Organizational needs in 2014 Draft Discussion

[Fred65]

On Defense we have Edler for another 5 years, Garrison for a further 4 years, Bieska and Hamhuis for 3 more. Stanton will be re-signed. Tanev will be resigned as will Corrado. Frankly we're covered at the back end with 7 quality D for a number of years.

Prospects

We have McNally, Anderson, Tommerness & McEnemy in the wings...one maybe 2 will surely make it. I admit we don't have any with a growl in their play maybe Blaine

In goal we have Lack and Ericksson plus Cannata

Forwards we have the obvious Horvat, Gaunce ( play wing or centre) Shikaruk and Jensen on wing, and then maybe Grenier and Archibald. IMO we're deeper than we've ever been

[Warhippy]

On Defense we have Edler for another 5 years, Garrison for a further 4 years, Bieska and Hamhuis for 3 more. Stanton will be re-signed. Tanev will be resigned as will Corrado. Frankly we're covered at the back end with 7 quality D for a number of years.

Prospects

We have McNally, Anderson, Tommerness & McEnemy in the wings...one maybe 2 will surely make it. I admit we don't have any with a growl in their play maybe Blaine

In goal we have Lack and Ericksson plus Cannata

Forwards we have the obvious Horvat, Gaunce ( play wing or centre) Shikaruk and Jensen on wing, and then maybe Grenier and Archibald. IMO we're deeper than we've ever been

The issue with our defense is that Hamhuis and or Edler could indeed be trade bait. Tanev and Stanton are basically two fo the same guy. we have no PMD or stay at home monster who can clear the crease. Our needs are currently on the wing and on the blue line as it stands, we are in fact deeper in our prospect pool than ever before, but if we trade even one of our prospects from Utica that depth is a farce.

IN this draft we see D and Wingers stand out and I for one am clamouring indeed to draft those bigger D men.

[thad]

I'd go for the dman this time around unless a guy falls into our lap(shinkaruk style)... I won't be heartbroken if they go for another forward though as we've pulled dmen out of our ass lately. Whether it's intriguing late rounders like McNally subban cederholm or corrado.. Or off the board guys like Tanev Stanton.

We seem to be able to find good D prospects out of the high profile ranks these days but it would be nice to get excited like we were with bourdon again.

[canucklax]

My only issue with those boys is ther is no genuine beef monster on the back end to clear the crease. What happens if we run into a team with a Byfuglien to sit on Luongo again?

My issue with Ho Sang is his size. We have no point of reference but by all accounts his family are not large people. With Subban we have verifiable proof that he will almost certainly hit a growth spurt as has happened with both of his brothers who were drafted at a comparable size as Jordan but both shot up in size and thickness.

I worry about Ho Sang the same way I worried about and still do worry about Schroeder

A lot of smaller ("smaller") D men make the NHL and do pretty well as long as they're mobile. Duncan Keith is tall but by no means big, his bread and butter is being so evasive that he is almost never hit.

Honka is going to be a PMD star in this league at some point and his actual size is close to that of Ehrhoff and or Green. He still has time to grow and fill out and will have some serious talent to grow with in Utica.

You're contradicting yourself. Honka has great offensive upside, but his family working for willy wonka, and his lack of a solid defensive game make me see him as a 2nd round pick. Too many risks to take in the top 30

[Warhippy]

For clarification, here is the ISS scouting report for the month. First round as follows

