scoutman1's early look at 2017 NHL draft

[tmlmatus]

Even better. Next 1th round pick from Slovakia.

42 points in 36 games this year for U18 trinec, not bad for a 15 year old.

Has any one seen him actually play? Wouldn't mind knowing a bit more.

 

[Czechexpert]

Even better. Next 1th round pick from Slovakia.

I would calm down in case of both Roman and Hrehorcak. I saw them both twice or three times and I don´t think that they are such a great prospects. Definitely not first rounders in my eyes.

 

[alko]

I would calm down in case of both Roman and Hrehorcak. I saw them both twice or three times and I don´t think that they are such a great prospects. Definitely not first rounders in my eyes.

Maybe it will be so. But it is a lot time before the draft day. A lot can happen. We in Slovakia are happy for every young player, that has future.

 

[JFA87-66-99]

We need more 2017 talk. How about an updated top #10 ranking.

 

[Number 57]

Shane Bowers 6'0, 161 (54 pts in 34 games)
Antoine Morand 5'9, 157 (55 pts in 41 games)
Maxime Comtois 6'1, 176 (56 pts in 41 games)

 

[Hardyvan123]

wasn't there some Swedish phenom on this site a couple of years ago with killer videos, when does he come up and any updates?

Maybe I will post a thread asking about him.

 

[Patmac40]

wasn't there some Swedish phenom on this site a couple of years ago with killer videos, when does he come up and any updates?

Maybe I will post a thread asking about him.

Adam Tilander?: http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=147733

He first played J18 when he was about 13 years old, played his first SHL game this year. It'd be nice to get an update from those who have seen him this year.

 

[VictorLustig]

Adam Tilander?: http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=147733

He first played J18 when he was about 13 years old, played his first SHL game this year. It'd be nice to get an update from those who have seen him this year.

I saw him today actually. Played in a scrimmage with the U18 national team against the U17 team. He's pretty good, probably the best D in his age group in Sweden, but he's no phenom. First round is definitely a possibility although his draft is in 2 years, so it's really hard to say now.

 

[Jarey Curry]

Two words... Jesse Puljujärvi (Check him out)

 

[seadawg]

Two words... Jesse Puljujärvi (Check him out)

he's 2016...same year as Austin Matthews

 

[Backami]

It is still early in the year and i have not seen some guys yet and there might be some late bdays of 98s that I do not know they are late bdays yet because sometimes scouting sheets just tell me 1998 born so here is my early look at my top 30 players i have seen so far for the 2017 NHL draft.

1. Patrick Khordorenko—F—Honey Baked 5’11/168 04 02 07 09
2. Mathieu Charlebois—D—Conquerants 6’02/180 05 02 03 05
3. Adam Thilander—F—Skelleftea J18 5’11/198 07 04 06 10
4. Jordy Bellerive—F—NSWC 5’09/165 00 00 00 00
5. Nolan Patrick—F—Winnipeg Thrashers 6’03/182 03 02 02 04
6. Shane Bowers—F—Bubba Rays 5’08/140 07 11 08 19
7. Adam Dawe—F—Gander Flyers 0’00/000 00 00 00 00
8. Ryan Lindgren—D—Shattuck 5’11/000 07 00 01 01
9. Stelio Mattheos—F—Winnipeg Monarchs 6’01/174 02 01 02 03
10. Brady Gilmour—F—Quinte Mills 5’09/150 00 00 00 00
11. Drake Lafontaine—F—Don Mills 6’00/180 00 00 00 00
12. Zane Franklin—F—Lloydminster 5’09/175 08 17 16 33
13. Nolan Kneen—D—NSWC 6’00/169 00 00 00 00
14. Pavel Koltygin—F—Dynamo 99 6’01/170 05 06 09 15
15. Derek Gentile—F—Breton Cougars 5’06/140 07 08 06 14
16. Michael Cusack—F—Spruce Grove PAC 5’08/140 08 12 09 21
17. Urho Vaakanainen—D—Jokipojat 5’11/159 13 03 09 12
18. Denis Morozov—F—Lokomotiv 99 5’04/100 05 05 09 14
.....

What a names...Lafontaine, Gilmour, Marozov...

