Prospect Info: Jimmy Snuggerud, 23rd Overall, 2022 NHL Draft

[LastWordArmy]

The United States National Team Development Program had an extremely deep group of forwards on the Under-18 team this year. Chaska, Minnesota native Jimmy Snuggerud is part of that group. The winger scored 24 goals and 39 assists for 63 points in 58 games for the Under-18 squad, playing in the USHL and in exhibition games against NCAA competition. He also played for the American team at the IIHF Under-18 World Championships. Snuggerud scored three goals and four assists for seven points in six tournament games. He helped the American team to a silver medal.

Jimmy Snuggerud Scouting Report: 2022 NHL Draft #27

Jimmy Snuggerud Scouting Report: After a solid season with the US NTDP U18s, Snuggerud committed to attending the University of Minnesota.

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[izzy]

i love it

would have went higher if he found the back of the net a bit more, which he will going forward

 

[rumrokh]

Highlights give me a bit of an Oshie-With-An-Extremely-Nasty-Shot vibe.

 

[Blueston]

i love it

would have went higher if he found the back of the net a bit more, which he will going forward

Looks like he has nice release, good shot.

 

[Memento]

My dad hated this pick and wanted Gaucher. I was happy with this pick. I remember the last pick I was happy about that my dad hated: Robert Thomas.

Needless to say, I think it's going to work out fine.

 

[stl76]

Highlights give me a bit of an Oshie-With-An-Extremely-Nasty-Shot vibe.

Don’t know a ton about Snuggerud, but was getting big Oshie vibes reading about him. Seems like a solid pick regardless!

 

[Celtic Note]

Highlights give me a bit of an Oshie-With-An-Extremely-Nasty-Shot vibe.

Oshie had better hands. Also, a better skater.

I could see a Saad comparison with better passing but slower.

I think our pick is pretty vanilla offensively. He lacks dynamism and creativity, but has hockey IQ, strong technical passing and shooting. Could be a good player, but with limited upside. I think he could be viewed similar to Neighbours.

 

[Mike Liut]

RW, Jimmy Snuggerud, USNTDP: Has great touch around the net, and is a fierce competitor.

 

[rumrokh]

Oshie had better hands. Also, a better skater.

I could see a Saad comparison with better passing but slower.

I think our pick is pretty vanilla offensively. He lacks dynamism and creativity, but has hockey IQ, strong technical passing and shooting. Could be a good player, but with limited upside. I think he could be viewed similar to Neighbours.

I always felt like Oshie's overall athleticism made up for really sub-par technical skating. Snuggerud's skating isn't fast, but it doesn't stand out to me as worse than Oshie's was.

 

[stl76]

Also, “Jimmy The Snuggler” sounds like a great mafia hitman name. Jus sayin

 

[Frenzy31]

Oshie had better hands. Also, a better skater.

I could see a Saad comparison with better passing but slower.

I think our pick is pretty vanilla offensively. He lacks dynamism and creativity, but has hockey IQ, strong technical passing and shooting. Could be a good player, but with limited upside. I think he could be viewed similar to Neighbours.

i remember Oshie having an odd stride when we drafted him. Pretty sure skating wasnt a strength. Same with Backes.

Personally, I like the hockey IQ and scoring ability. I don’t see him similar to Neighbors at all, who is more likely to grind and get assists then to score.

 

[Celtic Note]

I always felt like Oshie's overall athleticism made up for really sub-par technical skating. Snuggerud's skating isn't fast, but it doesn't stand out to me as worse than Oshie's was.

Oshie seems to have better starts and stops, possibly also top end speed although this are seems closer.

Caveat: This is based on the handful of videos I have just seen.

i remember Oshie having an odd stride when we drafted him. Pretty sure skating wasnt a strength. Same with Backes.

Personally, I like the hockey IQ and scoring ability. I don’t see him similar to Neighbors at all, who is more likely to grind and get assists then to score.

The Neighbours comparison was just about limited upside due to lack of dynamism and creativity. I think both can be really solid players, but there is a ceiling there.

These are just based on limited viewings though.

 

[Blueston]

Oshie seems to have better starts and stops, possibly also top end speed although this are seems closer.

I can't believe folks compliment the skating of guy who spends half the game on his butt!

 

[Celtic Note]

i remember Oshie having an odd stride when we drafted him. Pretty sure skating wasnt a strength. Same with Backes.

Personally, I like the hockey IQ and scoring ability. I don’t see him similar to Neighbors at all, who is more likely to grind and get assists then to score.

With Oshie, I don’t think he was some great skater, but it also wasn’t a problem or even something I would describe as below average.

