A couple off the board selections

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Draft Class: 2023

Published: May 22, 2023 at 12:10 p.m.

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Round 1
1. Connor Bedard (Chicago Blackhawks) (Details: I mean there really isn't anything to say here.).
2. Matvei Michkov (Anaheim Ducks) (Details: Picked purely based off talent, once he is ready to come over he will be on a young very competitive Ducks team with Zegras, Terry, MacTavish).
3. Adam Fantilli (Columbus Blue Jackets) (Details: Columbus ends up getting a top line center prospect, still up in the air between Carlsson and Fantilli here.).
4. Will Smith (San Jose Sharks) (Details: Greer's connection here has them skip over Carlsson and take Smith).
5. Leo Carlsson (Montreal Canadiens) (Details: ARIZONA TRADES UP one spot here to secure Carlsson who fell to #5.).
6. David Reinbacher (Arizona Coyotes) (Details: MONTREAL PICKS one of the top defenseman in the draft, from what I have heard they are very high on him and would be looking to take him 5th.

They get their man and more picks in this years draft).
7. Eduard Sale (Philadelphia Flyers) (Details: The Flyers need to improve at all positions and Sale offers them a scorers touch and some size, reminds me of a typical flyer when they were a hard to play against team.).
8. Andrew Cristall (Washington Capitals) (Details: COYOTES PICK: They managed to steal Carlsson at five with a trade and look to add some talent on the wing with this trade.).
9. Dalibor Dvorsky (Detroit Red Wings) (Details: Detroit needs more help down the middle and Dvorsky will be a great 2C in the future.).
10. Zach Benson (St. Louis Blues) (Details: The Benson slide ends here, he may be undersized but he has ridiculous talent and the blues have multiple first to work with.).
11. Axel Sandin Pellikka (Vancouver Canucks) (Details: The Canucks take the other top defenseman in this years draft in ASP as Reinbacher goes to the Habs at #6. ASP may have the higher ceiling than Reinbacher.).
12. Gabe Perreault (Arizona Coyotes from Ottawa Senators) (Details: CAPITALS PICK. they go off the board and get Perreault who absolutely dominated his peers this year.).
13. Matthew Wood (Buffalo Sabres) (Details: Sabres take a kid who could turn into the second version of a guy they already have in Alex Tuch.).
14. Oliver Moore (Pittsburgh Penguins) (Details: Penguins need help at all positions in their prospect pool but the guys down the middle are usually the most important so they take Moore.).
15. Colby Barlow (Nashville Predators) (Details: Barlow falls into the Peds laps and they happily take a top ten talent at #15.).
16. Riley Heidt (Calgary Flames) (Details: Flames look to add a kid that can play any offensive position.).
17. Mikhail Gulyayev (Detroit Red Wings from New York Islanders) (Details: Wings get a top 4 defensive prospect at 17).
18. Brayden Yager (Winnipeg Jets) (Details: The jets land a goy that will fit into their middle 6 at any position in a couple years.).
19. Ryan Leonard (Chicago Blackhawks from Tampa Bay Lightning) (Details: Blackhawks draft a winger to play with Bedard, a lot of people are high on Leonard in this draft.).
20. Lukas Dragicevic (Seattle Kraken) (Details: Seattle lands a solid d-man to build their future d-core around.).
21. Samuel Honzek (Minnesota Wild) (Details: The wild get a guy who has more talent than Foligno but can replace him in the lineup in the near future.).
22. Calum Ritchie (Columbus Blue Jackets from Los Angeles Kings) (Details: SHARKS PICK, they are looiking to rebuild and they ship out Hertl and add a young promising center with some size).
23. Luca Pinelli (New York Rangers) (Details: New York takes a gamble on the smaller sized player than reminds me personally of Carl Haglin).
24. Kasper Halttunen (Nashville Predators from Edmonton Oilers) (Details: The Preds take the young Finnish Sniper to bring some future goal scoring to their team).
25. Nate Danielson (St. Louis Blues from Toronto Maple Leafs) (Details: The blues nail the center prospect they need as he slips down the board a bit.).
26. Quentin Musty (San Jose Sharks from New Jersey Devils) (Details: The Sharks made the trade to draft a center with #22 and now they go out and get him a strong winger to develop along side him).
27. Daniil But (Colorado Avalanche) (Details: Avs take a guy that plays a lot like Nuke and may need him to be his replacement, they will have some size on the wings with Moose and But).
28. Caden Price (Toronto Maple Leafs from Boston Bruins) (Details: Leafs could use some defensive depth with the older guys they currently have on the roster.).
29. Jayden Perron (Montreal Canadiens from Florida Panthers) (Details: The Habs take a Canadian born winger who is putting up great numbers in the USHL).
30. Alex Ciernik (St. Louis Blues from Dallas Stars) (Details: The Blues take a versatile German winger with a lot of upside.).
31. Ethan Gauthier (Vegas Golden Knights) (Details: Vegas takes a kid from the Desert that has solid point totals in the Q and will help them in the long run if he isn't traded for a vet before he is developed.).
32. Charlie Stramel (Carolina Hurricanes) (Details: Size and versatility, something every team needs Stramel might take more time to develop but the canes can wait).