ISS Top 30 for 2014 NHL Draft

Rank Player Pos Ht. Wt. S/C DoB Team League

1. SAM REINHART C 6'1 186 R 11/6/95 Kootenay WHL

2. AARON EKBLAD D 6'4 216 R 2/7/96 Barrie OHL

3. MICHAEL DAL COLLE F 6'2 184 L 6/20/96 Oshawa OHL

4. WILLIE NYLANDER C 5'11 169 R 5/1/95 Rogle SweAI

5. SAM BENNETT LW 6'0 178 L 6/20/96 Kingston OHL

6. ANTON KARLSSON LW 6'1 187 L 8/3/96 Frolunda SweJE

7. LEON DRAISAITL C 6'1 199 L 10/27/95 Prince Albert WHL

8. BRENDAN PERLINI LW 6'2 205 L 4/27/96 Niagara OHL

9. HAYDN FLEURY D 6'3 207 L 7/8/96 Red Deer WHL

10. ROLAND MCKEOWN D 6'1 192 R 1/20/96 Kingston OHL

11. KASPAR KAPANEN RW 5'11 172 R 7/23/96 Kuopio FinE

12. JAKE VIRTANEN LW 6'1 213 R 8/17/96 Calgary WHL

13. NICK RITCHIE F 6'2 218 L 12/5/95 Peterborough OHL

14. JOSH HO-SANG RW 5'11 160 R 1/22/96 Windsor OHL

15. OSKAR LINDBLOM RW 6'1 191 L 8/15/96 Brynas SweJE

16. JARED MCCANN C 6'0 179 L 5/31/96 S.S. Marie OHL

17. IVAN BARBASHEV F 6'0 181 L 12/14/95 Moncton QMJHL

18. NICK SCHMALTZ RW 6'0 170 R 2/23/96 Green Bay USHL

19. DYLAN LARKIN LW 6'1 190 L 7/30/96 USA Under-18 NTDP

20. ADRIAN KEMPE C 6'2 187 L 9/13/96 Modo SweJE

21. CONNER BLEACKLEY C/RW 6'0 196 R 10/7/95 Red Deer WHL

22. JACK GLOVER D 6'3 173 R 5/7/96 USA Under-18 NTDP

23. ALEX TUCH RW 6'3 213 R 5/10/96 USA Under-18 NTDP

24. JAKUB VRANA RW 6'0 183 L 2/28/96 Linkoping SweJE

25. ANTHONY DEANGELO D 5'11 175 R 10/24/95 Sarnia OHL

26. BLAKE CLARKE F 6'1 197 L 1/24/96 North Bay OHL

27. NIKOLAJ EHLERS F 5'11 162 L 2/13/96 Halifax QMJHL

28. DAVID PASTRNAK LW 6'0 167 R 5/25/96 Soderalije SweAl

29. JOSHUA JACOBS RD 6'01 193 R 2/15/96 Indiana USHL

30. JACOB MIDDLETON LD 6'02 208 L 1/2/96 Ottawa OHL

[Warhippy]

Honka is a full axe handle wider and thicker than Ho Sang. ho Sang has speed to spare and decent hands, but he looks like a poor mans Richard Park.

Honka is a solid skater, great passer has a sweet wrist shot and might indeed fall into the 2nd round, but of the top 60 players and the D available in this draft, Honka is one of the better skaters, scorers AND has one of the better +/- of the blue liners.

Hard not to like him at all. especially knowing Dal Colle Ritchie Tuch and Kapanen will all be gone by the time we pick unless we slide in the standings.

Added guys like Collins, Vanier and Mantha have the size to at least step into a role quickly in the league regardless of development

[wshdrvvn]

my first round wishlist: blue chip D-man, a forward with size that fell in the draft, or a can't miss goalie.

[The Bookie]

Wow, quite a bit of disparity between ISS and TSN, outside of the top 5.

I bolded the D in the ISS list, to make it easier to scan:

For clarification, here is the ISS scouting report for the month. First round as follows

