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Florida Panthers Draft Board

Draft Class: 2022
Created By: BruinsFan35
Published: Jun. 27, 2022 at 11:31 a.m.
Description
My plan is to make a big board for each team prior to the draft, looking at guys who's abilities would match up well with what the team in question should be looking for on draft night. I'm using my Draft Guide for the rankings, and the goal is to select multiple players within the range of each teams' selections that they should consider. These players are ranked by my ranking numerically, not necessarily who the team should value first, second, third, etc. at that spot (hopefully that makes sense). The plan was to provide explanations for the first round picks for every team, then just provide the list for rounds 2-7. However, since it's been a while since I've posted these, and I'm running low on time to get all 32 boards out, I'll be just posting players, not descriptions, for every pick. If you want clarification on a specific player, comment and I'll provide it.

Florida is up, 3 key needs are:

Right Defense
Goalie
Left Wing
ROUND 1TEAMORIGINALPLAYERDETAILS
1Logo of the Montreal Canadiens-
Third Round
#93 Overall
2Logo of the New Jersey Devils-My Ranking: #88
3Logo of the Arizona Coyotes-My Ranking: #89
4Logo of the Seattle Kraken-My Ranking: #93
5Logo of the Philadelphia Flyers-My Ranking: #94
6Logo of the Columbus Blue JacketsLogo of the Chicago Blackhawks
Fourth Round
#125 Overall
7Logo of the Ottawa Senators-My Ranking: #120
8Logo of the Detroit Red Wings-My Ranking: #121
9Logo of the Buffalo Sabres-My Ranking: #123
10Logo of the Anaheim Ducks-My Ranking: #129
11Logo of the San Jose Sharks-
Fifth Round
#157 Overall
12Logo of the Columbus Blue Jackets-
Jakub Kopecky
My Ranking: #151
13Logo of the New York Islanders-
Christopher Romaine
My Ranking: #152
14Logo of the Winnipeg Jets-
Josh Filmon
My Ranking: #154
15Logo of the Vancouver Canucks-My Ranking: #156
16Logo of the Buffalo SabresLogo of the Vegas Golden KnightsMy Ranking: #157
17Logo of the Nashville Predators-My Ranking: #162
18Logo of the Dallas Stars-
Sixth Round
#186 and #189 Overall
19Logo of the Los Angeles Kings-My Ranking: #182
20Logo of the Washington Capitals-My Ranking: #183
21Logo of the Pittsburgh Penguins-My Ranking: #188
22Logo of the Anaheim DucksLogo of the Boston BruinsMy Ranking: #190
23Logo of the St. Louis Blues-My Ranking: #194
24Logo of the Minnesota Wild-
Seventh Round
#221 Overall
25Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs-
Miguel Tourigny
My Ranking: #215
26Logo of the Montreal CanadiensLogo of the Calgary Flames
Luca Auer
My Ranking: #216
27Logo of the Arizona CoyotesLogo of the Carolina HurricanesMy Ranking: #219
28Logo of the Buffalo SabresLogo of the Florida PanthersMy Ranking: #220
29Logo of the Edmonton Oilers-
Kasper Magnussen
My Ranking: #222
30Logo of the Winnipeg JetsLogo of the New York RangersMy Ranking: #223
31Logo of the Tampa Bay Lightning-My Ranking: #227
32Logo of the Arizona CoyotesLogo of the Colorado Avalanche

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Jun. 27, 2022 at 11:55 a.m.
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Explanation for Tyler Brennan?
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Jun. 27, 2022 at 12:05 p.m.
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Quoting: christianyog
Explanation for Tyler Brennan?


If I’m being honest, the Panthers should probably look to take a defenseman or left winger over a goalie with their third round pick. But, they’ll need a backup for Knight, and Brennan is the strongest option that should be available to them. He’s got pro size, and has a lot of high end attributes that makes me believe he could be a #1 goalie in the future. But, for the Panthers, Brennan would be an elite backup behind one of the brightest young goalies in the league.
Jun. 27, 2022 at 1:09 p.m.
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If I’m being honest, the Panthers should probably look to take a defenseman or left winger over a goalie with their third round pick. But, they’ll need a backup for Knight, and Brennan is the strongest option that should be available to them. He’s got pro size, and has a lot of high end attributes that makes me believe he could be a #1 goalie in the future. But, for the Panthers, Brennan would be an elite backup behind one of the brightest young goalies in the league.


I agree.

I would say they need forwards the most, especially pure offensive talents.
Of their RHD prospects is Michael Benning showing some decent offensive upside, but he is small. Other RHD prospect is Kasper Puutio, he is also below 6ft tall. One of them could be trading piece, so one bigger RHD is something they don't have yet.
Goalie Mack Guzda is 21. His OHL career is over, he should go to AHL/ECHL. Gerasimyuk will turn 19 in August. He is coming from SKA system, which is goalie-factory. So FLO can say they have something at the position, at least relative to other positions they need to address.

So I would say:

3rd and 4 th round... Buchelnikov makes a lots of sense, maybe also Neuchev (FLO likes to draft Russians). CHL overagers are also candidates; Logan Morrison, Tucker Robertson, Kyle Jackson.

5th or 6 th round... another RHD in either of the picks. Leddy should be available, possibly also Spacek, Salin, Anderson, Garett Brown, Weir, Gavin White, Komarov...

6th or 7th round... another goalie in either of the picks. Sergei Ivanov is also from SKA system (as Gerasimyuk). But he is on the smaller side which is not something FLO looks to like. On the other hand is slightly taller Alexander Smolin coming from Metallurg Magnitogorsk's system, same as Bobrovski. Smolin could be available late in 7th round. If they are without new goalie and neither of them is available at no. 221, the other candidates are Arefyev, Berezhnoy, possibly even Murashov. NA candidates could be Emett Croteau, Muszelik, Kolby Hay (Cossa's backup), Ty Young (1B option behind Brennan, but almost year younger). Wild card goalie at this spot would be Charles-Edward Gravel, who is coming from Blainville-Boisbrand Armada, same as former FLO goalie Samuel Montembeault.
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