View Poll Results: Who do the Flames select at #15?
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Jakub Zboril
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4 |
1.42% |
Yevgeni Svechnikov
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97 |
34.40% |
Travis Konecny
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27 |
9.57% |
Thomas Chabot
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54 |
19.15% |
Colin White
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4 |
1.42% |
Jeremy Roy
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17 |
6.03% |
Oliver Kylington
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52 |
18.44% |
Brandon Carlo
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11 |
3.90% |
Brock Boeser
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6 |
2.13% |
Jansen Harkins
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10 |
3.55% |
05-19-2015, 06:07 PM
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#21
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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Voted Svechnikov but really, one of Kylington, Konecny, Harkins are fantastic picks IMO.
I just really like the idea of size, speed, skill in one combination in regards to Svechnikov.
Loosely based on a Toffoli type player to me.
Konecny is a wild card due to injury problems but the skill is undeniable. Cammy esque maybe?
Harkins is what? Monahan Lite? Krecji JR?
And I really believe Kylingtons draft year is an abberation more than the norm. Crazy to think these are likely the option the Flames are looking at come draft day. I like it!
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05-19-2015, 06:07 PM
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#22
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Calgary
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Travis Konecny hands down for me. May still grow from 5 10. Perfect complement to Bennett on RW. Right shot. Passes all four elements the Flames draft on: Skill, character, hockey sense and work ethic. Just hope he is still available at 15. This article below suggests otherwise.
How Many Teams Will Regret Passing on Travis Konecny
POSTED BY PUCK DON'T LIE ⋅ MAY 13, 2015 ⋅ 2 COMMENTS
FILED UNDER DRAFT, OHL
“I try not to look at the rankings and I’m just going to do what I can do get a team to like me and just hope I can get as high as I can.”
Don’t worry Travis, I’m pretty sure there is more than one team in the middle of this year’s first round that is hoping you drop to them. Travis Konecny was the first overall draft pick by the Ottawa 67s in the 2013 OHL Priority Draft. The London, Ontario native spent years wowing scouts with his tremendous skill but then something happened, he didn’t grow as quickly or as tall as his peers. Konecny is one of the more skilled players in this summer’s NHL Entry Draft so much so that he stole the show at the CHL top prospects game this season, a game that featured Connor McDavid, and likely top-5 picks Mitch Marner and Dylan Strome. So why is Travis Konecny ranked anywhere from mid-late first round by scouting services? Because he’s 5’10 and 170lbs soaking wet.
As a 16 year old rookie, Konecny averaged over a point per game playing for Ottawa. That is a feat accomplished only nine times in the past decade, and one that puts him in a category with some guys named McDavid, Hall, Tavares, Stamkos, Seguin, Galchenyuk ever heard of them? (for the record the other two on the list are Ryan Ellis and Matt Puempel). Konecny accomplished something not done by guys like Strome, Marner, Lawson Course, or Pavel Zacha all OHLers who are projected to go ahead of him in the draft.
Looking to build on the incredible rookie season, it looked as though Konecny entered this year with a specific goal in mind, show the scouts that he is not just an offensive dynamo, that he could play the total. Unfortunately as a result his offensive production dipped. He didn’t put up the out of this world numbers seen by Marner, a player he was often compared to. The thing is, Konecny still produced more PPG than his rookie year and did so while battling through injuries as well as being the best defensive forward on his team.
In terms of skill, Konecny has just about everything you could ask for. He has blinding speed, incredible creativity and a knack for maintaining possession of the puck despite his smaller frame. Add to that a deadly wrist shot the ability to find the open space in the offensive zone and you’ve got one of the most dynamic offensive players in the draft. One think Konecny does that other top prospects often do not is contribute on the first PK unit. He possesses and awareness on the ice and an undying motor that gives hope that he can contribute in all three ends at the NHL level.
7333816“He’s too small, look at his production, he’s not what we thought he was offensively”, these are the knocks you hear most often when ranking Konecny in the 15-20 range of the draft. He will drop because he did have a slightly off year (which says something considering how impressive he was to watch), but someone is going to get a heck of a player. My gut feeling is that Konecny won’t get past the Los Angeles Kings at pick #13 and once again we’ll hear “where do they get these guys” when he is producing at Tyler Tofolli levels in 2 or 3 years. When looking for a comparable player, the name Sam Bennett comes up all the time. The one I see every time I watch Konecny in person is Zach Parise. Like Parise, he plays a two-way game, can play center or wing and has a physicality to his game that you wouldn’t expect (just ask Filip Chlapik about it after the top prospects game). When I watch Konecny I see his three-zone play, his creativity with the puck, and the fact that every shift seems to flow through him. Put all that together and I see one heck of a player that might surprise some people on draft day.
