Mock Draft with Analysis

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Your definitely higher on Perreault then I’ve ever been, he’s not in my top 15

He should be high though

To be fair, I do understand why people have him so low. Its mostly size, but really it doesn't matter anymore. Smaller players are finding success in the NHL. But his main downfall is his defensive consistency. Don't forget that Perreault has already beaten Patrick Kane's USDP point totals and has more points than Smith. Perreault is 6th on my draft board, so he's drafted in the perfect range.

Yeah defensive consistency is what drags him down for me, I don’t care about his size however

I quite like this list. Glad to see Gabe Perrault getting some respect, he is having himself quite the draft year. I can't really see him going over Benson though. Bonk may also be a little higher than I would've though, and I think Montreal may look to a Nate Danielson at that spot.

I would also be so upset if Brindley, Honzek, Musty and Perron go just before the Leafs pick, those are all of my favourite Leafs targets. Picking another Arizona kid in Gauthier could be fun though, especially a right wing that rounds out our Desert Line of Knies - Matthews - Gauthier haha

Apparently Perreault is the worse (but still a good player) on his line

Dvorsky and Lindstein = thumbs up, even if I doubt those would be the two picked in those spots if the draft unfolded this way.

Dragicevic = presumably not a chance in hell. He's a one-man tire fire defensively, so someone else can have him. We'll just take Price or trade up/down a few spots, thanks.

I can't see Perreault go before Benson or Cristall.

If Yzerman drafts RD, I definitely like the Axel Sandin Pellikka pick.

perreault is really high, dont think any teams are considering him even close to that but i agree with a lot of these picks

Perreault is the one prospect that is heavily slept on. Production alone, he's a top 10 pick. Has more points than Will Smith and also broke Patrick Kane and Matthew Tkachuk's USDP point totals.

Thank you for recognizing the greatness of Gabe Perreault. I've had him in the top 15 for a while now.

I think Perreault is great but not franchise changing which you kind of need to be anywhere near the top 5

For some reason, the link doesn't work. I don't know if anyone else is having this problem though.

file:///C:/Users/chris/Downloads/2023%20NHL%20Draft%20Board.pdf

Try this link

That doesn't work either. It says it could have been moved edited or deleted.