Btw, i just clicked a few of those mock draft links since i'm bored as hell, and noticed Brock Nelson is projected to the Sabres in 2 of those. Interesting.... besides the top 3 or so guys, i honestly think Nelson may be the next best player from this awesome draft class. They say round two this year is as good as previous 15-30 picks..... Nelson is raw because he plays high school and is still atleast 2 years away from making his NHL debut. Thats the only reason his shock is dropping.... but he just scored like 95points in like 33 games this past season in Minnesota... not bad. Minnesota high school's develop a lot of NHLers.... also he's from the same HS as TJ Oshie. So, obviously the competition isn't that bad.

Big kid, loves to hit, goes to the net, and is said to be an amazing skater.

Sounds great, any idea what his post HS playing plans are? College? Juniors? ETC?

What about Jordan Weal out of Regina in the WHL? Another Ennis-Gerbe-Roy type in size, but has 102 points in 72 games on a shitty team.

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=110234

Eh Irony have you seen Riley Sheahan play at all this year? Seems like an interesting prospect.

Sheahan won't be available when we pick. The only thing I see as a possibility is trading with a team (Ducks [13th/14th] or the Bruins[2nd/12th]) who have two 1st rounders and picks in order to move into the 12-14 range, where most people have him predicted right now. There is no way this kid makes it to the late 20's where we'll be

NHL central scouting has Sheahan ranked as the 22nd NA skater in their final rankings. He was fifth in their mid-season rankings. It's not impossible for him to drop down.

Tionordi would be a steal that late, although it'll probably be 2-3 years at ND and another year in the AHL until we'd get to see him, a 6-6 Tinordi plaing with a 6-8 Myers sounds pretty damn good to me

I would love to see the Sabres draft him then let him go to London ( as he's drafted by the Knight) cause London turns out lots of pretty descent players in the NHL

If by some wild chance he chooses the OHL after committing to ND, any idea if he'll have 1 or two years of CHL eligibility left?

Impossible? No.....but highly unlikely to be certain. Here's why.

He has the prototypical frame teams love from a top six center, listed at 6'2" and 205 lbs. He may not have produced points the way he was expected this season, but also keep in mind the kid only turned 18 in December and is playing against guys in the 19-22 range mostly. Also in addition to being young, he has LOADS of talent as evidenced by the midseason Central Scotuing Rankings listed Sheahan as the #5 overall prospect in North America. Every year you see at least one or two people make a major push up the draft boards when things shake out closer to the draft and post NHL combine. This kid will be one of them. You can take that to the bank.

If by some wild chance he chooses the OHL after committing to ND, any idea if he'll have 1 or two years of CHL eligibility left?