From the article posted, it seems like the family has a good level head about this. See how he reacts to playing up in U16 next year, and then go from there.
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Not meaning to derail this thread, but am wondering if anyone has seen Hayden Smith (another 2004) playing for Grande Peace in the AMBHL.
Never seen him play, but there is also another interesting 2004 born player named Koehn Ziemmer that had the most goals in AMBHL.
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Yeah, I noticed him (Ziemmer) as well on the scoring list.
Was just curious as ohsix's team faced the Dawson Creek peewee team in the provincials a couple weeks ago. Smith as an ohfour is no longer on that team, but wow they had another player an ohfive who tore us to shreds.
Was just curious as ohsix's team faced the Dawson Creek peewee team in the provincials a couple weeks ago. Smith as an ohfour is no longer on that team, but wow they had another player an ohfive who tore us to shreds.
Matthew Savoie will be a top 3 pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. He has all of the tools for the new NHL.
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Bit early mate to make these bold claims?
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Why would you say Slafkovsky is gonna be on par with Savoie and Wright? Have you watched him play?
Despite the fact that these 3 are highlighted on elite (nothing special) , I definitely wouldn't predict anybody's upside 4 years before the draft. I gotta say that Savoie seems to be the smartest kid out there for now, but it can simply change throughout upcoming years. Lets wait for 2 years.
What's more, Slafkovský has been playing just at weak slovak leagues so far, and we cannot compare slovak u16 with Savoie's league.
Yeah, I agree. The Slovak junior leagues are pretty weak, but i think his numbers at the WSI tournaments are impressive.
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At the World Selects Invitational he's leading the U15 division in goals as an underager. For those who've seen him, is he a prodigy?
I still feel uncomfortable putting that tag on a 14 year old kid. But i'll keep yammering on about how well he understands the game.
I watched a few NAX games, and Savoie is more mature than any 03 I saw.
I watched a few NAX games, and Savoie is more mature than any 03 I saw.
Certainly looks like hes having a great tournament. Shane Wright the Ontario 04 playing for the oshawa team has 3 points so far. Connor Bedard in the 05 division is absolutely dominating. If im reading the site correctly eliteprospects has the stats after all 7 games and he scored 24 goals and 8 assist in 7 games for a 4.57 ppg
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global news featured him last year when he was 13, said he was among the elite 02s in western Canada as an 04 and this year his coach compared him to MacKinnon and Crosby. Small highlight packages I have seen have also blown me away.
I think we can pretty much say that to this point he has been a prodigy. Nothing is guaranteed, but he is among the best players at this age to come along according to many reliable sources.
For those who have watched him play how would you describe him as a player at this stage? Is he more similar to Mcdavid or Crosby or is he entirely his own player?
Plays a very similar game to Crosby IMO. A real gamechanger that battles hard for pucks and is really good at playing that down low game. Not sure if he will ever reach that level but he play a similar style of game. Dangerous all over the ice.
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