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Best and worst NHL Draft prospect scenarios
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Best and worst NHL Draft prospect scenarios
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We’re a couple of days removed from the NHL Draft Lottery, with the Toronto Maple Leafs jumping up to grab the No. 1 pick, and today the guys discuss why the Leafs should and should not take Gavin McKenna first overall. Before that, the crew breaks down Scott’s latest full first round mock draft. Plus, the optimistic and pessimistic cases for top players in this summer’s draft to close things out.
0:00 Intro
0:40 Scott Wheeler’s first post-NHL Draft Lottery mock draft
3:30 Could Alberts Smits be available for the Florida Panthers at No. 9?
5:56 Who are comps for Carson Carels?
7:14 Could Ivar Stenberg slip to the Chicago Blackhawks at No. 4?
10:48 Why the Toronto Maple Leafs should take Gavin McKenna at No. 1
15:40 Why the Toronto Maple Leafs should take a defenseman at No. 1
24:48 Should the San Jose Sharks address their defensive needs at No. 2?
28:28 Why Chris Peters currently has Chase Reid at No. 2
31:18 A way-too-early, hypothetical Artyom Levshunov-to-the-Sharks trade
34:08 Pessimistic and optimistic cases for NHL Draft prospects
34:23 Caleb Malhotra
37:17 Viggo Bjork
43:28 Ethan Belchetz
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