Vegas and second round

lilidk

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Ty Dellandrea : center
Displays excellent skill set and good size and giddy-up. Wins puck battles and is responsible in his own end. Move well with deceptive quickness
Ryan McLeod
Mikey's Brother is about as fast on his skates as big brother. Ryan McLeod
Big centre with great really good skating ability and a separation gear, who creates scoring chances with his quick hands, and use his size to own the face off circle and dominate opposing centres in many phases with his strong compete level. Strong face-off man and is a good stick-handler able to make neat passes, setting up his linemates. Plays both on the power play and the penalty kill. There are serious questions as to whether he can fill a NHL top six role, because he simply hasn’t shown very much scoring prowess. He shows defensive capabilities but I would like him to have a lot more edge and push at his size. The NHL can tolerate a “finesse” big centre IF he is a scorer, but no so much if he isn’t.
Nils Lundkvist :
Sometimes it takes playing with great teammates to bring out the best in a prospect. Thats what transpired with this kid when he was surrounded by the cream of the Swedish dee-man crop at the Under-18 Five Nations tournament. Very smart in his decisions, with good vision and execution. There is so much to his game that translates to high levels of competition. He is confident, has very good speed, and plays with edge with big hits, and hard work on the defensive wall and the battle areas. Has the feet to expertly jump up into the play and activating, sometimes being the entry guy.Really good hands too, putting pucks on the sticks of the right teammate.Arguably, might have played better than Adam Boqvist, Adam Ginning, and Filip Johansson, and was a revelation.
 
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Lampedampe

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Hard to tell who's gonna drop/rise, and depending on who we pick at 6.

If we pick Dobson I'm inclined to picking Addison/Merkely with Vegas pick, and then go heavy on forwards after that.

Since Holland & co went for a lot of depth and role players in the previous draft I could see them going heavy on skill this draft.
 
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njx9

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I think a couple of Cs (Dellandrea and Khovanov are most intriguing to me, based on what some of the guys here have written) and whichever D ends up falling (Merkley?) would be great, IMO. It seems like a great spot to work on our forward pool, once we've addressed the massive, gaping blueline hole at 6.
 

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Calen Addison is a high end offensive defenseman who is undervalued because he is a bit of a PP specialist. But there is a really good skill set there and he may be able to round out the rest of his game.

Allan McShane is a really effective playmaker with good vision, but needs to work on his skating.

Jake Wise quietly had a nice season once he returned from his injury, but is somehow flying under the radar. A bit undersized, but he is built pretty solidly and has some skill.

Ryan McLeod is a high end skater and passer, but hasn't really been able to put it all together and produce the numbers people were expecting.

Groulx and Alexeyev are good all-around players with good size.
 

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I think its most likely that we end up selecting one of the RHD at #6. Operating under that assumption, I would like the Wings to select one LHD and two forwards with their picks in the 28-36 range. LHD options include: Miller, Samuelsson, McIsaac, Sandin, Alexeyev (tychonick? Never actually watched him play but he is projected to go there). Forward options include: Dellandrea, Khovanov, Hallander(have not seen), McBain (have not seen) and quite a few others who might slip or rise to where we will pick. If we end up drafting an impact player at #6 and one of the players between 28-36 become an impact player, the draft will be a success.
 

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I think its most likely that we end up selecting one of the RHD at #6. Operating under that assumption, I would like the Wings to select one LHD and two forwards with their picks in the 28-36 range. LHD options include: Miller, Samuelsson, McIsaac, Sandin, Alexeyev (tychonick? Never actually watched him play but he is projected to go there). Forward options include: Dellandrea, Khovanov, Hallander(have not seen), McBain (have not seen) and quite a few others who might slip or rise to where we will pick. If we end up drafting an impact player at #6 and one of the players between 28-36 become an impact player, the draft will be a success.

I personally do not think McIsaac will be there for our 2nd pick. He was named one of Canada's best players at the U18's, so I'm guessing he has probably worked his way back up the rankings like he was earlier this year. Going to guess Sandin will probably be off the board as well, but maybe not.

I like Tychonick or Alexeyev if you are looking for a LHD. Tychonick wasn't as impactful as I was hoping at the U18's for Canada, but I think he is a good long term option.
 

