SOLR
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He's a power forward. We'll see how he does next year.
He might be closer to Sean Day (early bloomer, more limited ceiling) than Tavares-McDavid.
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He's a power forward. We'll see how he does next year.
He might be closer to Sean Day (early bloomer, more limited ceiling) than Tavares-McDavid.
tealhockey
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"The four Ws" - are scary good right now. Walsh lit it up playing up against good 99s last weekend and the other three are off the charts already. Throw Brady Tkachuk, Jake Pivonka, Jake Goldowski, Gavin Hain, John Drury, K'Andre Miller Mattias Samuelsson, Jack Deboer, Blade Jenkins, Shea Courtmanche, plenty of other guys that are just too young to figure out.. etc etc etc - there's going to be some players in this group.
alko
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I don't like all that hype stuff but his numbers are... quite not bad I would say. That's what I found:
Last year(2014-2015) he played 16 games with guys year older than him, there he had 21g+16a. 22 games with kids of his age and scored 50g+32a. The last tournament he played he had 15g+11a in 6 games. Not to mention his last year's(2014) World selects performance where he had 23g+17a in 9 games. An intriguing prospect, I believe.
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tealhockey
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Akil is very fast and has a great skillset with good athleticism and size. Could be for real. Need to see more. he plays up in toronto.
Yarice
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Heard some good thing about goalie Zachary Bouthillier. Not a top prospect, but still promising. Played behind a really bad team in midget this year, witch explain his bad W/L ratio, but had a better SV% than recent 2nd rounder Zachary Fucale and Philippe Desrosiers in the same league at the same age.
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tealhockey
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I'm still shocked Deep didn't get exceptional status. kid is like ovy and getzlaf combined.
tealhockey
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We will rank the whole age group extensively on otbelite.com (twitter @OTBElite) soon. The top 10 and their reports will be available without subscribing
VictorLustig
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According to most, the 00-class looks very promising from a Swedish perspective. Players like....
Adam Boqvist
Filip Hasa
Rasmus Dahlin
Linus Skager
Samuel Fagemo
Dennis Finn Olsson
Lukas Wernblom
Oskar Bäck
Carl Jakobsson
Nikola Pasic
William Magnusson
...all have very good stats for their age.
Adam Boqvist
Filip Hasa
Rasmus Dahlin
Linus Skager
Samuel Fagemo
Dennis Finn Olsson
Lukas Wernblom
Oskar Bäck
Carl Jakobsson
Nikola Pasic
William Magnusson
...all have very good stats for their age.
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ChicagoBullsFan
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Why IFK Helsinki prospect, Niklas Nordgren isn't named that list.
He's eligible 2018 NHL draft, just like Jesse Ylönen.
Past season ( 2014-2015) Nordgren played 25 regular season games, in IFK Helsinki U16 challenger team.
And scored 104 points (4,16 PPG).
VictorLustig
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Lists like those are pretty pointless. Everyone is clueless when it comes to ranking players that young coming from so many different leagues/places.
Cream always rises to the top
Jake Wise with 15 points in 5 games - leading u15 camp in scoring by a bunch.
Jake Wise with 15 points in 5 games - leading u15 camp in scoring by a bunch.
Anthony Mauro
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You are right. My contacts have offered NN as a player to list. I am waiting for more information to surface publicly. It is very hard to confirm some junior league info.
Also, these lists aren't rankings. Hundreds of prospects are considered each year for the draft. Specifically speaking of the DraftBuzz Watch lists, it is a rough guide of what prospects are hitting certain milestones and have placed themselves in historically advantageous scenarios (be it leagues, showcases/tournaments, drafts, college commitments). Some may be top ten picks, some may never be drafted at all.
The purpose of the lists are to constantly update and track, and funnel these lists into scrutinized rankings starting the summer before their draft year.
This Wise kid is gonna be good. He could end up on the same level as Eichel or Matthews
Other talented Minnesotan's to mention
Blake McClaughlin F
Devlin McCabe F
Keegan Karki G
A few to add with J. Nelson, K. Miller and G. Hain.
Blake McClaughlin F
Devlin McCabe F
Keegan Karki G
A few to add with J. Nelson, K. Miller and G. Hain.
