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Boston Bruins: Potential 2018 First-Round Draft Selections

CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 23: A general view of the Boston Bruins draft table is seen during Round One of the 2017 NHL Draft at United Center on June 23, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 23: A general view of the Boston Bruins draft table is seen during Round One of the 2017 NHL Draft at United Center on June 23, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty Images)
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30th Overall- Martin Kaut

At 30th, Martin Kaut is the next player in Bob McKenzie’s NHL Draft player rankings.  Kaut is from the Czech Republic and plays in the Czech Extraliga for HC Dynamo Pardubice.  Like Akil Thomas, Kaut plays right wing.

Kaut represented the Czech Republic in the World Junior Championships this year.  In seven games, Kaut scored two goals and tallied five assists.  That point total was good enough to be tied for 12th at the WJC. Kaut is 6’1’’, 174 lbs., which puts him around the size of B’s rookie Danton Heinen.

Martin Kaut would be good for the Bruins for the same reason that Akil Thomas is, right wing depth.  I really only see the Bruins taking Kaut if they’re heart was really set on taking a right wing and Akil Thomas has already been selected.  Thomas seems to be more proven in a tougher league than Kaut.  Even then, I’d be tempted to pass on Kaut for the next guy in Bob McKenzie’s rankings, Alexander Alexeyev.

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