FC's 2012 Draft Thread

[FCAV]

I put together a 14-pick mock draft after the Lottery was completed. You'll never guess who the Flames ended up with... (okay, that was a little too much hype).

http://futureconsiderations.ca/vicke...k-draft-mania/

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Sabastian Collberg? Forgive my ignorance, but he played 41 games for Frolunda of the Elite League and had NO points. Is this an error because that doesn't sound like much skill to me.

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=16836

[Street Pharmacist]

**warning** I am not a minor hockey expert. I watch a fair amount being here in Kamloops, but I didn't see anything special in Tyler Myers when I saw him and clearly I was wrong

Having said that, Griffen Reinhart looked slow and ineffective in the game I watched. I saw Pouliot last night and he was sick! He literally made the Blazers crowd scared EVERY time he touched the puck. He is great at keeping possession and his up ice vision seemed crazy good. He was by far the most effective defenceman in his own end too. If there is a hole to his game it was that he wasn't overly physical, though he was strong around the boards. The most interesting part of his game was his ability to rush the puck and stay up with the play. He often had the forwards covering for him and was getting great scoring opportunities. He scored the second nicest goal I've seen in that building. He went coast to coast and every Blazers player challenged him and in the end he was in alone and scored five hole, unassisted. I haven't followed a lot the others (Bozon is meh), but I would be thrilled with Pouliot

[Ashasx]

Originally Posted by FCAV

I put together a 14-pick mock draft after the Lottery was completed. You'll never guess who the Flames ended up with... (okay, that was a little too much hype).

http://futureconsiderations.ca/vicke...k-draft-mania/

I think this list is really well done.

[Vulcan]

Seeing a Swede as our 1st round draft pick makes me nervous but thanks for mock draft. I appreciate you keeping us up to date.

[kirant]

Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire

Sabastian Collberg? Forgive my ignorance, but he played 41 games for Frolunda of the Elite League and had NO points. Is this an error because that doesn't sound like much skill to me.

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=16836

No...that's right. I've been following Frolunda a little and he definitely has 0 points.

Frolunda isn't exactly known for giving rookies much chance to play. Their biggest players are mostly 26+. Collberg isn't strong enough yet to compete with them and is on a 6-10 minute night. The only place they are young at the moment is in the net, where they have two goalies of a combined age of 43.

From what I've seen, he's getting chances on net even with his limited ice time...but he's just not converting yet. Needs to get bigger and faster, but the points will follow if he can.

I would prefer if we could end up with Teravainen or Faksa, but if Collberg is the best available forward at the time and the D are getting cleaned out, take him.

[Ashasx]

I'd rather have Pouliot if he's available since Collberg, I think, is a big question mark.

[FCAV]

For those looking at Collberg's Eliteserien stats, look instead at his Superelit stats of nine goals and 17 points in 21 games, as well as his seven points in six games at the World Juniors.

Only Max Friberg had more points for Sweden at the World Juniors, which includes top-5 pick Filip Forsberg and Ottawa Senators first rounder Mika Zibanejad.

[SuperMatt18]

Was Collberg the one who got booed off the ice in Calgary after riding his stick after the shootout goal against the Swiss or was that Friberg?

[FCAV]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Was Collberg the one who got booed off the ice in Calgary after riding his stick after the shootout goal against the Swiss or was that Friberg?

That was Friberg.

[FCAV]

Our final rankings for 2012 are out!

Rank / Pos. / Name / Team / League / Ht / Wt /
1). RW Nail Yakupov, Sarnia, OHL, 5-10.5, 189
2). C Alex Galchenyuk, Sarnia, OHL, 6-1, 185
3). D Ryan Murray, Everett, WHL, 6-0.5, 200
4). C Mikhail Grigorenko, Quebec, QMJHL, 6-3, 200
5). LW Filip Forsberg, Leksand, Swe., 6-2, 180
6). D Jacob Trouba, USNTDP U18, USHL, 6-2, 195
7). D Griffin Reinhart, Edmonton, WHL, 6-4, 205
8). RW Teuvo Teravainen, Jokerit Jr., Fin Jr., 5-11, 165
9). D Morgan Rielly, Moose Jaw, WHL, 5-11.5, 190
10). D Matt Dumba, Red Deer, WHL, 5-11.5, 180

http://futureconsiderations.ca/top-rankings/

[FCAV]

For those that have PM'ed me, we are doing the CP Discount again this season. It's only fair. Both discounts are 25% discounts off cover price.

CP Discount for FC's 2012 NHL Entry Draft Guide: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc...=WJLUEAU6UGWVG

CP Discount for FC's 2012 Season Pass: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc...=QNHBZQVETT77S

Season Pass consists of our '2012 Draft Intro' (released in November), our '2012 Draft Midterm' (released in February) and the 2012 Draft Guide, which is set for release next week.

[FCAV]

We're off to the races! FC's 2012 NHL Entry Draft Guide is now available!

http://futureconsiderations.ca/fcs-2...now-available/

[FCAV]

In conjunction with our draft guide, we've started a series on our website featuring some of our scouts and the work they've done over the season.

It features the player that most impressed, most disappointed and most surprised them through the course of the year. Here's where we're at on that series:

-Zenon Herasymiuk (WHL) - http://futureconsiderations.ca/fc-sc...erasymiuk-whl/
-Sean Lafortune (OHL) - http://futureconsiderations.ca/fcs-s...lafortune-ohl/
-Brian McGee (USHL) - http://futureconsiderations.ca/fcs-s...an-mcgee-ushl/
-Dan Sallows (General) - http://futureconsiderations.ca/fcs-s...s-dan-sallows/

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Thanks for posting those FCAV.

I'm pretty interested in Flames picking up a kid like Kulak, but as the Herasymiuk noted, his lack of physicality is a weakness. This draft, I really want the Flames to go after a mean, physical defenseman with a very solid defensive game (i.e., Robyn Regehr). However, Kulak is definitely a kid that falls right around that #75 3rd rounder the Flames have.

Kevin Roy is also pretty interesting. Seems like an unmotivated kid with skill for days. Actually, it's not that he's unmotivated, it's that he doesn't want to come back and play defense. I think under a big time motivator like Ward, Roy might learn to play a whole game instead of half a game.

Also, I never heard of Phillip Tot before, but he definitely sounds like the type of player the Flames organization needs.

Great writeup from all your people at Future Considerations.

[Freeway]

Anyone who's really interested in the draft would be smart to pick up the FC Draft Guide. It's very well-written, well-designed and has a TON of detailed information about a whole lot of prospects. Money very well spent.

[FCAV]

Originally Posted by Freeway

Anyone who's really interested in the draft would be smart to pick up the FC Draft Guide. It's very well-written, well-designed and has a TON of detailed information about a whole lot of prospects. Money very well spent.

Thanks for the kind words! Reminder that CP members get a discount too!

[JiriHrdina]

Yeah I'll also give props to fc...best value out there...my only suggestion would be a printed version...even if it had no pictures

[simmer2]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

Yeah I'll also give props to fc...best value out there...my only suggestion would be a printed version...even if it had no pictures

You're too old-school JiriHrdina, get with the times!

[FCAV]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

Yeah I'll also give props to fc...best value out there...my only suggestion would be a printed version...even if it had no pictures

Definitely something we're going to take a hard look at next season.