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sureLoss · 06-15-2016, 05:57 PM

Kyle Woodlief of Red Line Report on 630 Ched

https://www.omnycontent.com/w/player...-a5bc010933fc#

Forward Tiers:

Matthews + Laine 1st tier
Puljujarvi, Tkachuk, Dubois 2nd tier - slightly behind top 2 but well ahead of next group of forwards

some people may have Brown in the 2nd tier because of his physical tools - Woodlief doesn't see the consistency in his game and he doesn't shoot the puck enough to be a threat as a goal scorer. see him as distributor and facilitator. skates very well
Why Puljujarvi not in 1st tier? didn't quite rise to the level that Laine did. Especially in the 2nd half of the season

Tkachuk has closed a bit on Puljujarvi
Tkachuk can elevate his game at the biggest clutch moments and big money games
Stauffer asks if Tkachuk can outproduce Puljujarvi at the NHL level: Tkachuk may put up more points in any given season over JP, but JP will always be the better goal scorer.

Why rank Tkachuk over Dubois:

Tkachuk has a track record of stepping up in big games
Consistently a clutch preformer that can contribute to good teams
Some people are selling Dubois short as a winger. Thinks he will stick as a center in the NHL. Can even be a 1st line center in the NHL - at worst a very good #2

3rd tier centers: Jost, Brown, McLeod

Jost is the most explosive of the 3. dynamic center with great speed
while Jost played Center with Penticton, thinks he will be a LW as a pro
his game is more condusive to being on the wing

Brown has the prototypical center with size

McLeod doesn't have the offensive upside to be a #1 center in the NHL
does have outstanding size, speed, and competitivness
one of the better skaters in the draft
can be a really good 2nd line center that contributes 50-60 pts and is a shutdown guy that plays against other team's top center

entirely feasible first 6 players will be forwards
they have Bean ranked 6th but thinks Brown will go ahead of him

Bean:

so skilled and creative with the puck
great distributor on the PP - going to be dynamic on the PP
not done filling out
done really well on a team that isn't a top WHL team
probably won't go top 10 on draft day but that will be a mistake in the long run

Sergachev, Chychrun, Juolevi

safest pick Sergachev
he is unbeleivably calm with the puck under pressure - never seems to be rushed or hurried
some NHL teams see that as him not having a pulse or emotion
Woodlief doesn't agree with that
terrific passer, doesn't make mistake with puck in his own end
big hitter when he wants to be - not a consistent hitter
probably the safest of the three to play on a NHL top pairing

Chychrun

last year this time Red Line had him 3rd OA on their list
got all the physical tools and the NHL bloodlines
could be the best defenceman in the draft but fell back to earth in the 2nd half of the season
doesn't think it is a great situation in Sarnia - they have some great individual talents there they haven't developed well and that might be part of the issue
lost some of his confidence in the 2nd half of the season
could go in the backhalf of the top 10

Juolevi

teriffic passer
he is not hard to play against
soft in his own end
guy who goes into corners and loses battles against smaller players
keep hearing he may be the first defenceman off the board - thinks he might go as high as 7
at red line they prefer their defencemen to be hard to play against, and he is not

Benson

had a hard luck campaign - played less than 30 games, hurt in training camp, had surgeries
LW plays with a lot of grit but not as much pure skill as you like
see him as a 2nd round pick

Steel

creative centerman
did not rise to the levels they expected this year
plays a soft game and looks disinterested at times
expect him to go in the 50s

Clague

has rebuilt his draft stock in 2nd half of the season when he started doing things they expected him to do from the getgo
lower on the development curve - couldn't get on a defensive pair last season in Brandon, Brandon also likes to bring d-men along slowly
has a lot more upside than he has shown so far
he is a guy that could take a quantum leap next year when a few guys graduate and he is the #1 honcho in Brandon

