Steals of the Draft

[OHLFan90]

I follow mostly OHL but wrote about a few players who went late in the draft that have that steal potential.


Thanks for checking out.

Maybe can get some American followers to fill me in on some American Prospects who they where surprised fell in the draft.


Potential Steals From the 2018 NHL Draft (OHL Drafted Players)

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[AmericanDream]

Jake Wise, Curtis Hall, Blake McLaughlin, and Michael Kesselring are absolute steals for me for where they got selected at.

I cannot stress how badly many GMs will look in 2 years time on Wise...many of us felt the Hawks would take him at 27, he belongs to have been selected there...not at 69 lol!!! Biggest steal of the draft for me by far is Wise. Kesselring is going to be one hell of a player, and the Oilers got him in the 6th...so much upside here.

Bode Wilde who I have not been a big fan of due to consistency and in zone issues at times, is laughably going to be a steal where he went...Big Lou pimp ran his ass up to the stage to get Wahlstrom/Dobson who both should have been gone by #8, and then Wilde at 41..then got Iskhakov 2 pics later...what a monster draft for the Isles!

 

[Islesfan22]

I see Americandream had Iskhakov 31 in your top prospect list. Not to many people knew about this kid but I was able to catch a couple of his games at the under18s and came away very impressed. Kid made something happen on almost every shift. I'm surprised the islanders took him in the second round but very happy with the pick.

 

[Estlin]

Jakub Lauko in the third round (Boston).

 

[Hale The Villain]

The two Timra kids - Olofsson at 56 and Hallander at 58

Both should have went 1st round

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Every player the Sens picked.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Adam Boqvist
Jake Wise
Mattias Samuelsson
Bode Wilde
Noah Dobson
Ty Smith
Tyler Weiss
Jesse Ylonen
Jakub Lauko
Filip Hallander

Listing a lot of guys rivals of my team picked.

The one real "steal" from my team was Riley Hughes in the 7th round. I think that pick could look really good in a few years.

 

[jetsforever]

Ingham could be interesting

 

[Kingsfan1]

Bias pick Akil Thomas

Non Bias Pick Mclaughlin

 

[MattiasSnall]

Toni Utunen (5 round, 130 pick by Vancouver Canucks), Finland’s captain in U18 had 3 points in 7 games and +12 in +|- which was tournament high, overall the best finnish defensemen in the tournament.

 

[hellwar9]

Milos Roman in calgary

 

[DeltaSwede]

Toni Utunen (5 round, 130 pick by Vancouver Canucks), Finland’s captain in U18 had 3 points in 7 games and +12 in +|- which was tournament high, overall the best finnish defensemen in the tournament.

A really intriguing name from our own stable. Should be an interesting prospect to follow.

Other notables that stuck out to me:

Calen Addison
Jakub Lauko
Sampo Ranta
Akil Thomas
Jake Wise
Phillipp Kurashev

Thought the hawks had a really solid draft.

 

[EveryDay]

Montreal had a few; Olofsson/Fonstad/Hillis and even McShane.

 

[BB88]

From Finns I'd say potentially Nordgren+ Vehvilainen.

 

[Kcb12345]

Adam Mascherin could turn out to be a big steal if he actually signs with us

 

[Hockeyisl1fe]

Jonatan Berggren, 33rd (Detroit). Insane vision and puckhandling skills, not bad of a skater either. Lots of teams are going to regret passing him.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Jake Wise, Curtis Hall, Blake McLaughlin, and Michael Kesselring are absolute steals for me for where they got selected at.

I cannot stress how badly many GMs will look in 2 years time on Wise...many of us felt the Hawks would take him at 27, he belongs to have been selected there...not at 69 lol!!! Biggest steal of the draft for me by far is Wise. Kesselring is going to be one hell of a player, and the Oilers got him in the 6th...so much upside here.

Bode Wilde who I have not been a big fan of due to consistency and in zone issues at times, is laughably going to be a steal where he went...Big Lou pimp ran his ass up to the stage to get Wahlstrom/Dobson who both should have been gone by #8, and then Wilde at 41..then got Iskhakov 2 pics later...what a monster draft for the Isles!

I haven't heard or seen much of Kesselring but I love this endorsement

 

[Teemu]

Jake Wise, Niklas Nordgren, Calen Addison, Filip Hallander, Logan Hutsko, Jakub Lauko, Filip Kral, Jonatan Berggren

 

[Frolov 6'3]

HF ‘steals’ from 2016.

https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/steals-of-2016-draft.2194961/page-2

 

[Frk It]

HF ‘steals’ from 2016.

https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/steals-of-2016-draft.2194961/page-2

Borgstrom, Girard, Clague, Steel

Homer pick: Hronek

 

[Teemu]

HF ‘steals’ from 2016.

https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/steals-of-2016-draft.2194961/page-2

Its funny, there used to be no bigger guarantee of busting than being declared a steal the day after the draft on HF. But while it is still early, a lot of the popular picks are doing well (DeBrincat, Raddysh, Hronek, Dahlen, Mete, Steel)

 

[Tatar Shots]

damn does that look good. well done.

 

[tmlfan98]

Kravtsov at 9 is a steal to me. I think he's gonna end up being one of the top 5 players from this draft.

 

[nickdawg95]

Matej Pekar, sabres got him in the 4th round and he was the USHL Rookie of the year !

 

[Frk It]

damn does that look good. well done.

Didn't go out on a limb too much (two 1st rounders), but I really liked those kids.