I thought we could dedicate a discussion to one of the most exciting drafts in recent NHL history as frontiered by John Tavares and Victor Hedman.
May I start by posting a possible top 30?
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Louis leblanc will played in omaha (ushl) next year not salisbury prep...right now he's breaking all kind of goal scoring records with his midjet team in montreal...pretty good chance to see him in the telus cup later this year
Not hearing a lot of love for Nazem Kadri! Kitchener's second line centre and arguably premiere young playmaker is having a great season. I'd be surprised if he wasn't top thirty next year.
1. John Tavares—Center—Oshawa
2. Victor Hedman—Defense—Modo U20
3. Magnus Pääjärvi-Forward-Malmo J20
4. Toni Rajala—Forward—Ilves
5. Brayden Schenn—Forward—Brandon
6. Matthew Duchene—Center—Brampton
7. Jared Cowen—Defense—Saskatoon
8. Richard Panik—Forward—Trinec J18
9. Oliver Roy-Bellevance—G—Cape Bre
10. Jordan Caron—Forward—Rimouski
11. Andre Kuchin—Center—CSKA
12. Jeremy Morin—Forward—US U17
13. Jordan Schroeder—Forward—NTDP
14. Tomáš Vincour—Forward—Edmonton
15. Ryan O’Reilly—Forward—Erie
16. Stefan Elliot—Defense—Saskatoon
17. Anton Lander—Center—Timera J 18
18. Jimmy Bubnick—Forward—Kamloops
19. Drew Shore—Forward—US NTDP
20. Evander Kane—Forward—Vancouver
21. William Wallen—LW—Djurg J18
22. Erik Haula—Forward—Assat
23. Anton Mylläri—Defense— Västerås J20
24. Louis Leblanc—Forward—Quebec
25. Ryan Ellis--Defense—Windsor
26. Scott Glennie—Forward—Brandon
27. Simon Despres—Defense—Saint John
28. Roman Horak-Forward-HC Mountfield
29. Steve Anthony—Forward—Saint John
30. Casey Cizikas—Forward--Mississauga
this is my top 30 for the draft...this draft is impressive...there are so many players in this draft who are showing possible first round contention already...all I can say about the way this draft is looking so far is WOW.
Starting to hear a lot about the Panik boy, recently... anyone that has seen him play that can describe his game a bit, being he's from across the pond?
Also, some people have been saying for a long while now some things to the effect of "it's much too early to be talking about this draft".
However, I think the closer it's getting, the MORE potential impact players that keep rising into the picture... this is gonna be a good one; I don't think that a lot of these boys will be slowing down any time soon.
if i remember correctly
was it not Hedman who made that bad rim around in swedens end that lead to halischucks goal?
cant be makin plays like that if you wanna get drafted high.
if i remember correctly
was it not Hedman who made that bad rim around in swedens end that lead to halischucks goal?
cant be makin plays like that if you wanna get drafted high.
if i remember correctly
was it not Hedman who made that bad rim around in swedens end that lead to halischucks goal?
cant be makin plays like that if you wanna get drafted high.
Umm.. He was probably one of if not the youngest kid in the tournament. That and every player in the history of hockey has made mistake on the ice. But, I hope you are right. I'd love for the Isles to be able to draft him if he drops due to one bad play a year and a half before the draft.
if i remember correctly
was it not Hedman who made that bad rim around in swedens end that lead to halischucks goal?
cant be makin plays like that if you wanna get drafted high.
i'm pretty sure it wasnt hedman but i can't tell you who it was.. maybe magnus svensson-parjavvi(spelling)
IMO, Despres should be above Anthony right now...and I can't see Leblanc even sniffing the first round right now given that he hasn't even played above midget yet.
i'm pretty sure it wasnt hedman but i can't tell you who it was.. maybe magnus svensson-parjavvi(spelling)
im not even 100% sure if it was hedman. i thought it was but i could be wrong.
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Originally Posted by blinkman360
Umm.. He was probably one of if not the youngest kid in the tournament. That and every player in the history of hockey has made mistake on the ice. But, I hope you are right. I'd love for the Isles to be able to draft him if he drops due to one bad play a year and a half before the draft.
well everyone makes mistakes.. just at a time like that and after what backlund said "we want canada in the finals so we can beat them again" bad time to make the mistake. me personally i hate it when the Defence rim it, its sometimes the safest play but if its like 3 ft off the ice and the forward has to stop it and control it witha forechecker on him it turns into not the smartest play. im not bashing hedman. hes a good defencemen at a young age, but he could of made a simpler play at the time, but if it was him and to make a play like that in the most crucial time of the game teams will take notice of that. and also the canadians were doinga hell of a job pressuring them so cant blame it all on hedman haha it should of been an easy save for the tendy. if you look at the replay theres 4 swedes and 2 canadians around the net and still goes in..
if i remember correctly
was it not Hedman who made that bad rim around in swedens end that lead to halischucks goal?
cant be makin plays like that if you wanna get drafted high.
Hmm, you forgot the fact he was rocked by Mamin is semis. That must drop Hedman out of TOP 10.
Really, evryone makes mistakes, Tavares too. Hedman wasn't selected to all-star team just because of his height. Actually he was almost perferct defensivly during the tournament, being the youngest defenseman at WJC(amongst contender teams). Yeah in finals he had a bad game, just to remember, Malkin was invisible in 2 straight finals, Ovechkin and Backstrom had very bad last games at WJC too. So what?
Hmm, you forgot the fact he was rocked by Mamin is semis. That must drop Hedman out of TOP 10.
Really, evryone makes mistakes, Tavares too. Hedman wasn't selected to all-star team just because of his height. Actually he was almost perferct defensivly during the tournament, being the youngest defenseman at WJC(amongst contender teams). Yeah in finals he had a bad game, just to remember, Malkin was invisible in 2 straight finals, Ovechkin and Backstrom had very bad last games at WJC too. So what?
yeah i know.. but the round robin games dont matter as much as big pressure situation games. scouts pay closer attention to bigger games. when the game is on the line and high pressure sitautions. to see how aplayer can react. if i a player can domiante a regular game but choke when the time comes would you take a chance on him? im not saying hedman choked by any means.
CHL Prospects magazine spring edition came out with the top 20 from WHL which contained schenn, glennnie, barrie(who is ahead of cowen) cowen elliot Kane Hughesman ferraro bubnick howse as the top guys
These are both great top 30 lists. There are too many good player for 2009 to include them all. Intresting to see Mike Lee in Finnamerican lists. He's been creating a lot of buzz lately. I couple of players I like Joonas Nattinen,Nico Manelius,Dmitry Orlov,Joni Ortio,Sam Calebrese, and Devon MacAusland.
