Vancouver draft recap:
4. Matthew Beniers.
I thought I'd be getting one of Clarke/Hughes here, but really happy to get Beniers. He’s been compared to Toews (should fit in on my team then). High level skill and all the scouts mention his work-effort, he may not turn into a bonafide superstar but should be a top centre for a while.
13. Fabian Lysell
This is my boom or bust pick. I've seen him ranked all over the place from late first round to a top 5 pick. He's got tons of skill and lots of highlight reel plays, whether it translates will be the question. Debated between him and Wallstadt here. Might end up regretting not taking the goalie.
23. Sasha Pastujov
He's got tons of skill and has that Tkachuk snarl to his game, I think he's a sleeper pick for this draft. I thought I was reaching a bit by taking Pasta here. However, it’s cool to read that Minny almost took him at 22 and NJ wanted him at 25. I had him rated pretty high on my draft list and had him circled for this pick.
33. Stanislav Svozil
An interesting player for me, lots of stuff written about how he's the best player to come out of Czech in a while. His stats don't exactly jump off the page but seen a few mock drafts with him going in the 1st round. Not sure what he will turn out to be.
38. Matthew Knies
This was another player I projected this pick for, very possible he will go a bit later in the real draft. He’s a 6’3” strong forward with crafty hands. He was supposed to be a first round pick this year unfortunately he had a slow start and bad production to his season which made him drop, he picked it up quite a bit in the last couple months and I’ve seen him sneak into a couple mock drafts as a late 1st rounder.
44. Brett Harrison
IDK, he was on the list.
47. William Stromgren
Another 6’3” power forward, boom/bust pick again. He has a different style of skating which he uses to throw off defenders on the rush which I thought was neat. Can never have too many big wingers that put up points.
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