Official 2015 Bruins Draft Thread II

[bruinsfan1970]

Here we go....

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[Man Rocket]

re-posting this because the other thread closed.


ISS released their final rankings yesterday. Bolded the players we have been targeting. We being HFboards . They are very high on Crouse.

1 McDavid, Connor C 1/13/1997 L 6.00.75 195 Erie OHL
2 Eichel, Jack C 10/28/1996 R 6.02 196 Boston Univ H.E.
3 Strome, Dylan C 3/7/1997 L 6.03 185 Erie OHL
4 Crouse, Lawson LW 6/23/1997 L 6.04 215 Kingston OHL
5 Hanifin, Noah LD 1/25/1997 L 6.02.75 203 Boston College H.E.
6 Marner, Mitchell C 5/5/1997 R 5.11 160 London OHL
7 Provorov, Ivan LD 1/13/1997 L 6.00.5 201 Brandon WHL
8 Barzal, Mathew C 5/26/1997 R 5.11.25 175 Seattle WHL
9 Rantanen, Mikko RW 10/29/1996 L 6.03.5 211 TPS Turku FinE
10 Zacha, Pavel C 4/6/1997 L 6.03 210 Sarnia OHL
11 Werenski, Zach RD 7/19/1997 L 6.02 206 Michigan BigTen
12 Konecny, Travis C 3/11/1997 R 5.09.75 175 Ottawa OHL
13 Connor, Kyle C 12/9/1996 L 6.01 177 Youngstown USHL
14 Meier, Timo RW 10/8/1996 L 6.01 209 Halifax QMJHL
15 White, Colin RW 1/30/1997 R 6.00 183 USA Under-18 NTDP
16 Chabot, Thomas LD 1/30/1997 L 6.01.5 180 Saint John QMJHL
17 Bittner, Paul LW 11/4/1996 L 6.04 204 Portland WHL
18 Svechnikov, Evgeny RW 10/31/1996 L 6.01.75 199 Cape Breton QMJHL
19 Merkley, Nick C 5/23/1997 R 5.10.5 191 Kelowna WHL
20 Ek Eriksson, Joel C 1/29/1997 L 6.01.75 180 Farjestad SweJE
21 Carlo, Brandon RD 11/26/1996 R 6.05 196 Tri-City WHL
22 Zboril, Jakub LD 2/21/1997 L 6.00.75 184 Saint John QMJHL
23 Roy, Jeremy RD 5/14/1997 R 6.00 188 Sherbrooke QMJHL
24 Guryanov, Denis RW 6/7/1997 L 6.02.5 183 Togliatti Ladya RusJr
25 Harkins, Jansen C/LW 5/23/1997 L 6.01.25 182 Prince George WHL
26 Sprong, Daniel RW 3/17/1997 R 6.00 180 Charlottetown QMJHL
27 Debrusk, Jake LW 10/17/1996 L 5.11.5 174 Swift Current WHL
28 Bracco, Jeremy RW 3/17/1997 R 5.09.25 173 USA Under-18 NTDP
29 Juulsen, Noah LD 4/2/1997 R 6.01.5 174 Everett WHL
30 Carlsson, Gabriel LD 1/2/1997 L 6.04 183 Linkoping SweJE


http://www.isshockey.com/iss-top-30/

 

[Man Rocket]

I hate to do this because I can't stand Haggs, but he has a new mock from yesterday. It's pretty bad. Barzal at 15


http://www.csnne.com/boston-bruins/haggertys-nhl-mock-draft-10-czech-it-out-bruins

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Is Haggs mentally ill ? Zboril is a late 1st round pick, and Boeser will be picked well before the 29th pick.

 

[DominicT]

I hate to do this because I can't stand Haggs, but he has a new mock from yesterday. It's pretty bad. Barzal at 15


http://www.csnne.com/boston-bruins/haggertys-nhl-mock-draft-10-czech-it-out-bruins

You can't knock Haggs after immediately quoting ISS.

 

[Man Rocket]

You can't knock Haggs after immediately quoting ISS.

You don't like ISS? I don't see anything wrong with International Scouting Services. Haggs is a Bruins beat writer, not a draft expert

 

[DominicT]

You don't like ISS? I don't see anything wrong with International Scouting Services. Haggs is a Bruins beat writer, not a draft expert

You don't know the history behind them do you?

I know NHL teams that will look at a RLR or Hockey Prospect or even McKeen's draft guide. I also know of NHL teams who will take ISS and throw it in the garbage without giving it another look.

 

[Man Rocket]

You don't know the history behind them do you?

I know NHL teams that will look at a RLR or Hockey Prospect or even McKeen's draft guide. I also know of NHL teams who will take ISS and throw it in the garbage without giving it another look.

I really don't can you fill me in please?

 

[DominicT]

I really don't can you fill me in please?

When you buy a scouting service, because your son just happens to be available for the draft, and you are a respected scouting service (at the time) and you do everything to put your son somewhere high on a list he barely belongs on, you lose all credibility. And they've done that. On more then one occasion.

Which is why people who could use it, ignore it.

 

[Eddie Munson]

Is Haggs mentally ill ? Zboril is a late 1st round pick, and Boeser will be picked well before the 29th pick.