 

[Shawn Heins 44]

Nico Hischier, Swiss prospect with amazing vision and patience. Played the U18 WC this year already.

He has a long way to go but looks very promosing early on. Great offensive stats, absolutely dominating his age group in Switzerland and even racking up lots of points against older guys.

 

[nanzenkills]

What a names...Lafontaine, Gilmour, Marozov...

Interestingly, none of those players appear to be related to the guys who made those names famous, though.

 

[VictorLustig]

Timothy Liljegren looks like the next great defensive prospect from Sweden. Played with his SHL team in a pre-season game and stood out in a good way.

Erik Brännström is up there as well, if he can grow a bit.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Eeli Tolvanen is another Finnish prospect who's eligible 2017.
Here's his eliteprospect.com profile and highlight video

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=249730
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV1JZJ_iIh0.

Also Eero Teräväinen is elibigle 2017.
Yes he is Teuvo's little brother.

 

[Leafs87]

I feel way too long now looking at the 2017 Draft

 

[scoutman1]

1. Nolan Patrick—F—Brandon 6’03/192 72 41 61 102
2. Timothy Liljegren—D—Rogle SHL 6’00/190 19 01 04 05
3. Maxime Comtois—F—Victoriaville 6’01/189 41 25 24 49
4. Urho Vaakanainen—D—Blues Liiga 6’01/187 24 01 05 06
5. Juuso Välimäki—D—Tri City 6’02/200 56 07 25 32
6. Gabe Vilardi—F—Windsor 6’02/193 62 17 21 38
7. Eeli Tolvanen—F—F—Sioux City USHL 5’10/172 30 14 17 31
8. Kailer Yamamoto—F—Spokan 5’09/160 57 19 52 71
9. Cal Foote—D—Kelowna 6’04/200 71 08 28 36
10. Scott Reedy—F—USA NTDP 17 6’00/190 36 14 26 40
11. Antoine Morand—F—Bathurst 5’09/157 32 10 24 34
12. Marcus Davidsson—F—Djurgardens J20 6’00/183 45 17 23 40
13. David Farrance—D—USA NTDP 17 5’11/170 34 04 12 16
14. Owen Tippett—F—Mississauga 5’11/160 48 15 05 20
15. Michael Pastujov—F—USA NTDP 17 0’00/000 14 07 02 09
16. Jordy Bellerive—F—Lethbridge 5’10/185 65 11 25 36
17. Matthew Strome—F—Hamilton 6’03/187 61 16 22 38
18. Stelio Mattheos—F—Brandon 6’01/174 50 13 17 30
19. Nikita Popugaev—F—Moose Jaw 6’04/204 70 16 31 47
20. Nico Hischier—F—Bern U20 5’11/163 18 11 17 28
21. Ostap Safin—F—HC Sparta Praha U18 6’04/200 38 28 19 47
22. Ian Scott—G—Prince Albert 6’02/180 13 09 3.24 .892
23. Grant Mismash—F—USA NTDP 17 6’00/172 36 15 15 30
24. Markus Phillips—D—Owen Sound 5’11/203 63 03 09 12
25. Stuart Skinner—G—Lethbridge 6’04/196 27 10 2.73 .920
26. Jason Robertson—F—Kingston 6’02/182 54 18 14 32
27. Shane Bowers—F—Waterloo USHL 6’01/170 28 06 08 14
28. Michael Rasmussen—F—Tri City 6’05/200 63 18 25 43
29. Nicolas Hague—D—Mississauga 6’05/207 66 14 10 24
30. Austen Keating—F—Ottawa 67’s 5’10/145 50 13 19 32
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31. Joel Teasdale—F—Blainville 5’11/197 33 08 10 18
32. Jaret Anderson-Dolan—F—Spokan 5’10/171 65 14 12 26
33. Jocktan Chainey—D—Halifax 6’00/185 27 02 08 10
34. Alexander Chmelevski—F—Sarnia 5’11/172 34 11 08 19
35. Dmitri Samorukov—D—CSKA 6’00/160 00 00 00 00
36. Kristian Vesalainen—F—Frolunda SHL 6’02/183 19 01 01 02
37. Kole Lind—F—Kelowna 6’05/172 70 14 27 41
38. Brannon McManus—F—Omaha Lancers 5’09/172 37 12 13 25
39. Rickard Hugg—F—Leksands J20 0’00/000 31 08 22 30
40. Evan Barrat—F—NTDP U17 5’11/170 36 12 19 31
41. Lias Andersson—F—HV71 J20 5’11/192 28 17 29 46
42. Cale Fleury—D—Kootaney 6’00/173 61 08 17 25
43. Dereck Baribeau—G—Val-d’Or 6’05/182 08 02 3.62 .876
44. Klim Kostin—F—Dynamo U17 5’11/190 09 09 04 13
45. Michael Dipietro—G—Windsor 6’00/191 16 08 2.45 .912
46. Vanya Lodnia—F—Erie 5’09/171 62 16 23 39
47. Casey Mittelstadt—F—Eden Prairie High 5’11/190 15 16 21 37
48. Elias Pettersson—F—Timra J20 5’09/130 00 00 00 00
49. Josh Maniscalco—D—USA NTDP 17 6’00/189 35 04 09 13
50. Kirill Slepets—F—Rusia MHL 0’00/000 18 09 03 12
51. Vanya Lodnia—F—Erie 5’09/160 62 16 23 39
52. Nolan Kneen—D—Kamloops 6’00/170 52 01 06 07
53. Kyle Olson—F—Tri City 5’10/180 19 03 07 10
54. Adam Tilander—D—Skelleftea J20 6’00/198 30 01 07 08
55. Matthew Wedman—F—Seattle 6’01/189 70 06 08 14
56. Nick Suzuki—F—Owen Sound 5’10/183 63 20 18 38
57. Patrik Hrehorcak—F—HC Trinec 5’10/150 07 10 05 15
58. Luke Martin—D—NTDP U18 0’00/000 37 03 09 12
59. Adam Ruzicka—F—HC Pardubice 6’00/209 00 00 00 00
60. Jake Christiansen—D—Everett 6’00/185 06 00 01 01

