THW 2014 NHL Draft HQ Thread

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Yep, we got more for ya, many of which you won't find profiled for free anywhere else:

Austin Poganski

Shane Gersich (combine king!)

Julius Bergman

How far will this guy move up!

Kevin Fiala

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I'd venture to say the most in depth free rankings available in informative table format courtesy of E-Mac:

The following is the intro to the article with E-Mac's Risers & Outliers amongst other unique insight:
- introduction to the Top 180 Final Rankings

The link for the final rankings is contained within; if you prefer to skip right to the actual rankings, here is the link:

- THW War Room 2014 NHL Draft Rankings: June Edition - Top 180

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For a teaser here is the Top 15:
(apologies for the formatting)

E-Mac - Jun E-Mac - Apr E-Mac - Feb NHL Final NHL Mid Player Team League
Round 1
1 1 1 2 3 Ekblad, Aaron Barrie OHL
2 2 2 3 4 Reinhart, Sam Kootenay WHL
3 4 3 1 1 Bennett, Samuel Kingston OHL
4 3 5 4 2 Draisaitl, Leon Prince Albert WHL
5 5 4 5 5 Dal Colle, Michael Oshawa OHL
6 8 8 7 10 Virtanen, Jake Calgary WHL
7 7 6 8 8 Ritchie, Nick Peteborough OHL
8 6 13 16 28 Ehlers, Nikolaj Halifax QMJHL
9 9 11 11 12 Nylander-Altelius, Willam Modo SWE 1
10 10 7 10 7 Fleury, Haydn Red Deer WHL
11 23 31 14 60 Fiala, Kevin HV 71 J20 SWE U20
12 11 9 9 9 Perlini, Brendan Niagara OHL
13 13 20 28 22 Ho Sang, Joshua Windsor OHL
14 21 33 18 30 Scherbak, Nikita Saskatoon WHL
15 41 86 67 229 Sanheim, Travis Calgary WHL

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Updates:

Profiles:
- Spencer Watson

- Kaapo Kahkonen - G

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by cral12

Updates:

Profiles:
- Spencer Watson

- Kaapo Kahkonen - G

For this seemingly a weak draft, there are a lot of eligible players out there with good stats such as Watson.

[Francis's Hairpiece]

Originally Posted by cral12

Updates:

Profiles:
- Spencer Watson

- Kaapo Kahkonen - G

I feel absolutely no shame in admitting I want the Kahk.

I hope we hear his name called for the Flames.

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Foegele beat Hunter Smith to being published (might be the skating, heheh)

Is Foegele the next Jankowski? (probably not)
In the #THW NHL Draft War Room: Warren Foegele http://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-draf...arren-foegele/

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Originally Posted by Vulcan

For this seemingly a weak draft, there are a lot of eligible players out there with good stats such as Watson.

Size concerns there.

Often the sign of a deep draft is where the small players with elite stats end up getting ranked. Last year was deep you had a guy like Petan with insane stats go in the 2nd.

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Is Miles Gendron the epitome of a draft day wildcard? You bet.
(converted forward to dman)

Link to full profile

Hunter Smith will make his gigantic presence known tomorrow AM just after 9 AM EST on THW.

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Big Rig Smith has arrived

Hunter Smith War Room Profile

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Couple more profiles:

Draft Day Risers potentially:

Noah "The Lightning" Rod - Swiss forward

Gavin Bayreuther - PPQB

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My final rankings go live tomorrow AM. Chris' should be finalized next week. Think of 'em as an appetizer (top 30 + next 10) and then the main course (top 210).

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More profiles piling in:

Reid Duke

Brayden Point

Emil Johansson

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A rock for your team's blueline; not super flashy, but this guy will be very attractive to NHL squads:

Andreas Englund

Sleeper from E-Mac you won't find high on too many rankings:

Kyle Wood

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Originally Posted by cral12

A rock for your team's blueline; not super flashy, but this guy will be very attractive to NHL squads:

Andreas Englund

Sleeper from E-Mac you won't find high on too many rankings:

Kyle Wood

Both sound like they would be awesome additions to the Flames stable. Size and nastiness. Perfect.

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Chris's List - Top 210 Final Rankings (The Next Ones @ THW)

Excerpt from Intro:

"Hockey Bloodlines in the “City of Brotherly Love” Draft

The City of Brotherly Love will soon be hosting the 2014 instalment of the NHL entry draft. This nickname of Philadelphia is fitting for this draft as this class presents perhaps more hockey bloodlines than we have ever seen in a draft. Reinhart, Nylander, Ritchie, Kapanen, Lemieux (Claude not Mario) and MacInnis are some of the familiar and obvious surnames. Others are more obscure. How many can you pick out as you scroll throughout the Top 210? Eiserman doesn’t count."

The Top 210 Final Rankings - The Next Ones (THW)
Link - click here

In detailed table format - scroll across and down the table for demographics & stats on the top 210 prospects. Each player also hyperlinked to Elite Prospects profile for further info.

Feel free to ask me for more info & opinion on each prospect here or on Twitter @ChrisRalphTHW.

Constructive criticism expected and welcomed - just explain yourself.

It's crunch time for the most wonderful time of the year!

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2014 NHL Draft Top 100 Prospects based on pure #NHL offensive potential:

In a draft pool that's already very debatable with respect to rankings, rnaking the prospects based on offensive upside is sure to create even more debate.

Here's a teaser, the Top 5:

# Player NHLCS THW Team League Pos.
1 Reinhart, Sam 3 2 Kootenay WHL C
2 Nylander, William 11 5 Modo SWE 1 C/RW
3 Ehlers, Nikolaj 16 4 Halifax QMJHL LW
4 Bennett, Samuel 1 3 Kingston OHL C
5 Dal Colle, Michael 5 7 Oshawa OHL C/LW

Check out the Top 100:

http://thehockeywriters.com/2014-nhl-draft-top-100-prospects-for-fantasy-hockey/

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Additions:

Miles Gendron Profile - sleeper

Historical Analysis of the NHL Entry Draft- Part 1

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2014 NHL Mock Draft: Three Round Final Edition

A full 3 round mock for your perusal; go ahead and mock my mock!

It's in a table/spreadsheet format with commentary on each pick, plus prospect demographics and stats and link to players' Elite Prospect profile:

Link: click here
http://thehockeywriters.com/2014-nhl-mock-draft-three-round-final-edition/

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^See how the Flames did!