Elite Prospects Dir. of North American scouting Mitch Brown and lead scout David St-Louis will once again answer your most pressing questions about the #2023NHLDraft , our draft guide, and more! Premium subscribers can download our 2023 NHL Draft Guide here: https://www.eliteprospects.com/2023draftguide?utm_source=Organic_Social&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=DG_2023_P2
Timestamps:
0:00 Stream starts
1:01 Blueline targets for the Habs
2:45 Luca Cagnoni
3:43 What has been Eduard Sale’s downfall this season?
4:41 Is Dmitri Simashev similar to Jake Sanderson?
6:27 Is there a gap between Juraj Slafkovsky and Samuel Honzek?
8:46 Top 5 ‘Best Names’ in the 2023 draft
9:48 Will Zach Benson fall to Pittsburgh at 14?
10:45 Is there an argument to take Will Smith before Leo Carlsson?
11:37 Matthew Wood and skating
13:50 Honzek’s upside
15:28 Does Jason Robertson’s development help Wood’s case?
17:50 Is Adam Fantilli still 2 if Matvei Michkov isn’t in the KHL?
20:26 Zachary Bolduc’s development
21:39 Who should the Blackhawks target at 19?
23:21 How deep is the 2024 NHL Draft?
24:44 Sleeper late round picks and overagers
27:13 Ryan Leonard and Mikey McLeod
28:26 Colby Barlow’s upside
29:48 Ducks targets in the second and third round
33:00 Can Brayden Yager still be a top-six forward?
34:12 The NTDP’s top line is going to Boston College next season
36:22 Ryan Leonard is the Third Tkachuk Brother
38:35 Early vs. late birthdays
41:42 Leonard vs. Jimmy Snuggerud
42:56 Best player available at 28
43:48 Lukas Dragicevic’s ceiling
44:50 Should the Rangers trade Alexis Lafreniere?
49:42 Would Oliver Moore outproduce Will Smith if he was on the NTDP’s top line?
52:04 Rasmus Kumpulainen & Jesse Kiiskinen
52:57 Are we livestreaming the NHL Draft?
53:14 Matthew Wood’s growth spurt
54:27 Mitch’s last meal on earth
54:50 Is Gabe Perreault a boom or bust prospect?
55:19 Who’s Mitch and David’s favourite player in the draft?
55:45 Is the SHL or KHL harder?
56:18 How to rank players who don’t make an impact on the scoresheet?
59:02 Thoughts on NHLe?
1:01:26 Kalem Parker & Justin Kipkie
1:02:35 Bizarre top 10 picks
1:03:48 Is Dalibor Dvorsky a top 3 player in the draft?
1:04:43 Rumours that Jayden Perron is going ahead of Connor Bedard
1:05:08 Is the 2023 draft better than the 2015 class?
1:05:57 Who should Detroit pick at 9 & 17?
1:05:46 Benson or Leonard for Montreal?
1:08:02 Nadeau brothers (Josh & Bradly)
1:09:50 Is Mikhail Gulyayev boom or bust?
1:11:53 How would Simashev have looked in the NTDP?
1:12:15 Which player is like David Kampf?
1:13:52 Can Nate Danielson be one of the best players in this draft in the future?
1:13:28 Which Leafs prospect has the highest ceiling not named Matthew Knies?
1:14:13 Is Etienne Morin the best NA defender in this draft class?
1:15:23 Jordan Tourigny’s Combine performance
1:16:01 Is Nick Lardis available at 35?
1:16:35 Anaheim should go back to the Mighty Ducks jerseys
1:16:52 Owen Pickering’s development
1:17:25 Top German prospects
1:18:11 Would the Ducks pick Michkov over Fantilli?
1:19:09 The best environment for Will Smith
1:20:16 Who will be the first overager drafted?
1:21:06 Ryan Conmy
1:28:48 Calum Ritchie
1:23:23 Raving about Quentin Musty
1:25:25 Most boring player ranked high
1:25:43 Riley Heidt’s upside
1:26:17 First round talents who will drop to the second or third rounds
1:27:22 Damian Clara
1:27:38 Ducks need to stock up on forwards
1:27:50 Simashev being ranked at 5
1:28:50 Who is this year’s Logan Cooley
1:29:04 We failed at evaluating the 2020 Draft
1:29:22 The Winnipeg Ice moving to Wenatchee
1:29:56 Luca Cagnoni again
1:30:35 Ideal linemates for Connor Bedard in this draft class
1:30:55 Mitch loves Philippe Blais-Savoie
1:32:03 Is Perreault’s skating that bad?
1:33:17 How does Mitch select games to track?
1:34:22 Rapid fire answers – Bedard has a Marchand edge, does Benson go first in 2022, is Danielson a top 10 pick, does Detroit get a better player than Raymond at 9, the best Finn in this class, what boxes does Brindley not check as a small forward, the three best skaters in the draft besides Moore, do we have Carey Terrance too low, Honzek’s best characteristic, Felix Nilsson or Felix Unger Sorum, trends with players who missed time due to covid, Smith and Benson’s linemate situations, who was the most hotly debated prospect within the EP team, what has changed in the way we evaluate prospects
1:43:12 Stream ends, thank you!
10 Comments
This time, we managed to start at 8 pm, but had some sound issues during the stream. At least we're moving in the right direction! We'll try to do more of these streams in the future.
Volume is better now.
Btw, you're stream is fantastic. Exactly what we want and need. Keep up the great work!
Love your show. Question for you both. Has the Elite Prospects website been updated with heights & weights from the combine? Thanks.
Thank you for a great video! Konsta Helenius is also a high end Top Prospect in 2024 draft. At least for Finland it will be a much better draft class than the 2023 draft class. Here´s one question about the 2024 draft. Is Emil Hemming the same level and profile player as Kasper Halttunen?
Love the stream, this was great
Thank you guys! It's awesome to be able to ask our "couch scout" questions to real scouts 👍
I think Logan Cooley >>> Will Smith
Love these videos. Elite Prospects should have a podcast
Wood skating doesn't look good, but if you look carefully his mechanic is really good, he have a powerfull stride and he moves the feet fast and he have a really good posture and angle. But if you look to his legs, they are in X (valgum), you can clearly see it when he's doing cross over with a lot of side g-force, his legs are doing a so big external angle. Its really rare for an high level athlete to see that but it happen in this case. If its not corected it can result to injuries to knies or ankles sooner than later in his carreer. Take notes of that.
Can you do a post draft stream