My Mock 2006 NHL draft...players in order I think and who could make a push

[scoutman1]

1. Philip Kessel—Forward
2. Michael Frolik—Forward
3. Peter Mueller—Forward
4. Alexander Vasyunov--F
5. Jesse Joensuu—Forward
6. Jonathon Toews—Center
7. James Sheppard—Forward
8. Brian Little—Forward
9. Eric Johnson—Defense
10. Igor Makarov—Forward
11. Tomas Marcinko—Forward
12. Ben Maxwell—Forward
13. Jordan Staal—Forward
14. Kyle Okposo—Forward
15. Jiri Tlusty—Forward
16. David Ruzicka—Defense
17. Tyson Dowzak—Defense
18. J-C Blanchard—Goalie
19. Derrick Brassard—Forward
20. Ben Shutron—Defense
21. Benjamin Breault—Forward
22. Andrei Popov--Forward
23. Ryan McDonough—Forward
24. Ondrej Fiala—Forward
25. Jason Legualt—Defense
26. Ben Strait—Defense
27. Maxim Frolov—Forward
28. Joe Palmer—Goalie
29. Sergey Belyakov—Forward
30. Jonathan Bernier—Goalie

also other guys who could push for a 1st round spot are:

Mathieu Carle. Defense
Martin Bartos. Forward
Michael Kazatal. Forward
Joey Ryan. Defense
John Hughes. Forward
Alex Lamontagne. Defense
Blake Geoffrion. Forward
Codey Burkie. Forward
Jack Combs. Forward
Steve Spade. Defense
Tyler Swystun. Forward
Alex Beiga. Defense
Matthew Correntte. Defense
Stephan Cesar. Goalie

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[PredsFan77*]

I agree 100%.

 

[Twist and Shout]

Nice list. However, I think Frolik will be the #1 pick of the draft, when the time comes.

 

[Chaos Giraffe]

Guys, I'm just wondering.....with the new minimum age of 19 for the entry draft, how are guys like Kessel and Frolik going to be eligible for the 2006 draft? From my understanding, they'll only be 18 at the time (Since a guy like Crosby is only 18 now...)

 

[FearTheFlyers]

You`re missing Bobby Sanguinetti.

 

[Anthony Mauro]

What happened to Backstrom?

 

[Rabid Ranger]

Nice list. However, I think Frolik will be the #1 pick of the draft, when the time comes.

Why? IMO Kessel will have to fall on his face for that to happen, and that ain't happening.

 

[NYR469]

Guys, I'm just wondering.....with the new minimum age of 19 for the entry draft, how are guys like Kessel and Frolik going to be eligible for the 2006 draft? From my understanding, they'll only be 18 at the time (Since a guy like Crosby is only 18 now...)

well first off kessel turns 18 in october, he's only 2 months younger than crosby but misses the cutoff...

that said the draft age won't be changed for next year because they don't want to skip this year so that means to change the age without skipping a year you have to gradually move the dates (you can't draft the guys at 18 in 2005 and then 2006 say 19 year olds are eligible cause they were all drafted in 2005)...

and they also won't start the gradual moving of the cutoff cause crosby is a late bday so if you move the date this year he'd fall to the 2006 draft.

the rumor i heard is that the cutoff will move from the current september 15th so that anyone who turns 18 by dec 31st of the previous year will be eligible (so everyone born in the same calender year gets drafted together) and then the youngest a player can be when the season starts is 18 years, 10 months (almost 19).

however if you leave the cut off at 9/15/87 this year to go right to the new cutoff next year that would mean that only players born between 9/16/87 and 12/31/87 would be eligible for the 06 draft. therefore what they will have to do is move it up a few months each year. most likely move it up 3 months or something like that so next year the cutoff becomes 6/15/88, then 2007 it becomes 3/15/89 and finally in 2008 you have it at 12/31/89 and are at the next draft age

 

[mercury]

Why? IMO Kessel will have to fall on his face for that to happen, and that ain't happening.

It's only the last couple of months that Kessel has been ranked #1 in this draft. It was consistently Frolik #1 overall until Kessel's performance at the WJC. Don't you remember tha "next Jagr" talk all through 2004 and the beginning of this year?

 

[NYR469]

things often change drastically in the year before the draft but as of right now kessel and frolik look like the closest 1/1a we've seen in a long time. ovechkin and malkin were considered close cause those 2 were separated from the field but ovechkin was felt to be the clear #1 even after malkin closed the game. the early looks at 06 have kessel and frolik as almost a coin flip and it might simply come down to does the team with the top pick want a center or a lw