Draft Combine Invite List...

[Redwingsfan]

After a few games he was back in the lineup for Sudbury and is playing in the playoffs...

ooops. my bad.

 

[petrklima85]

Whats the story with Blake Kessel....he was born in April/89 so I am guessing his is eligible this year.....statistically he had a better year then Petrecki. Should he have been invited too??

this brings up 2 questions here...........

1) what is the cut off day for when someone is deemed eligible to be drafted. Is the ruling that they only have to be 18 on draft day...or is it 18 by June 1 ??

2) Assuming Kessel's eligible this year......what round do you see him going in.

Admittedly I've never seen him play or know nothing about him other then what I read on the USHL/Waterloo websites. What's his style of play.....he's got good size and, apparently, an offensive streak. He had a good +/- but I think Waterloo is one of the best teams in the USHL, so are the offensive #'s from him a tad inflated? I don't know.

Did he go through the USNTDP ??

 

[Redwingsfan]

Whats the story with Blake Kessel....he was born in April/89 so I am guessing his is eligible this year.....statistically he had a better year then Petrecki. Should he have been invited too??

this brings up 2 questions here...........

1) what is the cut off day for when someone is deemed eligible to be drafted. Is the ruling that they only have to be 18 on draft day...or is it 18 by June 1 ??

2) Assuming Kessel's eligible this year......what round do you see him going in.

Admittedly I've never seen him play or know nothing about him other then what I read on the USHL/Waterloo websites. What's his style of play.....he's got good size and, apparently, an offensive streak. He had a good +/- but I think Waterloo is one of the best teams in the USHL, so are the offensive #'s from him a tad inflated? I don't know.

Did he go through the USNTDP ??

september 15th is the cut-off date.

kessel. never seen him play. my guess. 4th round.

 

[petrklima85]

september 15th is the cut-off date.

September 15 of the draft year?? So someone can be selected in the spring when he's 17....just as long as he's 18 by Septmeber 15 of the same year??

 

[Fan.At]

September 15 of the draft year?? So someone can be selected in the spring when he's 17....just as long as he's 18 by Septmeber 15 of the same year??

yes, jordan staal was born on 10th September 1988 and was drafted in 2006.
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=80489

unreal, the kid was barely 18 when he started playing in the nhl...

 

[Vagrant]

Whats the story with Blake Kessel....he was born in April/89 so I am guessing his is eligible this year.....statistically he had a better year then Petrecki. Should he have been invited too??

Nick Petrecki's hype at this point has nothing to do with his point production. The hype is there because he's a man child that skates far above average for his size, has a controlled but effective mean streak, is a monster at clearing the crease, and has what many to believe to be an offensive game that will develop as he goes along due to his puck skills. His contributions aren't the type that show up on the score sheet. Scouts are comparing him to Adam Foote. In earnest, stats in the USHL are pretty inflated, by and large.

 

[Redwingsfan]

September 15 of the draft year?? So someone can be selected in the spring when he's 17....just as long as he's 18 by Septmeber 15 of the same year??

correct

 

[mapletoft]

Dion Knelsen

Dion Knelsen from Alaska Fairbanks is definitely missing. Currently playing on Canada's U18 team in Finalnd - scored 2 goals and 2 assists last night.

 

[RLM6628]

no invite -Ian Cole - USA U18 NDTP Defense - red line ranking 14/15; Central Scouting 66?

 

[Holly Gunning]

Whats the story with Blake Kessel....he was born in April/89 so I am guessing his is eligible this year.....statistically he had a better year then Petrecki. Should he have been invited too??

2) Assuming Kessel's eligible this year......what round do you see him going in.

Admittedly I've never seen him play or know nothing about him other then what I read on the USHL/Waterloo websites. What's his style of play.....he's got good size and, apparently, an offensive streak. He had a good +/- but I think Waterloo is one of the best teams in the USHL, so are the offensive #'s from him a tad inflated? I don't know.

I recently saw Blake Kessel play. The hockey talent was not distributed anywhere close to evenly in that family -- Blake is just not very good. After seeing him, I'm stunned he put up such good numbers, but then as mentioned, Waterloo is a good team. He seems to get much more ice time than his play warrants.

If I were picking, I wouldn't draft him at all. There are just a lot of better players out there.