For those getting interested in following prospects, I recommend checking out these youtube channels.
Draft Dynasty - easy to watch videos let you form your own opinion.
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Scouching - better for deep dives, a lot of stats.
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These resources have honestly been a lot more informative than following high profile scouts like Pronman and Wheeler at The Athletic. The Youtube guys will give you a mountain of information on each prospect.
Obviously not Byfield or Stutzle but maybe one of the others?
It's not easy finding a top center in our range (likely 13 onward), another reason not to be too focused on position anyways.
Byfield and Stutzle will be off the board, and very likely so will be Rossi and Perfetti.
Anton Lundell might be there. He plays somewhat like Wennberg in that his biggest contribution is in the neutral zone. He was the top possession player in the Liiga, which is obviously remarkable for an 18 year old. His tools don't look impressive at all - very poor agility and not smooth with the puck - but he is very very smart in his positioning. Could be a 3C but a lot of people, myself included, are wondering if Lundell might become a Couturier/M. Koivu type center.
Seth Jarvis is an electric scorer but he doesn't play center in junior and is not expected to be one at the next level, no idea what this "hockeywriter" is smoking. He's an RW, not a position of need for the Jackets, but he could easily become one of our best forwards.
Dylan Holloway has great tools but his year at Wisconsin betrayed a lack of scoring instincts. Poor production and he didn't look like a scorer. I think there's a good chance we get a 3C out of him. He's fast and very strong, but his playstyle is very much like a slicker version of Boone Jenner. He'll be a useful NHLer no doubt, but I wouldn't take him in the mid-first round.
Connor Zary is an all around competitive type center. The way a lot of people talk about him you'd think he'd be exactly the type of top six C the Jackets would love. I'm personally just not seeing where he has room for growth. He's already filled out and done growing, and doesn't have any tools that would be great at the NHL level. I see a good 3C.
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Hendrix Lapierre, watch the end of the Draft Dynasty profile on him, where Yanic shows his injuries. It's very hard to watch, because you can see his body just recoil at light contact. There is something very wrong there. If it's concussions, as was originally diagnosed, then I wouldn't touch him in the first round, he probably won't make it. If it's his neck, as his family and agent now say, maybe there's something there worth investigating. If you think he'll be healthy enough though, you absolutely take him. He is a top tier playmaker, with some of the best vision and passing in the draft, the type that would lift the goals totals of everyone around him.
Mavrik Bourque is a great junior center but not likely to be effective there at the NHL level. He's small, which is fine if a guy is quick enough, but Bourque isn't that quick. I am personally skeptical. I see more of a third line sparkplug winger.