Draft Grades

2020 NHL Draft Guide

Vancouver Canucks Draft Grade and Review

Vancouver Draft Picks: #5 – Elias Pettersson #33 – Kole Lind #55 – Jonah Gadjovich #64 – Michael DiPietro #95 – Jack Rathbone #135 – Kristoffer Gunnarsson #181 – Petrus Palmu #188 – Matt Brassard The Canucks threw Recrutes mock draft all out of whack just five selections into the NHL draft, choosing a player […]

Philadelphia Flyers Draft Grade and Review

Philadelphia Draft Picks: #2 – Nolan Patrick #27 – Morgan Frost #35 – Isaac Ratcliffe #80 – Kirill Ustimenko #106 – Matthew Strome #107 – Maksim Sushko #137 – Noah Cates #168 – Olle Lycksell #196 – Wyatt Kalynuk Philadelphia lucked out at the draft lottery, moving from 13 to the second overall pick, and […]

Columbus Blue Jackets Draft Grade and Review

Columbus Draft Picks: #45 – Alex Texier #86 – Daniil Tarasov #117 – Emil Bemstrom #148 – Kale Howarth #170 – Jonathan Davidsson #179 – Carson Meyer #210 – Robbie Stucker Columbus had a rather puzzling draft weekend that actually started at the expansion draft when the club surrendered its first-round pick so that Las […]

Carolina Draft Grade and Review

Carolina Draft Picks: #12 – Martin Necas #42 – Eetu Luostarinen #52 – Luke Martin #67 – Morgan Geekie #73 – Stelio Mattheos #104 – Eetu Makiniemi #166 – Brendan De Jong #197 – Ville Rasanen Carolina went into the draft with five picks in the top 67, so great things were once again expected […]

Calgary Flames – Draft Grade and Review

Calgary Draft Picks: #16 – Juuso Valimaki #109 – Adam Ruzicka #140 – Zach Fischer #171 – D’Artagnan Joly #202 – Filip Sveningsson Calgary needed a top-four defence prospect who can quarterback a powerplay in a few years, and managed to find just that with the sage selection of Juuso Valimaki at 16th overall. Valimaki […]

Arizona Coyotes – Draft Grade and Review

Arizona Draft picks: #23 – Pierre-Olivier Joseph #44 – Filip Westerlund #69 – Mackenzie Entwistle #75 – Nate Schnarr #82 – Cam Crotty #108 – Noel Hoefenmayer #126 – Michael Karow #128 – Tyler Steenbergen #190 – Erik Walli Walterholm The Coyotes entered the draft with a prime opportunity to fortify the young core on […]