Who are your top 3 targets in order of rank (realistically there).
here's mine...
1.) Olli Juolevi - a leftie, puck mover, fellow country-men and perfect pairing partner of Rasmus, an eventual PPL QB type. Just a no-brainer. If the D in this draft start to drop, which I think they will, GMTM will walk up, utter this guys name, and walk away. BTW... if Edmonton took him at 4, that would be 3 Finns in the 4 overall. For a country the size of Finland, they must know what their doing in terms of developing hockey players. USA Hockey should pay attention.
2.) Tyson Jost - might be a bit of a "reach" depending on who has been taken, but not in my estimation. Sure he played out in a lesser junior division, but he completely dominated... as he should have. He's headed to ND for at least a year, ala Toews. Some risk he stays four years, but I don't think that's likely given his skill set. His leadership qualities are through the roof and can play left wing. Two years from now... would love to see him on RORs left wing.
3.) Alexander Nylander - his skating has improved and would setup a nice Nylander rivalry just up the road to double down with the Matthews/Eihel rivalry. If this is who they end up with, it's to be Jack's eventual winger.
here's mine...
1.) Olli Juolevi - a leftie, puck mover, fellow country-men and perfect pairing partner of Rasmus, an eventual PPL QB type. Just a no-brainer. If the D in this draft start to drop, which I think they will, GMTM will walk up, utter this guys name, and walk away. BTW... if Edmonton took him at 4, that would be 3 Finns in the 4 overall. For a country the size of Finland, they must know what their doing in terms of developing hockey players. USA Hockey should pay attention.
2.) Tyson Jost - might be a bit of a "reach" depending on who has been taken, but not in my estimation. Sure he played out in a lesser junior division, but he completely dominated... as he should have. He's headed to ND for at least a year, ala Toews. Some risk he stays four years, but I don't think that's likely given his skill set. His leadership qualities are through the roof and can play left wing. Two years from now... would love to see him on RORs left wing.
3.) Alexander Nylander - his skating has improved and would setup a nice Nylander rivalry just up the road to double down with the Matthews/Eihel rivalry. If this is who they end up with, it's to be Jack's eventual winger.
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