I would definitely look at that for a long time if I was the GM with first overall. Reminds me of Zegras vs someone like Lafrenière or Dach. Player who shows high skill and burst or the man who is abusing players his age?

Huge upset. SWE wins.

Do they know they have a team called devils?

Lmao Howard getting suspended 5 seconds before the game is over

Everyone on ESPN and stuff picking Boston, think I’m just gonna have to accept that a small market team like Carolina will never receive national recognition no matter how good they are.

Sounds like a Sens pick lmao . The penalty squad . Greig still has to serve a 1 game suspension

US goalie having the SV% of below .65% in the final isn't exactly ideal.

A team needing RHD and goalie could draft those Hävelid twins one after another similar to Sedins.

Should be possible in the second round, if someone has two consecutive picks.

Amazing game, heroic display from the Swedes against a fantastic US team. Feeling that the US talent was augmented by the bigger ice as they had no issues in entering the o-zone, keeping possession and generating shots.
On the flipside, the bigger surface probably hurt the Americans in not realizing how much space there is to defend whenever the puck is turned over.
Also probably has a huge impact when defending on the PK, there's just so much space you're not gonna be familiar with having to defend. I think that may have been decisive in the end.
On a smaller surface this game probably goes to OT, at least.

idk. I wouldn't want the Devils to draft him at 5th ova.
Would prefer whomever of Slaf, Nemec, Cooley or Jiricek available at 5.
If the Devils were to trade back a few spots however...

1st Round Playoff Predictions:

FLA vs. WASH: FLA 4-1

CAR vs. BOS: BOS 4-3

TOR vs. TBL: TBL 4-3

NYR vs. PIT: PIT 4-3

COL vs. NSH: COL 4-0

CGY vs. DAL: CGY 4-2

MIN vs. STL: STL 4-2

EDM vs. LAK: EDM 4-1

2/6 best teams (imo) league-wide will get bounced inn the 1st round, regardless of who wins: Bolts/Leafs & Blues/Wild

future NJD Goalie

I have Ohgren over Ostlund, Ostlund’s amazing but his ceiling’s lower than most around him imo, if he can get a bit stronger and improve his shot though, Ostlund will become an even better force

I picked BOS, too. I love the Canes and I've watched them a ton this season, including 3 times in-person. People are very concerned about their goaltending situation. IMO, it's a coin-flip.

All-star team:

🇨🇿 Jiří Kulich
🇸🇪 Jonathan Lekkerimaki
🇺🇸 Logan Cooley

🇨🇿 Tomáš Hamara
🇺🇸 Lane Hutson

🇸🇪 Hugo Havelid

MVP:
🇨🇿 Jiří Kulich

Logan Cooley is so good and Lekkerimaki will be a top 7 pick imo.

Throughout this year I've been skeptical about the quality of the 2022 draft, but this U18 tourney has changed my opinion a lotPlayers like Östlund, Lekkerimäki Odelius, Mattias Havelid, McGroarty, Chesley, Hutton and Kulich have really solidified their status as top prospects

— Derek Neumeier (@Derek_N_NHL) May 1, 2022

Improving your stocks are the U-18’s, blasphemy.

I was also very impressed with Kasper Kulonummi.

Should the Leafs keep their 1st, I’d be targeting Kulich or Odelius. Very high on both players

Most people think the U-20 shouldn't change your draft stock... I can't even imagine thinking the U18's would too. Crazy

When I saw his all-star team, I got a bit confused too lol. They're so similar.

I think we are on different wave lengths, I do believe there are some guys who impressed with their play and will move up or (Kulich) into the 1st round.

Someone said “I can’t play hockey but I can come track your microstats” LOL

All of this makes sense, none of those players are good. Tierney would be lucky to get a PTO. Mete will probably get signed to be an 8th D by a team that wants waiver wire protection, I can’t see anybody signing him to use regularly. Ennis is okay, and might get a shot as a depth player somewhere, but he wasn’t as good as he was last year, and if the Sens are healthy he won’t have a spot (top line, Stutzle, Formenton, C. Brown, Pinto, White, and Joseph will be our top 9 in some combination if we make no additions. 4th line will probably be Kelly-Kastelic-Watson and guys like Greig and Sokolov could push for spots too, so there’s really no spot for Ennis).

Can we normalize not getting immediately re-hired after covering up a sexual assault scandal? Seems like the bare minimum that the NHL can’t reach, as usual.

I wouldn’t hate trading it for Fiala. For anyone else though, we better be getting something back, preferably like a later 1st. Although I’d probably just draft Kemell or Lekkerimaki or Savoie at that point.

I think that’s a pretty hot take. He might be slightly more skilled, but Wright has the better shot and better all around game, as well as pretty much the same level of skill. I think Wright will end up as a good 1C, and Cooley will be a low-end 1C who you would kill to have as your 2C. Like Wright could be Tavares (good at everything, 40 goal upside, responsible, consistent 1C for a long time), Cooley could be a mix of Scheifele and Couturier (really good centre for a long time but not a top 15 centre, should be able to put up 70-80 points consistently, not elite nor terrible defensively).

Imo, the u-18’s is more for getting your name out there, whether it’s as a future prospect or making sure people know you for this draft, if you’re draft eligible and at the u-18’s, you’re (usually) supposed to be much better than your peers so a good performance is expected, however, the WJC definitely can change stock imo, then you’re playing against guys who are older than you and harder competition

Makes sense for Fiala but his next contract can’t be afford past 2 years from now. I’d rather take Jiricek, Savoie, Kemell or Lekkerimaki

The U-18s are a little different, especially for Europeans playing in top pro leagues (or alternatively, in leagues that typically aren’t development leagues), because they’re one of the few chances you get to see these players play against their peers. For example, Kemell has been playing in Liiga all year. He had a crazy hot start and a very cold second half. This tournament was a big measuring stick for him, to prove he is elite among his peers and all the good things he showed in the 1st half are still there. He responded with 6 goals and 8 points in 5 games while wearing an A, so he’s likely solidified his draft stock. Last year, Klimovich was playing in the Belarusian 2nd league, which has literally never produced an NHL player, but he had a crazy good U18s for Belarus and wound up getting selected by Vancouver in the 2nd round. Olen Zellweger also jumped up in the draft thanks to a strong U18s for Canada last year, going to Anaheim in the early 2nd when I believe he was projected as a 3rd rounder prior to that, which was a really helpful tournament for showcasing his abilities due to COVID shortening the WHL season. Overall the U18s are probably the most influential on draft rankings of any tournament (you could argue for good reason, or argue that the sample size is too small, but I would say it’s at the very least a fact given how some teams draft).

Edit: It’s also the last major tournament for draft eligible prospects prior to the draft, so recency bias is a heavy factor.