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05-19-2015, 06:11 PM
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#24
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Powerplay Quarterback
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voted Yevgeni Svechnikov but would have choose Nick Merkley if the choice had been there.
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05-19-2015, 06:12 PM
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#25
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Kylington for me. Looks like he possesses the best pure skills in this group, so with the right development I think he can become a steal at 15.
I'd be more than happy with a Chabot, Svechnikov, or Konecny too. This is gonna be a really fun draft to watch for sure
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05-19-2015, 06:21 PM
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#26
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by David Struch
Gaudreau - Bennett - Boeser
Klimchuk - Monahan - Poirier
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Close, but
Jankowski-Monahan-Boeser
Gaudreau-Bennett-Poirier
A top line to cycle you to death, a 2nd line to skate you to death
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05-19-2015, 06:22 PM
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#27
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: CGY
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Swing for the fences with Kylington. Maybe he turns out like 2008 15th overall pick and Swedish Dman Erik Karlsson?
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05-19-2015, 06:24 PM
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#28
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vinny01
Swing for the fences with Kylington. Maybe he turns out like 2008 15th overall pick and Swedish Dman Erik Karlsson?
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...or maybe he turns out like 2010 23rd overall pick Swedish defenseman Tim Erixon
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05-19-2015, 06:29 PM
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#29
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Franchise Player
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Better skating Sean Monahan please.......as in Jansen Harkins.
Realistically though, doubt I would be upset with any of these choices. Svechnikov would be great too.
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05-19-2015, 06:31 PM
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#30
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Stampede Corral
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Svechnikov if he's still available.
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05-19-2015, 06:37 PM
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#31
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: The Armpit of BC: Trail
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Was a toss up for me. Svechnikov sounds like the sexy scoring pick, Roy seems like a solid D-man, but we really could use some size on our back end. Carlo brings that size. Bit of an "off the board" pick but I honestly have no idea where he is going to go after 10.
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05-19-2015, 07:06 PM
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#32
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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I think we need a top defence prospect and there are 4 right in our wheel house, Brandon Carlo, Jeremy Roy, Jakub Zboril and Thomas Chabot. I trust our scouts to make the best decision but maybe Chabot would be my choice.
The reason I want a defenceman is because a top defenceman is getting as difficult to acquire as a top centre, so we need to develop our own. We already have a couple of centres on the rise and the rest of our forwards look promising as well. Oh yeah no to the Swede as it seems for whatever reason there are problems there. Maybe in the second round but there are also a few defencemen to look at there.
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05-19-2015, 07:30 PM
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#33
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#1 Goaltender
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Harkins
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05-19-2015, 07:55 PM
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#34
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Calgary
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Svechnikov for me. Really exciting to see the potential picks still there at 15. There will be some talent at 45, 52&53.
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05-19-2015, 08:04 PM
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#35
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: STH since 2002
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Like Chabot more over Svechnikov.
Paul Bittner could be a interesting pick if they are looking for a tough power forward.
Konecny if they want a fast skilled player. 5'10 might make them pass. But this kid is sharp.
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Last edited by Stay Golden; 05-19-2015 at 08:12 PM.
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05-19-2015, 08:11 PM
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#36
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Franchise Player
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I'm a fan of Chabot's skillset as a defenceman. Voted for him.
I would be satisfied with all but 2 or 3 names on this list, though.
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05-19-2015, 08:31 PM
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#37
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First Line Centre
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Voted Svechnikov but am very intrigued by Konecny and Boeser as well. I would love Konecny, if healthy, but am concerned that he is going to have durability problems playing against NHL level opposition.
I'd like to take another high end forward with the 15 and then go for 3 Dmen with our 5 2-3 rounders.
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05-19-2015, 08:56 PM
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#39
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
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Carlo because of the mean streak. We need a big mean defenseman. It would be ideal to pick up another late first to get 2 guys from this list or trade up in the second to get one of these guys that falls to the early second round
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05-19-2015, 09:03 PM
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#40
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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If Buffalo were crazy enough to offer the 21st OA + 31st OA for 15?
drool....
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