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Detroit Red Wings Select Joe Veleno With The 30th Pick In The NHL Draft

06/22/2018 at 10:49pm EDT

via Craig Button of TSN,

Hometown: Kirkland, QC Nationality: CAN
HT: 6-1 WT: 191 Shoots: Left
TSN Ranking Mid: 15 Final: 14
NHL Ranking Mid: 13 Final: 8

Craig Button's Analysis
"Very industrious, diligent centre who doesn’t possess elite skills but will find ways to contribute in multiple areas."

Projection: Top 9 All-Around Centre
Comparable: Lars Eller

Below, Bob McKenzie of TSN on Filip Zadina...

added 10:58pm, A ten minute, over three years highlight package of Veleno is below....

TSN’s final rankings have Tkachuk at No. 3 and Zadina at No. 4, but there is a notable element of uncertainty there where little or none existed before.

For example, while Zadina is still very much a consensus top-five pick, relative to the other prospects, five of 10 scouts surveyed by TSN ranked him outside their top five. Five scouts had him in the top five, including three of them at No. 3, but he had three 6’s, a 7 and a 9 as well. That’s a far cry from the mid-season polling, when all of Zadina’s marks came in between 2 and 4.

“I don’t think Zadina necessarily did anything negative as much as so many others stepped up their game,” a scout said.

Zadina has quick hands and feet, thrives in tight and small spaces and is able to get off an incredible release on a shot that is arguably the best in the draft, as his 44 goals in 57 games would attest. He’s not as big and powerful as Svechnikov or Tkachuk — relative to the other top picks, Zadina’s physical testing scores at the NHL combine were, at best, average — but his ability to make plays and score goals is as good as it gets.

"Zadina has quick hands and feet, he thrives in tight spaces and small spaces and is able to get off an incredible release on a shot that is arguably the best in the draft, as his 44 goals in 57 games would attest."

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