McKenzie's top 75 2015 draft final rankings

[timbit]

Bittner will be a stud IMO. Would be happy with him at 15

[Hockey Fan #751]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

And, OutOfTheCube's 'Cool Name' Awards

The 'Did Somebody Forget Part of His Name' Award: Joel Eriksson Ek

The Onomatopoeia Award: Daniel Sprong

The 'Most Likely to be a Game of Thrones Character' Award: Mackenzie Blackwood

The 'Best Player to be Announced by Bryan Murray' Award: Zach Senyshyn

The 'Best Potential Nickname' Award: Daniel "Darth" Vladar

The 'Best Movie Star' Name: Kyle Capobianco

Honourable mention for best potential nickname to Oliver "Buzz" Kylington.

[FlameZilla]

Originally Posted by cral12

Interesting to see Button has Kylington at 47th and McK's compilation has him at 24th - many still intrigued by what he could become. Wonder if he might still be a Flames' consideration.

If he slides to our 2nd round pick (45) he might be worth gambling on.

He could be the Swedish Keith Yandle. He could also be, I dunno, Tim Ramholt or something.

[Lanny_McDonald]

I would be happy if the Flames could walk away with any of the following.

Noah Hanifin (D)
Zack Werenski (D)
Timo Meier (RW)
Mikko Rantanen (RW)
Evengi Svechnikov (RW)
Brock Boesner (RW)
Pavel Zacha (C)
Paul Bittner (LW)
Christian Fischer (RW)
Brandon Carlo (D)
Matthew Spencer (D)
Ryan Pilon (D)
Gabriel Carlsson (D)
Pareker Wotherspoon (D)
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (C)
Filip Ahl (LW)
Stephen Desrocher (D)
Dennis Gilbert (D)
Keegan Kolesar (RW)
Christian Jaros (D)
Adam Musil (RW)
Jordan Greenway (LW)
Gabriel Gagne (RW)
Nicolas Roy (C)

Obviously a big focus on D and RW. Six picks in the top 90 should make this interesting.

[FlameZilla]

Originally Posted by New Era

I would be happy if the Flames could walk away with any of the following.

Noah Hanifin (D)
Zack Werenski (D)
Timo Meier (RW)
Mikko Rantanen (RW)
Evengi Svechnikov (RW)
Brock Boesner (RW)
Pavel Zacha (C)
Paul Bittner (LW)
Christian Fischer (RW)
Brandon Carlo (D)
Matthew Spencer (D)
Ryan Pilon (D)
Gabriel Carlsson (D)
Pareker Wotherspoon (D)
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (C)
Filip Ahl (LW)
Stephen Desrocher (D)
Dennis Gilbert (D)
Keegan Kolesar (RW)
Christian Jaros (D)
Adam Musil (RW)
Jordan Greenway (LW)
Gabriel Gagne (RW)
Nicolas Roy (C)

Obviously a big focus on D and RW. Six picks in the top 90 should make this interesting.

Lots of great D and RW to choose from. Fantastic opportunity to restock on prospects in our weakest area. Can't wait.

[dammage79]

Kylington's drop is going to be an abberation. Whoever gets him is going to walk out with a massive steal. I feel this in me bones mates.

[LIP MAN]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Kylington's drop is going to be an abberation. Whoever gets him is going to walk out with a massive steal. I feel this in me bones mates.

Me too. Reminds me of when Fowler dropped in his year. He's got some great tools IMHO.

[azzarish]

Kylington is a strange one. One of the best skaters in the entire draft. He'll likely be there at #15, but in a way you don't want to draft him there as there will likely be a better player available, but then again you just know he won't be around until #45.

[nik-]

I'd be perfectly content taking Kylington at 15.

[activeStick]

Imagine the Flames only used only 1 or 2 of their top 90 picks on dmen and opted to go with forwards / goalie with the remaining 4? This place would explode!

[nik-]

We used our seconds last year on size and a goalie when there was a decent sized group of D prospects in that area. It wouldn't surprise me.

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by New Era

I would be happy if the Flames could walk away with any of the following.

Noah Hanifin (D)
Zack Werenski (D)
Timo Meier (RW)
Mikko Rantanen (RW)
Evengi Svechnikov (RW)
Brock Boesner (RW)
Pavel Zacha (C)
Paul Bittner (LW)
Christian Fischer (RW)
Brandon Carlo (D)
Matthew Spencer (D)
Ryan Pilon (D)
Gabriel Carlsson (D)
Pareker Wotherspoon (D)
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (C)
Filip Ahl (LW)
Stephen Desrocher (D)
Dennis Gilbert (D)
Keegan Kolesar (RW)
Christian Jaros (D)
Adam Musil (RW)
Jordan Greenway (LW)
Gabriel Gagne (RW)
Nicolas Roy (C)

Obviously a big focus on D and RW. Six picks in the top 90 should make this interesting.

