It's paywalled, and I'm not totally sure how many I'm allowed to post. So I'll just like a couple
1. MacKinnon
2. Jones
3. Drouin
6. Barkov
8. Zadorov
14. Domi
15. Erne
30. Fasching
Admittedly I don't know much about these prospects, but I'd love Drouin on the Habs... perhaps as 4th overall? Thought Barkov would be higher, and Monahan at 5th overall.
Admittedly I don't know much about these prospects, but I'd love Drouin on the Habs... perhaps as 4th overall? Thought Barkov would be higher, and Monahan at 5th overall.
Monahan and Lindholm are ahead of Barkov. That seems to be a minority opinion from most of the lists I've seen.
Whether or not the rankings are correct, ESPN doesn't know jack about hockey.
I know it's fashionable to bash ESPN as a hockey illiterate entity, but these rankings were done by Grant Sonier who has experience as an NHL scout. It's not like these rankings were cobbled together by Barry Melrose. I wasn't a big fan of Sonier's 2012 Draft rankings, but I acknowledge that he's seen the draftees much more extensively than many of us.
I know it's fashionable to bash ESPN as a hockey illiterate entity, but these rankings were done by Grant Sonier who has experience as an NHL scout. It's not like these rankings were cobbled together by Barry Melrose. I wasn't a big fan of Sonier's 2012 Draft rankings, but I acknowledge that he's seen the draftees much more extensively than many of us.
That's true. I shouldn't senselessly bash it. I've just seen more than enough trash hockey reporting out of ESPN to last a life time.
I'm nowhere near smart enough to do anything other than guess on half of the first round talent. I can give a reasonable guess of the top 6 players and I would have
