21 players heard their name called at the BRHL draft who made teams out of camp, broken down by round
Round 1 - 12 players
Round 2 - 3 players
Round 3 - 1 player
Round 4 - 3 players
Round 5 - 1 player
Round 6 - 1 player
And now, a look by team and player. Three teams, Boston, Columbus and Colorado have 3 players from the draft making opening night rosters, but where they were taken, are very different.
Boston - Matthew Tkachuk (1), Charlie McAvoy (1) Janne Kuokkonen (1) - Good drafting in the first round by Boston, Kuokkonen a bit of a surprise making the NHL roster, but the Bruins iht on the early picks, as they should.
Columbus - Tage Thompson (2), Victor Mete (2), Jesper Bratt (6) - Bratt is the lowest drafted player to make a 23 man roster, and Mete was largely ridiculed by the masses (including yours truly), but Jesse is starting to get a reputation as a top drafter, and finding guys who can make an early impact will only enhance that.
Colorado - Matt Benning (2), Viktor Antipin (3), Paul Ladue (4) - 3 dmen that Shuck was high on heading into the draft, and in some cases, moved up to get. All 3 dmen are expected to play big roles for their teams this season, the downside? An expansion crunch awaits the Aves.
Los Angeles - Patrick Laine (1), Clayton Keller (1) - Hard to give much credit here, congrats to Tyler for not pulling a Devon and messing things up.
Washington - Austin Matthews (1) - No commentary necessary
San Jose - Tyson Jost (1) - You'd like to see him higher than centering the 4th line, but at least he's in to start the year.
Calgary - Mikhael Sergachev (1) - Should get prime look in TB
Buffalo - Michael McLeod (1) - He's hurt, so still up, not sure if he will get games in
Toronto - Pierre-Luc Dubios (1) - Trying to avoid the Hansford curse of first round picks
Montreal - Jakob Chychrun (1) - Hurt to start the year, but his spot isn't in question
Vancouver - Logan Brown (1) - We will see if he gets more than a cup of coffee
Ottawa - Jan Ruuta (4) - Holy crap, Kirk made a good pick. Ruuta will get a long look in Chicago
Detroit - Oscar Fantenberg (4) - Nolan with a nice grab as Fantenbergs all around game has translated well
Florida - Andreas Borgman (5) - Made the Leafs out of camp, Borgman even had an assist in his first game and looked comfortable.