There seems to be lots of variance between rankings this year, more than usual maybe. This is going to be a fascinating draft year.

Flames have done a good job making sure they are well represented in this draft, I hope they stick to have quantity rather than packaging picks and moving up, just for the reason that it will be more fun researching and discussing new Flames.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by nik-

We used our seconds last year on size and a goalie when there was a decent sized group of D prospects in that area. It wouldn't surprise me.

I suppose but I think that's just you still upset about the 2nd round picks from last year. The quality and depth of defensemen in this draft are much better then lat years. Think you'll see atleast two blueliners in the 2nd round taken by the Flames.

If you go by Bob's list this year he has 20 D going in the first two rounds, 9 in the first 30 picks. 2014 had 15 in the top 60 with only 4 in the first round. Going back in previous drafts (looking at the top 60 points) 2013 had 17 D, 2012 had 21 and 2011 had 20. Clear dip in 2014.

2014 lacked quality and depth all around (you saw lots of overages picked) and looking through the 2nd round for defensemen I don't think we missed much. I wanted Roland McKeown (50th - Kings) but he took a step back last year. Looking back, we didn't miss much IMO.

Scrolling through I think there are a lot of options in the 2nd round and just beyond that of blueliners who are better or comparable to guys taken late in the 1st last year. With 5 picks from pick 31-90 I'd like to see 2-3 defensemen taken.

I find myself more familiar with this draft then any in recent memory and it should shape up to be a good one. With that said though I'm not expert and could be players taken in the 2nd round most of us have no idea about.

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

I suppose but I think that's just you still upset about the 2nd round picks from last year. The quality and depth of defensemen in this draft are much better then lat years. Think you'll see atleast two blueliners in the 2nd round taken by the Flames.

If you go by Bob's list this year he has 20 D going in the first two rounds, 9 in the first 30 picks. 2014 had 15 in the top 60 with only 4 in the first round. Going back in previous drafts (looking at the top 60 points) 2013 had 17 D, 2012 had 21 and 2011 had 20. Clear dip in 2014.

2014 lacked quality and depth all around (you saw lots of overages picked) and looking through the 2nd round for defensemen I don't think we missed much. I wanted Roland McKeown (50th - Kings) but he took a step back last year. Looking back, we didn't miss much IMO.

Scrolling through I think there are a lot of options in the 2nd round and just beyond that of blueliners who are better or comparable to guys taken late in the 1st last year. With 5 picks from pick 31-90 I'd like to see 2-3 defensemen taken.

I find myself more familiar with this draft then any in recent memory and it should shape up to be a good one. With that said though I'm not expert and could be players taken in the 2nd round most of us have no idea about.

Thats usually the case. Hickey came out of nowhere really last year. Mason McDonald was a bit of a surprise too.

[azzarish]

On TSN's scouting report for Sprong they project him as an elite scoring winger. That's unusually high praise for someone they've ranked 33.

What's the deal with Sprong? Are there issues there? I remember skimming over something in another thread about him.

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by azzarish

On TSN's scouting report for Sprong they project him as an elite scoring winger. That's unusually high praise for someone they've ranked 33.

What's the deal with Sprong? Are there issues there? I remember skimming over something in another thread about him.

He's a one way player and his father is a bit of a nut. Attitude is the main reason he's not in the top 10.

[mile]

Originally Posted by azzarish

On TSN's scouting report for Sprong they project him as an elite scoring winger. That's unusually high praise for someone they've ranked 33.

What's the deal with Sprong? Are there issues there? I remember skimming over something in another thread about him.

The career projections are done by Craig Button, they don't correspond to the rankings on the TSN list which are done by McKenzie.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by azzarish

On TSN's scouting report for Sprong they project him as an elite scoring winger. That's unusually high praise for someone they've ranked 33.

What's the deal with Sprong? Are there issues there? I remember skimming over something in another thread about him.

Sprong sounds like a slightly bigger Yakupov to me. Doesn't seem like the brightest kid, but oozing with natural talent that makes you wonder what he can do.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

He's a one way player and his father is a bit of a nut. Attitude is the main reason he's not in the top 10.

Sounds like a perfect Oiler pick.

[cannon7]

In my opinion, Zacha has the best chance of falling out of the top ten. Not that I don't think he has huge potential, just that with the injuries and suspensions he had this year scouts didn't get to see enough of him. That being said, if he falls to #15 you have to take him. He's easily the best power forward in the draft. Frankly, I take him over Crass 10/10. I don't even understand why Crass gets ranked so highly.