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    The has come and gone in a Vancouver minute, and although it will take several years to determine the real winners and losers from the annual two-day event, its worth a shot to predict each teams overall performance.As expected, Jack Hughes went to the New Jersey Devils with the first overall pick, and the New York Rangers took an impre sive consolation prize in Finnish power winger Kaapo Kakko. The rollercoaster ride of emotion and excitement soon followed, with several top-rated prospects going either higher (Kirby Dach to the Blackhawks at No. 3) or lower (Cole Caufield to Montreal at 15th overall) than a sumed. Larry Bowa Jersey NHL Draft 2019: But what about the draft as a whole? Its time to start slapping some preliminary draft grades on each teams prospect haul. There are several factors I consider in a signing grades.Players picked relative to where I ranked them. If a team drafted a player in a later round that I had earmarked for earlier, then it helps the grade, while the opposite hurts it.Teams that addre sed a need or had an identifiable strategy centered on speed, hockey sense and puck skills got better grades than those who made seemingly random picks or favored size and strength.Teams that went heavy on draft over-agers not ranked in my top 50 got docked.MORE 2019 NHL DRAFT: | Without further ado,Sporting News has final draft grades for every team.Anaheim Ducks Things started out great for Anaheim as they got Jorge Alfaro Jersey a steal at No. 9 in slick set-up man Trevor Zegras and goal-scoring winger Brayden Tracey (29th) late in the first round. They took a gamble on offenseman Jackson Lacombe (39th), whose size and speed make up for serious shortcomings on defense. Their last four picks centered on the ability to defend their own end, and few forwards in the draft are as good at it as former NTDPer Trevor Janicke (132nd). Henry Thrun (101st) has two-way upside from the back end, while stay-at-home types William Francis (163rd) and Mathew Hill (186th) each have low ceilings for future point production. The real prize of Anaheims draft cla s is Zegras, who has the skills and elite hockey sense to vault to the top of their prospect depth chart. Grade: B+ Arizona Coyotes The Coyotes went forward-heavy in Vancouver, with an obvious emphasis on speed and skill. After trading up with Philadelphia on Frday to grab graceful puck mover Victor Soderstrom at 11, GM John Chayka opened Day 2 with playmaking center John Farinacci followed by three consecutive wingers with speed Matias Maccelli (98th), Alexandr Darin (107th) and Aku Raty (151). Arizona then picked up two additional centers in 200-foot pivot Anthony Romano (176th) and Swi s import Valentin Nu sbaumer (207th) a preseason first rounder, and ended their weekend with hard-shooting point man Axel Bergqvist (200th).Although trading up three spots to grab Soderstrom seemed unnece sary since neither team picking after them took a defender, the fact that they went for skill at every position, plus drafted a po sible heir apparent Juan Samuel Jersey for Oliver Ekman-Lar son, is good enough to cla sify this draft as a succe s. Grade: B+ Boston Bruins The Bruins didnt come to Vancouver with picks to burn, so they played conservative hands on both days. Taking swift-skating power center John Beecher (30th) was expected, as he plays that physical, North-South game the organization requires from its forwards. It may take two or three years at Michigan for Beecher to realize his scoring potential, but hes a specimen nonethele s. Hard-working winger Quinn Olson (92nd) also is a speedy college recruit who may need some time to marinate against NCAA competition, but he has good puck skills and smarts to earmark him as a potential middle-line player. Finnish center Matias Mantykivi (185th) represents the lone fine se player drafted by Boston, and center Jake Schmaltz (192nd), a North Dakota recruit, was a surprise considering he was far down on the Chicago Steels depth chart and was outperformed by multiple draft-eligible teammates.The biggest shocker, however, was the selection of two-way defender Roman Bychkov (154th), who became the first Ru sian-league defenseman drafted by Boston since 2010. Although they mostly avoided pure finishers or playmakers, GM Don Sweeney and staff deserve credit for making something out of the few picks they had, and identifying speed and mobility as important characteristics of their draftees. Grade: B Buffalo Sabres The Sabres went into the draft already ble sed with a fairly deep pool of prospects and a developing core of young leaders at the NHL level, so this wasnt a make-or-break draft as in previous years. They opened the first round by taking versatile power forward Dylan Cozens (7th), whose work ethic and team-first attitude will come in handy when the Sabres go through a down period. A nice compliment to Jake Arrieta Jersey Cozens hard-charging style is poised defender Ryan Johnson (31st), who has the hands, smarts and speed to put up points but excelled in his role as a shutdown defenseman for Sioux Falls. The next pick was a bit surprising, as they grabbed mammoth overage goalie Erik Portillo at 67th overall with a higher-rated goalie in Hugo Alnefelt and skilled wingers Patrik Puistola, Pavel Dorofeyev and Maxim Cajkovic still on the board. Portillo will play for the University of Michigan next season but is incredibly raw and still several years away from being considered an impact player. Winger Aaron Huglen (102nd) is a dual-threat forward with puck skills from the flank who like Johnson will play collegiately at Minnesota.It was surprising, however, that they pa sed on high schooler Ryder Donovan, who has better size, speed and pa sing abilities. With their last two picks, the Sabres took a pair of European overage wingers with limited upside in Filip Cederqvist (143rd) and Lukas Rousek (160th). The line of thinking may have been predicated on NHL readine s, but neither had as impre sive a pre-draft resume as at least two dozen players picked after them. Grade: B Calgary Flames The Flames seemed to put hard work and hockey sense as priorities Robin Roberts Jersey to become one of their draft picks, and few prospects personify those critical aspects of player development than winger Jakob Pelletier (26th) and 200-foot centers Ilya Nikolaev (88th) and Josh Nodler (150th). All three are versatile and reliable in any situation and play bigger than their listed measurements of six feet tall or smaller. They took a smart gamble of offensive-minded winger Lucas Feuk (116th), a Swedish national team regular who was one of the Superelits top 2001-born players and would have dominated had he been more consistent.Calgary closed out its draft with a potential steal in California-raised goalie Dustin Wolf (214th), who

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