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Thanks for the update, one more question on this team. Two other guys I thought were decent players were two D men in Patrick Ault and Connor Koncelik. Any thoughts on those two? Last time I'll bring up this team.
Who are some of the top goalies in the 2002 age group?
Lennox, Vrbetic, and Bennett would be three of the better ones if you're looking for a consensus. Two of those three are actually on the move next year, as well.
Overall, I think it's shaping up to be an excellent crop of Ontario goalies as there's a lot of promising talent that also possess the all-important size.
In the US, it's actually one of the weaker goaltending crops in a while for the Ontario region. There's a couple of kids in the Quebec region that could factor in with the NTDP, ditto the west side. Obviously that's subject to variance next year, though.
How about the US, who are a few of the top goaltenders. I believe it was "Aiken" I heard about a while back but not sure.
Eastern Preview
There are still some rosters to be filled, so this is based mainly on last year along with the known additions.
Huron Perth
Carter Schoonderwoerd has excellent size and will need to polish his game to move up. Still projects outs for top 1/2 of draft. Pryce is a skilled hard working but smaller forward. If he can grow and fill out, will get picked.
Kitchener
Luke Munroe and Adam Grein are two players to keep an eye on. Munroe is very skilled and an adequate skater, like many in the age, size will determine where he goes in the draft. Grein has good size and moves well for a bigger kid. Will need to work on shot and hands.
Brantford
Peyton Adams-Matthews is one of the better D men in the east with good mobility and a hard accurate shot. Very good gap control as well. Ellis Rickwood is flashy and has a ton of skill but is very small. Rumours persist that Adams-Matthews and Casasanta are on the move to Cambridge and both would be huge losses for Brantford and great pick ups for Cambridge.
Waterloo
Chase Broda has many of the same attributes as Keean Washkurak who was drafted in the second round of the past OHL draft. Hard working, relentless are two the strong points. Mitch Lee and Zac McCann are both undersized shifty forwards who use change of direction speed to keep defenders off balance. Brady Brezynskie is a mobile, puck moving d man that will likely go in the lower end. The best Waterloo prospect is goalie Matt Onuska, a big goalie with excellent rebound control is top 3 in the Alliance.
Cambridge
Ben McFarlane is one of the top players in the Alliance and and even with his smaller stature will be a top 3 round pick. Excels in all aspects of the game and benefits from playing in Scott Walker's team first concept. Aaron Davidson is likely the biggest F in the Alliance and will get a good look based on his size and ability for a big kid. There are several other Cambridge players that will likely get drafted based on the strength of team, and how well coached they are.
Hamilton
Could be a bit of a down year for the Huskies. Isaac Borges is likely the only player that has potential to get picked. He too will need to grow and also utilize his team mates better.
Cambridge looks to be the favourite going in to the season. There are other potential players they have lined up and if it transpires, they will the overwhelming favourites. London, Waterloo and Sun County will battle for second spot. The next five teams; Brantford, Hamilton, EMC, CK and Lambton will be competitive in the Alliance. The bottom three; Windsor, Kitchener, Huron Perth will be hard pressed to make the playdown round.
Not 100% but from what I've seen, Borges will not be playing with the Huskies this year.
Further to this, appears that Borges is joining Cambridge to play with the Hawks this upcoming season.
Marlboros #9: Smartest player on the ice. The defensive version of #5. Smart, poised, good speed, great vision, physical. Rarely out of position. Deft hands that are rare on a defenseman. Creates extra time and space with skating stride and edges. Made a great play where he battled in the corner for the puck and instead of moving the play forward, shot it high off the glass the other way to his defensive partner in order to get a higher percentage break out
I don't know the '02 age group but this Ty Tullio is ripping up the Titan:
http://stats.pointstreak.com/players/playerpage.html?playerid=10353387&seasonid=17277
I believe he's Rocco's (Oshawa Generals owner) son
He was top 5 in the Alliance in scoring last year as an underage player. Will be good to see him test himself against the GTHL's best this season.