NHL Draft Rankings: Top 15 prospects in June

FanSided’s NHL Draft rankings: Top 15 prospects (June edition)

By Simon Vacca | Jun 14, 2019

KOSICE, SLOVAKIA - MAY 18: Jack Hughes #6 of USA looks on during the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Slovakia group A game between Denmark and United States at Steel Arena on May 18, 2019 in Kosice, Slovakia. (Photo by Lukasz Laskowski/PressFocus/MB Media/Getty Images) /

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KELOWNA, BC – DECEMBER 01: Kirby Dach #77 of the Saskatoon Blades skates against the Kelowna Rockets at Prospera Place on December 1, 2018 in Kelowna, Canada. (Photo by Marissa Baecker/Getty Images) /

11. Kirby Dach

DOB: Jan. 21, 2001 (age 18)
Position: C
Shoots: R
Team: Saskatoon Blades — WHL
Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 198 pounds

Teams looking to add a forward who can lock in tough minutes will surely have Kirby Dach at the focal point of their radars. A right-shot center who has the ability to be deployed in a vast array of scenarios, Dach boasts a high-end IQ, in that he manages to usher forth ridiculous passes at key moments in games.

He can lead special teams units through important matchups — particularly significant, as the NHL continues to become more of a power play league — but consistency continues to serve as a valid point of critique. Dach tended to play outstanding in fairly streaky lapses throughout the past campaign.

Whatever the case, Dach is too unique of a player to be passed up, so expect him to develop into becoming one of the sport’s top centers.

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