazing! f***ing speed draft! There were 157 picks made over 16 days. That's basically 8-10 picks per day.

Stats for drafted players:

WHL: 25 players
QMJHL: 22
OHL: 21
USHL: 18
Sweden: 16
USNTDP: 15
Finland: 14
Russia: 12
BCHL: 6
Other: 5

Pretty even across the major leagues.

Thanks to everyone for participating. Hopefully, we all learned a little bit about the prospects for this year's draft and had a bit of fun. I think it's a good draft, but not great. I think the 1st round has some good quality all the way through it. It gets a little dicey in the 2nd, but that's where the scouts come in. There's value there though.

 

[OriginalCanadian]

Good job guys! We started the draft February 25 and finished it March 12. It took two weeks and one day to complete the draft. That's amazing! ****ing speed draft! There were 157 picks made over 16 days. That's basically 8-10 picks per day.

Stats for drafted players:

WHL: 25 players
QMJHL: 22
OHL: 21
USHL: 18
Sweden: 16
USNTDP: 15
Finland: 14
Russia: 12
BCHL: 6
Other: 5

Pretty even across the major leagues.

Thanks to everyone for participating. Hopefully, we all learned a little bit about the prospects for this year's draft and had a bit of fun. I think it's a good draft, but not great. I think the 1st round has some good quality all the way through it. It gets a little dicey in the 2nd, but that's where the scouts come in. There's value there though.

Thanks for this! Can't wait for the real thing in a few months!

Also I think Detroit @pezcore killed this draft. And Detroit is in good position for the real draft. 3 second rounders is sweet.

 

[Mrb1p]

So I hear @pezcore as been banned

 

[Stive Morgan]

Good job guys! We started the draft February 25 and finished it March 12. It took two weeks and one day to complete the draft. That's amazing! ****ing speed draft! There were 157 picks made over 16 days. That's basically 8-10 picks per day.

Stats for drafted players:

WHL: 25 players
QMJHL: 22
OHL: 21
USHL: 18
Sweden: 16
USNTDP: 15
Finland: 14
Russia: 12
BCHL: 6
Other: 5

Pretty even across the major leagues.

Thanks to everyone for participating. Hopefully, we all learned a little bit about the prospects for this year's draft and had a bit of fun. I think it's a good draft, but not great. I think the 1st round has some good quality all the way through it. It gets a little dicey in the 2nd, but that's where the scouts come in. There's value there though.

Pretty sure I selected like 25% of the WHL players

 

[NotProkofievian]

14. Minnesota: Pavel Dorofeyev (LW/RW) - Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)
45. Minnesota: Ryan Johnson (LD) - Sioux Falls (USHL)
76. Minnesota: Samuel Fagemo (LW/RW) - Frolunda (SHL)
148. Minnesota: Xavier Simoneau (C) - Drummondville (QMJHL)
152. Minnesota: Carter Berger (LD) - Victoria (BCHL)




31. Tampa Bay (6): Moritz Seider (RD) - Adler Mannheim (DEL)
93. Tampa Bay: Adam Beckman (C) - Spokane (WHL)
124. Tampa Bay: Josh Nodler (F) -Fargo (USHL)

I'm pretty happy with these picks. IMO, I didn't pay full price for any of these guys. Fagemo at 76, Beckman at 93 and Nodler at 124 is what I'm all about.

About the draft in general I think everyone found value throughout. The pace was awesome and I hope you all will join the full mock draft. Most importantly, thanks for doing my goaltending scouting for me, jabronis. @G0bias has my pick for draft of the draft. @pezcore and @jiboy also had very good drafts. I actually almost picked Justin Bergeron when I selected Simoneau. Good thing I checked.

 

[pezcore]

Thanks for this! Can't wait for the real thing in a few months!

Also I think Detroit @pezcore killed this draft. And Detroit is in good position for the real draft. 3 second rounders is sweet.

thanks mate!!!

So I hear @pezcore as been banned

let me know if you need a few pointers for the next mock

Honestly, its pretty easy to have a killer mock when you have 3 second round picks and 8 picks in 5 rounds.

 

[L4br3cqu3]

15- F Peyton Krebs
19- C Connor McMichael
77- G Pyotr Kochetkov



91- RHD Case McCarthy
122- C Joe Carroll
153- RHD Jacob Leguerrier

Didn't have a lot of picks, but I'm happy about the Buffalo ones, I think both Krebs and McMichael could become NHLers, even good ones, while I went a bit more on 'needs' with overager Kochetkov, this season he's getting it done, had a great WJC and IMO, even with Ullman and Luukkonen, they need another goalie in the mix to perhaps accelerate things a bit.

For San Jose, had to do a bit more, research-wise, mainly with various rankings I compared and scouting profiles I found a bit everywhere. McCarthy I think may be drafted earlier, he does have the frame and the tools to project at the next level, Carroll also does have the frame and the tools, BUT, seems to be frustrating as hell, inconsistency is the name of the game in his case, pure gamble, while I think Leguerrier may not seem to have a lot of upside, but does have a good frame, nice skating abilities, and, plays well in his own zone.

Learned a lot about players in this draft, and I'm glad about it, as I didn't really take the time to 'scout' this draft class.

Twas nice, thanks guys !

 

[jiboy]

@pezcore and @jiboy also had very good drafts. I actually almost picked Justin Bergeron when I selected Simoneau. Good thing I checked.

Thanks man that is nice to hear from you

 

[Be a Hab]

Just a quick prospect question.

You guys think there’s any chance of Vasili Podkolzin dropping out of the 10 into the 11-15 range at the draft or is he a lock to be drafted in the top 10?

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Just a quick prospect question.

You guys think there’s any chance of Vasili Podkolzin dropping out of the 10 into the 11-15 range at the draft or is he a lock to be drafted in the top 10?

You should ask this in the draft thread. He should be a lock. He's rated top 10 on everyone's lists, but you never know. Lists changes as the draft gets closer. I can't imagine he drops out of the top 10, but people put a premium on centers, so when a guy like Hayton goes top 5, it's very possible that Dach, Cozens, Zegras, Newhook, Krebs all go top 10. That's 5 guys right there. Add in Byram and the top 2 picks, and you're at 8, and maybe Podkolzin drops to 9. But, if a couple of teams like Boldy, Soderstrom or Broberg better than he's out of the top 10.

Wingers can drop.

 

[Be a Hab]

You should ask this in the draft thread. He should be a lock. He's rated top 10 on everyone's lists, but you never know. Lists changes as the draft gets closer. I can't imagine he drops out of the top 10, but people put a premium on centers, so when a guy like Hayton goes top 5, it's very possible that Dach, Cozens, Zegras, Newhook, Krebs all go top 10. That's 5 guys right there. Add in Byram and the top 2 picks, and you're at 8, and maybe Podkolzin drops to 9. But, if a couple of teams like Boldy, Soderstrom or Broberg better than he's out of the top 10.

Wingers can drop.

After reading this thread, I saw you guys are very knowledgeable, so I thought I would ask.

Thanks for taking the time to reply!

 

[L4br3cqu3]

Just a quick prospect question.

You guys think there’s any chance of Vasili Podkolzin dropping out of the 10 into the 11-15 range at the draft or is he a lock to be drafted in the top 10?

Just my vaguely educated guess, but to me, the package he brings is at least top-10, if not top-5 lock.

But who knows, sometimes teams don't want to guess too much on russians, even 'obvious' ones.

 

[ahmedou]

#139:

Valeri Orekhov been a mystery in my view. Overaged one. A extremely risk that I'm taken. My Boratess side of scouting. Frozen bite by his hockeyness portrey.