5/09/2007

NHL Draft Predictions

This year's NHL Entry Draft is the most wide-open in years. It is also viewed as one of the most suspect in terms of talent in recent years too.

All the more reason to see where the FunHL mental giants peg the crop.

Please provide your predicted top 5 (the order they will be selected and the order they should be selected,if you figure the pros are going to look silly down the road - remember that Jagr went 5th in his year).

My predictions (subject to revision) are as follows:

Prediction of draft:
1- Chicago - Pat Kane RW, 5'10", 162lbs, London OHL
2- Philadelpia - James VanRiemsdyk LW, 6'3", 191lbs, USHDP
3- Phoenix - Kyle Turis C, 6'0", 162lbs, Burnaby BCJHL
4- Los Angeles - Jakub Voracek C, 6'1", 188lbs, Halifax QMJHL
5- Washington - Alexi Cherpanov RW, 6'0", 183lbs, Omsk RSL

(edited to add, without intending to I apparently have anticipated the top five from ISS' just released final rankings for this draft crop - predicting them in order with the top three and flipping 4 and 5)

Prediction of best players (5 years out)
1- Voracek
2- Cherpanov
3- Kane
4- Karl Alzner D, 6'2" 210lbs, Calgary WHL
5- Turis

Bonus prediction:
Columbus, host of the draft and owner of the #7 pick, will make a trade on draft day to move up into the top 3.

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