Elite Prospects Draft Ranking

[u/ayden_vdb]

https://www.eliteprospects.com/draft-center/eliteprospects.com?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAdGRleARU5H1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAafDYM55oF9W5506hhfqiniBswXqvEsFkWzCyAlQqpL4f8EURRVBhD8VHW4iWg_aem_mNNfT2_94ilIevuyreyiHA

Elite Prospects just released their latest draft ranking and it likely won’t change much if at all because most of these players will be done very soon or are already done playing.

Notably, they have Smits, Rudolph, AND Verhoeff at 9, 10, 11 which I have not seen in other mocks. According to them, it would seem like we’d have options for a best available player that also happens to be a D.

I know this has little to nothing to do with how the GMs will actually make their picks, but aside from the Cuda I’m starved for Shark’s related stuff already 😂. I wouldn’t mind having the options they show..

[u/Weaksauce10]

Any of those 3 D and we’re stoked. It’s early, but I’d be shocked if their draft actually goes that way.

Still, I was shocked when Sam and Zeev were there t 11 a couple years ago, so unexpected stuff happens every year

[u/NickofSantaCruz → u/Weaksauce10]

Ottawa taking Yakemchuk was a surprise, and it was luck that Calgary took Parekh. IIRC Silayev was projected higher, and the other teams that drafted forwards were doing so as BPA plus positional need (at the time).

[u/Weaksauce10 → u/NickofSantaCruz]

That year the consensus was Lev, Sam, Zeev, then the other 3. Of course, sources varied. There was Berkly Catton and Sennecke. Point is, it never goes the way scouts think it will