Guest Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Here are a few of the top rated players for next year's draft. In alphabetical order: Jaret Anderson-Dolan C Lias Anderson C/LW Jordy Bellerive C Jesper Boqvist C/W Shane Bowers C Alexander Chmelevski C Maxime Comtois C/LW Marcus Davidsson LW/RW Brett Davis C Michael DiPietro G David Farrence D Callan Foote D Max Gildon D Brady Gilmour C Tom Hedberg D Nico Hischier C Rickard Hugg C/LW Nolan Kneen D Klim Kostin RW Timothy Liljegren D Joshua Maniscalco D Luke Martin D Stelio Mattheos C Grant Mismash C Casey Mittelstadt C Antoine Morend C Michael Pastujov LW Nolan Patrick C/RW Elias Pettersson C Markus Phillips D Nikita Popugayev RW Austin Pratt C/LW Scott Reedy F Ostap Safin G Ian Scott RW Kirill Slepets C Nicholas Sazuki C Joël Teasdale C Owen Tippet RW Eeli Tolvanen F Urho Vaakanainen D Juuso Välimäki D Kristain Vesalainen LW/RW Gabriel Vilardi C Santeri Virtanen F Kailer Yamamoto C/LW PROJECTED TOP 5: 5 Maxime Comtois C/LW 4 Kailer Yamamoto C/LW 3 Gabriel Vilardi C 2 Max Gildon D 1 Nolan Patrick C/RW Max Gildon is supposed to be better than Jakob Chychrun and Olli Juolevi. If we pick a defenseman with our top pick, then we can try for an LW next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gstank29 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Its not a good draft. But there are some good Finns and Sweds in 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gstank29 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 VIRTANEN http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=283531 Liljegren http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=224910 Tilander http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=147733 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 I agree that the top are likely not as great as 2015 or even 2016 but it is way deeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Just to be clear for everyone, virtanen isn't jakes brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gstank29 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Also Patrick is a C/W not a D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 1 minute ago, Gstank29 said: Also Patrick is a C/W not a D Good catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 13 minutes ago, Gstank29 said: Thailander http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=147733 Tilander looks to be a good pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baer. Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 1 Arizona Nolan Patrick C Brandon (WHL) 6' 1.5" 189 2 New Jersey Maxime Comtois LW Victoriaville(QMJHL) 6' 0.5" 176 3 Toronto Timothy Liljegren D Rogle BK(Allsvenskan) 6' 0.25" 190 4 Buffalo Owen Tippett RW Mississauga(OHL) 5' 11.25" 175 5 Edmonton Kailer Yamamoto C Spokane (WHL) 5' 8" 159 6 Carolina Gabriel Vilardi C Windsor (OHL) 6' 2" 187 7 Ottawa Kristian Vesalainen RW Frolunda HC (SHL) 6' 3" 203 8 Florida Nicolas Hague D Mississauga(OHL) 6' 6" 208 9 San Jose Eeli Tolvanen LW Sioux City (USHL) 5' 9.5" 172 10 Philadelphia Klim Kostin RW Balashikha (KHL) 6' 3" 190 11 Washington Max Gildon D US-Under-17(USAH-NTDP) 6' 2" 174 12 Columbus Adam Thilander D Skelleftea (SHL) 6' 0" 191 13 Colorado Michael Pastujov RW US-Under-17(USAH-NTDP) 6' 0" 193 14 Boston Stelio Mattheos C Brandon (WHL) 6' 2.5" 177 15 Vancouver Santeri Virtanen LW TPS Turku (SM-liiga) 6' 0.5" 180 16 Dallas Jusso Välimäki D Tri-City (WHL) 6' 2" 194 17 Detroit David Farrance D US-Under-17(USAH-NTDP) 5' 10" 184 18 Calgary Patrick Khodorenko C US-Under-17(USAH-NTDP) 5' 11" 202 19 Nashville Luke Martin D US-Under-17(USAH-NTDP) 6' 1.5" 200 20 Chicago Kole Lind RW Kelowna (WHL) 6' 1" 175 21 Pittsburgh Jaret Anderson-Dolan C Spokane (WHL) 5' 10" 178 22 NY Islanders Ian Blacker D Oakville (OJHL) 6' 3" 177 23 Winnipeg Joshua Maniscalco D US-Under-17(USAH-NTDP) 6' 0" 185 24 Minnesota Brady Gilmour C Saginaw (OHL) 5' 10" 160 25 NY Rangers Brett Davis C Lethbridge (WHL) 6' 0" 166 26 St. Louis Austin Pratt C Red Deer (WHL) 6' 1.75" 211 27 Los Angeles Shane Bowers C Halifax (MJAHL) 6' 0" 165 28 Tampa Bay Urho Vaakanainen D Espoo Blues (SM-liiga) 6' 0.5" 177 29 Anaheim Nolan Kneen D Kelowna (WHL) 6' 0" 170 30 Montreal Hayden Davis D Niagara (OHL) 6' 1" 170 I'm not sure if the teams are in order or not, but this is from draftsite.