2012 NHL Draft

Big Ev wrote:as my avatar and location shows, I believe Tomas hertl will be a surprise higher pick come draft day, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Ottaw have him ranked high. Really underrated, lots of skill and lots of size. Plays a Zibanejad type game.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Big Ev wrote:as my avatar and location shows, I believe Tomas hertl will be a surprise higher pick come draft day, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Ottaw have him ranked high. Really underrated, lots of skill and lots of size. Plays a Zibanejad type game.

Hertl the turtle?!?!? Slow as molasses.

Big Ev wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Big Ev wrote:as my avatar and location shows, I believe Tomas hertl will be a surprise higher pick come draft day, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Ottaw have him ranked high. Really underrated, lots of skill and lots of size. Plays a Zibanejad type game.

Hertl the turtle?!?!? Slow as molasses.

Not sure if you're joking but yes his footspeed is a bit of an issue. Reminds me of Jagr skating wise.

Slater Koekkoek – RD – Peterborough Petes, 6’2” 184

Slater was the second defenseman taken in the 2010 OHL Priority Selection. Slater played for the famed Notre Dame Hounds organization in Saskatchewan and returned to Ontario, bringing a very stable game to the Petes’ blue line. Slater gets labeled as a defensive defenseman, but we disagree and feel he has a solid two-way game. Slater plays a very complete game and is effective in all three zones. Koekkoek was a player who had the potential of being a top 10 pick if he had been healthy all year. Slater played just over one-third of the games this year and in that time we were able to gain enough viewings to be confident with our draft positioning on Slater.

Defensively Slater is extremely reliable, with great body positioning and decent foot work. He can hang with both small, speedy forwards and big bodied power forwards. His one on one play is the most impressive part of his defensive game, making him very difficult to beat. He’s very aware of every situation on the ice and rarely makes a mistake. He’s an anchor on the penalty kill and between his po- sitional play and willingness to sacrifice his body, he’s right at the top of this draft class with his play in his own zone.

Offensively, he quarterbacks the power play very successfully. He chooses his options very well and decides them quickly. He constantly uses a wrist shot from the point, which is an area where we’d like to see him wind up more often, to change things up a bit. He is very good at getting his point shot through and it is deflectable. His skating isn’t explosive, but is very smooth and he does generate enough speed, that he rarely gets beat. He always has great anticipation of the play going on, so he is very rarely out of position.

Had Slater not been injured, he would have been one of the safest picks in the draft.

Big Ev wrote:Actually Diddle it, I'm going with the guy I've thought the Sens will be drafting all along. Slater female parental unit diddling Koekkoek. Too much too like. I've had this gut feeling with him for a while now, and I think it makes too much sense for Ottawa's pick.

You heard it here first. Slater Koekkoek will be drafted by Ottawa 15th overall (if they do not move up to get somebody else).

Ceci or Koekkoek will be a Senator on June 22.

shabbs wrote:May ISS rankings...

http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=9653

NOTE: Bolded ones are who I think the Sens should target...

