FOHL Insider #1

TSN has assembled their draft experts, Craig Button, Bob McKenzie, Ray Ferraro, Pierre LeBrun and Pierre McGuire to create a comprehensive ranking of the 2019 Priority and Import drafts. Each expert was asked to rank their top twenty in each draft, and those lists were measured to create one master ranking. We're going to finish up with the Import Draft. 1. Martin Chromiak  - LW 6'0, 180lbs Slovakia, '02 Highest Ranking: 1 Lowest Ranking: 2 2. Oliver Suni  - RW 6'2, 190lbs Finland, '02 Highest Ranking: 1 Lowest Ranking: 4 3. Yevgeni Oksentyuk  - RW 5'7, 170lbs Belarus, '01 Highest Ranking: 3 Lowest Ranking: 6 4. Ruben Rafkin  - D 6'0, 180lbs Finland, '02 Highest Ranking: 2 Lowest Ranking: 9 5. Jan Mysak  - LW 6'0, 180lbs Czech Republic, '02 Highest Ranking: 2 Lowest Ranking: 12 6. Nick Malik  - G 6'2, 190lbs Czech Republic, '02 Highest Ranking: 5 Lowest Ranking: 11 7. Axel Bergkvist  - D 5...

TSN has assembled their draft experts, Craig Button, Bob McKenzie, Ray Ferraro, Pierre LeBrun and Pierre McGuire to create a comprehensive ranking of the 2019 Priority and Import drafts. Each expert was asked to rank their top twenty in each draft, and those lists were measured to create one master ranking. We're going to start with the Priority Draft. 1. Shane Wright - C 6'0, 185lbs Highest Ranking: 1 Lowest Ranking: 1 NHL Comparable: Sidney Crosby 2. Mason McTavish  - C 6'1, 185lbs Highest Ranking: 2 Lowest Ranking: 3 NHL Comparable: Ryan Getzlaf 3. Brandt Clarke  - D 6'1, 185lbs Highest Ranking: 2 Lowest Ranking: 6 NHL Comparable: Alex Pietrangelo 4. Francesco Pinelli  - C 6'0, 180lbs Highest Ranking: 3 Lowest Ranking: 5 NHL Comparable: Patrick Kane 5. Brett Harrison - C 6'1, 185lbs Highest Ranking: 3 Lowest Ranking: 12 NHL Comparable: Kevin Hayes 6. Connor Lockhart  - C 5'9, 175lbs Highest Ranking: 7 Lowest Rankin...

Never has the market been so stagnant, and never has the divide between buyers and sellers been so dramatic. The trade deadline usually is an exciting time of rapid trades and blockbusters that rock the foundation of the league. It transforms contenders into favorites and separates the strong from the weak. Last year we saw Sault Ste Marie stake a claim to their eventual throne by acquiring Cam Dineen, Drake Rymsha and Will Bitten among others. We saw contenders like Mississauga pick up Jonah Gadjovich, Sudbury acquire Cole Fraser, London get Jordan Kyrou and the big showstopper trade where Michael DiPietro went to Saginaw. The sheer amount of star power available, and the more than half dozen teams with a legitimate chance at the Memorial Cup made for an exciting time. Activity was at an all time high, trade talks had everyone engaged for hours. 2018 Trade Deadline The outlook is a little more bleak a year later. If last season's deadline was a bustling metropolis...