ISS Top 30 for 2014 NHL Draft

Rank Player Pos Ht. Wt. S/C DoB Team League

1. SAM REINHART C 6'1 186 R 11/6/95 Kootenay WHL

2. AARON EKBLAD D 6'4 216 R 2/7/96 Barrie OHL

3. MICHAEL DAL COLLE F 6'2 184 L 6/20/96 Oshawa OHL

4. WILLIE NYLANDER C 5'11 169 R 5/1/95 Rogle SweAI

5. SAM BENNETT LW 6'0 178 L 6/20/96 Kingston OHL

6. ANTON KARLSSON LW 6'1 187 L 8/3/96 Frolunda SweJE

7. LEON DRAISAITL C 6'1 199 L 10/27/95 Prince Albert WHL

8. BRENDAN PERLINI LW 6'2 205 L 4/27/96 Niagara OHL

9. HAYDN FLEURY D 6'3 207 L 7/8/96 Red Deer WHL

10. ROLAND MCKEOWN D 6'1 192 R 1/20/96 Kingston OHL

11. KASPAR KAPANEN RW 5'11 172 R 7/23/96 Kuopio FinE

12. JAKE VIRTANEN LW 6'1 213 R 8/17/96 Calgary WHL

13. NICK RITCHIE F 6'2 218 L 12/5/95 Peterborough OHL

14. JOSH HO-SANG RW 5'11 160 R 1/22/96 Windsor OHL

15. OSKAR LINDBLOM RW 6'1 191 L 8/15/96 Brynas SweJE

16. JARED MCCANN C 6'0 179 L 5/31/96 S.S. Marie OHL

17. IVAN BARBASHEV F 6'0 181 L 12/14/95 Moncton QMJHL

18. NICK SCHMALTZ RW 6'0 170 R 2/23/96 Green Bay USHL

19. DYLAN LARKIN LW 6'1 190 L 7/30/96 USA Under-18 NTDP

20. ADRIAN KEMPE C 6'2 187 L 9/13/96 Modo SweJE

21. CONNER BLEACKLEY C/RW 6'0 196 R 10/7/95 Red Deer WHL

22. JACK GLOVER D 6'3 173 R 5/7/96 USA Under-18 NTDP

23. ALEX TUCH RW 6'3 213 R 5/10/96 USA Under-18 NTDP

24. JAKUB VRANA RW 6'0 183 L 2/28/96 Linkoping SweJE

25. ANTHONY DEANGELO D 5'11 175 R 10/24/95 Sarnia OHL

26. BLAKE CLARKE F 6'1 197 L 1/24/96 North Bay OHL

27. NIKOLAJ EHLERS F 5'11 162 L 2/13/96 Halifax QMJHL

28. DAVID PASTRNAK LW 6'0 167 R 5/25/96 Soderalije SweAl

29. JOSHUA JACOBS RD 6'01 193 R 2/15/96 Indiana USHL

30. JACOB MIDDLETON LD 6'02 208 L 1/2/96 Ottawa OHL

[Silfverberg Snipes]

We have enough third line grinders and shut down defenseman to satisfy the defensive aspect of the game. I want Gillis to grab the best offensively NHL ready player left on the board.

[canacks1970]

We have enough third line grinders and shut down defenseman to satisfy the defensive aspect of the game. I want Gillis to grab the best offensively NHL ready player left on the board.

I hear what your saying Silfverberg. But how many players have you seen that are NHL ready when your draft position is between 19-30 pick in the first round? The closest NhL ready player that the Canucks drafted was Kesler in 03' and that was at the 23rd position. And even then it took him at least 2 years before he made it to the big club.

[Silfverberg Snipes]

I hear what your saying Silfverberg. But how many players have you seen that are NHL ready when your draft position is between 19-30 pick in the first round? The closest NhL ready player that the Canucks drafted was Kesler in 03' and that was at the 23rd position. And even then it took him at least 2 years before he made it to the big club.

Fair enough, I just don't want to see anymore safe picks ALA Horvat and Gaunce. We need some raw talent on our roster to spark the offense. If two or three years is what it takes for that pick to develop then so be it.

[Southpop45]

when drafting you always follow the golden rule: take the best player available. never ever draft based on positional need it almost always comes back to bite you. it seems that people on the boards want the canucks to take a defence-men in the first round. however if there is a better forward or goalie available then you take that player and worry about positional need later.

[A Skylit Drive]

I think Ryan Mantha might go in the first round he's very underrated

[Derp...]

Ritchie, Ehlers, Vrana, Barbashev, are my forward picks in the 10-20 range.

Mckeown, Fleury, maybe Honka if he show's well at WJC for D.

[Fred65]

The issue with our defense is that Hamhuis and or Edler could indeed be trade bait. Tanev and Stanton are basically two fo the same guy. we have no PMD or stay at home monster who can clear the crease. Our needs are currently on the wing and on the blue line as it stands, we are in fact deeper in our prospect pool than ever before, but if we trade even one of our prospects from Utica that depth is a farce.

IN this draft we see D and Wingers stand out and I for one am clamouring indeed to draft those bigger D men.

Hamhuis and Edler trade bait...where did that come from, they're both entering their prime. I agree we don't have a name PMD other than Edler in the last full season was anked 7th over all in the league for points, he's not exactly chopped liver. I think local fans never give enough credit for their own players and tend to dwell on negatives ( me at times included ) I'd have to say I would rank our defense now and in years to come a pretty solid group that other teams would only dream they had. Quality from 1 to 6 plus a pretty good #7 in Corrado. Now meaness I think we're short of on the blue line and that counts.

On wing maybe 1.5 blue chippers Shinkaruk plus a maybe Jensen. So I agree likely a winger would be a good selection. I liked MG draft last year a solid top end forward in Horvat and with that in his pocket he took a bit of a gamble for a small and skilled Shinkaruk. I liked that!

Centre seems to now be our strong point, volume and skill

Goal looks to be covered with a little depth in hand.

But saying that, we're not selecting a team at the draft we're building an organization and they will take the best player according to their scouting list. There maybe a little flim flam from Gillis to the fans after the selection.....but we all knows it's BS to molify the fans no more no less.

