Was watching Voracek on the Flyers the other night and was like ''wasn't he on the Mooseheads back in juniors?'' and of course he was just like a whole bunch of other star players currently ripping it up in the NHL. I decided to do some research and since that 2006-07 season when Voracek joined the Mooseheads this is was they've churned out:
Jakub Voracek
Nathan MacKinnon
Jonathan Drouin
Brad Marchand (played 26 games for them + playoffs)
Nikolaj Ehlers
Nico Hischier
Timo Meier (not a superstar but a great young player with potential)
I mean looking at this list for the last 12 years is very impressive. 2 first overall picks. Plenty of star power and a lot of high draft picks.... but it doesn't stop there!
Top prospects listed for 2018: Filip Zadina, Jared McIsaac, Benoit-Olivier Groulx, Alexis Gravel (all possible first rounders, with Zadina being listed as a top-5 guy)
Top prospects listed for 2019: Xavier Parent, Raphael Lavoie (all possible first rounders)
Top prospects listed for 2020: Justin Barron (possible first rounder)
I mean, this is just ridiculous. I know London (OHL) has produced a ton of NHL talent, but does any other junior team in the world has so many superstars/potential superstars/high draft picks in the last years?
Jakub Voracek
Nathan MacKinnon
Jonathan Drouin
Brad Marchand (played 26 games for them + playoffs)
Nikolaj Ehlers
Nico Hischier
Timo Meier (not a superstar but a great young player with potential)
I mean looking at this list for the last 12 years is very impressive. 2 first overall picks. Plenty of star power and a lot of high draft picks.... but it doesn't stop there!
Top prospects listed for 2018: Filip Zadina, Jared McIsaac, Benoit-Olivier Groulx, Alexis Gravel (all possible first rounders, with Zadina being listed as a top-5 guy)
Top prospects listed for 2019: Xavier Parent, Raphael Lavoie (all possible first rounders)
Top prospects listed for 2020: Justin Barron (possible first rounder)
I mean, this is just ridiculous. I know London (OHL) has produced a ton of NHL talent, but does any other junior team in the world has so many superstars/potential superstars/high draft picks in the last years?