How do the draft lists of our NHL experts compare? All five bring different perspectives. Signs point toward a strong forward class and most of the intrigue starts with pick No. 5. The Athletic's 2023 NHL Draft consensus big board ⤵️
got the lone other second-place ranking, but finishing fifth on the McKenzie poll, and going fourth behind Leo Carlsson for both Peters and Button was enough to drop him to fourth on the aggregate.But the real intrigue starts after number five — where Will Smith clocks in — because that’s where the variance really starts.
Slovak center Dalibor Dvorsky, for example, clocked in at sixth overall despite not finishing that high on any of the five lists — a function of everyone having him in their top nine. Ryan Leonard, meanwhile, got to No. 7 from a different route — finishing at No. 11 or 12 on three of the five lists, but bringing himself up by finishing sixth for Peters and the McKenzie survey.March top 40
, finishing top 11 on four of the five lists — Zach Benson and Gabe Perreault, who rose from 16th. At 6-foot-3, Wood is much larger than Benson or Perreault, and his near-point-per-game season in the NCAA came against older players than the smaller Benson and Perreault . But ultimately, the three were a cluster within decimals of each other on the final average.
That all being said, even as good as this forward class may be, it was still a surprise not to see a defender in the top 10, mainly because four of the five lists had at least one in that range, with Pronman and Button each having two. But David Reinbacher — the defender Pronman, Wheeler, McKenzie and Peters all ranked first, and the favorite to be first off the board in Nashville — didn’t clock in on Button’s list until 20, which brought down the average just enough to knock him out of the elite group. He was the very next name, though, and headlines the blue line class for 2023.
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