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I personally do not think McIsaac will be there for our 2nd pick. He was named one of Canada's best players at the U18's, so I'm guessing he has probably worked his way back up the rankings like he was earlier this year. Going to guess Sandin will probably be off the board as well, but maybe not.

I like Tychonick or Alexeyev if you are looking for a LHD. Tychonick wasn't as impactful as I was hoping at the U18's for Canada, but I think he is a good long term option.

I don't expect McIsaac to be there either. His tool set is to good. I do think it is likely that one of those LHD end up being there in the late 20s/early 30s. If not, one of the more highly touted forwards would have likely dropped to our spot.

I don't expect McIsaac, Miller, or Samuelsson to be available, but we will see.
 

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Highlight videos for prospects who may be available in this range:


 

njx9

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Is McIsaac back into the 15ish range? I guess I'd be for trading up if he fell to the low 20s, but I'd hate to have to send either of our early 2nds to do it.
 

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For some reason I really feel like Sandin is gonna be a Red Wing. If we go with a good skating defenseman with #6 (Hughes, Boqvist, Dobson) then Sandin would be a good complementary D prospect to grab. But honestly it is always so hard to project who is going to be there at the end of round 1 so I'm not too sure who we are targeting / will end up with.
 

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Love this range of players, some of my favorites

Forwards
Filip Hallander
Jonatan Berggren
Blake McLaughlin
Liam Foudy
Jakub Lauko
Cameron Hillis

Defensemen
Ryan Merkley
Jett Woo
Nils Lundkvist
Jonathan Tychonick
Jacob Bernard Docker
 

Lampedampe

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Love this range of players, some of my favorites

Forwards
Filip Hallander
Jonatan Berggren
Blake McLaughlin
Liam Foudy
Jakub Lauko
Cameron Hillis

Defensemen
Ryan Merkley
Jett Woo
Nils Lundkvist
Jonathan Tychonick
Jacob Bernard Docker

Hållander is a good one, can easily be a steal in the 2nd round.
 

Rzombo4 prez

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In a perfect world I would take a defensemen (Alexeyev, Addison, Tychonick or a falling Miller) and then two centers (or a center and a skilled wing). Dellandrea is my preferred target at center but I would give some consideration to Olofsson if he falls, O'Brien and maybe Wise (I would throw McBain in there but suspect his future is on the wing with his skating). In terms of skilled wingers, Ylonen and Berggren have a lot of appeal.

From there I cross my fingers and hope that some combo of Khovanov, JBD, Foudy, Hall, Kurashev and Emberson are available in the 3rd.
 

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In a perfect world I would take a defensemen (Alexeyev, Addison, Tychonick or a falling Miller) and then two centers (or a center and a skilled wing). Dellandrea is my preferred target at center but I would give some consideration to Olofsson if he falls, O'Brien and maybe Wise (I would throw McBain in there but suspect his future is on the wing with his skating). In terms of skilled wingers, Ylonen and Berggren have a lot of appeal.

From there I cross my fingers and hope that some combo of Khovanov, JBD, Foudy, Hall, Kurashev and Emberson are available in the 3rd.

That would be cool. I know I want 2 of the first 4 picks to be used on defenseman, for sure.

To narrow things down a bit, if we take a center in the 29-40 range I hope it is Dellandrea, Wise, or McShane.

In Round 3, I also like Hall and Kurashev.

I like McLaughlin in round 2 or 3, not sure if he ends up a center or winger, but he is a skilled forward.
 
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njx9

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I haven't seen Wise's name very much... What's to like/not-like about him?
 

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I haven't seen Wise's name very much... What's to like/not-like about him?

He quietly had a good year for the USNTDP this year. I am a bit surprised he hasn't re-surfaced in draft rankings.

He is a good all-around player and good passer. A bit undersized, but he is pretty stocky and solid for his height. He was formerly considered a top 5 player for this draft but his development stalled out a little bit. The main knock would probably be he is not much of a scorer.
 
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newfy

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Groulx/Dellandrea/Foudy at forward.

McIsaac if hes around at D but not sure he will be. He might be a Brandon Saad type on defense in the next year or 2
 

Mister Ed

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I would like to draft Woo, just for his name when he scores. WOO! But he should be available at the Golden Knight's pick.
 

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