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2014 NHL Draft Thread

Brendan Perlini


[Future Considerations]
Perlini is a lethal combination of speed, puck skills, and hockey sense which allow him to make dynamic plays in all three zones. He plays a high puck possession game and thrives when the puck in on his stick. (October 2013)

Perlini has found chemistry with Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Carter Verhange and the two have been relied upon heavily so far this season for the young Niagara Ice Dog team. The speedy winger is not overly physical, but he has an ability to break games open, and when he scores, he scores in bunches. Perlini's defensive zone play and willingness to get the the dirty areas of the rink are areas for improvement.
Profile by Drew Lyon - Nov. 22nd


Brendan Perlini
Left Wing — shoots Left
Born Apr 27 1996 — Sault Ste. Marie, ONT
Height 6.03 — Weight 205 [191 cm/93 kg]

Brendan Perlini is a very good skater, with excellent speed and acceleration. He couples this with very good agility to be deadly off the rush. He is extremely hard to stop one-on-one. Add to that the good balance and power to be able to fight through checks and you have a lot of offensive potential here.

In the offensive zone, Perlini possesses very good hockey sense, good creativity and excellent vision to be a dynamic playmaker with the puck on his stick. He has good stickhandling, and puck protection skills needed to extend plays and give his linemates time to get open. He is very good in the cycle game. Perlini has shown off a much improved shot and release this season, and this is the biggest change in his offensive game. He has a great wrist shot, and also has a very good one-timer. While Perlini has great height, he could stand to put on more muscle and play a more physical game going forward.


http://lastwordonsports.com/2014/04/10/2014-nhl-draft-profile-9-brendan-perlini/

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This season should teach management that we aren't close. Be mad if we trade, unless for that big #1 Center.
 
The NHL draft lottery is on April 29th.

Odds of winning:

7th - 4.7%
8th - 3.6%
9th - 2.7%

On the off-chance we get a miracle, what are the guys at the top of the draft like this year?
 
I don't work in a front office, so dunno who would be available via trade other then rumour of stall
 
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On the off-chance we get a miracle, what are the guys at the top of the draft like this year?

No Tavares/Stamkos/Mackinnon. But there are 3 really good players with top line potential in Reinhart, Bennett, Ekblad. Drasaitl and Dal Colle might be in that group too.

We'd get our number 1 center.
 
It kinda sounds like Bennett, Reinhart, Ekblad, Draisaitl, and Dal Colle will go in the top 5 and we'll be looking at guys like Perlini, Ehlers, Ritchie, Virtanen, Fleury, etc.
 
Ekblad is a ****en beast. If we won, we would fill either our Center issue or top pairing issue.
 
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