 

[WannabeFinn]

Vesalainen at 36th AND 58th. What a prospect!

 

[Le Golie]

Vesalainen at 36th AND 58th. What a prospect!

The guy does his homework, has a great reputation, puts in the work to get this list together for the benefit of hockey fans, and this is the first reply.

Thanks scoutman1. As always, great of you to share this. Love seeing Nolan Patrick at #1, what a player.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Kostin at 44 and Mittlestadt at 47 are way off from what I've seen. I have both as at least top 15, maybe top 10 or top 5.

 

[scoutman1]

The guy does his homework, has a great reputation, puts in the work to get this list together for the benefit of hockey fans, and this is the first reply.

Thanks scoutman1. As always, great of you to share this. Love seeing Nolan Patrick at #1, what a player.

lol i was moving some players around on my list, guess i forgot to delete him from 58th....ya i love Patrick, to me it is going to be pretty hard for this guy to not go 1st, all i can think of that could hurt him is the normal he has been scouted for too long and everyone loves the fresh face rather than the guy they picked apart.

 

[scoutman1]

Kostin at 44 and Mittlestadt at 47 are way off from what I've seen. I have both as at least top 15, maybe top 10 or top 5.

Kostin i have not seen a lot of but from what i did he is pretty impressive i could see him raising up my list once i see more of him....those guys top 10 or 5, at this point i do not see it, still a long ways off though so you never know....

 

[Zamuz]

Vesalainen at 36. is pretty low, should be top-10.

 

[scoutman1]

Vesalainen at 36. is pretty low, should be top-10.

only had limited viewing of most euros, im sure he will be rising up my charts as i see him more, when i watched him he was still very raw showed glimpses of being good had a few nice passes when i saw him, jumped on a few loose pucks, seemed to be in the right position most of the time, showed confidence with the puck had good size and IQ...i just have not seen enough of him.

 

[behemolari]

Vesalainen at 36. is pretty low, should be top-10.

Vesalainen definitely top10. Tolvanen is too high at 7, more like 15-30. Same with Yamamoto, no hell in 2017 midgets will be drafted top10