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In 5 years a lot of casuals are going to pick him up in their fantasy leagues and think they hit the jackpot.
I think powerful is a good description. I think it’s a strength.
Wishful thinking, although I think he projects as a centre and I think we have other areas to focus on. He’s right in our range in most lists for now, but he’s been steadily rising all season. I expect he’ll be long gone well before where I hope our pick ends up (#31 ).Wonder if the Leafs could potentially snag him.
As Tryamkin said, he is intelligent. He makes some great reads and has a lot of quickness too.
Here's a shift-by-shift of one of his games this season:
I think a few people here have him rated in their Top 10, and I concur with that assessment.
That’s actually a pretty appropriate stylistic comparison, too!I’m my opinion, the Pierre Luc Dubois of this year, could end up as a top 5 pick at the end of the year.
I think you're absolutely right.I’m my opinion, the Pierre Luc Dubois of this year, could end up as a top 5 pick at the end of the year.
Purely opinion, but I’d still easily take Dach - although I love McMichael.Him or Dach?
Where do people see him going in the draft?
This is the kind of quality analysis that keeps me comoing back to HFBoards.David O'Connor became the President and CEO of the Madison Square Garden Company, the owner of the New York Rangers, in the same month that Connor McDavid was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers: June 2015.
While they may never have met, O'Connor and McDavid's lives both intersected for a brief moment.
David O'Connor
O'Connor stepped down in November 2017. James Dolan was his replacement as CEO.
That month, McDavid had the flu.
https://www.tsn.ca/mcdavid-has-lost-5-10-lbs-due-to-illness-1.924075
Purely opinion, but I’d still easily take Dach - although I love McMichael.
As I’ve said elsewhere, I can’t wrap my head around Dach’s recent point slump. When I attended the Blades game on Saturday, he could have easily had half a dozen assists on top of his great goal. His vision is amazing and his puck handling, puck possession, and passing skills are astounding. He also has a great shot, which is why I get so pissed off when he consistently refuses to shoot. McMichael is good in his own end but Dach is truly great from all my viewings; his two-way game needs so much more attention.
I think Dach can be like Getzlaf, and McMichael like Dubois. Both great players, but there’s a clear separation.
I’m fortunate enough to get to see a fair amount of WHL action live and some OHL games each season. I also love junior hockey enough to take the time to identify and, if needs be, pay for the means of watching other CHL action. I try to watch some US stuff, though probably not enough to construct a reliable opinion on American prospects (although that doesn’t stop me). I basically only see Euros at international events like the Hlinka, WJC, Canada-Russia series and so on unless it’s really convenient to watch a known top guy. But even with all that I’m in the same boat as you with trying to parcel out the great forward talent at the top of this draft, even just the North Americans. I’m really looking forward to this year’s draft as it may be one of the most interesting in several years.Thanks gotcha. Seems to be so many quality forwards at the top of this draft that it’s starting to get really hard to distinguish player X vs Y if you’re like me and can’t see many of the games.
I think Brock has him #4 in the OHL behind Kaliyev, Suzuki and Tomasino which is disagree with strongly. McMichael is the best OHL prospect in my opinion.Seems like the consensus is 15-20 range but the consensus usually lags behind prospects who are continually gaining momentum. There's not many prospects out there with more momentum than McMichael and you add that to him being on the proven London prospect-factory and likely having an extended season to shine with a long playoff run and potentially a Memorial Cup run and I think the posters who have been touting him as a potential Top 10 pick in recent weeks are likely to be more correct.
Few on the consensus lists if any had Hayton as high as he went, #5 overall, last season and I feel like if any prospect out there right now is in the kind of situation to pull that off, it might be McMichael. Now Brock still had him I believe #3 overall in just the OHL recently and there may be a limit to how high he can move in this draft when the Top 10 is thick with big-time forward talents but I'd bet Top 10 at this point without batting an eyelash.
I think the same. While I love Kaliyev's offensive upside, McMichael has all the tools to be a Bo Horvat type.I think Brock has him #4 in the OHL behind Kaliyev, Suzuki and Tomasino which is disagree with strongly. McMichael is the best OHL prospect in my opinion.