Hart

one of the top 2 goaltenders on the board
toss up between him and Gustavsson as to which goalie will go 1st
Hart did everything in the WHL this year
had a minor injury that kept him out of some playoff games
may have dropped him to high 2nd round
while rare for Goalies to go 1st round thinks Hart and Gustavsson will be in the top 35 picks - doesn't think they will drop much further than that

unfortunately Stauffer didn't ask about Nylander

06-15-2016, 05:57 PM	#5401
sureLoss Some kinda newsbreaker! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style Exp:	Kyle Woodlief of Red Line Report on 630 Ched https://www.omnycontent.com/w/player...-a5bc010933fc# Forward Tiers: Matthews + Laine 1st tier Puljujarvi, Tkachuk, Dubois 2nd tier - slightly behind top 2 but well ahead of next group of forwards some people may have Brown in the 2nd tier because of his physical tools - Woodlief doesn't see the consistency in his game and he doesn't shoot the puck enough to be a threat as a goal scorer. see him as distributor and facilitator. skates very well Why Puljujarvi not in 1st tier? didn't quite rise to the level that Laine did. Especially in the 2nd half of the season Tkachuk has closed a bit on Puljujarvi Tkachuk can elevate his game at the biggest clutch moments and big money games Stauffer asks if Tkachuk can outproduce Puljujarvi at the NHL level: Tkachuk may put up more points in any given season over JP, but JP will always be the better goal scorer. Why rank Tkachuk over Dubois: Tkachuk has a track record of stepping up in big games Consistently a clutch preformer that can contribute to good teams Some people are selling Dubois short as a winger. Thinks he will stick as a center in the NHL. Can even be a 1st line center in the NHL - at worst a very good #2 3rd tier centers: Jost, Brown, McLeod Jost is the most explosive of the 3. dynamic center with great speed while Jost played Center with Penticton, thinks he will be a LW as a pro his game is more condusive to being on the wing Brown has the prototypical center with size McLeod doesn't have the offensive upside to be a #1 center in the NHL does have outstanding size, speed, and competitivness one of the better skaters in the draft can be a really good 2nd line center that contributes 50-60 pts and is a shutdown guy that plays against other team's top center entirely feasible first 6 players will be forwards they have Bean ranked 6th but thinks Brown will go ahead of him Bean: so skilled and creative with the puck great distributor on the PP - going to be dynamic on the PP not done filling out done really well on a team that isn't a top WHL team probably won't go top 10 on draft day but that will be a mistake in the long run Sergachev, Chychrun, Juolevi safest pick Sergachev he is unbeleivably calm with the puck under pressure - never seems to be rushed or hurried some NHL teams see that as him not having a pulse or emotion Woodlief doesn't agree with that terrific passer, doesn't make mistake with puck in his own end big hitter when he wants to be - not a consistent hitter probably the safest of the three to play on a NHL top pairing Chychrun last year this time Red Line had him 3rd OA on their list got all the physical tools and the NHL bloodlines could be the best defenceman in the draft but fell back to earth in the 2nd half of the season doesn't think it is a great situation in Sarnia - they have some great individual talents there they haven't developed well and that might be part of the issue lost some of his confidence in the 2nd half of the season could go in the backhalf of the top 10 Juolevi teriffic passer he is not hard to play against soft in his own end guy who goes into corners and loses battles against smaller players keep hearing he may be the first defenceman off the board - thinks he might go as high as 7 at red line they prefer their defencemen to be hard to play against, and he is not Benson had a hard luck campaign - played less than 30 games, hurt in training camp, had surgeries LW plays with a lot of grit but not as much pure skill as you like see him as a 2nd round pick Steel creative centerman did not rise to the levels they expected this year plays a soft game and looks disinterested at times expect him to go in the 50s Clague has rebuilt his draft stock in 2nd half of the season when he started doing things they expected him to do from the getgo lower on the development curve - couldn't get on a defensive pair last season in Brandon, Brandon also likes to bring d-men along slowly has a lot more upside than he has shown so far he is a guy that could take a quantum leap next year when a few guys graduate and he is the #1 honcho in Brandon Hart one of the top 2 goaltenders on the board toss up between him and Gustavsson as to which goalie will go 1st Hart did everything in the WHL this year had a minor injury that kept him out of some playoff games may have dropped him to high 2nd round while rare for Goalies to go 1st round thinks Hart and Gustavsson will be in the top 35 picks - doesn't think they will drop much further than that unfortunately Stauffer didn't ask about Nylander