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)

• 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

Stats

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

Worth Retweeting

A name you better get to know – Dylan Larkin (@Dylanlarkin39). #Wolverines commit impressed at #AAPG. Story: http://t.co/qomUoTT01T

— MiHockey (@MiHockeyNow) September 30, 2013

PHOTO: 2014 Under-18 Five Nations Tournament champions. @usantdp @usahockey #TeamUSA #5NationsU18 #GoUSA pic.twitter.com/pSIymGoP0C

— USA Hockey’s NTDP (@USAHockeyNTDP) February 8, 2014

http://t.co/dTmaEKMf2A
#23 Dylan Larkin @Dylanlarkin39
Dangerous quickness & outside speed… Generates offense from high percentage areas.

— ISS Hockey (@ISShockey) March 9, 2014

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Profiles

• Profile 1: Mike Repertorio at Pro Puck Prospects
• Profile 2: From NotYourAverageHockeyBlog.com
• Profile 3: (click link within tweet)

March @FCHockey Newsletter out. Updated 100, Dylan Larkin feature by @CRoatis, Draisaitl report from me and more! http://t.co/lh3kECP4tU

— Zenon Herasymiuk (@ZenonHerasymiuk) March 6, 2014

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.

Video

• Video 1: Alex Tuch and Dylan Larkin score just seconds apart from USHLInteractive
• Video 2:  Interview from USAHockeyHQ

About NHL Draft War Room Series

This series is compiled by Eldon MacDonald and edited by @ChrisRalphTHW)