You know what they say about lawyers, when can you tell a lawyer in lying...his mouths moving

[Magikal]

If he have a mid round 1st I would ideally go for one of the following:

Leon Draisaitl - Playmaker with great hockey sense, soft hands, good size (6ft2, 200lbs) and roughly a PPG average in the WHL since coming over from Germany. We definitely need more pass first guys in the top 6. After Henrik there really isn't much in terms of bonafide top 6 players who pass first.

Jared McCann - Two way player. Again another hockey smart guy and just shy of a PPG average in the OHL (.85PPG). Decent size (6ft 180lbs) and has a solid shot to him. Seems like a Canadian Kesler and that's not bad at all.

DeAngelo and Honka have some interesting skill but they are too small for the kind of D we really need.

If we have a late round pick:

Nikita Scherbak - I normally prefer to avoid drafting Russians but this guy is ripping up the WHL as a rookie right now and his offensive abilities are pretty impressive. But, as long as there is the KHL, drafting Russians is risky business. THe kid can shoot though. Decent size at 6ft 170lbs. Not bad at 17.

Alex Nedeljkovic - Not the biggest goalie at 6ft 200lbs but he has great sv% numbers and GAA isn't shabby at all. Cannata, Lack and Eriksson are good to have but more goalie prospects never hurts and keeps them battling.

Adam Mattsson & Joshua Jacobs - I don't much about these guys other then they are big d-men. We need a big stay at home kind of guy on our blue line but I don't know enough about these guys to say which (if either) should be targeted by Vancouver.

[Warhippy]

As of today this is Craig Buttons new Draft List. Pay attention to some of the D available in the 2nd and 3rd rounds.