 

[Mike Liut]

I hope he’s better than Ty Rattie. He had a good shoot too

 

[AVictoryDive]

i remember Oshie having an odd stride when we drafted him. Pretty sure skating wasnt a strength. Same with Backes.

Personally, I like the hockey IQ and scoring ability. I don’t see him similar to Neighbors at all, who is more likely to grind and get assists then to score.

Snuggerud does give me a Backes vibe. I’d be more than happy with that but we’ll see. Going and playing college hockey will hopefully allow him to focus on his weaknesses with the extra time between games.

 

[Celtic Note]

I can't believe folks compliment the skating of guy who spends half the game on his butt!

Complimenting?

I think the falling has always been overblown by the fan base here. Did he fall? Sure. Was it a problem, negatively impact his game or the team? I don’t think so.

 

[Dr Robot]

DA had an interview a day or two ago and made it clear we probably weren't going to move up. Snuggles was projected to go late first maybe early second so that makes sense now. Don't know much about the kid but I have faith in our staff to hit these picks.

 

[rumrokh]

I hope he’s better than Ty Rattie. He had a good shoot too

I've only seen some highlights, but they really don't look especially comparable to me. Doesn't mean Snuggerud will end up great, but he's bigger, sturdier, and his defensive game and overall IQ are widely praised. Even if Rattie perhaps had a higher ceiling, it seems like Snuggerud has a way higher floor.

For the record, even though Rattie was dynamic offensively at lower levels, I never really thought of him as a sniper. From what I've seen, I prefer this guy's shot by a significant margin if you're comparing only that aspect straight up.

 

[Majorityof1]

Complimenting?

I think the falling has always been overblown by the fan base here. Did he fall? Sure. Was it a problem, negatively impact his game or the team? I don’t think so.

This x1000. Its like Petro missing the net. Did he miss the net occasionally, sure. Was it a problem? No. Was it even an outlier compared to every other NHL defenseman, no. Stats showed that his on net shooting was right in line and even above average compared to other D with his shot volume. Yet every time he missed the net, someone would comment on it. So it became a meme, that was not based in reality, but was based on the number of times it was mentioned.

Same thing with Oshie and falling. People just latched on to the critique and reinforced their opinion by pointing out every time it happened, even if it didn't happen more or less often than with any other skater.

 

[Blueston]

This x1000. Its like Petro missing the net. Did he miss the net occasionally, sure. Was it a problem? No. Was it even an outlier compared to every other NHL defenseman, no. Stats showed that his on net shooting was right in line and even above average compared to other D with his shot volume. Yet every time he missed the net, someone would comment on it. So it became a meme, that was not based in reality, but was based on the number of times it was mentioned.

Same thing with Oshie and falling. People just latched on to the critique and reinforced their opinion by pointing out every time it happened, even if it didn't happen more or less often than with any other skater.

some people have no sense of humor..

 

[AjaxManifesto]

 

[Frenzy31]

I just think we get to caught up with skating. Being a great skater seems to be prized higher than other areas.

Oshie seems to have better starts and stops, possibly also top end speed although this are seems closer.

Caveat: This is based on the handful of videos I have just seen.


The Neighbours comparison was just about limited upside due to lack of dynamism and creativity. I think both can be really solid players, but there is a ceiling there.

These are just based on limited viewings though.

i don’t think we can say he has limited creativity or upside. i also think fans tend to overvalue skating, when things like IQ are more important.

Next Year he is off to the NCAA so we will see. I just don’t think we can say he is a Bluesy pick due to skating. Or working hard in all three zones, The kid is a goal scorer really solid shot.

 

[Majorityof1]

I hope he’s better than Ty Rattie. He had a good shoot too

A lot of scouting reports were talking about his ability to find the soft spots which definitely reminded me of Rattie. However, watching some videos, kid has a much, much better shot. Its pretty damn wicked. Rattie's shot wasn't that great, he just could find the soft areas at lower levels.

some people have no sense of humor..

Or they expect humour to be funny.

 

[AVictoryDive]

This x1000. Its like Petro missing the net. Did he miss the net occasionally, sure. Was it a problem? No. Was it even an outlier compared to every other NHL defenseman, no. Stats showed that his on net shooting was right in line and even above average compared to other D with his shot volume. Yet every time he missed the net, someone would comment on it. So it became a meme, that was not based in reality, but was based on the number of times it was mentioned.

Same thing with Oshie and falling. People just latched on to the critique and reinforced their opinion by pointing out every time it happened, even if it didn't happen more or less often than with any other skater.

I mean Oshie did fall quite a bit. Had a bit of a crouch to his skating but had that low center of gravity so was definitely hard to knock off pucks. He loved to drink a lot and I’ve seen this personally and have even talked to his the concierge in the condo complex he lived at in the central west end years ago. He has definitely matured once he got traded.