Round 2
33. Theo Lindstein (Anaheim Ducks) (Details: The Ducks land a defenseman that fell down the board a little due to the offensive needs of other teams and the talent in this draft.).
34. Jesse Kiiskinen (Columbus Blue Jackets) (Details: A Finnish draft pick just makes too much sense for Jarmo).
35. Maxim Strbak (Chicago Blackhawks) (Details: Chicago has already grabbed Bedard and Leonard, they look to grab a young defenseman here).
36. Otto Stenberg (San Jose Sharks) (Details: Stenberg falls a bit but the sharks are hungry at every position and don't mind selecting another center.).
37. Mathieu Cataford (Montreal Canadiens) (Details: Hometown kid, the fans will love it. high point totals in the Q and will be a great Middle 6 guy in the future).
38. Oliver Bonk (Arizona Coyotes) (Details: The Habs grab the talented and physical d-man in Bonk with their back to back picks from the Yotes).
39. Koehn Ziemmer (Buffalo Sabres from Philadelphia Flyers) (Details: The Sabres look to add more offense to a stacked young core and take Ziemmer in the early second round.).
40. Dmitri Simashev (Washington Capitals) (Details: A Russian defenseman to develop in their system, this is the way of the Capitals).
41. Tom Willander (Detroit Red Wings) (Details: Swedish Defenseman, need I say anything else for Stevey Y).
42. Gavin Brindley (Detroit Red Wings from St. Louis Blues) (Details: Smaller talented forward that played at Michigan giving Yzerman the chance to watch him play throughout the year.).
43. Michael Hrabal (Detroit Red Wings from Vancouver Canucks) (Details: Stevey Y grabbing a big Eastern European goaltender, sounds familiar right?).
44. Danny Nelson (Chicago Blackhawks from Ottawa Senators) (Details: Hawks grab a guy that can play any forward position and adds size to the lineup).
45. Cameron Allen (Buffalo Sabres) (Details: Sabres grab a defenseman who slipped to develop in their system even thought they have strong young d-men at the moment.).
46. Jakub Dvorak (Nashville Predators from Pittsburgh Penguins) (Details: Nashville grabs a big tough defenseman to be an anchor in their end of the ice.).
47. Roman Kantserov (Nashville Predators) (Details: Smaller Russian Winger who lit up the MHL this year, will help with goal scoring down the road.).
48. Bradly Nadeau (Calgary Flames) (Details: High scoring smaller winger that reminds me a bit of Johnny Hockey.).
49. Coulson Pitre (New York Islanders) (Details: Over a point per game in the OHL on the Firebirds. The islanders need anyone they can get to help keep them competitive).
50. Andrew Gibson (Seattle Kraken from Winnipeg Jets) (Details: Seattle grabs another defenseman to develop in their system).
51. Carson Rehkopf (Chicago Blackhawks from Tampa Bay Lightning) (Details: Chicago adds a pretty good wing prospect that will take some time to develop).
52. Kalan Lind (Seattle Kraken) (Details: They have his brother in their system so why not get them both?).
53. Aydar Suniev (Minnesota Wild) (Details: Russian kid that lit the BCHL on fire, fits the Wild's system).
54. Étienne Morin (Los Angeles Kings) (Details: Best player left on the board and the Kings can use help all over).
55. Hunter Brzustewicz (Chicago Blackhawks from New York Rangers) (Details: Michigan kid that grew up close to Chicago. Hard working point getting defenseman).
56. Noel Nordh (Edmonton Oilers) (Details: Winger that can play both sides of the ice that will fit into their middle six).
57. Trey Augustine (Seattle Kraken from Toronto Maple Leafs) (Details: Seattle adds a goaltender prospect for the future.).
58. Ethan Miedema (New Jersey Devils) (Details: The Devils take a kid with size to add to their wings.).
59. Beau Akey (Anaheim Ducks from Colorado Avalanche) (Details: Ducks add yet another strong d-prospect).
60. William Whitelaw (Anaheim Ducks from Boston Bruins) (Details: With the back to back selections the ducks take a winger to play in the middle to bottom 6.).
61. Lenni Hämeenaho (Florida Panthers) (Details: The Panthers take a promising wing prospect late in second round.).
62. Emil Järventie (Dallas Stars) (Details: Back to Back Finnish players selected. Among his peers he is a solid player, needs time to develop.).
63. Jaden Lipinski (Minnesota Wild from Vegas Golden Knights) (Details: Bigger center to fill out the Bottom 6 of the future.).
64. Thomas Galimberti (Carolina Hurricanes) (Details: Shaking it up selecting an Italian).