ISS Top 50 for 2012 NHL Draft
Rank Player Pos Ht. Wt. S/C DoB Team League
1. NAIL YAKUPOV LW 5'10 189 L Oct. 6/93 Sarnia OHL
2. FILIP FORSBERG RW 6'1 176 R Aug. 13/94 Leksands SweAI
3. RYAN MURRAY D 6'0 201 L Sep. 27/93 Everett WHL
4. MIKHAIL GRIGORENKO RW 6'3 200 L May 16/94 Quebec QMJHL
5. JACOB TROUBA D 6'2 196 R Feb. 26/94 USA U-18 USNTDP
6. MATT DUMBA D 5'11 183 R Jul. 25/94 Red Deer WHL
7. MORGAN RIELLY D 5'11 190 L Mar. 9/94 Moose Jaw WHL
8. TEUVO TERAVAINEN LW 5'11 161 L Sept. 11/94 Jokerit FinE
9. CODY CECI D 6'2 207 R Dec. 21/93 Ottawa OHL
10. GRIFFIN REINHART D 6'3 207 L Jan. 24/94 Edmonton WHL
11. BRENDAN GAUNCE C 6'2 215 L Mar. 25/94 Belleville OHL
12. OLLI MAATTA D 6'1 202 L Aug. 22/94 London OHL
13. SEBASTIAN COLLBERG RW 5'11 174 R Feb. 23/94 Vastra SweJE
14. ALEXANDER GALCHENYUK RW 6'0 198 L Feb. 12/94 Sarnia OHL
15. NICHOLAS KERDILES C 6'1 200 L Jan. 11/94 USA U-18 USNTDP
16. RADEK FAKSA LW 6'3 202 L Jan. 9/94 Kitchener OHL
17. THOMAS WILSON RW 6'3 203 R Mar. 29/94 Plymouth OHL
18. MATT FINN D 6'0 195 L Feb. 24/94 Guelph OHL
19. HAMPUS LINDHOLM RW 6'2 196 L Jan. 20/94 Rogle SweJE
20. PONTUS ABERG LW 5'11 187 R Sep. 23/93 Djurgarden SweE
21. SLATER KOEKKOEK D 6'2 184 L Feb. 18/94 Peterborough OHL
22. DERRICK POULIOT D 5'11 186 L Jan. 16/94 Portland WHL
23. SCOTT LAUGHTON C 6'0 177 L May 30/94 Oshawa OHL
24. ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS C 6'1 201 L Jan. 5/94 Dubuque USHL
25. COLTON SISSONS C/R 6'1 189 R Nov. 5/93 Kelowna WHL
26. BRADY SKJEI D 6'3 203 L Mar. 26/94 USA U-18 USNTDP
27. DALTON THROWER D 5'11 189 R Dec. 20/93 Saskatoon WHL
28. LUDVIG BYSTROM D 6'0 208 L Jul. 20/94 Modo SweE
29. ADAM PELECH D 6'2 210 L Aug. 16/94 Erie OHL
30. TOMAS HERTL LW 6'2 198 L Nov. 12/93 Slavia CzeE
31. DANIIL ZHARKOV F 6'3 197 L Feb. 6/94 Belleville OHL
32. STEFAN MATTEAU LW 6'1 210 L Feb. 23/94 USA U-18 USNTDP
33. MIKE MATHESON D 6'1 180 L Feb. 27/94 Dubuque USHL
34. PHILLIP DI GIUSEPPE LW 5'11 176 L Oct. 9/93 Michigan CCHA
35. ANTON SLEPYSHEV LW 6'2 187 R May 13/94 Novokuznetsk KHL
36. ANDREAS ATHANASIOU C 6'0 179 L Aug. 6/94 London OHL
37. MIKE WINTHER C 5'11 175 L Jan. 9/94 Prince Albert WHL
38. TANNER PEARSON LW 6'0 198 L Aug. 10/92 Barrie OHL
39. TOMAS HYKA RW 5'11 160 R Mar. 23/93 Gatineau QMJHL
40. TIM BOZON LW 6'0 183 L Mar. 24/94 Kamloops WHL
41. CHANDLER STEPHENSON C 5'10 192 L Apr. 22/94 Regina WHL
42. VILLE POKKA D 6'0 198 R Jun. 3/94 Karpat FinE
43. MARTIN FRK RW 5'11 204 L Oct. 5/93 Halifax QMJHL
44. NIKLAS TIKKINEN D 5'11 172 L Jun. 1/94 Espoo Blues Jr. FinJrA
45. PATRICK SIELOFF D 6'0 198 L May 15/94 USA U-18 USNTDP
46. JORDAN SCHMALTZ D 6'2 189 R Oct. 8/93 Green Bay USHL
47. SCOTT KOSMACHUK RW 5'11 185 R Jan. 24/94 Guelph OHL
48. CALLE ANDERSSON D 6'2 208 R May 16/94 Farjestad SweJE
49. HENRIK SAMUELSSON C 6'2 195 R Feb. 7/94 Edmonton WHL
50. BRADY VAIL LW 6'0 195 L Mar. 11/94 Windsor OHL

Riprock wrote:The Sens may very well trade their first for Rundblad*

*Rundblad= any player drafted previously

Riprock wrote:It's a crapshoot. Not sure who might be available, and an't really say as a fan what I think the Sens really need. Outside of Spezza and Turris, the Sens don't have a top 6 centre, so do they want to address that and try to draft a highly skilled centre? Do they want a RH defenceman? If so, offensive, defensive, or two way (i.e. a little of both, but not great at just one)?