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gstank29 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 12 minutes ago, thejazz97 said: Tilander looks to be a good pick. That moment when Autocorrect makes it that much funnier Thailand-er Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baer. Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Patrick seems to be the runaway #1 right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Just now, Baer. said: Patrick seems to be the runaway #1 right now. We have had a lot of those lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gstank29 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Cal Foote will probably be a top 10 pick http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=247895 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 I say we suck next year too, so we can get in on some more top 5 picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baer. Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Kailer Yamamoto is also a player to watch. Might have the softest hands in the draft class, he has elite skill but his size may hold him out of the top-5. If he grows in the next year and puts on 10 pounds he could be top-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 10 minutes ago, Baer. said: 1 Arizona Nolan Patrick C Brandon (WHL) 6' 1.5" 189 2 New Jersey Maxime Comtois LW Victoriaville(QMJHL) 6' 0.5" 176 3 Toronto Timothy Liljegren D Rogle BK(Allsvenskan) 6' 0.25" 190 4 Buffalo Owen Tippett RW Mississauga(OHL) 5' 11.25" 175 5 Edmonton Kailer Yamamoto C Spokane (WHL) 5' 8" 159 6 Carolina Gabriel Vilardi C Windsor (OHL) 6' 2" 187 7 Ottawa Kristian Vesalainen RW Frolunda HC (SHL) 6' 3" 203 8 Florida Nicolas Hague D Mississauga(OHL) 6' 6" 208 9 San Jose Eeli Tolvanen LW Sioux City (USHL) 5' 9.5" 172 10 Philadelphia Klim Kostin RW Balashikha (KHL) 6' 3" 190 11 Washington Max Gildon D US-Under-17(USAH-NTDP) 6' 2" 174 12 Columbus Adam Thilander D Skelleftea (SHL) 6' 0" 191 13 Colorado Michael Pastujov RW US-Under-17(USAH-NTDP) 6' 0" 193 14 Boston Stelio Mattheos C Brandon (WHL) 6' 2.5" 177 15 Vancouver Santeri Virtanen LW TPS Turku (SM-liiga) 6' 0.5" 180 16 Dallas Jusso Välimäki D Tri-City (WHL) 6' 2" 194 17 Detroit David Farrance D US-Under-17(USAH-NTDP) 5' 10" 184 18 Calgary Patrick Khodorenko C US-Under-17(USAH-NTDP) 5' 11" 202 19 Nashville Luke Martin D US-Under-17(USAH-NTDP) 6' 1.5" 200 20 Chicago Kole Lind RW Kelowna (WHL) 6' 1" 175 21 Pittsburgh Jaret Anderson-Dolan C Spokane (WHL) 5' 10" 178 22 NY Islanders Ian Blacker D Oakville (OJHL) 6' 3" 177 23 Winnipeg Joshua Maniscalco D US-Under-17(USAH-NTDP) 6' 0" 185 24 Minnesota Brady Gilmour C Saginaw (OHL) 5' 10" 160 25 NY Rangers Brett Davis C Lethbridge (WHL) 6' 0" 166 26 St. Louis Austin Pratt C Red Deer (WHL) 6' 1.75" 211 27 Los Angeles Shane Bowers C Halifax (MJAHL) 6' 0" 165 28 Tampa Bay Urho Vaakanainen D Espoo Blues (SM-liiga) 6' 0.5" 177 29 Anaheim Nolan Kneen D Kelowna (WHL) 6' 0" 170 30 Montreal Hayden Davis D Niagara (OHL) 6' 1" 170 I'm not sure if the teams are in order or not, but this is from draftsite.com I say that this website isn't believable. It says Montreal will win the cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baer. Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 1 minute ago, Stamkos said: I say that this website isn't believable. It says Montreal will win the cup The teams aren't in any order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baer. Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Timothy Liljegren is one of the smoothest skating players in the draft. He's playing in Sweden's top tier league against men, at 16 he has an April birthday and is one of the younger players in the draft. His most notable traits are his speed with the puck, and his lethal wrist shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gstank29 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 I like the depth of this draft, it looks like we are going to get a good player anywhere in the first rounds. But it's not a good year if we are looking for a franchise piece to build around. My top 5 right now would be Patrick Liljegren -------------------- Vilardi Foote Comtois Quite a drop off after the first two players, but it's pretty balanced from 3-15ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.I.A.H.N Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 I will say it first..............we should Tank! Had to be said! Had to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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