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ROUND 1	TEAM	ORIGINAL	PLAYER	DETAILS

1	-	Connor Bedard	I mean there really isn't anything to say here.
2	-	Matvei Michkov	Picked purely based off talent, once he is ready to come over he will be on a young very competitive Ducks team with Zegras, Terry, MacTavish
3	-	Adam Fantilli	Columbus ends up getting a top line center prospect, still up in the air between Carlsson and Fantilli here.
4	-	Will Smith	Greer's connection here has them skip over Carlsson and take Smith
5	-	Leo Carlsson	ARIZONA TRADES UP one spot here to secure Carlsson who fell to #5.
6	-	David Reinbacher	MONTREAL PICKS one of the top defenseman in the draft, from what I have heard they are very high on him and would be looking to take him 5th. They get their man and more picks in this years draft
7	-	Eduard Sale	The Flyers need to improve at all positions and Sale offers them a scorers touch and some size, reminds me of a typical flyer when they were a hard to play against team.
8	-	Andrew Cristall	COYOTES PICK: They managed to steal Carlsson at five with a trade and look to add some talent on the wing with this trade.
9	-	Dalibor Dvorsky	Detroit needs more help down the middle and Dvorsky will be a great 2C in the future.
10	-	Zach Benson	The Benson slide ends here, he may be undersized but he has ridiculous talent and the blues have multiple first to work with.
11	-	Axel Sandin Pellikka	The Canucks take the other top defenseman in this years draft in ASP as Reinbacher goes to the Habs at #6. ASP may have the higher ceiling than Reinbacher.
12		Gabe Perreault	CAPITALS PICK. they go off the board and get Perreault who absolutely dominated his peers this year.
13	-	Matthew Wood	Sabres take a kid who could turn into the second version of a guy they already have in Alex Tuch.
14	-	Oliver Moore	Penguins need help at all positions in their prospect pool but the guys down the middle are usually the most important so they take Moore.
15	-	Colby Barlow	Barlow falls into the Peds laps and they happily take a top ten talent at #15.
16	-	Riley Heidt	Flames look to add a kid that can play any offensive position.
17		Mikhail Gulyayev	Wings get a top 4 defensive prospect at 17
18	-	Brayden Yager	The jets land a goy that will fit into their middle 6 at any position in a couple years.
19		Ryan Leonard	Blackhawks draft a winger to play with Bedard, a lot of people are high on Leonard in this draft.
20	-	Lukas Dragicevic	Seattle lands a solid d-man to build their future d-core around.
21	-	Samuel Honzek	The wild get a guy who has more talent than Foligno but can replace him in the lineup in the near future.
22		Calum Ritchie	SHARKS PICK, they are looiking to rebuild and they ship out Hertl and add a young promising center with some size
23	-	Luca Pinelli	New York takes a gamble on the smaller sized player than reminds me personally of Carl Haglin
24		Kasper Halttunen	The Preds take the young Finnish Sniper to bring some future goal scoring to their team
25		Nate Danielson	The blues nail the center prospect they need as he slips down the board a bit.
26		Quentin Musty	The Sharks made the trade to draft a center with #22 and now they go out and get him a strong winger to develop along side him
27	-	Daniil But	Avs take a guy that plays a lot like Nuke and may need him to be his replacement, they will have some size on the wings with Moose and But
28		Caden Price	Leafs could use some defensive depth with the older guys they currently have on the roster.
29		Jayden Perron	The Habs take a Canadian born winger who is putting up great numbers in the USHL
30		Alex Ciernik	The Blues take a versatile German winger with a lot of upside.
31	-	Ethan Gauthier	Vegas takes a kid from the Desert that has solid point totals in the Q and will help them in the long run if he isn't traded for a vet before he is developed.
32	-	Charlie Stramel	Size and versatility, something every team needs Stramel might take more time to develop but the canes can wait

