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Re: Prospects and Juniors

From: (Anonymous)
I know pretty much nothing about this year's draft class...Anyone care to fill me in? I'd love to hear about your faves if you have some already! Recs for articles, podcasts, videos, etc focused on one or more of them are extremely welcome too. Thanks!

Re: Prospects and Juniors

From: (Anonymous)
Patrik Laine (Finland estimated to go 2nd, has been talk of him being equal with Matthews) gave this super chill interview during the draft lottery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o5BUvvAspw

He's also said he'll be as good as Ovechkin within 5 years
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/prospect-interest-411-patrik-laine/

Also, according to his stats, he's HUGE.
Age on June 24: 18
From: Tampere, Finland
Current Team: Tappara Tampere
Position: Left Winger
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 206 pounds
Twitter account: @PatrikLaine29
NHL Central Scouting Rank (European): 2nd

Re: Prospects and Juniors

From: (Anonymous)
Matthew Tkachuk is an American forward projected to go somewhere in the top 10 (most lists I've seen put him at 4-6). He's also an NHL baby (his dad is Keith Tkachuk) and he used to attend Blues practices with his dad when he was a kid. His family also billeted some of the team's rookies/younger players, including David Backes and Lee Stempniak, so he knows some of the older players already in the league.

His OHL team, the London Knights, just won the Memorial Cup in overtime and he scored the winning goal. He also plays for Team USA and is good friends with Christian Fischer (a Coyotes prospect from last year's draft class and one of Auston Matthews' bffs). He's also fairly good friends with Auston Matthews, as far as I can tell.

He plays on a line with Christian Dvorak and Mitch Marner on the London Knights, too, and apparently he takes great joy in annoying the crap out of Dvorak. There's an article about them here:

http://www.lfpress.com/2016/05/20/off-the-ice-london-knights-stars-take-great-joy-in-annoying-each-other

They put up an article about his combine interview with the Blues here:

https://www.nhl.com/news/matthew-tkachuk-interviews-with-blues/c-280860520