2015 Draft Thread – "McEichel" – Part One

[Crazy Tasty]

Look what Cindy started...

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Look what Cindy started...

It actually started with Chelios.

 

[Crazy Tasty]

It actually started with Chelios.

you and your research...

 

[NotABadPeriod]

you and your research...

did I really need the ?

 

[Crazy Tasty]

did I really need the ?

of course not! Old school.

 

[Jim Bob]

Minimum of three first rounders wear #97 which is pretty crazy. Jeremy Roy as well, I wonder if any others do as well.

Barzal has always been 97 until he got to the WHL. Seattle doesn't have high numbers so maybe he goes back to that.

Makes sense since a most of them are 97 birthdays....

 

[1972]

Makes sense since a most of them are 97 birthdays....

Thanks captain obvious, it's still pretty rare to have multiple first rounders to have there birth years.

 

[Jim Bob]

Thanks captain obvious, it's still pretty rare to have multiple first rounders to have there birth years.

The real question is why there are more 97s using their birthyear as their number than say 96 last year.

Lots of JR fans?

 

[1972]

The real question is why there are more 97s using their birthyear as their number than say 96 last year.

Lots of JR fans?

lots of Connor McDavid fans

 

[26CornerBlitz]

@TheHockeyNews

#ICYMI Dylan Strome is a big name to watch in the draft and he headlines @THNRyanKennedy 's Hot List: http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/the-hot-list-dylan-strome-is-burning-up-the-2015-draft-charts/

 

[26CornerBlitz]

@TheHockeyNews

Junior phenom Connor McDavid made a puck explode today. Be afraid. Be very afraid. http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/connor-mcdavid-did-this-to-a-puck-be-afraid-be-very-afraid/

 

[Paxon]

@TheHockeyNews

Junior phenom Connor McDavid made a puck explode today. Be afraid. Be very afraid. http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/connor-mcdavid-did-this-to-a-puck-be-afraid-be-very-afraid/

Must be a production fault. Pretty cool though. I've never seen that happen before.

 

[OhreallyOrielly]

I've found my new Avatar.

 

[LaxSabre]

Otters’ Connor McDavid Named Pioneer Energy OHL Player Of The Week - OHL Official Website - OntarioHockeyLeague.com - Monday, October 27.

The Ontario Hockey League today announced that 2015 NHL Draft prospect Connor McDavid of the Erie Otters is the Pioneer Energy OHL Player of the Week for the week ending October 26 after recording nine points in three games - scoring three goals and six assists with a plus-minus rating of plus-7.

McDavid recorded a pair of four-point games last week and helped the Otters continue their tremendous start to the 2014-2015 OHL campaign with three straight wins giving the club an 11-0-0-1 record for 23 points atop the Western Conference standings.

The league’s top scorer netted a goal with three assists on Wednesday as first star of an 8-4 victory over the Niagara IceDogs in Buffalo, then picked up a shorthanded goal on the road Friday in the Otters’ 6-4 win over the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. McDavid finished the week by extending his point-streak to 12 games on Saturday earning first star honours with a goal and three assists as part of an Otters’ 8-1 victory over the host Sudbury Wolves.

http://ontariohockeyleague.com/arti...-pioneer-energy-ohl-player-of-the-week/164404

 

[Ethan Edwards]

Must be a production fault. Pretty cool though. I've never seen that happen before.

I have. His name was Roy Hobbs.

 

[La Cosa Nostra]

I tell myself it will be worth it in the end when the Sabres finish with #2 and we add Jack Eichel to our team. (No shot at McDavid the league will fix it for sure)

Eichel-Reinhart-Girgensons

That's a 1-2-3 punch down the middle that can compete for cups.

 

[joshjull]

@SabresProspects: #Eichel "squatted 320 lbs, cleaned 335 lbs, close-grip bench press of 250 lbs...and body fat of 6.3%" http://t.co/uiEm9CdnUL #2015draft

@patricktehan: @SabresProspects 320 front squat - not just a regular back squat. impressive.

 

[Jim Bob]

Don't forget:

a pull-up max of 25 reps

I'm guessing those numbers will continue to improve as he gets to work with Anthony Morando.

 

[Eram]

Better NHL Prospect: McDavid Or Eichel: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=11781182

Nothing really new here, just Melrose and Buchigross chatting

 

[Irving Zisman]

@SabresProspects: #Eichel "squatted 320 lbs, cleaned 335 lbs, close-grip bench press of 250 lbs...and body fat of 6.3%" http://t.co/uiEm9CdnUL #2015draft

@patricktehan: @SabresProspects 320 front squat - not just a regular back squat. impressive.

Jesus. Guy's gonna be a beast in the corners and along the halfwall.

 

[Moskau]

Jesus. Guy's gonna be a beast in the corners and along the halfwall.

"He wont be good when he's not the biggest guy." #JustEkbladThings

 

[is the answer jesus]

"He wont be good when he's not the biggest guy." #JustEkbladThings

Awesome. Lol

 

[NotABadPeriod]

"He wont be good when he's not the biggest guy." #JustEkbladThings

The thing is because he's playing the NCAA, he's probably not the biggest guy on the ice. He's going up against guys who are pushing 23, 24 years old in some cases.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

#97 with 1G 2A thus far tonight vs. Plymouth.

 

[Woodhouse]

FYI, Elite Prospects updated their site with a sortable draft center: http://www.eliteprospects.com/draftcenter.php?year=2015