NHL Draft War Room: Dylan Larkin

Dylan Larkin

THW’s NHL Draft War Room Rankings (E-Mac): #22 (Feb 2014)

THW’s NHL Draft Rankings – The Next Ones Edition (aka Chris’s List): #28 (March 2014)

Dylan Larkin
Dylan Larkin – USNTDP (USHL) (Photo: Tom Sorensen)
  • Hashtag: #MrPro
  • Team: #19, US U18 NDTP, USHL
  • Position: Left Wing
  • Shoots: Left
  • Height: 6’1
  • Weight: 190 lb.
  • Born: Waterford, MI, 30-Jul-96
  • Twitter: @Dylanlarkin39

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Other Rankings

16 – Future Considerations, Feb-14

17 – HockeyProspect.com, Feb-14

19 – Craig Button, Jan-14

20 – Bob MacKenzie, Jan-14

21 – NHL Combined – Mid-term, Jan-14

23 – ISS, Feb-14

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Profiles

Quotable

  • Chris Dilks at SBNCollegeHockey.com, “He’s a smooth skater that is very strong on his skates, and while he’s not as flashy as Schmaltz, he was nearly as effective in terms of creating offense. He plays like a pro player already. There’s become a bit of a bias against NCAA players in the first round of the draft, which could push Larkin towards the very edge of the first round, but he’ll be a steal for whichever team takes him.”

From the THW War Room

  • Eldon MacDonald, THW: A few words on Dylan Larkin:
    • Mr. Pro – Dylan Larkin just looks like a pro. He has that north/south style which would scream “power forward” if only he were just a little bit bigger. Add to that a pro defensive game and a high level of determination and intensity and you know you are making a safe draft choice with this guy.
    • Skills – Skating, passing, combined with those intangibles called drive, grit and vision and you have yourselves a hockey player.
    • Draft placement – Mid teens to mid twenties on most lists. He is  kind of like the Curtis Lazar of this draft (on and off the ice) – not producing high end points but doing the little things that make a good pro. Curtis Lazar looks like he will be all right; same with Dylan Larkin. For the record, Curtis Lazar went at 17 to Ottawa in 2013.

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