Prospect Info: Cole Candella 140th overall

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[TL12]

shes good

 

[Saturated Fats]

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2090107

A well-received pick by some guys in the know/who've seen him.

20 points in 37 games, all of which were garnered as a 17-year old (was injured in late-January). On a poor Hamilton team, too.

Happy about this one.

 

[Canadian Canuck]

Going out on a limb here but I'm confident he will be a NHL top 4 dman.

 

[WonderTwinsUnite]

I don't mind this one. Candella's got some nice upside that was marred by injury history.

 

[Brock]

Love the pick. Had he been healthy, he would have been a top 75 pick IMO.

Had him as the 29th best OHL player available.

http://ohlprospects.blogspot.ca/2016/05/my-final-top-50-ohl-players-for-2016.html

 

[PetterssonSimp]

Offensive defenceman is an absolute need moving forward with this retool/rebuild on the fly. Hopefully he has a full healthy season coming up, a possible to good to not trade for by a Junior contender if that's where he's projected back too? As I won't try to pretend I know anything of much past the 100th overall pick.
Can someone post his player profile and some write up if possible?

 

[PetterssonSimp]

Love the pick. Had he been healthy, he would have been a top 75 pick IMO.

Had him as the 29th best OHL player available.

http://ohlprospects.blogspot.ca/2016/05/my-final-top-50-ohl-players-for-2016.html

Seriously great call on his being a possible 3rd rounder.

 

[xtra]

See, here's a pick that people don't hate so its not like we hate everything he does. I would have gone a different direction but hey its a fine pick.

 

[canwincup]

I really like this pick, I think one of him or Brisebois will become a top 4 defensman for us.

 

[PM]

See, here's a pick that people don't hate so its not like we hate everything he does. I would have gone a different direction but hey its a fine pick.

Yeah this is the one pick I have absolutely no problems with. Everything else.. bleh.

 

[thefeebster]

I would say this is the best value pick we had in this draft. Though i am not a huge fan of Candella, he does a lot of things well, but nothing too great. Jack of all trades two-way defender, but master of none. I don't really have an issue with his hockey sense in the limited amount of times i watched him, but its just tough projecting him as to what he will settle into.

I would hope we send out an invite to his team-mate, Ben Gleason, great skater and more offensively driven.

 

[CanaFan]

I really like this pick, I think one of him or Brisebois will become a top 4 defensman for us.

These are the kinds of bets I don't mind making because players like this are so unfinished that in 3 or 4 years you might have a Bieksa or Hutton on your hands.

It's the forward picks that I can't stand because if you aren't a scorer at 17 there's very little chance you become one at 21. And I don't see the value in drafting bottom 6 forwards when there are suitable replacements available on waivers and UFA every year.

Draft scorers high.

Draft defense everywhere else.

Fill in bottom 6 with the ones that don't pan out, waivers, UFA, and cheap trades.

 

[alternate]

These are the kinds of bets I don't mind making because players like this are so unfinished that in 3 or 4 years you might have a Bieksa or Hutton on your hands.

It's the forward picks that I can't stand because if you aren't a scorer at 17 there's very little chance you become one at 21. And I don't see the value in drafting bottom 6 forwards when there are suitable replacements available on waivers and UFA every year.

Draft scorers high.

Draft defense everywhere else.

Fill in bottom 6 with the ones that don't pan out, waivers, UFA, and cheap trades.

So you are firmly against going best player available then? Interesting take....

 

[CanaFan]

So you are firmly against going best player available then? Interesting take....

Firmly? No.

But how do you compare if Juolevi or Tkachuk is BPA?

If one projects as a top line F and one as a top 2-3 D, what is BPA? Both project near the top of their position in which case I would prioritize the scoring forward because you aren't going to find one in the 3rd or 4th round.

Now if the D is a clear cut higher than any forward then yes, BPA applies and you take the D. But in close situations I would look to positional scarcity as a tie breaker.

In later rounds I rarely like forwards unless they are skilled guys with a deficiency (size, skating). Too many guys with no real chance to be anything but bottom 6 filler. In those rounds I think D are better bets to turn into something good.

Again more of a broad rule that I like to see applied after obvious cases of BPA.

 

[clunk]

This is the only good pick in our entire draft.

 

[M2Beezy]

Very good pick Jimbo nice gem find again

 

[Nucker101]

I'll admit I have no idea who he was, but if Brock and Feebster like the pick then so do I.

 

[WhiteCurse]

My Fav pick if the day easy.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

My fav pick but I think the upside is still not high. Fits in with Brisebois as another okay maybe 3/4 dman.

 

[me2]

I like it. Gambling on injury depleted season at this point of the draft to get a higher rated player cheap isn't a bad thing. I wish we added his partner too.

 

[Skirbs1011]

Seems like a solid selection.

Everything I have read basically agrees that if he played the full season he could have been a 3rd rnd pick.

Throw him in with Subban, Brisebois, Stetcher, Neil and Olson and hopefully a few of them pan out to be everyday NHL Dmen.

 

[GetFocht]

Just saw his highlight video, looks really good

 

[VanJack]

Going out on a limb here but I'm confident he will be a NHL top 4 dman.

Wow!....that's a big limb alright....can't help thinking about the last time the Canucks landed a d-man from the OHL who'd "have gone a lot higher in the draft if he hadn't been injured"...name of Evan McEneny ring a bell?..so far buried in the ECHL...frankly I think draftees like Olson or Brisbois might still have a higher ceiling....but that's the wonderful thing about the draft...as they say, "hope floats".

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

20 points in 37 games as a draft eligible dman is pretty good production. Especially savvy to get him in the 5th round.

Unfortunately the rest of our picks besides Juolevi were crap.