Will Smith - I think Smith has serious boom or bust potential. If he goes back to the SHL next year, he's probably going to score a point per game and step into the NHL the year after.ĥ. He started to delay, use his frame and handling skill to shield pucks and find teammates with passes. His playmaking has come a long way since the beginning of the year as well. He became more confident with the puck every time I watched him, and his playoffs were excellent for his age. I originally had Carlsson as low as 5, but I watched more of his late-season play and moved him up. His production has been hit or miss especially at even strength, as one might expect from such a young player in a men's league. He gets a little puck focused in the defensive zone and opens himself up to being passed through a lot. He's very solid overall and with some refinement to his physical play and defensive work he has a very high likelihood to become a top six winger or possibly center (he's been playing primarily wing in the SHL). With his size at 6'3" and a productive SHL season finishing up, there are serious talks about him in the top 3 of this draft. He stood out immediately in that tournament for his ability to transition the puck with speed, find space, and create using his shot. Leo Carlsson - I first noticed Carlsson while watching the summer Four Nations tournament (there's a post about it here!). Those tend to shift a bit between rankings so don't be surprised if the top 100 has different tiers.Ĥ. Tiers are in shades on the left of the chart. As we all know, trying really hard to not look like a dumbass is the name of the game in hockey prospecting. A wise man once said, "never write about a prospect you haven't watched full games of or else you'll end up looking like a dumbass". All the players in the top 64 I've watched full games of, as well as highlight packages, read scout reports and rankings, and incorporated their stats into the mix. White (none on this list currently) = only highlights and reports. As always there's an indicator of watch time, which is a shading of green on the player's name. I know this list will be NA heavy, as a lot more game tape is available from those leagues. I'm going to the draft in Nashville! It's my first one, so if you're going hit me up! I looked at my last draft ranking, and all but 8 prospects in my top 100 got drafted last year (and all of the top 64), so most of the names, presumably, will be names called on draft day. Speaking of the final draft ranking, it'll be a top 100, with some honorable mentions of dudes I think deserve to be drafted, but may not for whatever reason. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.I don't anticipate major changes to the top 6 between now and my final draft ranking. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
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