Prospect Info: 2015 Leafs Pick #155 - Stephen Desrocher - Defense - Oshawa OHL - 6' 3"/198

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Stephen Desrocher
Defense -- shoots L
Born Jan 26 1996 -- Toronto, ONT
[19 yrs. ago]
Height 6.04 -- Weight 198 [193 cm/90 kg]

Drafted by Toronto Maple Leafs
- round 6 #155 overall 2015 NHL Entry Draft

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=161072

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[LeafsNation149]

Anyone know anything about him?

 

[1967th Heaven]

Another hometown Boy

Memorial cup champion with the Gens

 

[htpwn]

Reliable defender that can eat up minutes due to his smart play in his own end and his strength along the boards. Uses his size to his advantage and protects the puck well. Knows his game inside and out; he knows what he can and can't do. In this, he knows how to push his limits and break down boundaries. What he can work on would be quicker decision making and quickness through the neutral zone. All-in-all, a well-rounded defenceman who has the tools and the work ethic to be successful moving forward.

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=205526#sthash.VUr79Zo9.dpuf

Another smart player. Good Pick.

 

[timlap]

My writeup based on readings, as usual:

"Big defenceman with good mobility has taken a huge leap forward this season after passing through the draft last year, capping his season with a key OT goal in the Memorial Cup, understands the defensive game well and plays with good defensive intelligence, mobile enough to chase down pucks, good basic contributor on the rush, has a respectable point shot, occasionally jumps into the offence, but mostly plays a more conservative style in the offensive zone."

 

[Leafs at Knight]

DJ Smith will know a lot about him.

 

[Bernier the Boats]

Overager. Underwhelming for me, but the rest of the draft has been so good that I don't even care.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Smart two way defenseman ... Can't argue with that. Hockey IQ is important in getting their later picks to pan out

 

[Cor]

Was impressed with this kid during the Memorial Cup. Seems like a solid pick.

 

[MapleLife*]

Overager. Underwhelming for me, but the rest of the draft has been so good that I don't even care.

Ahh didnt notice that

Still like having size on the backend

 

[Drew311]

Dat nose..

 

[mikebel111*]

decent pick. took some steps and reliable with hockey IQ.
pretty good

 

[tmlms13]

Born in: Toronto, ON, CAN

FAVORITES
NHL team: Toronto Maple Leafs

All I care about. Call it motivation.

 

[FlareKnight]

Solid enough pick. Seems like they are trying to balance things out a bit with a couple picks of guys with size. Sounds like he's an ok skater, though not great.

Not a bad pick. At this point of the draft it's not a pick that will hurt you.

 

[Rare Jewel]

I liked the look of him at the Memorial cup.

Good shot, Moves well.

 

[brettzz]

there you go people complaining about size

leafs got 2 big Ds now

 

[Leaf Lander]

Dat nose..

Maybe he is tim hunters son

 

[McMatthews]

Very good value pick at 155.

I like.

 

[Mess]

 

[Leaf Lander]

Taking size late in the draft is useless because the odds of these picks mking it is a 100 to 1

 

[The CyNick]

dropped an F bomb on TV. Whats not to like

 

[James Duthie]

LOL this guy's twitter has old tweets of him retweeting and bashing Phaneuf.

 

[Rielly4]

another thing to consider is he will be in the AHL very soon.

 

[Banic]

Overager. Underwhelming for me, but the rest of the draft has been so good that I don't even care.

How can a pick this late be "underwhelming". Most of these guys will never see the NHL.

 

[RealityBytes]

there you go people complaining about size

leafs got 2 big Ds now

Don't forget that the Leafs also got the rights from Philly for Nikita Zaitsev, a 6' 1'' 23 year old defenseman who is one of if not the best defensemen in the KHL. Not this year but it looks like he will be over next year.

So that would be three new ones.