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Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh
Joined: 04.06.2011

May 29 @ 9:00 AM ET
Adam French: Draft Blog : U18's - Big Risers
lumlums
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 06.25.2011

May 29 @ 9:05 AM ET
This isn't a leafs blog...

*slams door*
Lahey
Edmonton Oilers
Location: del's basement chilling with S, AB
Joined: 03.07.2011

May 29 @ 9:07 AM ET
Frenchiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh
Joined: 04.06.2011

May 29 @ 9:08 AM ET
Frenchiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
- Lahey

Lahey
Edmonton Oilers
Location: del's basement chilling with S, AB
Joined: 03.07.2011

May 29 @ 9:09 AM ET

- AdamFrench

jimmc7722
New York Islanders
Location: TAVARES IS AN ASS!!!!, ON
Joined: 02.06.2008

May 29 @ 9:20 AM ET
Great Blog...
David_Volek
New York Islanders
Location: Trotzville, NY
Joined: 05.01.2013

May 29 @ 9:36 AM ET
Great Blog...
- jimmc7722

I agree, nice job! I enjoy reading about prospects.
Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh
Joined: 04.06.2011

May 29 @ 9:36 AM ET
Great Blog...
- jimmc7722

Three laughies eh...
jimi james
Location: Somewhere Between
Joined: 07.17.2010

May 29 @ 9:45 AM ET
cheers Adam
jugkope
Location: Possibly at the Zoo
Joined: 07.19.2009

May 29 @ 9:49 AM ET
Call me a sucker for skilled players that lay the body whenever they can even if they’re a smurf.


So you ARE a Habs fan then
Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh
Joined: 04.06.2011

May 29 @ 9:50 AM ET
So you ARE a Habs fan then
- jugkope

Haven't seen Gionta or Desharnais hit anything but the broad side of a barn lately.
BetterCallSaul
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Captain Morgan Rielly
Joined: 05.07.2013

May 29 @ 10:39 AM ET
Hey Frenchie, as it stands I think I would be ok with the Leafs taking any one of Ehlers, Fleury, Ritchie, or Virtanen. (assuming the top 5 stays as is).

As for Nylander, would you say he's a boom/bust prospect or worthy of top 10 consideration? And from what I have read he sounds a little like Claude Giroux, would you say that's a fair style comparison?
1979AD
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: "I'm a Sens Fan!" -Kaptaan
Joined: 09.08.2010

May 29 @ 11:19 AM ET
Where the (frank) is it 46 degrees celsius in May, Mercury?
SPIDEROCKSTAR
Seattle Kraken
Location: 🚺 à la toilette des filles, QC
Joined: 08.08.2010

May 29 @ 11:30 AM ET
Where the (frank) is it 46 degrees celsius in May, Mercury?
- 1979AD

Sebyria
Iggysbff
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Peter Chiarelli is a fking moron, Calgary, AB
Joined: 07.12.2012

May 29 @ 11:39 AM ET
Sebyria
- SPIDEROCKSTAR

Oh
Whiskey-Tango
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Classification: Bipolar-Tanker, QC
Joined: 12.10.2011

May 29 @ 12:01 PM ET
When you mention Kevin Fiala cracking the top "6" I'm assuming you might think Vancouver takes him seeing as how Feaster is no longer in Calgary....

He kindof reminds me of Linus Omark
Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh
Joined: 04.06.2011

May 29 @ 12:16 PM ET
Hey Frenchie, as it stands I think I would be ok with the Leafs taking any one of Ehlers, Fleury, Ritchie, or Virtanen. (assuming the top 5 stays as is).

As for Nylander, would you say he's a boom/bust prospect or worthy of top 10 consideration? And from what I have read he sounds a little like Claude Giroux, would you say that's a fair style comparison?

- BetterCallSaul

Nylander is more of a goal scorer than pass first like Giroux, but their build is similar. I'd say like a lot of slight high end skilled players he's got a boom/bust moniker, but only because he hasn't shown many signs of changing his game (though he's 17 so, you know).
Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh
Joined: 04.06.2011

May 29 @ 12:30 PM ET
When you mention Kevin Fiala cracking the top "6" I'm assuming you might think Vancouver takes him seeing as how Feaster is no longer in Calgary....

He kindof reminds me of Linus Omark

- Whiskey-Tango

You make me sick...
Whiskey-Tango
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Classification: Bipolar-Tanker, QC
Joined: 12.10.2011

May 29 @ 12:42 PM ET
You make me sick...
- AdamFrench





Agreed
tomburton99
New York Rangers
Location: NYR distrust, NJ
Joined: 07.13.2009

May 29 @ 1:06 PM ET
Could you see Jakub Vrana being a top 15 pick?
Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh
Joined: 04.06.2011

May 29 @ 1:17 PM ET
Could you see Jakub Vrana being a top 15 pick?
- tomburton99

Hard to say, a lot of teams like to shy away from riskier European picks and just stick with the CHL and USHL who have a large blob of two-way safe styled guys in that mid-late first. I would lean towards no.
hunglikeapuck
Montreal Canadiens
Location: Punta Cana
Joined: 07.14.2009

May 29 @ 1:50 PM ET
go habs go!!
ystoil
Edmonton Oilers
Location: Edmonton
Joined: 02.26.2011

May 29 @ 1:51 PM ET
Do you see Demko going in the first round?

How does his game compare to Gibson or Subban or Fucale? Is he in the same conversation as those guys in terms of top end skill at the same age?
Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh
Joined: 04.06.2011

May 29 @ 2:06 PM ET
Do you see Demko going in the first round?

How does his game compare to Gibson or Subban or Fucale? Is he in the same conversation as those guys in terms of top end skill at the same age?

- ystoil

I don't think he's as good as Gibson was at the same age, but his style is similar. I don't think any goalie goes in the first round this year. As for Fucale and Subban, both are similar in their energetic and athletic prowess being off the charts, but they are both boom/bust like a lot of those style of goalies. Demko is more of the style we're seeing, big, covers the net well, butterfly, has decent feet, problem areas above the shoulder.
Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

May 30 @ 1:52 AM ET
Sam Bennett gives me a big rise
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