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Draft Preview 2018
It’s THN's XL-sized Draft Preview 2018 edition! We run down our top 100 prospects with scouting reports on each, plus NHL Team Reports with the short- and long-term prospect needs for all 31 clubs. Plus, features on Rasmus Dahlin, Andrei Svechnikov and many more. Also, a special section dedicated to the Humboldt Broncos and how the community is recovering.
TOP 100 PROSPECTS
BACK IN 2012, DEFENSEMEN were a hot commodity at the NHL draft. After right winger Nail Yakupov went first overall, eight of the next nine selections were rearguards. Heck, the New York Islanders took only D-men that year. And while we don’t recommend that strategy (spoiler alert: it didn’t work for the Isles), there are some incredible talents on the blueline in the 2018 cohort. In fact, don’t be surprised if there’s a run on defenseman early on in the picks when the festivities kick off in Dallas at the end of June. Rasmus Dahlin is in a tier by himself, but Adam Boqvist, Quinn Hughes, Evan Bouchard, Noah Dobson and Ty Smith all offer great upside, too. There’s also X-factor Ryan Merkley, who could go high or low: his fate…
HUMBOLDT STRONG
Everything you know and everything you understand is gone. But there is an opportunity that exists for us to heal and that can only happen with the Humboldt Broncos being on the ice– Humboldt Broncos president Kevin Garinger THEY’D MADE UP their minds. No more billeting hockey players, and that was final. Which was why this was just supposed to be a temporary arrangement. But then Conner Lukan stepped through the doors of Kevin and Kathy Garinger’s home and stole their hearts, what with all the passion and the pleases and the thank yous and the wearing of his heart on his sleeve. It only took a couple days before Kevin turned to his wife and said, “Can we keep him?” Kevin, who is also the president of the Humboldt Broncos junior…
MISTER DO-IT-ALL
TYLER KLEVEN, THE TALK of Team USA’s NTDP tryout camp this spring, is a prototypical NHL defenseman in the making. “He showed impressive composure in a field of pure skill and speed,” said one scout. “No panic in the face of an aggressive forecheck, and he made tough breakouts look effortless.” Already 6-foot-2 and 183 pounds, Kleven is a native of North Dakota who played for Fargo Davies high school this past season. He has already committed to the University of North Dakota, the team he has always cheered for. A punishing, physical player who can also jump into the rush, he’ll be a rare Fargo product to play for the Fighting Hawks once he gets to Grand Forks in a few years. As good as the program is, most of…
THOSE WE LOST
LOGAN SCHATZ 20 YEARS OLD, ALLAN, SASK. HAD IT NOT BEEN for an injury last year, Schatz likely wouldn’t even have been in Humboldt for his fourth season. “I thought he was headed to NCAA and wouldn’t be here,” said team president Kevin Garinger. When he walked into the gym, the other players knew it was time to work. “Logan would walk in and it would change, without saying a word,” said team vice-president Randy MacLean. “It wasn’t about demanding respect. He carried himself like he played and the way he played was an extension of who he was as a person.” ADAM HEROLD 16 YEARS OLD, MONTMARTRE, SASK. THE YOUNGEST PLAYER ON the bus, Herold would’ve turned 17 six days after the accident. He was up with the Broncos after finishing his midget season…
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