Monday, June 29, 2009

Kibble's favourite forwards of the 2009 NHL entry draft

This is just a very short list of the forwards I feel are somewhat underrated from the 2009 NHL draft:

MATT DUCHENE(how could one be underrated at 3rd overall? Easy, I think his upside is enormous)
NAZEM KADRI
ZACK KASSIAN(better hands, playmaking ability than people give him credit for. He's going to be such a great character player for the Sabres, and if some people have their way and make the NHL goon a thing of the past, he'll be one of the best fighters in the league)
PETER HOLLAND(the Ducks drafted a Ryan Getzlaf clone here, folks)
LANDON FERRARO
KYLE CLIFFORD
ALEX CHIASSON
ANTON RODIN
JOSH BIRKHOLZ
RYAN HOWSE*
CODY EAKIN
ALEX HUTCHINGS*
LINDEN VEY*
CRAIG SMITH
ALEXANDER AVTSIN*
GABRIEL DUMONT
BRANDON KOZUN*
MICHAEL CICHY*
J SAMUELS-THOMAS
BENJAMIN CASAVANT*

*possibly huge steals for where they were drafted.

I feel that a lot of these guys will blossom into strong NHLers. That said, the future is always hard to see...

And here's some of the kids that didn't get drafted, for whatever reason but probably should have:
-Walters
-Goulet
-Dowling
-Mappin
-Hlinka

I just can't believe no team took a flier on Cassidy Mappin. He showed some of the best strength results at the NHL combine, compares to a poor man's Holmstrom/Cole and had some very nice setups for some of Landon Ferraro's goals from what I've seen. You can factor in the sheer depth of this draft, but I see no reason not to use a 6th rounder on this kid, let alone a 7th.

~Kibbles

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