Prospect Info: D Declan Chisholm (2018 5th, 150th overall) - Signed ELC

[CorgisPer60]

.43PPG as an 18 year old D. Pretty decent.

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[Brock]

My scouting report on Chisholm.

OHL Prospects: My Final Top 50 OHL Players for the 2018 NHL Entry Draft - Part 2: 31-50

 

[Maukkis]

I have several puns about Declan declining ready for the right moment.

 

[Joe Hallenback]

Great skating D man but he doesn't think the game at the same speed but you hope he can develop that over the next couple of years

 

[MardyBum]

No posts June and he has no thread in the prospects forum .


26 points in 26 games, leading his team in points by 7.

Anyone get a chance to watch this kid play this year? Looking like our most promising prospect from 2018 so far.

 

[Channelcat]

Already ahead of last years total points. Kid is tearing it up. Hopefully another late round steal.

 

[DJBiffWPG]

More Jets fans need to be excited about this kid he could be a steal. He plays on the top pair and leads his team in scoring.

 

[Neuf]

More Jets fans need to be excited about this kid he could be a steal. He plays on the top pair and leads his team in scoring.

Blah blah blah what's his wingspan.

 

[DJBiffWPG]

Blah blah blah what's his wingspan.

Jets scouts learned their lesson when they drafted Stanley. Never again.

 

[ps241]

Over in the prospects thread there are a few posts from Petes fans who say he has a solid 200 foot game. Obviously his point totals are more than I could have hoped for in his Draft +2 season let alone his draft +1 so that is a massive plus. One of the posters also commented that he is a great kid and that doesn't hurt. Loved the point in his interview where he mentioned "his best friends dad is a scout for the Jets" so I guess we probably know who went to bat for Declan in the war room.

Great to have this kind of a defensive prospect in the pipeline.

 

[JetsUK]

Great skater, playing a smarter, calmer more positional game this year, so starting to assert himself in all 3 zones. Some interesting quotes from his new coach:

"We all know he is a great skater, he's got great feet, but his gap control is really good now," said Wilson. "I remember watching some stuff where I thought we could improve his gap and he has improved on his gap. When the attack is coming in on him he's limiting the time and space of the opposing team very well. He and (Cole) Fraser are playing against the other team's top line every game and they're doing a great job for us. That's hard to do but it's showing the responsibility he has to take it upon himself to be that defenceman. It's also not hurt his offensive production."

Source: Scouts noticing Peterborough Petes defenceman Declan Chisholm’s breakout year

 

[ps241]

Great skater, playing a smarter, calmer more positional game this year, so starting to assert himself in all 3 zones. Some interesting quotes from his new coach:

"We all know he is a great skater, he's got great feet, but his gap control is really good now," said Wilson. "I remember watching some stuff where I thought we could improve his gap and he has improved on his gap. When the attack is coming in on him he's limiting the time and space of the opposing team very well. He and (Cole) Fraser are playing against the other team's top line every game and they're doing a great job for us. That's hard to do but it's showing the responsibility he has to take it upon himself to be that defenceman. It's also not hurt his offensive production."

Source: Scouts noticing Peterborough Petes defenceman Declan Chisholm’s breakout year

So a "5th ROUND" D +1 PPG D man that is on the shut down pair getting recognized for his gap control and defensive skill.

 

[Imcanadianeh]

Jets scouts learned their lesson when they drafted Stanley. Never again.

It’s uneducated comments like this that create myths.

 

[jetdiehard]

6-1 185 lbs. wish he was 6-4

 

[Adam da bomb]

Our D looks like it could be our strength in the future. These prospects seem better than Chariot Morrow and Myers

 

[DJBiffWPG]

It’s uneducated comments like this that create myths.

Believe me or not I don’t care but I have inside knowledge the Jets scouting staff learned their lesson when they took Stanley. Scouting staff was split down the middle and not everyone was onboard with the pick.

They have drafted extremely well on d since that day.

 

[surixon]

It’s uneducated comments like this that create myths.

They did shift their drafting strategy with regards to dmen the following draft year. How much of that had to do with Stanley and Cederholm I don't know but since that draft they have placed far greater weight on skating, puck skills, offense and the ability to break the puck out.

 

[ps241]

6-1 185 lbs. wish he was 6-4

Why?

 

[nobody imp0rtant]

So a "5th ROUND" D +1 PPG D man that is on the shut down pair getting recognized for his gap control and defensive skill.

Sounds promising but does he have a GF going to med school in Florida?

 

[Mud Turtle]

6-1 185 lbs. wish he was 6-4

I’m pretty happy with “tiny” Josh Morrissey.
Hope Declan can keep it up. What a great surprise that would be.

 

[heilongjetsfan]

Sounds promising but does he have a GF going to med school in Florida?

Preferably broadcasting school in Moose Jaw.

 

[Whileee]

Jets scouts learned their lesson when they drafted Stanley. Never again.

Or maybe when they drafted Niku, or Morrissey...

 

[Evil Little]

It’s uneducated comments like this that create myths.

Yeah?

What about the panicked narrative about Comeau/Hillier after Garret's week-long Stanley hatchet job? Was that educated? Because it's still lingering.

 

[KingBogo]

They did shift their drafting strategy with regards to dmen the following draft year. How much of that had to do with Stanley and Cederholm I don't know but since that draft they have placed far greater weight on skating, puck skills, offense and the ability to break the puck out.

It appears Stanley was a single player draft strategy. The last defenseman drafted before him was Niku in the 7th round the season before and Green the pick directly after him. Don't see how Cederholm is any type of trend beginning or ending? The next season the first 2 defenseman picked were even bigger kids in Samberg and Kovacevic followed by Gawanke then a big kid in Evingson. Then Chisholm and Vallati last season. Going back before Niku you see the same variety in defenseman types being picked along the way.

 

[DJBiffWPG]

Or maybe when they drafted Niku, or Morrissey...

Niku was a shot in the dark that’s turned out incredible.

They did shift their drafting strategy with regards to dmen the following draft year. How much of that had to do with Stanley and Cederholm I don't know but since that draft they have placed far greater weight on skating, puck skills, offense and the ability to break the puck out.

Exactly.

Kovacevic, Samberg, Gawanke and Chisholm all looking like they have NHL potential.