Predicting Your 2015 Draft Picks.

[Shep]

Noah Hanifin 1st Overall to the Edmonton Oilers.

[Nick]

that's fair, I can appreciate the positional needs, I just view that as short-sighted. BPA will eventually fit the team or allow to trade for a better asset that fills a need (IMO) - whereas passing on a superior prospect (according to the teams own scouting of course) could easily result in a prospect that never fills the role you identified as a need, nor any organizational depth added or trade chip. Obviously this isn't really the case in the top 10, but the principle holds.


Marner vs Crouse would be a very tough choice for me, I love both prospects and can see them both being impact players.

Strome vs Marner vs Crouse vs Ratanen I find difficult to draw a line actually, and can see a point made for any one of them before the others. Hanafin however I see a clear case as the most likely to be the best player, and like the highest ceiling prospect of the 5.

For some reason from my relatively limited viewings I think there are more questions with Strome & Ratanen than the two wingers. I don't like that they haven't been 'the guy', I find their skating a concern given the game today and can easily see them not ever becoming a truly dyanmic/impact NHLer.

[Nick]

Leon Deon traded for the 3rd overall Pick, and ...

Noah Hanifin 3rd Overall to the Edmonton Oilers.

[Matthew]

(#39 BBKL) Jordan Greenway = #57 Edmonton
(#157 BBKL) Martins Dzierkals = #113 Washington
(#163 BBKL) Stephen Desrocher = #160 San Jose
(#167 BBKL) Trevor Moore = #180 Chicago
(#177 BBKL) Dmitri Zhukenov = #153 Tampa Bay
(#186 BBKL) Dmitri Yudin = #207 Montreal
(#196 BBKL) David Jankowski = Undrafted. I believe he will prove his high offensive worth later.
(#201 BBKL) Vyacheslav Leschenko = #170 Detroit
(#207 BBKL) Rodrigo Abols = Undrafted. I believe he will do well in the KHL, and eventually earn a contract with an NHL team.


This is great. After the draft we can have a ' 2015 BBKL Draft Position VS Prediction VS NHL Draft Position AND Predict their future 3 years from now'' Thread. Then we can look back at it later to view their development.

[thom54]

#145 - Aleksi Saarela --> Prediction 3rd rounder CBS
#148 - Lukas Jasek --> Prediction 4th WSH
#161 - Michael McNiven --> Prediction 6th rounder TOR
#175 - Deven Sideroff --> Prediction 7th round Detroit
#205 - Joel Daccord --> Prediction 6th rounder NJD

[kyuss]

I think this thread should stay in the draft section cause:

1- it's specifically about the draft
2- it's the kind of thread that we may want to look back at in future yrs, and keeping it in the draft board would keep it handy

[Sensfanjosh]

I have no idea where my guys will go really, someone else feel free to predict on my behalf!

[kyuss]

This is great. After the draft we can have a ' 2015 BBKL Draft Position VS Prediction VS NHL Draft Position AND Predict their future 3 years from now'' Thread. Then we can look back at it later to view their development.

in a new thread or in this one? cause if it's a new one I guess that's the one which should be archived in the draft secton instead of this one.

[kyuss]

I have no idea where my guys will go really, someone else feel free to predict on my behalf!

83 Timashov #149 VAN
88 Sandstrom #148 ANA
94 Bondra #142 SJ
117 Jaros #120 TB
184 Schweri - undrafted
185 Jurusik - undrafted

[Sensfanjosh]

Hmmm, those predictions don't look so hot......try again!

[Arian The Insider]

4. Mitchell Marner -> #4 TOR
13. Jeremy Roy -> #21 BUF
20. Colin White -> #20 MIN
27. Noah Juulsen -> #25 WPG

50. Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson -> #55 NSH
58. Dennis Yan -> #46 PIT

64. Yakov Trenin -> #59 NYR
71. Michael Spacek -> #66 CAR
91. Dante Salituro -> #139 OTT

121. Veeti Vainio -> #133 DAL
122. Danton Heinen -> 2014 #116 BOS
124. Tyler Soy -> #101 COL

154. Joseph Masonius -> #171 MIN

183. John Dahlstrom -> #151 CHI
210. Victor Olofsson -> 2014 #181 BUF

[kyuss]

