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As the Edmonton Oilers get ready to step up to the podium tonight and make their first selection - 22nd overall - fans will be wondering what type of player the team can expect that deep into the draft. While it's certainly an inexact science, we here at edmontonoilers.com will do our best to let Oilers fans in on who could potentially be slipping on that -08- jersey hours from now. 2008 prospect collingwood football club s projected by various other outlets to go 22nd overall: Zach Boychuk, C - Lethbridge (WHL)Hometown: Airdrie, Alberta Ranked 22nd by McKeen'sNHL Central Scouting Director E.J. McGuire:Strengths: -Zach is a skilled, see the ice type forward. He quarterbacks the power-play and might be the best two-step quickness guy in all of junior hockey. In two steps he is at top speed and he can hit the brakes collingwood football club and delay the play with the best of them as well. Zach is an all-around offensive player who sees the ice well and just a treat to watch.-Outlook: -The question is whether or not his average size is enough to get him through the rough periods and the checking. There are other players in the NHL who have beaten that rap, Patrick Kane and Sam Gagner Team GP A PIM 2005-06 Lethbridge collingwood football club WHL 64 18 33 51 30 2007-08 Lethbridge WHL 61 33 39 72 80 Defence. Shoots Right. 6'2-, 212 lbs. Born: Natick, Massachusetts, USA, January 10, 1990.TSN: 20 CSS: 17 N.A. ISS: 21 RLR: 37 McK: 16 THN: 30 NHL Central Scouting's Jack Barzee:-John Carlson is a big burly defensemen, he is a real good skater and a strong skater. He runs the power-play from collingwood football club the top of the umbrella and he has a very heavy shot. He's a very self-assured kid and rightfully so - he's a boy, yet in a man's body and very physically strong ... I knew when I first saw him that he was a first-round pick. He was a guy I had seen before as an under-ager. He had all the tools - size, skill, physical presence and charisma.-Indiana Ice head coach Charlie Skjodt:-When I look at Jo collingwood football club hn Carlson, I just see pro written all over him. He's big, strong, can absolutely rip it. He's good on his feet and agile for a big kid. He's poised at all times and just has the mind for the game. He never gets rattled ... as a coach, you know what you are going to get every time John goes out on the ice.-In His Words:-I think I'm more of an offensive defenseman than the regular defenseman is. I collingwood football club like to jump into the rush and get my shot off on the point and the power play. I love playing special teams.-STATISTICS Season League G PTS Jordan EberleHometown: Calgary, Alberta Ranked 22nd by Red Line Report, The Hockey News and TSN's mock draft collingwood football club
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