http://www.tsn.ca/dr...tory/?id=438606

http://www.tsn.ca/dr...ature/?id=49649

The Top 60 - Stats through Nov. 13

RK Player Last Team DOB Pos. S Ht/Wt GP G A Pts +/-

1. Sam Reinhart 1 Kootenay (WHL) Nov. 6/95 C R 6'1/185 33 16 34 50 4

2. Aaron Ekblad 2 Barrie (OHL) Feb. 7/96 D R 6'4/216 29 10 15 25 1

3. Sam Bennett 3 Kingston (OHL) Jun. 20/96 C L 6'0/178 28 17 24 41 11

4. Michael Dal Colle 4 Oshawa (OHL) Jun. 20/96 LW L 6'2/184 32 22 32 54 6

5. William Nylander 5 Rogle (SWE) May 1/96 LW R 5'11/169 9 0 2 2 0

6. Adrian Kempe 6 Modo Jr. (SWE) Sep. 13/96 LW L 6'1/187 14 3 15 18 9

7. Jared McCann 13 Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) May. 31/96 C L 6'0/179 28 15 18 33 11

8. Leon Draisaitl 15 Prince Albert (WHL) Oct. 27/95 LW L 6'1/208 31 17 30 47 6

9. Brendan Perlini 9 Niagara (OHL) Apr. 30/96 LW L 6'2/205 31 16 25 41 0

10. Nikolaj Ehlers 17 Halifax (QMJHL) Feb. 13/95 LW L 5'11/162 34 20 27 47 26

11. Haydn Fleury 10 Red Deer (WHL) Jul. 8/96 D L 6'2/207 30 5 16 21 7

12. Anton Karlsson 7 Frolunda (SWE) Aug. 3/96 RW L 6'0/187 22 10 8 18 4

13. Ivan Barbashev 16 Moncton (QMJHL) Dec. 14/95 C/LW L 6'0/185 29 13 24 37 -3

14. Kasperi Kapanen 8 Kalpa (FIN) Jul. 23/96 RW R 5'11/172 25 3 3 6 1

15. Julius Honka 18 Swift Current (WHL) Dec. 3/95 D R 5'11/178 32 11 23 34 11

16. Anthony DeAngelo 19 Sarnia (OHL) Oct. 24/95 D R 5'11/175 30 9 37 46 -11

17. Dylan Larkin 12 USNTDP (USHL) Jul. 30/96 C L 6'1/190 25 15 9 24 -

18. Nick Schmaltz 14 Green Bay (USHL) Feb. 23/96 C R 6'0/170 18 8 14 22 -3

19. Nikita Scherbak 23 Saskatoon (WHL) Dec. 30/95 LW L 6'0/172 32 17 25 42 10

20. Nick Ritchie 11 Peterborough (OHL) Dec. 5/95 LW L 6'2/218 27 15 11 26 -10

21. Brycen Martin 20 Swift Current (WHL) May 9/96 D L 6'1/178 33 2 18 20 -5

22. Connor Bleackley 27 Red Deer (WHL) Feb. 7/96 RW R 6'0/192 31 14 21 35 7

23. Ryan MacInnis 28 Kitchener (OHL) Feb. 14/96 C L 6'3/175 29 8 10 18 -9

24. Brayden Point 22 Moose Jaw (WHL) Mar. 13/96 C R 5'9/156 33 11 14 25 -18

25. Sonny Milano 33 USNTDP (USHL) May 12/96 LW L 5'11/183 25 14 31 45 -

26. David Pastrnak 34 Sodertalje (SWE) May 25/96 RW R 6'0/167 24 6 9 15 3

27. Roland McKeown 21 Kingston (OHL) Jan. 20/96 D R 6'1/186 29 4 13 17 17

28. Alex Nedeljkovic 26 Plymouth (OHL) Jan. 7/96 G L 6'0/184 28 3.38 .914 0 9-15-3

29. Josh Jacobs 25 Indiana (USHL) Feb. 15/96 D R 6'2/193 19 1 9 10 7

31. Vladislav Kamenev 29 Magnitigorsk 2 (MHL) Aug. 12/96 C L 6'2/176 8 2 2 4 3

32. Alex Tuch 40 USNTDP (USHL) May 10/96 RW R 6'4/213 25 18 16 34 -

33. Adam O. Mattsson 24 Djurgarden (SWE) Jul. 30/96 D L 6'4/209 19 0 5 5 1

34. Robert Fabbri 35 Guelph (OHL) Jan. 22/96 C L 5'10/166 21 14 16 30 19

35. Nikolay Goldobin 36 Sarnia (OHL) Oct. 7/95 LW L 5'11/178 31 21 23 44 -5

36. Jakub Vrana 36 Linkoping (SWE) Feb. 28/96 RW L 5'11/185 19 12 9 21 2

37. Spencer Watson 31 Kingston (OHL) Apr. 25/96 RW R 6'0/170 26 15 13 28 17

38. Eric Cronel 39 Peterborough (OHL) Apr. 11/96 C R 6'1/186 31 10 13 23 -12

39. Daniel M. Bagenda 42 Modo (SWE) Jun. 16/96 LW L 6'1/198 27 12 4 16 9

40. Josh Ho Sang 49 Windsor (OHL) Jan. 22/96 C/RW R 5'11/166 30 16 19 35 15

41. Vladislav Gavrikov Yaroslavl (MHL) Nov. 21/95 D L 6'2/191 23 1 2 3 8

42. Julius Bergman 67 Frolunda (SWE) Nov. 2/95 D R 6'1/187 27 8 12 20 15

43. Oskar Lindblom 32 Brynas Jr. (SWE) Aug. 15/96 RW L 6'1/191 20 6 14 20 5

44. Jayce Hawryluk 50 Brandon (WHL) Jan. 1/96 C R 5'10/190 29 12 21 33 11

45. Julien Nantel 38 R-Noranda (QMJHL) Sep. 6/96 RW L 5'11/181 31 6 11 17 3

