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Sick job dude!

Always enjoy seeing other fans take on prospects they like. Did not know Kirill Dolzhenkov (6’7 234) that’s a big boy. From some of the early vid I just looked at, can skate too.

I didn’t have Arseny Koromyslov in my 1st or 2nd rounds but he could be a sneaky addition for some team.

Jiri Kulich, Calle Odelius, Tyler Duke, are starting to get some serious attention for the 1st round.

As always, incredible work, the time it takes to do this.

Thanks!!

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Its been interesting to see the rise in Tucker Robertson, I know the numbers are impressive. 18 would be the highest in a decent amount of time for an overager - I read your report, but i havent watched him. But if you can, it would be awesome to know what sets him apart from some of the other overagers that have been picked high in recent years (Leason, ****emo, Borgstrom I think lol)

EDIT: It blanked out the name but that is supposed to be Samuel f---gemo from LA

Because Robertson is near pro-ready. He’s a solid three-zone player, and is at a pro ready weight despite only being 5’10” and the weight doesn’t slow him down or look unnatural. I don’t see any glaring flaws in his game and he does pretty much everything well. Given the circumstances of him not playing last year, this is only conjecture, but I think Robertson will be the second best player from the 2021 Class behind Owen Power.

What I like so much about Koromyslov is his strong defensive ability, as he does pretty much everything well in his own end against KHL forwards. He shows flashes of offensive upside but it hasn’t translated to the KHL yet.

I like all of those guys you mentioned: Kulich, Odelius, and Duke. I just don’t see the upside for any of those guys to be a first round guy. It could be there for any one of them, just my opinion.

I’ll look over this tomorrow, don’t have easy access to my rankings but looks great, so many good talents. i literally can’t decide whether i prefer Kemell or Savoie, i just want to put them both at 2 lol

Good job, as always.
I like your Geekie, McGroarty and Robertson picks. I had Robertson at 14 or 16 a couple of months ago. McGroarty might end as the best of NTDP in generation (compare that to Turcotte-Zegras class). Possible surprise pick: Bystedt.
I am personally more focused on D-man. I think Jiricek will go first of them, probably around no. 5. Nelson and NTDPs are all small, they rarely go high (Ellis?). Speaking of quality, NTDP is usually safe bet but this year looks like an exception to me. Another minus for NTDPs is they prefer to go to college and you can't know for sure when would they like to turn pro. Korchinski will not last until 3rd round, he might go in first - Seattle also has one of better D-man programs (additional bonus points for him). Langlois should go a couple of rounds higher, likely in 3rd round.

Ya NTDP normally has up and down years, one good year followed by a down year. Korchinski doesn’t have a first round talent for this draft. If this was the 2021 class, he’s probably a top round guy. Same goes for Langlois in the third.

He is safe pick and younger. I think he goes in first half of 2nd round. If not... well, stranger things have happened. For teams D-man are just more valuable than Fs and often "boring" D-man are being selected before flashy Fs. D-man are harder to replace.
Anyway, very good list. Not star-loaded draft but relatively deep overall. Thin only on goalies.

So, this is what my most recent rankings were: Link
I put them in tiers too, to indicate the kind of range I can see them go and of course, since it only includes 45 players, the further down you go, the higher the chance the player drops when I add more players.

Wow, high praise. Thanks!

A couple of names that should get added are: Owen Pickering ( ranked 51st by FC Hockey, 28th by Dobber, 19th by EliteProspects and 45th by THW ) and Spencer Sova ( ranked 67th by FC Hockey, 58th by THW, and 62nd by Craig Button )

Thanks

What’s nice about this draft is you can’t really go wrong at 2OA. Need a center? Savoie or Cooley. Need a Winger? Kemell or (maybe) Yurov. Defense? Nemec or Jiricek. All good options and there’s more that I didn’t even mention like Geekie, McGroarty, or even Brad Lambert if you still have that much faith in him.

Yeah, for me the battle to 2 is Kemell and Savoie but after that it becomes even more wide open with Nemec, Slafkovsky, Yurov, Cooley, Geekie, McGroarty, Jiricek, Lambert, Miroshnichenko ( super high upside but he’s looking more and more like a project ) and more looking like could be top 10 picks

I agree unless the team desperately needs a top defensive prospect and has a top forward prospect. Like the Kings with Byfield and Turcotte but no A list defensive prospect (Faber is prob their best and I don’t think he’s considered A tier)

Brandt Clarke is a king but yeah, they could use more top-end D's

Oh my god I forgot about Clarke. He’s definitely an A class prospect. Jeez LA doesn’t need anything that bad I guess lol

Merry Christmas and love the mock draft!

Really nice work. I always like your rankings, it will improve the overview for me personally. The only one I still disagree with is Jakub Kopecky. I saw him play in a tournament recently, I don't see a player with a potential for a draft in him. But I'm glad you noticed Maros Jedlicka. The WJC will be important for him. I'm personally curious about him.

Jiri Kulich from the Czech Republic would also deserve more attention, in my opinion he is a player at the level of the end of the first - the beginning of the second round at the moment.