Oh I get that it's just rankings and not a mock. I just think it's a sign of a bad scout to rank so many forwards and exclude dmen. On average forwards are much easier to project. As a scout it's your job not to just rank players based on how good they currently are but how good they project to be. Do your job and let us know which defenceman you think will make the jump. Dont just rank them all in the second and call it a crapshoot.
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Oh I get that it's just rankings and not a mock. I just think it's a sign of a bad scout to rank so many forwards and exclude dmen. On average forwards are much easier to project. As a scout it's your job not to just rank players based on how good they currently are but how good they project to be. Do your job and let us know which defenceman you think will make the jump. Dont just rank them all in the second and call it a crapshoot.
There aren't many defenders in this draft. There is a couple and they are ranked in the first.
I get that it's a weaker draft for defenceman. But when you average 8-12 dmen in the first round and you only have 4 ranked, that's a problem.
Not really. Teams will always reach for defenders and it rarely turns out for them. Just cause teams are dumb and reach for meh defenders doesn't mean they should be ranked higher. And not at all a sign of bad scouts they rank the players based on what they see and teams will reach cause reasons.
Ps: like the Oilers did last year. There was 3-5 forwards that would of easily been a better pick and we reached for a defender cause they wanted one
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I agree with his rankings. There's only about five defensemen that I think should go in the 1st this year.
Undoubtedly some teams will reach to grab their Logan Stanleys, Filip Johanssons and Noah Juulsens, but I don't think that means you should rank them higher.
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Shift by shift of Lukas Reichel. I have him in my top-20 but I think that may still be too low. The skill, skating, and IQ he displays for someone as young as he is playing against men is incredible.
This channel also has shift-by-shifts of Amirov, Holloway, Quinn, and others.
This channel also has shift-by-shifts of Amirov, Holloway, Quinn, and others.
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Hot take: Im not convinced that Quinn is any better than Reichel.
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He should be taken high (around 10) but for whatever reason, hes #18 on McKenzies list which is generally a pretty good indication where someone will go.
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Honestly I agree, and I'm as big a fan of Quinn as any. Reichel has more playmaking potential and while his shot isn't at the same level, his ability to get open and create space for himself is incredible.
Another hot take: Reichel might be a top-10 prospect in this draft.
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Apparently Sam Consentino said that Perfetti going to the Wings at 4 is almost as big a lock as Lafreniere going 1st.
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Yzerman's 1st round record isn't awesome drafting, but Perfetti's hockey sense is elite and I could see him appreciating that.
Cosentino's reasoning though is because Detroit and Saginaw are so close together and frankly, that doesn't mean Yzerman just takes him. Yzerman said there's a decent group to have to pick from and also mentioned the importance of some of the European guys being able to play this fall - that seemed to me to be a nod that they're still looking at Rossi (who may play in Switzerland), Holtz/Raymond (Sweden) and of course Stutzle if he lasts.
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Ah, didn't know that. If that's the case I wouldn't call him a lock at all. Trevor Zegras and Cole Caufield played in Michigan last year and Yzerman went with a German kid.
Unless Constantino has inside information that Detroit is interested in Perfetti.
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I been watching all these mock draft scenerios where Detroit is picking Drysdale but honestly I just dont see it. I cant see them swinging on another RD (Seider is a RD). Perfetti makes more sense as I suspect they will be looking for a center. I also wonder if they may be looking at Sanderson at #4. From Bob's list a few scouts are really high on him (HP likes him better than Drysdale too). I personally dont think hes a #4 pick but I wouldnt be suprised if a Sanderson - Seider pairing is appealing to them.
Drysdale has the potential to become that and Lafreniere is going ahead of him
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I agree. I think they go forward, but if they do pick a defenseman I think it will be Sanderson.
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Drysdale I don't believe is on the same level as Rasmus Dahlin and Lafreniere looks great but we already have two superstars up front in McDavid and Draisaitl.
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If he actually said that I believe it looking back in recent years almost everything he says is bang on.
If true that means f***ing Ottawa gets out of the draft with most like Stutzle and Drysdale. That's incredible
That's scary considering they have another 1st and 4 picks in the 2nd
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It is scary, but I have my doubts they will use all of those picks. More likely they trade some for immediate help, or to move ahead in the draft to ensure they get their guy.
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