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2nd Round (55th): Filip Gustavsson (G)
2nd Round (61st): Kasper Bjorkvist (RW)Red Line Report: So calm and relaxed in net – composed and exudes confidence. Team plays differently when he's in net – gives his 'mates confidence that he will bail them out on mistakes. Very good at getting low to absorb low shots, leaving no rebounds – soft pads. Great flexibility to get across crease quickly and cover far side post. Economical in his movements. Always manages to get squared up to shooters, even when moving cross-crease on his knees. Resets quickly for second shots. Takes away the lower half with an effective paddle-down style, but plays too much on his knees – needs to cover top corners better. Technically sound and always in position. Anticipates well and never has to get scrambly. Excellent directing shots to the corner with blocker. Finds pucks through traffic. Challenges when necessary. Doesn't play the puck much and doesn't handle it well when he does.
3rd Round (77th): Connor Hall (D)Björkqvist is a strong skater with good speed. He is not very agile or skilled skater, but it can’t be considered a weakness either. Björkqvist has a decent shot that he likes to use often. He is especially strong near the crease and can shoot quickly from tight spaces. Björkqvist is not known to have very smooth hands, but he can handle the puck relatively well at high speeds. Defensive plays and shorthanded situations are the ones where Björkqvist’s smarts really show. He is very good positionally playing PK and can often create turnovers and break passes. His offensive vision is actually quite good, although it is sometimes a bit underrated. The physical game is Björkqvist’s bread and butter. He is strong and knows how to use his body. He can throw heavy hits and won’t turn away from contact.
Source: http://www.hockeyprospectus.com/arponen ... h-forwards
4th Round (121st): Ryan Jones (D)Hall is a strong kid and likes to use his size and strength to play a nasty, physical game. He punishes forwards, especially along the boards. He makes life difficult for the opposition and can quiet the opposition by making them afraid to go into tough areas of the ice. Sometimes he can cross the line--he served an 11-game suspension for a check to the head to start the season. He's willing to stand up for teammates and drop his gloves if necessary though....Hall excels as a shutdown defender that is especially strong one-on-one. He maintains good gaps, and has a strong, active stick. He's got an excellent poke check and is good at getting his stick into passing lanes to disrupt plays....Hall moves decently for a player his size, but overall, his skating isn't a big strength. His lateral movement and footwork is especially questionable, and may cause him to struggle against faster, more skilled competition....Hall is and projects to be a defense-first defenseman. He's unlikely to cover up any mistakes he makes on the defensive end with strong plays on the offensive end.
Source: http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/2016/6/ ... ing-report
5th Round (151st): Niclas Almari (D)Sexton’s Take: "Ryan played in the USHL, he’s been through the draft a couple of times, little bit of a late bloomer, 6-foot-3, he’s extremely mobile like Hall and plays with a real edge. He’s going to be going to the University of Nebraska-Omaha next year."
Source: http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?i ... L|PIT|home
6th Round (181st): Joseph Masonius (D)Sexton’s Take: "Almari is a little bit like Oskar Sundqvist from a physical perspective. Tall but very lean. Oskar is in year 4 of the development program and kind of close to knocking on the door. Almari will be the same. He’s tall, but he’s very slender, very lean. He’s an excellent skater, he’s real smooth-skating, puck-moving transitional type D-man. Don’t know if he’ll ever play on our power play, maybe in a secondary nature. But certainly a mobile puck-moving, transitional type D-man."
Source: http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?i ... L|PIT|home
Sexton’s Take: "Extremely mobile. Not quite the same size as Ryan or Connor Hall, but very mobile. His puck skills are fine. And he also plays with some bite. It was a great example of a kid who played at the U.S. development program, was buried a bit behind some of the higher-end guys two years ago but when he got to Hockey East in UConn this year he had the opportunity to play a more prominent role and play with a lot of confidence and was really their go-to guy on the backend as a freshman."
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