Prospect Info: [2022 - 26th] Filip Mesar (OHL - Kitchener Rangers)

[River Meadow]

hashtag CRYING EMOJI

that's so cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[Legend123]

Sportsnet compared him to Plekenec.

He's more offensively oriented but less defense

 

[Team_Spirit]

''Juraj will be a better beast''

-Philip Mesar

 

[salbutera]

A top 9!? This is a first rounder, you should be swinging for top 6 at least.

Need to take into consideration it’s a piss poor draft cuvée

 

[CanadienShark]

Given all our other top choices got taken just before, this is a good pick. Very happy with this one.

 

[Goldenhands]

From my own list:

9-Filip Mesar LW

Deceptively fast and talended, Mesar plays a high paced game and can make high level plays at top speed. He is pretty shifty, has great edges and his feet always moving. Kid can turn on a dime and change direction with baffling ease, what makes him highly imprevisible and tough to defend. Has a high compete and is highly combative.

 

[Whitesnake]

Mesar says he wants to play in North America. His rights are owned by Kitchener.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

 

[Tetragrammaton]

montreal fans already hated slovakia...now its worse than ever with slaf and mesar picked

Nope. Now we love Slovakia more than ever.

 

[c3z4r]

montreal fans already hated slovakia...now its worse than ever with slaf and mesar picked

lmao, what makes you think montreal fans hated Slovakia in particular?

 

[Scotianhab]

Is Kitchener going to be good if he comes over?

 

[montreal]

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Mesar says he wants to play in North America. His rights are owned by Kitchener.

Cool. Didn't want him going back to Slovakia.

 

[Schooner Guy]

Kinda strange to go into the draft with wing as the strongest position and draft two of them. I guess they don't see upside to the D and centres in this draft.

They're simply taking the BPA on their list. That's the way to do it. They're thinking long-term.

 

[calder candidate]

Good pick, Not the sexiest pick, would have been happier at 33 and #Kulich or Lambert at 26.

 

[WeThreeKings]

f***ing love this pick.

One of my favorites in the draft. He's a little waterbug out there, insane skating and agility. His hands are top notch. I think he can play down the middle. He's a lot like Noah Ostlund.

 

[Natey]

Not bad, I think they're only losing like 1 important player to age.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

f***ing love this pick.

One of my favorites in the draft. He's a little waterbug out there, insane skating and agility. His hands are top notch. I think he can play down the middle. He's a lot like Noah Ostlund.

Ya there’s upside. His edges and hands are both top tier. That alone makes him dangerous. His shot baffles me though. Sometimes looks good. Sometimes looks like a muffin. If he develops that he can be a dangerous scoring line guy.

I’d have taken Kulich though. Plus Lambert was there depending on how his interviews went.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Ya there’s upside. His edges and hands are both top tier. That alone makes him dangerous. His shot baffles me though. Sometimes looks good. Sometimes looks like a muffin. If he develops that he can be a dangerous scoring line guy.

I’d have taken Kulich though. Plus Lambert was there depending on how his interviews went.

Kulich was a great option, agreed.. but can't complain with Mesar

 

[Max2]

Filip Mesar looks like the offspring of Nazem Kadri and John Tavares and his play reminds me a bit of one of my favourite habs from the 90s. Oleg Petrov.

 

[Guess]

Um, is it true that Marty Lapointe said that they factored in Mesar playing with Slafkovsky in making the pick? I certainly hope not, you don't pick a player partly because he has played with another player.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Um, is it true that Marty Lapointe said that they factored in Mesar playing with Slafkovsky in making the pick? I certainly hope not, you don't pick a player partly because he has played with another player.

No it didn't factor in. Hughes said it didn't.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Kulich was a great option, agreed.. but can't complain with Mesar

Maybe it’s the OCD in me but I’d have preferred the fit of Kulich. Wright and Kulich… sigh

Hoping Slaf and Mesar prove they were worth it!

 

[WeThreeKings]

Maybe it’s the OCD in me but I’d have preferred the fit of Kulich. Wright and Kulich… sigh

Hoping Slaf and Mesar prove they were worth it!

We certainly can't say this group is afraid.

They just put their balls on the table immediately and said, we can develop anyone.

 

[admiralcadillac]

Really happy with this pick. He and Ostlund were my 2 favorites at #26, but Ostlund went really early.

Speed aglore, terrific overall skating quality, skilled, and terrific at both ends of ice.

Do you mean speedy galore?