Boy this U18 sure hasn't clarified as much for me as I thought it was going to.
-Chychrun has been a little underwhelming to me. I'm not sure I see #1 d-man upside in him. I wouldn't be scared to take him though. He has all the tools, size, strength, skating, shot, passing. Seems to make some poor decisions occasionally and bobbles the puck occasionally. In the end I'm not going to be hoping we take him but I won't be disappointed if we do.
-Fabbro has been outstanding. Such a crisp puck mover. Nice long reach defensively and offensively. Is he top 10 worthy? Is he one of the top few d-men in this draft?
-Jost has been outstanding. I'm having a hard time knowing where to rank him though. 8-12 range perhaps?
-McLeod has been disappointing. Looks like a mid teens pick to me
-Sergachev looked pretty good. Top 10
-Nylander still seems to have consistency issues. Monster points one game, nothing the next. Guess we see him next on Saturday vs our fairly solid defense.
Gonna be interesting to see the rankings that come out after the U18s from Redline, Button, Bob Mackenzie, etc.
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