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Dayton, what about you? Is there anyone that kind of stood out as increasing their stock
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Were you? Yeah, I think Ryder Ritchie did quite a bit to show that he is a top 20 pick
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I don't know if that was guaranteed before heading into this, but I did notice that he is starting to come into his own as a play driver
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and someone who can make things happen when he's on the ice
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He was somebody I really noticed when I watched some of the Saskatoon Blades first round series
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against the Prince Albert Raiders. He was one who stuck out. The Raiders didn't look super strong, he did
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And I think he was the big reason why they were able to even win a single game against them
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Another one I think has increased his stock is Lucas Pettersson, who could be the first Swede off the board
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It's not guaranteed, there's not a lot of high-end Swedes heading into the draft this year
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Lucas Pettersson is making a case to be one of them. He led the Swedes in scoring with eight points, tying Melvin Ferenström
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Ferenström has a few other maybe concerns, if you want to call them that
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that have kept him outside of the first round for now. Maybe he's a first round pick, but I've read some stuff that maybe he still isn't quite there
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Pettersson, however, I think has shown that he should be a first round pick
1:24
Yeah, definitely. We've talked about him being in that area too. Yeah, for Swedes, Lucas Pettersson is probably going to be high up on teams list
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as being probably the first off the board for Swedes. But yeah, there are a few other names there that could potentially
1:42
but I think probably Pettersson will be the first one. I was just about to say, Alphonse Frey really stood out on the back end with his mobility
1:49
Considering how it's going to be a draft of defensemen, I think he could possibly push Pettersson in order to be that top Swede
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Yeah, he'd be the top competition for sure. Yeah, for sure. And Cole Hudson, I thought was really good too
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I mean, four goals, 13 points in the seven games. And we talked about maybe his offense kind of dropped off
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It's why he's been dropping on rankings. But that's a good, maybe a good omen maybe for the future
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that he was able to do it in this tournament. We'll see what he does
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I mean, this is the last real big push for increasing stock, I guess
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So we'll see where he goes in the draft. Again, his size is probably going to dictate that
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But we'll see. I think he's still probably pushing. If it's not end of first round, it's probably early second
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I don't know if he'll drop as far down as Lane did, but he may
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I mean, you never know what's with size these days
