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NHLfan10506

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Forum: Mock-Draft25 mai à 12 h 52
Sujet: How far could Demidov fall
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>Sounds right to me.

SJS isn’t taking him
CHi has other needs to address
ANA sounds very unlikely
CBJ (?)
MTL sounds somewhat unlikely

So Utah, Ottawa, Seattle, Calgary range perhaps. Or maybe one of them jumps Utah to grab him at #5.</div></div>

Let's go into the rabbit hole. I'll say no. 9 is maximum.

No. 1 is Celebrini.

At no. 2 Blackhawks don't need additional wingers. With Dach in mind I doubt they'll take Lindstrom with his health concerns at no. 2. If they don't trade up they will most probably take D-man. They are high on Dickinson, but it might also be enyone else. Let's say they take Levshunov who is older and shots right.

At no. 3 are Ducks loaded on star forwards and have two interesting guys there. Buium is local guy and Parekh is teammate with Dionicio, Ducks' prospect. With Drysdale's health experience behind and Parekh's slight health concerns and riskier style of play Ducks might select Buium. He also looks NHL/AHL ready, which Parekh isn't.

At no. 4 could Columbus go either direction. They need forwards the most, so big center Lindstrom could be preferred in front of smaller winger Demidov. Their LHD prospects pool is also numerous, but not necessery the best. So let's say Silayev or Dickinson also make sense to them. Sure, Columbus can select Silayev in front of Demidov.

At. no. 5 it could come down to Montreal. Would you rather have Lindstrom or Demidov? I would say they would prefer Lindstrom. They might have the most numerous prospects pool, but are almost empty on centers (Owen Beck?).

At no. 6 is Utah almost empty on RHD (Soderstrom is 23, Lamouroux is 20). I can justify they could select either Parekh or Yakemchuk in front of Demidov. Each of the couple is a 30-goal scorer. These D-men are rare while offensive wingers are common. Sure, Utah selects 6ft3 Yakemcuk.

If at no. 7 Ottawa would have a chance to draft Parekh, would they pass on him? I don't think they would. Again, 30-goal scoring D-men don't come along often. So I say Ottawa selects offensive RHD in front of offensive winger.

At no. 8 Seattle has great forward group in the AHL/juniors. Defense? Not so much, especially LHD. With Evans being at least part-time NHL-er it's more or less just Caden Price. Sure, Seattle takes guaranteed NHL-caliber D-man, Dickinson.


Let's say the order so far is Celebrini, Levshunov, Buium, Silayev, Lindstrom, Yakemchuk, Parekh, Dickinson.

At no. 9 it comes to Calgary to decide between Jerome's son and Demidov. Should I try to justify Calgary should select Iginla in front of Demidov? I give up, Calgary selects Demidov. Jerome is a grown man, he will understand.

So at no. 2 Chicago selects Demidov or... ?
Forum: Mock-Draft21 mai à 23 h 26
Sujet: Who are your favorite sleepers for 2024
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>Would have liked to have seen Gill for more than 3 minutes a night at u18. He is still a bit of a mystery box to me.

Who would be a fitting comp for him?</div></div>

He models his game after Noah Dobson, former 6ft4 RHD QMJHL-er.
Obviously 185lbs at current height of 6ft3.5 isn't optimal, but he is yet to turn 18. In a few years it should be around 6ft4, 205-210lbs. His skating is not absolute strenght, it is good for his size. Hands (puck control) are his advantage, physical strenght and it's affect to defensive game are at the moment disadvantage.
It is common for QMJHL D-men not to be defensively on the same par as OHL, WHL or USHL D-men. If they don't have offensive potential they usually don't make it to the NHL. But if they have some offensive potential they get a chance to improve their defensive game in the AHL/NHL.
Forum: Mock-Draft21 mai à 21 h 11
Sujet: MJ's top 44
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>Bold take at #1.

Trevor Connelly does not play for US NDTP. He plays for Tri-City (the USHL one).

Levshunov is everything but not flashy. He is built for the limelight.

Greentree laid an egg at U18s. Combined with his star performance at prospects game, it reaffirmed the notion that he plays to score, not to win. (Stars game=no system, no coaching, recess rules; u18=lots of role playing, structure).

Good list. I like the bold takes…especially on all the ‘littles’</div></div>

Yeah thank you for the correction on Connelly... their U18 was a lot of their development program, so confusion occurred there.

U18s and other international tournaments is a mixed bag... a person can boost their stock at these tournaments, but they should be used as a reason to lower their stock unless a pattern is emerging. If I'm a coach and I assemble lines that win, well you could be a really good player stuck on the third or fourth line just because I'm having success leaning on other very good players.

Nate MacKinnon, for example, didn't show that well at the world juniors when he went... didn't mean he sucked.
Forum: Armchair-GM19 mai à 14 h 56
Sujet: Holtz to Habs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>The Dvorak piece was the biggest question mark for me. I don’t know if they have incentive to remove him from roster or not, but it fit, so I included him.</div></div>

We like Dvo as a person and his teammates do love him
But not since day 1 has anything went right for Dvorak here.
He remains a team guy who tries but you can tell in how Evans grew when he was on LTIR that its time.
Its sad cause he and Anderson played well together here and in junior but were rarely healthy at the same times
But maybe in NJD with the depth they got that will give Dvo what he needs and Anderson might succeed more on a deeper team like when he first arrived here before the rebuild started

Its a deal that fits our needs and yours
Kinda Rare on here.