THW 2015 NHL Draft HQ Thread

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by cral12

In the first of five planned Top 5 series of articles, E-Mac ranks...

2015 NHL Draft War Room: The Top Five Defensemen

3 of these lads playing prominent roles in the WJCs.

Might 1 be a future Flame? Would especially love to see one of the top 3 in YYC.

I like 4 out of the 5. I haven't read or seen anything on Roy.

[cral12]

Here are the Top 5 forward over 6'2 - the big lads...who can play...

[cral12]

Next published:

2015 NHL Draft War Room:

Top 5 Average-Sized Forwards (6’0 to 6’2, Not Including Connor McDavid or Jack Eichel)

[cral12]

Don't underestimate these lads:

2015 NHL Draft War Room: Top 5 Forwards Under 6’0

[Bunk]

Mitch Marner is really interesting. Read in the other thread that his brother was late bloomer for growth and ended up well over 6'.

His offensive production in the OHL is prolific.

[cral12]

E-Mac's War Room quiz:

Quick now, name the WJC participant who fits this description:

"The Finnish Tank*- Goes through walls and defenses - there is a lot to like with this guy."

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Originally Posted by cral12

E-Mac's War Room quiz:

Quick now, name the WJC participant who fits this description:

"The Finnish Tank*- Goes through walls and defenses - there is a lot to like with this guy."

What is Mikko Rantanen?

[cral12]

Ding, ding, ding. PMM nails it. Now, it slightly increase the difficulty...

Here the next instalment of the NHL Draft War Room quiz - 2 E-Mac patented descriptors, match to the draft eligible prospect.

1. "The Dutch Difference Maker - High end skill with the ultra intense determination to make a difference all the time."

2. "The Magican - Do you believe in magic?"

[For these and more check out: Ultimate Prospect Tracker]

[cral12]

Hot off the presses, 2015 NHL Mock Draft: The Next Ones New Year’s Edition

- Includes Prospect Profiler Notes

Go ahead, mock the mock...

[cral12]

NHL Draft War Room: Year of the Q Part Deux

2015 NHL Draft War Room: Top 36 Prospects from the Q as per E-Mac

1. Svechnikov
2. Meier
3. J Roy
4. Sprong
5. Zboril


Link to the Top 36

[cral12]

"Rationale Behind the Combined Rankings

As you are aware, NHL Central Scouting produces a segregated set of rankings. That is, they are separated based on North American skaters and goalies as well as European skaters and goalies – four lists in total...:

North American Skaters
International Skaters
North American Goalies
International Goalies

The four lists makes the job easier for Central Scouting but they are limited in terms of where a respective prospect ranks across the lists. Therefore, each year I combine the four lists into one to obtain a better understanding of where Central Scouting is ranking the players overall. The four rankings were combined in THW’s NHL Draft War Room from NHL Central Scouting..."

Link: 2015 NHL Draft War Room: NHL Central Scouting’s Midterm Rankings Combined
+ E-Mac's Top 120

Link 2: NHL Central Scouting’s Midterm Rankings: Top 10 Surprises

As noted, with the tabs of the spreadsheet you can sort by E-Mac's War Room rankings and NHL CS's.

Scroll around to see the full table or click in bottom right hand corner to view all.

[Vulcan]

If we pick 30th I'd be glad to take (E-Mac – 30th) – Jonas Siegenthaler.

[Commandant]

LWOS 2015 NHL Draft February Ranking starts this week.

http://lastwordonsports.com/2015/02/...-part-one-1-5/

[Commandant]

Part 2, 6-10
http://lastwordonsports.com/2015/02/...rankings-6-10/

[Commandant]

Part 3 11-15

http://lastwordonsports.com/2015/02/...ankings-11-15/

[Ashasx]

Solid as always Commandant.

[Rick M.]

I saw Svechnikov play last night in Charlottetown. I was very impressed with his game and he's a big right winger.

[cral12]

THW's E-Mac has dug in and started his profile series in War Room format. Very in depth with tons of info.

First up - who else...know the Flames obviously have no shot, but McDavid perhaps most important hockey player to hit the NHL since SC87:

Connor McDavid Worthy of “The Next One” Moniker

• E-Mac's unique commentary
• Other Rankings
• Links to other profiles, interviews, videos, etc
• Up-to-date stats via Elite Prospects
• Editor's Notebook

Link to full article.

[Commandant]

Part 4
http://lastwordonsports.com/2015/02/...y-ranks-16-20/

Part 5
http://lastwordonsports.com/2015/02/...ankings-21-25/

[RyZ]

It is worth noting that after the blazing hot start Connor McDavid has now slowed down to below Crosby point per game level in their draft years.

Currently:
McDavid - 86 points - 34 games - 2.52 p/g
Crosby - 168 points - 62 games - 2.71 p/g

And just for fun (I know it was a different era)
Lemieux - 282 points - 70 games - 4.03 p/g!!!

It will be interesting to see if McDavid can pick it back up to match Sid.