2021 NHL Draft Rankings

[Hoss]

30 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Robert Orr is another name but I would bet money he slips into the 3rd which I think will end up being a mistake. 

Okay now you’re just making up names. How many Sebastian Ahos are in this draft?

[LGR4GM]

3 minutes ago, Hoss said:

Okay now you’re just making up names. How many Sebastian Ahos are in this draft?

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/484167/robert-orr

 

[Hoss]

2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/484167/robert-orr

 

(I know he exists it was sarcasm about a string of interesting names)

[LGR4GM]

2 minutes ago, Hoss said:

(I know he exists it was sarcasm about a string of interesting names)

There's also a Krebs and a Dach in this draft. 

[Hoss]

Just now, LGR4GM said:

There's also a Krebs and a Dach in this draft. 

There’s also a Power which in itself is a little silly

[LGR4GM]

1 minute ago, Hoss said:

There’s also a Power which in itself is a little silly

There's a Kidney and a Savage too. A Duke and a Dean

[Curt]

3 minutes ago, Hoss said:

There’s also a Power which in itself is a little silly

And a top goalie named Wallstadt

[Taro T]

8 minutes ago, Curt said:

And a top goalie named Wallstadt

Ancestors paying tribute to English & German heritage: Wall-City.  What better name for a goalie can you get?  😉

He's not just a wall, he's an entire CITY of Wall, or perhaps he's that barricade surrounding the entire city.  Either way, Adams would be a fool not to take him #1.  (Ducks from whatever it is Liger is throwing now.  😉 )

[Curt]

I have one simple question.  Where is the Owen Power highlight package filled with impressive plays?

[LGR4GM]

6 minutes ago, Curt said:

I have one simple question.  Where is the Owen Power highlight package filled with impressive plays?

 

[Curt]

6 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

 

I said the one with IMPRESSIVE plays.

I’m just fooling around, but seriously it’s not particularly impressive, and there are a couple plays in there that I would actually consider bad plays.  It does do a decent job of showcasing the best facet of Power’s game, his transition offense.

[pi2000]

1 hour ago, Curt said:

I said the one with IMPRESSIVE plays.

I’m just fooling around, but seriously it’s not particularly impressive, and there are a couple plays in there that I would actually consider bad plays.  It does do a decent job of showcasing the best facet of Power’s game, his transition offense.

He was an 18 year old playing against 23, 24 year olds at Michigan.  His improvement throughout the season and during the Worlds was exceptional. 

Put him in the OHL against kids his own age and who knows what kind of stats he'd have put up.

 

[Hoss]

47 minutes ago, pi2000 said:

He was an 18 year old playing against 23, 24 year olds at Michigan.  His improvement throughout the season and during the Worlds was exceptional. 

Put him in the OHL against kids his own age and who knows what kind of stats he'd have put up.

 

Did they play BYU every game?

[spndnchz]

Seems that was by a friend of his agent. 

[Hoss]

5 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

 

A few impressive plays in the mix there.

- The assist at 1:40 is a beauty. Forward is walking in on his opposite wing and he hits them with a pass that could not have been better. Player pots it. He makes it routine but I don't remember the last time I saw a Sabres defensemen make that play consistently.

- The forced turnover at 2:03. He's protecting the net on the PK as the opposing player skates in the corner. Player picks up speed behind the net but Power recognizes the play, shifts sides of the net, poke checks the puck, gives the player a "***** you, sit down" shove and quickly gives a perfect outlet pass to move the puck up ice. He turns his hips at 2:05 still several strides away from where the opposing player and he will eventually meet. His teammate has the puck at 2:08. In less than four seconds a player on the PP is removed from the puck, sent to the ice and his team is moving out of their own end. Textbook.

- Assist at 2:27. Same as the first note but this time he's doing it in stride after taking the puck end to end for another perfect pass to a finisher.

- Assist at 3:02. He skates well along the blue line, getting all the action heading in his direction but quickly turns the puck back to his cycling teammate and it results in a goal.

- Puck control at 3:14. Puck is dumped into his end. He gets it under control and with a player all over him skates it around the net and out of his zone, leading to an offensive opportunity.

- If you're not impressed by the goal at 3:27 you're high.

 

You're not going to find a ton of "impressive"/"eye popping" plays out of a defensemen. Part of that is by design of the position they play. But there were definitely some good plays there.

[Curt]

5 hours ago, pi2000 said:

He was an 18 year old playing against 23, 24 year olds at Michigan.  His improvement throughout the season and during the Worlds was exceptional. 

Put him in the OHL against kids his own age and who knows what kind of stats he'd have put up.

 

I do understand the context of the league he played in.

What do you think he improved on most throughout the season?

[LGR4GM]

2 hours ago, Curt said:

I do understand the context of the league he played in.

What do you think he improved on most throughout the season?

Power primarily improved his reads and defensive gap control. He still gives up the blueline far too much for my liking. 

7 hours ago, pi2000 said:

He was an 18 year old playing against 23, 24 year olds at Michigan.  His improvement throughout the season and during the Worlds was exceptional. 

Put him in the OHL against kids his own age and who knows what kind of stats he'd have put up.

 

Can say this about Beniers, Eklund, McTavish, Clarke this season. They all played in the ncaa or men's pro leagues. 

[Curt]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

Power primarily improved his reads and defensive gap control. He still gives up the blueline far too much for my liking. 

I was asking the guy who said that Power’s improvement was exceptional.

[LGR4GM]

 

[LGR4GM]

Aiming for Wednesday to be done with my list. I got my last draft resource today so pretty excited to sit down and go through that. I might actually hit 65 names in my "rankings". 

 

[LGR4GM]

Here's a bad mock draft for you to look at. 

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Buffalo Sabres
Owen Power, LHD, Michigan-Big Ten (1)
Samu Tuomaala, RW, Karpat-Finland Jr. (33)
Chase Stillman, RW, Sudbury-OHL (53)
Jakub Brabenec, C, Brno-Czech Extraliga (88)
Jack Matier, RHD, Ottawa-OHL (95)
Kyle Kukkonen, C, Maple Grove-US High School (97)
Andrei Buyalski, C, Dubuque-USHL (159)
Taige Harding, LHD, Fort McMurray-AJHL (161)
Carl Lindbom, G, Djurgarden-Swedn Jr. (188)
Artur Cholach, LHD, Kiev-Ukraine (193)

 

[LGR4GM]

This is a really good read. 

[Thorner]

41 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Here's a bad mock draft for you to look at. 

 

This is 2 more players from the CHL than they'll select 

[DarthEbriate]

10 minutes ago, Thorny said:

This is 2 more players from the CHL than they'll select 

Ha! It appears Pronman forgot that JBot is now in Seattle and we can draft from the CHL again.

[Thorner]

4 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

Ha! It appears Pronman forgot that JBot is now in Seattle and we can draft from the CHL again.

We'll see. The draft last year yielded Botterill-congruent results, but as Liger has pointed out, we didn't have very many picks. 

Adams has been here a while now and we have 9 picks during rounds 2-7: I think it's safe to say if we go 0-fer on the CHL during those 9 picks, the avoidance of the CHL outside the first round has continued organizationally beyond Botterill.