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Scott Wheeler, from the Athletic, in his ‘mailbag’ article this morning talking about who he expects to get drafted in the top-10:
“As I talked to people from around the league and began to put together my first mock, one trend has emerged based on the draft order and the number of teams that will zero in on the D: There are going to be at least a couple of the high-end forwards available outside. Macklin Celebrini, Demidov and as many as five defensemen are expected to go in the first eight picks. If his health checks out, I’d expect the other player in that group of eight to be Lindstrom. That could mean that all five of Iginla, Eiserman, Helenius, Berkly Catton and Sennecke, the consensus second tier of forwards, could be available from No. 9 onward, and two (or maybe even three) are likely to be taken outside the top 10. If there’s one player who could shake things up by getting picked in the top 10, it’s probably Sennecke”
So guys expected to be gone by 10th pick
-- F: Celebrini, Demidov, Lindstrom, Sennecke
-- D: Levshunov, Dickinson, Buium, Silayev, Parekh
That would leave available at #10
-- F: Catton, Iginla, Helenius, Eiserman, Greentree, MBN
-- D: Emery, Yakemchuk, Jiricek
I think we would have to take Catton there, no? Or trade down to 13-14 range.