Mid U18 Rankings updated again

Jiricek way too low

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Jiricek 5-7 range. And Kemell over Nazar

Jiricek absolutely has the skill and ability to get in that range. But with his injury combined with so many players moving up the draft board, its hard to put him in the top 10.

As of Kemell and Nazar, Nazar had a solid U18 tournament and an insane finish to his USDP season. I love Kemell, but he never found the same stride he had at the beginning of the season after healing from his injury. At the beginning of the season I had Kemell as the 2nd best player in the draft.

He’s a RD from the Seider mold. I dont even think he drops below 6

Jiricek or Nemec? I think Nemec profiles more as the #1 type while Jiricek more as top shut-down type.

Don't think Jiricek has the skating to be go-to guy in transition game.

Nazar plays fast. I think Kemell does more damage with his legs standing still.

I think its even and depends which a team prefers.

Jiricek could be a Pronger type . Big shutdown guy can still provide offence but best paired with an offensive Dman

Ryan Chesley should be in there
As should Owen Pickering

Dumais is a little high at #20 (maybe #30)

Also, if Lekkerimaki goes in top-10...I wonder if we could see Ostlund a bit higher too.
He was a bit better to the eyeball.

Pronger is a better comp. Byfuglien on some days.

Nemec will be more like Miro.

Nemec comparison on a place was Josi. I think Jiricek is a lot like Seider .

I hope (considering the Devils may draft him) that you are right. Could see him going to Philly #4 as well.

Yup. I think we might see:

1) Wright
2) Cooley
3) Nemec
4) Jiricek
5) Slaf
6) Savoie
7) Kemell
8) Lekkerimaki
9) Nazar

Looks right to me. Hard to argue with that top-3. And 4-6. It’s pick #7 where things start to get muddy for me.

That’s where Ottawa is picking . I do like Kemell a lot. Also Kasper has been a late season riser

Geekie!

Conor Geekie -- Logan Brown -- Ty Boucher
Brady Tkachuk -- Josh Norris -- Drake Batherson
Alex Formenton -- Tim Stützle - Connor Brown
Mathieu Joseph -- Shane Pinto - Colin White

I hate Geekie. Logan Brown memories

This is a pretty good draft ranking. Kulich lit up the U18 tournament - I suspect he goes higher on that performance.
I expect Habs may gamble at pick 27 on Trikozov before Ohgren - they have pick #33 where they can probably select their RHD or another scorer close to Ohgren ability

Have to disagree here. Jiříček has been nothing short of amazing since returning from his injury so that shouldn't affect his position all that much. He could almost be considered a steal if he drops below 7.



I don't really get that since Jiříček is very offensive minded. Nemec is the more balanced of the two and is better defensively but Jiříček is better in most offensive aspects. He reminds me a lot of prime Brent Burns and he doesn't look like a shutdown Defenseman at the moment imo.