Kyle Woodlief - Chief Scout of Red Line Report on Oilers Now - May 22, 2014
Virtanen- was consistetnly canada's best forward at the u18s
- uses his shot really well and hits everything that moves
Bennett- better skating Doug Gilmour
- not huge but plays with grit and passion with high skill
Ekblad- far away the best d man
- big dropoff to #2 Fleury
thinks Bennett and Ekblad will go 1-2 (not sure which order). neither will be available for the Oilers at 3 OA
Draisaitl- if Bennett and Ekblad are gone, would have the Oilers choose Draisaitl over Reinhart (Oilers have many players like Reinhart)
- need the big center that can dominate the center of the ice
- no idea were the lack of character rumors are coming from on Draisiatl - classy kid
- gives consistent effort every way
- is not a crash and banger
- he uses his body to gain and establish position. angles players off the puck
- will not be a guy that grinds guys through the boards
Reinhart- on perception that the Reinharts lack passion - doesn't think Sam lacks passion (does think Griffin does)
Dal Colle - has higher skill level, strong hockey sense
- not going to be a phyiscial banger like Ritchie or Virtanen but his hockey iq seperates him from those 2
Fabbri- comparison to Kadri/Gagner is fair
- if he wasn't that small he would be ranked higher
- shines above the veterans on Guelph
Nylander- ranked 11th by red line
- unbeliveably skilled
- only reason not in top 10 is because he is a Diva (calls him coddled)
- his Dad hasn't done him any favours
- complains about his attitude