So what would be a good ranking right now from MAAA ?
1) Joshua Roy
2) Guillaume Richard (going NCAA)
3) Dovar Tinling (probably going NCAA)
4) Charles-Alexis Legault
5) Olivier Nadeau
6) Zachary L'Heureux
7) Israel Mianscum
8) James Malatesta
9) Robert Orr
10) Justin Robidas
11) Andrew Belchamber
12) Charles Savoie
13) Olivier Boutin
14) Zachary Bolduc
15) Charles-Emile Duciaume
16) Tristan Roy
17) Jonathan Delorme
18) Nathan Gaucher
19) Alexis Cournoyer
20) Jeremy Ste-Marie
21) Felix Paquet
22) Alexei Van Houtte-Cachero
23) Massimo Gentile
24) Nicola Lacrouse-Dion
25) Edouard Carrier
Didn't include any goalies
Thoughts?
I'd say Roy and Tinling are the clear top 2 in my viewings. Richard, Bolduc, Nadeau and Robidas have been great and are in my next group. Boutin from Levis and from QC are both very good. Orr has been just okay. Duciaume, Lacourse-Dion, Delorme, Carrier, Ste-Marie and Belchamber probably don't belong in the top 25 conversation right now. Malatesta has been surprisingly very bad in my viewings, not sure what's up with him, had him top 3.
So right now, I would say Huchette (STH), Charles Boutin (SSF), Charlie Truchon (ND), Diotte (STH), Pavan (LSL), Lachapelle (CEB), Gill (STE) and Guevin (TR) are players you could consider for top 25 that aren't on that list. It's been a surprising year. Lachapelle and Malatesta are my biggest disappointments to start the year. Surprises include Olivier Boutin, Mikael Diotte, Zachary Bolduc which are all in my current top 10, and they weren't in my top 15 before the season started.
Duciaume has great size but lacks any type of puck skills to become more than a solid shutdown (which is fine, just not that high), he isn't close to Biakabutuka last year. Ste-Marie has high hockey sense but not very dynamic player, Charles Boutin is the guy I'd look at on that team. Carrier I like very much but I think should be a bit lower. Huge fan of Gentile but he's so freaking small, very creative and smart though. Delorme is fast and competes but very small and I don't see much else in his game that makes him a potential high pick, comparable player to Belisle last year at best. Don't think Lacourse-Dion is more than a middle round pick too. Belchamber is interesting, but too high for my tastes. I guess you could say I'm not a fan of the Gatineau players this year haha. Can't post my list but that's pretty much my opinion on the players listed that don't really belong there in my opinion!