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...I'll say Drouin will also go 2nd or 3rd just because of his skill level and the euro factor and teams being a little gun shy with burning their franchise building picks on Russians and Finns. Maybe if a Swed were in the mix like Elias Lindholm. I said maybe. LOL
So ex-Flames GM Craig Button's got these as his Top 5 1. Seth Jones 1 Portland (WHL)2. Nathan MacKinnon 2 Halifax (QMJHL) 3. Aleksander Barkov 3 Tappara (FIN) 4. Jonathan Drouin 4 Halifax (QMJHL) 5. Valeri Nichushkin 5 Chelijabinsk 2 (RUS)From that list I'll say Seth Jones goes first and it's a no brainer simply because of his pedrigree and most teams want to land a franchise type defenseman to anchor their blueline. This guy should be franchise all the way! Yeah!I'll say Drouin will also go 2nd or 3rd just because of his skill level and the euro factor and teams being a little gun shy with burning their franchise building picks on Russians and Finns. Maybe if a Swed were in the mix like Elias Lindholm. I said maybe. LOL
My favourite is fellow countryman Sasha Barkov Jr.However he will picked at nr. 3 at best since we Finns are always underrated in annual drafts.Big size, great vision and unbelievable hockey sense
Wonder if FHNL's will draft Jones???Should just tell the gang so everyone else can plan. what do ya say San Jose???