Their Pick: Jack Peart, D, Fargo Force (USHL)
Their Take:"While tracking the draft last year, I was pleasantly surprised by how often the Panthers, under new GM Bill Zito, selected players who were almost always right near the top of the McKeens list of available talents. It was almost uncanny. So, who are the top four players on our board right now? Simon Robertsson, a Swedish winger with speed and a bigtime shot; Oskar Olausson, another Swedish winger, who plays a mature game that is currently better off the puck than on, but should improve the latter with additional time in the SHL; Mackie Samoskevich, a playmaking speedster from the USHL who will be joining the three from Michigan next year in Ann Arbor; Peart, the top player from the Minnesota high school ranks last year, who also impressed with his half-season with Fargo of the USHL with his incredibly mature overall game."