Player Discussion At 47 the Senators Select Alex Formenton

[SENATOR]

Speedster with no NHL skills. Another future trade fodder.

 

[armani]

Dzingle upside?

 

[Sensinitis]

Speedster with no NHL skills. Another future trade fodder.

You should stop posting.

 

[edguy]

Dzingle upside?

A more physical Dzingel yes.

 

[Benjamin]

Im a fan. Drafting the depth players from London is smart. They always explode when they move up the following season.

 

[scallionjj11]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN-QRBIZwMs

He's so excited in this interview, you can tell.

 

[zman77]

Formenton has plenty of skill to go with his Blazing Speed!!
Ottawa Fans you have a gem in Alex Formenton
I was surprised he was available in the 2nd Round.
In my humble opinion, he will exceed many of the 1st Round Picks.
He got better and better during the season.
Dale Hunter does not give a lot of ice time to most OHL Rookies that would include
Robbie Thomas who had to earn the trust of Hunter.
Formenton was 5'6" 135 lbs 2 years ago.
He plays a very gritty game.
Here are last seasons s highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYR1CNM3JzI

 

[scallionjj11]

Formenton has plenty of skill to go with his Blazing Speed!!
Ottawa Fans you have a gem in Alex Formenton
I was surprised he was available in the 2nd Round.
In my humble opinion, he will exceed many of the 1st Round Picks.
He got better and better during the season.
Dale Hunter does not give a lot of ice time to most OHL Rookies that would include
Robbie Thomas who had to earn the trust of Hunter.
Formenton was 5'6" 135 lbs 2 years ago.
He plays a very gritty game.
Here are last seasons s highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYR1CNM3JzI

I agree with all of the above. This pick looks very solid.

 

[Six Assets]

Sens really wanted a goalie. Maybe they were targeting Oettinger in the first.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Speedster with no NHL skills. Another future trade fodder.

He's got great speed, good size and a sneaky wrist shot.

Don't think he's got top 6 talent, but it's incorrect to say he has no NHL skils.

 

[edguy]

Sens really wanted a goalie. Maybe they were targeting Oettinger in the first.

Idk.. on one hand I dont think they wanted a goalie that high.. but on the other Itd make sense why Dallas jumped us to grab him..

 

[Hale The Villain]

Sens really wanted a goalie. Maybe they were targeting Oettinger in the first.

God I miss Lowes.

The way Mann praises players infuriates me. All he talks about is character, compete, maturity, effort, etc... From the sounds of it, under his leadership we'll continue to draft players like Lazar, Englund, White and Bowers over players with more upside for the foreseeable future.

Disappointing.

 

[Brock]

I had Formenton as the 15th best OHL'er available this year.

http://ohlprospects.blogspot.ca/2017/05/my-final-top-50-ohl-players-for-2017_15.html

He also received votes in my final media/scout poll (and earlier ones too).

http://ohlprospects.blogspot.ca/2017/06/final-mediascout-poll-for-2017-nhl-draft.html

 

[Ouroboros]

God I miss Lowes.

The way Mann praises players infuriates me. All he talks about is character, compete, maturity, effort, etc... From the sounds of it, under his leadership we'll continue to draft players like Lazar, Englund, White and Bowers over players with more upside for the foreseeable future.

Disappointing.

Having 4 total picks, and only 2 in the first 120 kinda limits the sort of draft you can have I guess. They played it safe with their first 2 picks - no doubt about that. Maybe that strategy blows up in their face, or maybe not. I'd like to see how Mann runs a draft when he is afforded some latitude to take a risk or two.

Then again - we've had a lot of turnover in our scouting ranks lately. Bob Lowes left. Lewis Mongelluzzo and Frank Kollar were - I think - fired. They hired new NCAA coordinating recruiter, US area scout and Euro scout recently - maybe the new group just sucks. We don't know.

 

[Cosmix]

Don't know much about him.. hence ,, I would have preferred Comtois but .. I like the speed element Formenton has I hope he has the Hockey IQ as well

Based on the report, he is very fast with limited offensive skills. Tall but very light weight. Sounds like another Dzingle who cannot dzangle with the puck!

I wonder why Comptois was rated lower. Another choice that should be monitored to gauage the scouting staff performance.

 

[scallionjj11]

Could be the next Hagelin 2.0

 

[Laphroaig]

Could be the next Hagelin 2.0

He could also turn out to be much better than Hagelin. I heartily endorse this pick

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

I had Formenton as the 15th best OHL'er available this year.

http://ohlprospects.blogspot.ca/2017/05/my-final-top-50-ohl-players-for-2017_15.html

He also received votes in my final media/scout poll (and earlier ones too).

http://ohlprospects.blogspot.ca/2017/06/final-mediascout-poll-for-2017-nhl-draft.html

Thanks Brock. I always like your OHL player profiles and rankings

 

[JungleBeat]

Max Pacioretty?

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Could be the next Hagelin 2.0

Hagelin may not put up a ton of points, but he is still a very useful player. I have no problem with a 2nd rounder turning into a Hagelin.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Max Pacioretty?

Only more in your face Grittier would be good

 

[Karl Prime]

Very pleased with this pick. He could be an excellent role player down the road for a Boucher-coached team with his speed.

 

[Brannstorm]

Nice pick, he is definitely going to mature well. I'd say 2-3 years of formenting.

 

[edguy]

Nice pick, he is definitely going to mature well. I'd say 2-3 years of formenting.

He's got another 2 years left in London..
Probably another 2-3 in bingo after that.

We likely aren't looking at him to play on the big club till he's at least 22 in my opinion..

 

[bert]

Speedster with no NHL skills. Another future trade fodder.

Yikes... I dunno man. He is barely 17 years old pretty sure if he is born 2 days later he is next years draft.

He has some great tools, its pretty hard to get icetime on a stacked London team as an OHL rookie. Id say he did pretty well, I bet he breaks out next year.

I spoke to one of the sens scouts and he was extatic, while the first rounder was a safe pick Formenton was a home run shot. Not to mention he is in London's program he is going to get developed properly.

I really like this pick.