My first mock

Imo Savoie, Yurov and Lambert are all tad too high

Looks good ranking-wise. Savoie and Yurov will probably fall IRL though due to size and being Russian issues

I don't think MTL passes on slafkovsky to be honest! But Cooley wouldn't be a bad pick either lol

I think Cooley will be a bit better than Slafkovsky.

Very possible! I love them both so I won't be upset either way lol

Though I am not a Slafkovsky truther. He's good, but I don't see top six good. I also see a longer development path. Whereas with Cooley, I see an impact sooner than later.

Juraj had a great olympics but we've still yet to see him on the smaller ice where he will be forced to play in really tight spaces and his reach is a little less advantageous. His skating is average at best, his power stride is pretty lacking for a big guy. From what I have seen he also tends to skate the puck into trouble areas thinking he can deke thru and often does not succeed. At the NHL level these issues are going to be even more highlighted.

He's a good player and I know fans are going ga-ga over him but I think short term expectations should be tempered. He could end up a top line star but I personally don't see it until some serious development takes place in his skating and decision making. Just my two cents. If he is available where MTL picks, they should definitely go with Nemec.

Oh yeah for sure..I don't think he's coming in right away and being a game change, he definitely needs time to develop more agree with you 100%. Cooley is more NHL ready, depends really on MTLs plans with the rebuild, are they doing a quick one or one over a few years, because if they are doing quick then I go with Cooley but a few years they can wait for slafkovsky. Nemec would be an amazing pick as well I love that kid ! If MTL doesn't win the lottery they could be picking any of those guys! Can't wait for the draft.

The way I see it...

Tier I: Wright, Nemec, Cooley
Tier II: Slafkovsky, Lambert, Jiricek
Tier III: Nazar, Kemell
Tier IV: Miroshnichenko, Lekkerimaki, Savoie, Yurov, Chesley, Gauthier, Mintyukov, Geekie, Howard, McGroarty, Kasper, Ohgren, Casey, Mateychuk, Mesar
Tier V: Snuggerud, Korchinski, Gaucher, Nelson, Pickering, Luneau, Del Bel Belluz, Hughes, Salomonsson, Odelius, Perevalov, Kulich, Trikozov, Bichsel, Ostlund, Goyette, Lamoureux

I feel like there is a top-3 forming and a top-8 forming. Then picks 9-40 kind of all over the place.

I rather nemec over everyone but Wright tbh