The NHL entry draft has come and gone with much fanfare in Montreal. Most of it went as expected but here is a quick recap to follow up on some of the draft talk we had since the WJHC in January.
Tavares: 1st Overall, as expected. No need to talk about him much more.
Hedman: 2nd overall, as expected. He's Tampa's best defenseman immediately, sorry Meszaros.
Paarjavi-Svensson: 10th overall to Edmonton. I predicted him in the top 20 with character issues however his stock rose later in the season.
Ryan Ellis: 11th overall to the Nashville Predators. I expected him to go in the top 10 and he almost did.
Thomas Tatar: 60th overall to the Detroit Red Wings. I thought he would be in the 1st round back in January after his crazy WJHC performance but going 60 to the Red Wings is kind of like going 12th to the Islanders. Also he is already rumoured to be playing with the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL next season.
Jaroslav Janus: 162 overall to the Tampa Bay Lightning. After his great performance at the WJHC Janus had a solid season with the Erie Otters posting a .908 SVP on a bad Erie team.
A few other players of note.
Calvin DeHaan: Islanders move up to 12 to grab Tavares' teammate from Oshawa, huge gamble.
Jordan Schroeder: fell to 22nd and the Vancouver Canucks have a huge boner.
Landon Ferraro: fell to 32nd and the Detroit Red Wings, again that's like being 12th to the Islanders.
Anton Lander: Edmonton grabbed him with the 40th overall pick, he played in the SEL last season and put up 10 points (same amount as Marcus Johansson, 24th overall to Washington)
Sergei Andronov: 78th overall to St. Louis, had a great showing at the WJHC with 8 pts in 7 games as well as a good year with 8 goals in the KHL.
Ryan Bourque: 80th overall to the Rangers, the son of Ray had a great season with the USDP however standing only 5'9'' lowered his draft stock.
Toni Rajala: 101st overall to the Edmonton Oilers, had 19pts in 6 games in the U-18 tournament. Standing only 5'10'' he's a poor man's MPS.
Marcus Foligno: 104th overall to the Buffalo Sabres, the Sudbury Wolves product was .5 ppg in 60 OHL games. His family pedigree probably had an impact in his selection.
Mikhail Pashnin: 200th overall to the New York Rangers, Pashnin was the 1st overall selection in the KHL entry draft. This certainly lowered his draft stock at the NHL draft.
Adam Almquist: 210th overall to the Detroit Red Wings, this smooth skating defenseman put up 36 points in 41 games in the under 20 Swedish league. The wings have a tradition of hitting home runs on their last picks ( 2oo2 Jonathan Ericsson 9th Round, 1999 Henrik Zetterberg 7th round and 1994 Tomas Holmstrom 10th round) and Almquist could be their next.
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