46. Alex Peters 43 Plymouth (OHL) Jul. 2/96 D L 6'3/207 23 2 2 4 -7

47. Brendan Lemieux 46 Barrie (OHL) Mar. 15/96 LW L 6'0/206 29 12 8 20 -5

48. Ivan Nalimov St. Petersburg (MHL) Mar. 12/94 G L 6'5/211 11 2.63 .902

49. Michael Bunting S. Ste-Marie (OHL) Sep. 17/95 LW L 5'11/174 30 9 15 24 6

50. Vladimir Tkachyov 51 Omsk (KHL) Oct. 5/95 LW R 5'9/156 12 6 7 13 3

51. Alexandre Goulet Charlottetown (QMJHL) Apr. 5/96 C L 5'11/191 33 19 14 33 17

52. Chase De Leo 48 Portland (WHL) Oct. 25/95 C L 5'9/177 32 19 14 33 17

53. Jack Ramsey 45 Penticton (BCHL) Nov. 5/95 RW R 6'2/172 30 4 8 12 -

54. Jonathan MacLeod 41 USNTDP (USHL) Jun. 2/96 D R 6'1/200 16 1 3 4 -

55. Ryan Mantha 53 Sioux City (USHL) Jun. 18/96 D R 6'4/225 18 1 5 6 -1

56. Reid Gardiner 60 Prince Albert (WHL) Jan. 19/96 RW R 5'11/183 31 13 11 24 4

57. Jack Glover 58 USNTDP (USHL) May 17/96 D L 6'2/170 25 1 13 14 -

58. Jake Virtanen 57 Calgary (WHL) Aug. 17/96 RW R 6'0/213 28 14 8 22 1

59. Jack Dougherty 59 USNTDP (USHL) May 25/96 D R 6'1/186 23 4 9 13 -

60. Blake Clarke 37 North Bay (OHL) Jan. 24/96 LW L 6'1/190 17 1 2 3 -1

No. 61 to 90

{C} {C} {C} {C} {C} RK Player Last Team DOB Pos. S Ht/Wt

61. Ville Husso HIFK (FinE) Feb. 6/95 G L 6'2/192

62. Christian Dvorak 44 London (OHL) Feb. 2/96 C/LW L 6'0/178 63. Pavel Jenys Kometa Brno (Cze) Apr. 2/96 C/LW L 6'2/192

64. Kevin Elgestal Frolunda (Swe) May 29/96 RW R 6'1/176

65. Kaapo Kahkonen 64 Espoo (FIN) Aug. 16/96 G L 6'1/209

66. Tyson Baillie 54 Kelowna (WHL) Nov. 16/95 C R 5'9/188

67. Clark Bishop 65 Cape Breton (QMJHL) Mar. 29/96 C L 5'11/183

68. Olivier Leblanc 68 Saint John (QMJHL) Feb. 17/96 D L 5'11/157

69. Austin Poganski 63 Tri-City (USHL) Feb. 16/96 RW R 6'1/198

70. Alexis Vanier 66 Baie Comeau (QMJHL) Dec. 21/95 D L 6'5/225

71. Reid Duke 61 Lethbridge (WHL) Jan. 28/96 RW R 5'11/188

72. Brandon Hickey 73 Spruce Grove (AJHL) Apr. 13/96 D L 6'2/177

73. Pavel Kraskovsky 52 Loko Yaroslavl (MHL) Oct. 5/95 C L 6'4/187

74. Matt Mistele 71 Plymouth (OHL) Oct. 17/95 C/LW L 6'1/183

75. Mark Marin 70 Bars Kazan (MHL) June 15/96 D L 6'2/187

76. Daniel Audette 69 Sherbrooke (QMJHL) May 6/96 C/LW L 5'8/177

77. Kyle Jenkins 76 Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) Apr. 22/96 D L 6'0/166

78. Nicolas Aube-Kubel 56 Val D'Or (QMJHL) May 10/96 RW R 5'11/187

79. Vaclav Karabacek Gatineau (QMJHL) May 10/96 RW R 5'11/187 80. Nikita Lyamkin 55 Chicoutimi (QMJHL) Feb. 6/96 D L 6'3/170

81. Ryan Collins 72 USNTDP (USHL) May 6/96 D R 6'5/202

82. Dmitri Sergeev 75 Kitchener (OHL) Mar. 26/96 D L 6'2/209

83. Emil Johansson 87 HV 71 (Sweden J20) May 6/96 D L 6'0/194

84. Ryan Hitchcock 79 USA NTDP (USHL) Mar. 30/96 D R 5'10/170

85. Alexis Pepin 78 Charlottetown (QMJHL) Apr. 22/96 LW L 6'2/230

86. Alex Lintuniemi 77 Ottawa (OHL) Sep. 23/95 D L 6'3/231

87. Shane Gersich 73 USNTDP (USHL) Jul. 10/96 C/LW L 5'11/175

88. Roman Khalikov 84 Molodaya (MHL) Feb. 27/96 D L 6'2/183

89. Jaden Lindo Owen Sound (OHL) Jan. 11/96 RW R 6'1/201

90. Andrei Svetlakov CSKA 2 (MHL) Apr. 6/96 RW L 6'0/191

[Warhippy]

There hasn't been much riase and fall as of yet but of note again are Ryan Mantha, Adam Ollatts Mattsson, Ryan Collins, Alexis Vanier all on D. I do not think Honka will fall to us but there's more than enough draft action to go around.

remembering organizational needs right now flow around D and RW.

[Erik Karlsson]

What happened to Ho-Sang? I thought he was supposed to be like a top 10 pick a while ago.

[canucklax]

McKeown at 27 is ridiculously low, guy is a future captain