NASHVILLE Predictions

(#8 BBKL) Pavel Zacha = #6 New Jersey
(#11 BBKL) Zach Werenski = #8 Columbus
(#14 BBKL) Evgeny Svechnikov = #22 Washington
(#25 BBKL) Denis Gurianov = #27 Anaheim

(33rd BBKL) Jack Roslovic = #28 Tampa Bay
(41st BBKL) Robin Kovacs = #38 Columbus

(64th BBKL) Denis Malgin = #89 Rangers
(73rd BBKL) Kevin Stenlund = #77 Florida

(102nd BBKL) Veini Vehvilainen = #126 Carolina

(124th BBKL) Dominik Simon = #180 Tampa
(134th BBKL) Vili Saarijarvi = #133 St.Louis
(138th BBKL) Sami Niku = #115 Nashville

(158th BBKL) Joni Tuulola = #141 Columbus
(161st BBKL) Frederik Tiffels = #160 San Jose
(169th BBKL) Alexander Younan = #133 Dallas

(198th BBKL) Petter Hansson = #151 Chicago
(199th BBKL) Linus Olund = #138 Carolina

[kyuss]

to me looks like several solid predictions from Arian there

[Tony]

My 3rd round picks will be 6th and 7th rounders. Everyone after that will go undrafted. I am Costanza...

[kyuss]

Yea I see Barzal going at either #6 or #9 if the current teams that holds their picks stand.

I see the non-crouse consensus top 5 holding.

No way Crouse or Rantanen goes to Philly at 7. Crouse has no hands and Rantanen can't skate .

Brazal hasn't shown anywhere near the level of Crouse or Ratannen. Both of them showed well at u20 this past season - Brazal had a strong u18 showing sure, & in a weaker CHL division he showed his playmaking skills but little else. His shot isn't even good by CHL scoring standards. I get you like him but he's he least tested piece of the 3 you are comparing. Less than 20G in the ChL in draft year doesn't suggest big totals in the show.

ISS & central scouting have Crouse in top 5, no one has Barzal there (8 at highest) & ratenen is the top euro forward, some say top euro in this draft. Just don't see the love for Barzal compared to these two.

...

This kind of offensive skill combined with a strong two-way defensive play, willingness to bock shots and compete level physically on plays despite not having exceptional size. He just screams BBKL keeper to me.

In my (few) viewings I actually saw suspect compete level and defensive play, I think entering the draft those are considered more question marks than strengths.

As for Rantanen, if he turns out to be the best Euro out of this draft, then this draft will have been quite the disappointment from a Euro perspective.

[kyuss]

With Arizona having 3 picks in the first 32...and the fact I inevitably end up with one new Coyote prospect each draft...I think Carlo goes either 30th or 32nd overall. At worst he'll go early in the 2nd round.

yeah, I really don't think he will last beyond 32.. I actually expect him to go in the 1st.

The rest of my picks are a crap shoot. Caleb Jones will probably be the next earliest pick...

that would surprise me

[Matthew]

mik, predict my choices.

[kyuss]

Yeah it's on record they've been scouting him heavily. Hakan Andersson is a big fan of his.

I don't think I have ever seen Detroit pick a guy who before the draft was supposed to be loved by Hakan...

[kyuss]

(#39 BBKL) Jordan Greenway = #57 Edmonton
(#157 BBKL) Martins Dzierkals = #113 Washington
(#163 BBKL) Stephen Desrocher = #160 San Jose
(#167 BBKL) Trevor Moore = #180 Chicago
(#177 BBKL) Dmitri Zhukenov = #153 Tampa Bay
(#186 BBKL) Dmitri Yudin = #207 Montreal
(#196 BBKL) David Jankowski = Undrafted. I believe he will prove his high offensive worth later.
(#201 BBKL) Vyacheslav Leschenko = #170 Detroit
(#207 BBKL) Rodrigo Abols = Undrafted. I believe he will do well in the KHL, and eventually earn a contract with an NHL team.

Dzierkals and Zhukenov, I expect them to go later than that, if they do get drafted. That doesn't mean they don't deserve to be drafted, I'd definitely spend a 6th or 7th on Dzierkals.

Yudin, Leschenko and Abols, I'm fine with your prediction (draft wise at least)

[Matthew]

Fuck. Mik hates my euros. Im screwed.