Scouts, players and staff weigh in on the 2022 NHL Draft class in our final draft survey
2 years, 6 months ago

Scouts, players and staff weigh in on the 2022 NHL Draft class in our final draft survey

New York Times  

Follow our live coverage of the 2022 NHL Draft. Joakim Kemell, Marco Kasper, Jagger Firkus, Juraj Slafkovsky, David Goyette, Matthew Maggio, Lucas Edmonds, Owen Beck, Danny Zhilkin, Ben MacDonald, Jack Hughes, Owen Pickering, Nathan Gaucher, Mattias Havelid, Jimmy Snuggerud, Frank Nazar 2023 NHL Draft prospects who received a vote: Connor Bedard, Adam Fantilli, Eduard Sale, Jayden Perron Wheeler: I think it’s noteworthy how much love Savoie got from his peers in this. Here’s Winnipeg Ice head coach James Patrick from a recent conversation on Savoie, for a little more perspective: “He plays the game with a lot of pace. So I don’t find his size one bit of a hindrance.” NHL scout and staff survey I asked 19 scouts or front office staff the following question: “Who is your 2022 draft class favourite?” It’s a trickier question than the ones I’ve asked for this exercise in years past because they’re basically being asked to out the guy they’re likely pushing hard for internally, so I didn’t ask them to expand knowing that might be pushing it. WHL head coach: I’m going to go a little off the board but I think he’s off the radar.

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