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Let's see if he can dominate atU18Going with Podkolzin, I doubt he'll actually be around at pick 6.
Let's see if he can dominate atU18
Dach. Right now I have him as #4 in my completely un-expert rankings, So I'm happy.
Podkolzin, with the way he is "#3 but could fall" along with the way he plays in the very limited video available, reminds me of Zadina who I'm already not a fan of, so no thank you
To keep it short and not hijack the thread: Playing amateur scout, I did not like what I saw out of him in Junior. I would not have drafted him. He has not done enough to change my mind since then with his play in the World Juniors, AHL, or NHL.Don't you think it's a bit of a hasty assessment to jump ship on Zadina? He turned 19 like not even 6 months ago, played the entire season in high level men's hockey and managed to maintain basically a 0.60 point per game performance level. Why would jump to not being a fan after what many people would consider to be a very good year for an 18 year old in professional hockey? Seems shortsighted
The only teams with 2 firsts are Buffalo, NYR and LA, can't trade back with two of them, doubt Buffalo pays #26 to move up a spot.Trade down with a team that has a second 1st round pick and try and pick up two 1sts.
Again? He has already done it once in terms of being Russia's best player at the event last year.
I went Dach here because of my board, I would expect the Wings to draft Podkolzin if it fell this way though. Unless they know they will have a significant problem getting him to come over from Russia.
So far it looks like it's:
To keep it short and not hijack the thread: Playing amateur scout, I did not like what I saw out of him in Junior. I would not have drafted him. He has not done enough to change my mind since then with his play in the World Juniors, AHL, or NHL.
Has he been a total failure in those? Absolutely not. He just needs to be more impressive to change my existing opinion. I'm not writing his career off and I hope I'm wrong...I'm just not a fan.
The only teams with 2 firsts are Buffalo, NYR and LA, can't trade back with two of them, doubt Buffalo pays #26 to move up a spot.
EDIT: I lied - Anaheim snuck in there - it is a viable candidate - 6 for 9+20
That was my protest vote at not having a trade down option.Judging by your vote, you’d select Krebs at 6.
It's the HFBoards first round team board mock draft. They aren't going to have trade backs because it would make everything extremely complicated.That was my protest vote at not having a trade down option.
Hopefully a guy in the 8-15 range has an outstanding U18. That would be my guess at a likely source of jumping up.Who could be this year's Barrett Hayton and surprisingly jump into the top-5? Soderstrom? Harley? Knight?