Winnipeg Hockey Talk Mock Draft: Edition 1
Picks 1-12
Josh Morrissey
May 27, 2013 by
Josh Morrissey
Position: Defense
Born — Calgary, AB
Height: 6.00 Weight: 185 Shoots: Left
Games: 70 Goals: 15 Assists: 32 Points: 47 Plus/Minus: -14 PIM: 91
Josh Morrissey played this past season for the WHL’s Prince Albert Raiders. Morrissey wasn’t on Central Scouting’s radar in the pre-season rankings as a potential first round pick but that quickly changed after his fast start to the 2012-13 season. Morrissey opened a lot of eyes and he has slowly worked his way up the draft rankings.
Josh Morrissey has represented Canada at the U17 and U18 tournaments and has experience in high-pressure situations. [Read more…]
Valentin Zykov
May 25, 2013 by
About Valentin Zykov
HOMETOWN:
ST. PETERSBURG RUSSIA
League: QMJHL
TEAM: Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Height: 6’1 Weight: 215 Position: RW
GP: 67 G: 40 A: 35 Pts: 75 Plus/Minus: +29 PIM: 60
Valentin Zykov played this past season in the QMJHL for the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. In his first season in North America he was the second-leading scorer [Read more…]
Rasmus Ristolainen
May 25, 2013 by
Rasmus Ristolainen
Defense
Born — Turku, Finland
Height 6.03 — Weight 207 — Shoots Right
Team: TPS Turku League: SM-Iiiga GP: 52 Goals: 3 Assists: 12 Points: 15 PIM: 32
Finland (U20) WJC-20 6 2 4 6 20
Rasmus Ristolainen played this past season for for TPS Turku in the SM-Liiga, the top men’s league in Finland. This is very impressive when you consider that when he played [Read more…]
Curtis Lazar
May 24, 2013 by
Curtis Lazar
Position: Center
Born: Feb 2 1995 — Vernon, BC
Height: 6.00 — Weight: 189 — Shoots: Right
Games: 72 Goals: 38 Assists: 23 Points: 61 Plus/Minus: +25 PIM: 47
Curtis Lazar played this past season in the WHL for the Edmonton Oil Kings. Curtis is a very good player that was projected to be a Top 10 pick in the the pre-season rankings. A slow start to the year saw his mid-season ranking come in around the 15-20 range.