ROUND 2	TEAM	ORIGINAL	PLAYER	DETAILS

33	-	Theo Lindstein	The Ducks land a defenseman that fell down the board a little due to the offensive needs of other teams and the talent in this draft.
34	-	Jesse Kiiskinen	A Finnish draft pick just makes too much sense for Jarmo
35	-	Maxim Strbak	Chicago has already grabbed Bedard and Leonard, they look to grab a young defenseman here
36	-	Otto Stenberg	Stenberg falls a bit but the sharks are hungry at every position and don't mind selecting another center.
37	-	Mathieu Cataford	Hometown kid, the fans will love it. high point totals in the Q and will be a great Middle 6 guy in the future
38	-	Oliver Bonk	The Habs grab the talented and physical d-man in Bonk with their back to back picks from the Yotes
39		Koehn Ziemmer	The Sabres look to add more offense to a stacked young core and take Ziemmer in the early second round.
40	-	Dmitri Simashev	A Russian defenseman to develop in their system, this is the way of the Capitals
41	-	Tom Willander	Swedish Defenseman, need I say anything else for Stevey Y
42		Gavin Brindley	Smaller talented forward that played at Michigan giving Yzerman the chance to watch him play throughout the year.
43		Michael Hrabal	Stevey Y grabbing a big Eastern European goaltender, sounds familiar right?
44		Danny Nelson	Hawks grab a guy that can play any forward position and adds size to the lineup
45	-	Cameron Allen	Sabres grab a defenseman who slipped to develop in their system even thought they have strong young d-men at the moment.
46		Jakub Dvorak	Nashville grabs a big tough defenseman to be an anchor in their end of the ice.
47	-	Roman Kantserov	Smaller Russian Winger who lit up the MHL this year, will help with goal scoring down the road.
48	-	Bradly Nadeau	High scoring smaller winger that reminds me a bit of Johnny Hockey.
49	-	Coulson Pitre	Over a point per game in the OHL on the Firebirds. The islanders need anyone they can get to help keep them competitive
50		Andrew Gibson	Seattle grabs another defenseman to develop in their system
51		Carson Rehkopf	Chicago adds a pretty good wing prospect that will take some time to develop
52	-	Kalan Lind	They have his brother in their system so why not get them both?
53	-	Aydar Suniev	Russian kid that lit the BCHL on fire, fits the Wild's system
54	-	Étienne Morin	Best player left on the board and the Kings can use help all over
55		Hunter Brzustewicz	Michigan kid that grew up close to Chicago. Hard working point getting defenseman
56	-	Noel Nordh	Winger that can play both sides of the ice that will fit into their middle six
57		Trey Augustine	Seattle adds a goaltender prospect for the future.
58	-	Ethan Miedema	The Devils take a kid with size to add to their wings.
59		Beau Akey	Ducks add yet another strong d-prospect
60		William Whitelaw	With the back to back selections the ducks take a winger to play in the middle to bottom 6.
61	-	Lenni Hämeenaho	The Panthers take a promising wing prospect late in second round.
62	-	Emil Järventie	Back to Back Finnish players selected. Among his peers he is a solid player, needs time to develop.
63		Jaden Lipinski	Bigger center to fill out the Bottom 6 of the future.
64	-	Thomas Galimberti	Shaking it up selecting an Italian

May 22, 2023 at 12:17 p.m.

Logicalicesports

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Trades were suppose to be listed.

Trade #1:
Coyotes Trade: #6, #38 and #102
Habs Trade: #5

Trade #2:
Coyotes Trade Clayton Keller and Pick #12
Capitals Trade: Picks #8, #104 and 2024 First Rounder

Trade #3:
Capitals trade: Kuznetsov and 2024 third
Colorado trades: Newhook and 2024 First

Trade #4
Sharks Trade: Tomas Hertl
Columbus Trades: Pick #22 and Jake Bean

May 22, 2023 at 12:53 p.m.

JoeROFLCOPTER

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My man Red Wings do not need another LHD prospect. I think we either go Yager or Leonard at that point.

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May 22, 2023 at 2:05 p.m.

redwings_13_40

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I like the creativity with the trades!

I think Willander is more likely to be the Wings #9 pick than #41 at this rate. I don't think he escapes the top-12 or 14 picks. I agree with the Benson slide

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May 22, 2023 at 7:38 p.m.

mokumboi

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"The Benson slide ends here, he may be undersized but he has ridiculous talent and the blues have multiple first to work with."

They also have top 6 wingers falling out of their ears, so they almost certainly will not take Benson and definitely will not use two 1sts on wingers while grabbing no defensemen.

Change Benson to Moore, and Ciernik to Lindstein.

The Danielson pick would be amazing, but I highly doubt he falls that far.

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May 22, 2023 at 10:00 p.m.

aedoran

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It would not surprise me if Carlsson ends up being the 2nd best player in this draft class.

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