Zboril could certainly go as high as 13 IMO. I don't think he slides to far into the 20's. He's got a big and accurate shot and has an edge to his game a lot of teams really like. His only flaw is he's not in the same league as some of the other defensemen going in the first round like Hanafin, Werenski, Provorov, Chabot or Roy when it comes to skating.

As much as I'm not a fan of Haggs his draft isn't awful. I don't know if I see Edmonton going with a center at 16 unless they have one ranked well above the D there. Zboril makes a lot of sense for them at 16. Barzal seems too low but he might not buy into his recent success at the worlds, same with White for that matter.

It's certainly not the worst mock I've seen and it's nice to see someone shuffling the top-10/12 order a bit as it seems to never go as planned every year.

 

[Man Rocket]

When you buy a scouting service, because your son just happens to be available for the draft, and you are a respected scouting service (at the time) and you do everything to put your son somewhere high on a list he barely belongs on, you lose all credibility. And they've done that. On more then one occasion.

Which is why people who could use it, ignore it.

ahh wow I didn't know that. Thanks for letting me know

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Is Haggs mentally ill ? Zboril is a late 1st round pick, and Boeser will be picked well before the 29th pick.

Red Line's Mock Draft in USA Today also had Zboril to the B's, and didn't have Boeser in the 1st. So, I guess they are mentally ill as well.

Haggs' Mock isn't worse than any other one, I just don't see Crouse at 5, nor Barzal falling to 15. If he's there at 14, I don't think the B's would pass him up. They just signed Hickman to a FA deal, so I would imagine their WHL scouts saw Barzal quite a bit.

 

[DitClapper]

Hard to believe draft day is this month...boy am I excited. That entire week should be great. Hopefully we see a trade or two.

I want Konecny.

 

[ODAAT]

Hard to believe draft day is this month...boy am I excited. That entire week should be great. Hopefully we see a trade or two.

I want Konecny.

me too, think the B`s will get either him or Meier whom I have seen a ton of and think fans will love...just something I loved when I saw Konecny play (small 2 game sample size) when home this year that I loved...either would be just fine in a Bruins uni

 

[BruinsPortugal]

Im already getting ready for a major disappointment.

 

[CptxMorgan]

Im already getting ready for a major disappointment.

Comes with the Greyjoy sigil, yo.

 

[MattFromFranklin]

Pretty much every list has the same top 14 (most with Knoecny at 14). Really wish Marchand didn't score that meaningless goal, or that Cam forced Chia to trade Soda for a 1st so we'd be guaranteed a top 13 pick and one of Meier/Connor.

 

[Montecristo]

one player that might be considered but is a bit off the board is Brock boeser. He's mostly ranked in the 19-30 range but there are some scouts extremely high on him (not just button). We'll never know without insight inside the Bruins conference room but if there are some scouts who think he's a top 10 player, there's a chance Bruins employees could feel the same

 

[RedeyeRocketeer]

Hard to believe draft day is this month...boy am I excited. That entire week should be great. Hopefully we see a trade or two.

I want Konecny.

He was interviewed by 25 teams. Anyone know if Boston was one of the 25?

 

[BruinsBtn]

Pretty much every list has the same top 14 (most with Knoecny at 14). Really wish Marchand didn't score that meaningless goal, or that Cam forced Chia to trade Soda for a 1st so we'd be guaranteed a top 13 pick and one of Meier/Connor.

I can just sense that LA is going to get a tremendous steal at 13.

Why Brad!? Why?

 

[Man Rocket]

Holy ****!

Can we please trade up for Zacha?!?! That combo of size, skill, and physicality is insane. Zacha - Spooner - Pastrnak. Czech mate

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articl...pect-highlights-2014-15-continues-plays-11-15

sorry for the leafs website link lol

http://mapleleafshotstove.com/2015/06/01/pavel-zacha-scouting-report-2015-nhl-draft/

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Pretty much every list has the same top 14 (most with Knoecny at 14). Really wish Marchand didn't score that meaningless goal, or that Cam forced Chia to trade Soda for a 1st so we'd be guaranteed a top 13 pick and one of Meier/Connor.

The Bruin's (and every other NHL team's) draft board probably looks different than the lists that are circulating publicly right now, so worrying about Meier/Connor is pointless. The B's may have a d-man like Roy or Zboril rated in the Top 10 and be ecstatic when they are there at 14?

Or, you get the situation where someone falls. EVERY mock draft I saw in 2011 had Couturier and Dougie gone by 7...and yet, they were both still there when the Flyers picked, and the B's ended up with Hamilton.

 

[617Marine]

He was interviewed by 25 teams. Anyone know if Boston was one of the 25?

Maybe I'm being too logical, but I'd be more surprised if I had learned that any one of the teams without a first round pick (Pitt, NYI, NYR, CHI) had and the Bruins had not.

 

[Man Rocket]

Bruins article on prepping for the combine. Many of the familiar names were mentioned.

http://bruins.nhl.com/club/blogpost.htm?id=40107

 

[Fire Sweeney]

I've been a fan of this site for a while. The draft guide only costs 10 dollars. He doesn't rank players to agree with others or to suck up to NHL scouts.

http://www.draftbuzzhockey.com/#!2015-final/c155w