HFOil Mock Entry Draft 2019 | Draft Complete!

[Zaddy]

I also have Dach ahead of Turcotte. Stats aside, he has a much higher ceiling imo.

Yep. That's what it came down to for me. I love both players and could have gone either way but Dachs ceiling is hard to pass up.

 

[Soli]

select, from the Winnipeg Ice of the WHL, Peyton Krebs!

@Stud Muffin, Vancouver is up next.

---

- OB Rule: Please do not talk about prospects that have yet to be drafted yet, that are available, that are still on the board. Talk about them after they've been chosen ("this is who I was considering", "this is who I wanted the Oilers to take")

Deleted too many posts because people can't keep their fingers busy.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

select, from the Winnipeg Ice of the WHL, Peyton Krebs!

That sounds so weird...will take some getting used to.

 

[Stud Muffin]

Select Alex Newhook

 

[McDNicks17]

Pettersson, Horvat and Newhook down the middle would be disgusting.

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

The Philadelphia Flyers are pleased and proud to select, from the USNTDP, pint-sized
Cole Caufield

@BarDownBobo, you're up.​

 

[ChaoticOrange]

The Philadelphia Flyers are pleased and proud to select, from the USNTDP, pint-sized
Cole Caufield

@BarDownBobo, you're up.​

He’d be a really good get for the Flyers in that spot.

 

[BarDownBobo]

The Minnesota Wild are proud to select from the USNTDP, Matthew Boldy!!

@belair you're up!!

 

[belair]

select from USNDTP,


LD Cam York, 5'11, 176lbs

@AvOiL ARI OTC

 

[Dan Kelly]

That sounds so weird...will take some getting used to.

but hey, good to see Winnipeg back in the WHL

 

[Dan Kelly]

Select Alex Newhook
View attachment 226991​

i think this pick will actually happen. draft is in Vancouver, Newhook lit up the BCHL, would make sense to take him in front of hometown fans and he's as good a pick as any at #10.

 

[BarDownBobo]

i think this pick will actually happen. draft is in Vancouver, Newhook lit up the BCHL, would make sense to take him in front of hometown fans and he's as good a pick as any at #10.

I hope the Oilers prevent it from happening, Newhook might be my top choice at #8.

 

[AvOiL]

Coyotes select Raphael Lavoie.

@Beerfish you're up!

 

[Beerfish]

With pick 15th in the 1st round the Montreal Canadians are proud to select: Arthur Kaliyev, right wing Hamilton Bulldogs.

Colorado Avalanche @Zaddy are on the clock

 

[Reginald Dunlop]

Those last 2 picks are excellent. And make my job at 17 that much harder

 

[Zaddy]

With the 16th overall pick the Colorado Avalanche are proud to select...

...from Lukko, Finland...

Ville Heinola

Next GM has been notified.​

 

[Reginald Dunlop]

With the 17th pick, Vegas selects Thomas Harley from the Mississauga Steelheads of the OHL.

​

1 - 17 : Thomas Harley - CAN - LD - 6'3" 187 lbs.
2 - 48
3 - 79
3 - 82
3 - 86
4 - 110
5 - 135
5 - 139
5 - 141

@Fixed to Ruin you're up next!

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Dallas selects Victor Söderström from Brynäs IF (SHL)

@Joey Moss is on the clock

 

[Joey Moss]

select D Philip Broberg

@Jimmi McJenkins

 

[belair]

The D just flying off the board.

 

[BarDownBobo]

I'm surprised the two Swedes lasted so long, I was considering taking both of them at #12. I really think they're both being almost overlooked and overanalyzed on HF in general, the hive mind causing them to drop in a lot of mocks.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

I'm surprised the two Swedes lasted so long, I was considering taking both of them at #12. I really think they're both being almost overlooked and overanalyzed on HF in general, the hive mind causing them to drop in a lot of mocks.

I agree. However i think with Swedish defenseman it's hard to get a good read on them. They pop in international tournaments but then they go back to the sweden where they sometimes play in a pro league aganst men and they don't seem to dominate like someone such as Bowden Byram who is a cut above his peers.

If a Swedish dman dominates in the SHL he's basically a lock for the top 3. (Ex. Dahlin or Hedman)

 

[Reginald Dunlop]

I strongly considered both Swedish D at 17, it was more about what I liked in Harley than what I didn't like in the others.

His skating, passing, stickhandling and offensive instincts were too much to pass up. Really reminded me of Chabot when I saw him at the U 18s. Was also nominated for the OHL dman of the year in his draft year.

 

[Dan Kelly]

With the 17th pick, Vegas selects Thomas Harley from the Mississauga Steelheads of the OHL.

​

1 - 17 : Thomas Harley - CAN- LD 6'3" 187 lbs.
2 - 48
3 - 79
3 - 82
3 - 86
4 - 110
5 - 135
5 - 139
5 - 141

@Fixed to Ruin you're up next!

This pick makes total sense because Vegas needs to replace the departed Erik Brannstrom.

 

[Zaddy]

I agree. However i think with Swedish defenseman it's hard to get a good read on them. They pop in international tournaments but then they go back to the sweden where they sometimes play in a pro league aganst men and they don't seem to dominate like someone such as Bowden Byram who is a cut above his peers.

If a Swedish dman dominates in the SHL he's basically a lock for the top 3. (Ex. Dahlin or Hedman)

For Broberg that might be the case, but Söderström has looked a lot better in SHL than in international tournaments. His game isn't very flashy, just very efficient and mature, so he's more impressive when you see him play against men than against boys.

Also, it's clearly a very different situation for Swedish and Finnish defensemen as they tend to be playing against men back home in league play whereas guys like Byram plays against boys both internationally and domestically, so naturally it's a lot easier to "dominate" in league play for them. If a Swedish D is really good, he won't play in the junior league, or if he does it won't be very many games at all.

Even a guy like Timothy Liljegren who didn't even look that good in the swedish junior league after coming back from mono only played 12 games there, compared to 19 games in SHL (and an additional 5 in Allsvenskan).

This is why European players tend to be very underrated, because scouts and people in general don't see them dominate the way their North American counterparts do, simply because the level of play they play at is so much higher.

EDIT: I realize this is pretty much what you said in your post as well now, but just wanted to clarify a little bit.