Big Ev wrote:Here's a little writeup on Koekkoek from Hockey Prospect's 2012 NHL Draft Black Book:

Slater Koekkoek – RD – Peterborough Petes, 6’2” 184

Slater was the second defenseman taken in the 2010 OHL Priority Selection. Slater played for the famed Notre Dame Hounds organization in Saskatchewan and returned to Ontario, bringing a very stable game to the Petes’ blue line. Slater gets labeled as a defensive defenseman, but we disagree and feel he has a solid two-way game. Slater plays a very complete game and is effective in all three zones. Koekkoek was a player who had the potential of being a top 10 pick if he had been healthy all year. Slater played just over one-third of the games this year and in that time we were able to gain enough viewings to be confident with our draft positioning on Slater.

Defensively Slater is extremely reliable, with great body positioning and decent foot work. He can hang with both small, speedy forwards and big bodied power forwards. His one on one play is the most impressive part of his defensive game, making him very difficult to beat. He’s very aware of every situation on the ice and rarely makes a mistake. He’s an anchor on the penalty kill and between his po- sitional play and willingness to sacrifice his body, he’s right at the top of this draft class with his play in his own zone.

Offensively, he quarterbacks the power play very successfully. He chooses his options very well and decides them quickly. He constantly uses a wrist shot from the point, which is an area where we’d like to see him wind up more often, to change things up a bit. He is very good at getting his point shot through and it is deflectable. His skating isn’t explosive, but is very smooth and he does generate enough speed, that he rarely gets beat. He always has great anticipation of the play going on, so he is very rarely out of position.

Had Slater not been injured, he would have been one of the safest picks in the draft.

SpezDispenser wrote:

Big Ev wrote:Here's a little writeup on Koekkoek from Hockey Prospect's 2012 NHL Draft Black Book:

Slater Koekkoek – RD – Peterborough Petes, 6’2” 184

Slater was the second defenseman taken in the 2010 OHL Priority Selection. Slater played for the famed Notre Dame Hounds organization in Saskatchewan and returned to Ontario, bringing a very stable game to the Petes’ blue line. Slater gets labeled as a defensive defenseman, but we disagree and feel he has a solid two-way game. Slater plays a very complete game and is effective in all three zones. Koekkoek was a player who had the potential of being a top 10 pick if he had been healthy all year. Slater played just over one-third of the games this year and in that time we were able to gain enough viewings to be confident with our draft positioning on Slater.

Defensively Slater is extremely reliable, with great body positioning and decent foot work. He can hang with both small, speedy forwards and big bodied power forwards. His one on one play is the most impressive part of his defensive game, making him very difficult to beat. He’s very aware of every situation on the ice and rarely makes a mistake. He’s an anchor on the penalty kill and between his po- sitional play and willingness to sacrifice his body, he’s right at the top of this draft class with his play in his own zone.

Offensively, he quarterbacks the power play very successfully. He chooses his options very well and decides them quickly. He constantly uses a wrist shot from the point, which is an area where we’d like to see him wind up more often, to change things up a bit. He is very good at getting his point shot through and it is deflectable. His skating isn’t explosive, but is very smooth and he does generate enough speed, that he rarely gets beat. He always has great anticipation of the play going on, so he is very rarely out of position.

Had Slater not been injured, he would have been one of the safest picks in the draft.

Sounds really solid as well. I like that he's good in his own zone first and offensively second. Another Cowen?

THN has us picking Lindholm or whatever his name is.