Prospect Info: Chase Yoder, Centre (6th Round, #170 Overall, 2020)

[Speaking Moistly]

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[Empoleon8771]

Not much, I know about this player

(his last name sounds like Yoda)

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Chase Yoder? Isn't that what Luke Skywalker did for much of the Empire Strikes Back?

 

[Kristopher Letang]

He’s the next Crosby. e5

 

[Empoleon8771]

Chase Yoder? Isn't that what Luke Skywalker did for much of the Empire Strikes Back?

 

[Speaking Moistly]

Genuinely surprising.

 

[Peat]

Not crazy on this one from what little I've read. Doesn't really seem to have much of a unique selling point.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

But mine was actually funny.

 

[Empoleon8771]

But mine was actually funny.

Idk I'm not a dweeb so I never got into Star Wars

 

[Speaking Moistly]

I’m not sure why, but the WBS play by play guy has been tweeting about these picks.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Well the foot fetishists will be happy that he's got good feet.

 

[HandshakeLine]

For once I’d like us to draft someone who doesn’t compete every shift, just to see if they actually had talent.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Kid sounds like a Bryan Rust type of project player.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

For once I’d like us to draft someone who doesn’t compete every shift, just to see if they actually had talent.

Pouliot. We hated it.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Pouliot. We hated it.

Oh, I just thought he was a turd.

 

[DRAGO 18]

Does he play goalie?

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

For once I’d like us to draft someone who doesn’t compete every shift, just to see if they actually had talent.

I know it refers to 1sts, but sorta fits. Very rarely do we see this team draft a guy who isn't a 1st rounder and we hear about his skill or shot or something.

 

[Jacob]

Well the foot fetishists will be happy that he's got good feet.

 

[cygnus47]

Great name. Late round, highlight being hard work and defensive game, yeah this'll work out.

 

[HandshakeLine]

On real talk, I always feel like “compete” is a meaningless buzzword when it comes to these draftees. Sure you get a Pouliot or a Daigle every once in a while, and sometimes the players just burn out, but for the most part, even getting as far as the draft means these kids want to be in the show and will work hard to do it. So, yeah, as BFD points out, not really a reassuring thing.

 

[Dux917]

His NHL comparison is funny enough - Brandon Tanev. And he's going to Tanev's old school, Providence College.

Saw this scouting report on him -

Chase Yoder, C, US NTDP: This speedy 2-way centerman is a later birthday that got a bit lost in the wash with a crowd of similar forwards at the Program. But the more I watched the US team, the more Yoder stood out to me. At a robust 5’10 ,175#, Yoder is a dynamite skater who can really motor up and down the ice. Excellent burst right out of the blocks, he’s got good lateral movement and powerful crossovers to generate a lot of power as he chases down pucks or drives to the middle of the ice in transition. A great glue-guy type of player, Yoder’s speed and tenacity make him a relentless backchecker who uses his strong stickwork to harass puck carriers into turnovers all over the ice, while a terror as a forechecker when you add in his willingness to level some big hits on defensemen much larger than him who don’t get rid of the puck in time. Loves to pressure the puck, whether on the PK or at evens. Playing a more conservative style, the responsible Yoder is the guy who always seems to be covering for D-Men who get too deep, or linemates that get out of position, as he has exceptional all-ice awareness. But don’t pigeonhole him as a defensive forward - he’s got some offense to his game as well. Plays a very fast game, partly due to his skating, partly due to the fact his reads are so good and he ‘sees’ the flow of the game so well.

Always seems to be around the top of the crease or between the circles despite his size; will power his way to the net with or without the puck and create havoc. Hands are pretty good, although not elite – he’s not going to dangle you to death or leave a bunch of broken ankles behind him as he stickhandles through a crowd. And his release isn’t instantaneous, but he’s got enough dekes and subtle fakes to make him an effective finisher in transition. Certainly didn’t blow up the scoreboard for the NTDP, with 20P in 43 games, but he rarely got time on the top 2 lines or on the PP, and this year’s group didn’t exactly light it up offensively as is. They played a tight-checking, defense-minded game most of the time. And Yoder was the go-to shutdown center on that team. Off to Providence next year, which has done some admirable work with Nate Leaman as HC there…turning out a couple NHL players seemingly every year lately.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Intriguing. Could be anything from Koltsov to Zucker by that description.

 

[Jobeycool]

You gotta watch every high school and college ice hockey game, eat,drink,sleep,play ,dream about ice hockey and know the entire world of ice hockey to know about these kind of players

 

[Jacob]

I used to feel like USNTDP players were overvalued, but last year there were so many great players that some of the less heralded like Moynihan and Caulfield were a little undervalued.

 

[Jobeycool]

Does he play goalie?

maybe they will force Him to be a goalie