Early look at 2020 QMJHL draft so far

[DaveMacScout]

Agree with Benoit B's mock draft and that hughes would be a steal if he goes where projected. But I would put Rozzi and Warren in that category as well.

This is a very deep class and I can see some 2-4th rounders outperforming some of the 1st rounders for sure. It seems some are inflated or haven't been tested yet. Time will tell, it always does.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

For those keeping track of trades, there will be some big movement up top.

EDIT: Looks like it won't involve Saint John.

 

[S E P H]

Wait, did I see that right? Gatineau had 1st and 2nd overall? How did they do that?

E: Wait...they had 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 8th overall? Like WTF?

 

[Bob Barker]

Wait, did I see that right? Gatineau had 1st and 2nd overall? How did they do that?

E: Wait...they had 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 8th overall? Like WTF?

Looked across the river at the Sens and said, "hold my beer"

 

[SympathyForTheDevils]

Wait, did I see that right? Gatineau had 1st and 2nd overall? How did they do that?

E: Wait...they had 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 8th overall? Like WTF?

They got Bathurst and Halifax's picks by selling them assets (Mitch Balmas and Max Trépanier, respectively) when those teams were making Mem Cup runs. Always a good investment, since those all-in teams tend to crater after they make their runs. They got BLB's pick in a similar trade with Cape Breton, I think. Plus they were also bad this year, so they had their own lottery pick.

 

[Prospect Tracker]

Draft is over.

Let's move on Draft 2021 page!

Will be better next year I think.

 

[Prospect Tracker]

Before leaving, I just wish to underline the great evaluation made by WINTERSUN almost 18 months before the draft. The most precise and accurate so long before. He deleted his comment since but if you return to page 6 / comment #138, you can expand and read the initial post that I copied below. I removed any comment that could be perceived negatively even if there was nothing hard there.

WINTERSUN, if you're not already scout, they should offer you a job. Almost better than CSR who posted a month before.

For the teams more in the Quebec area (with round I expect them to go)

Triolet :
- Poirier (4-6) small offensive d very mobile (drafted 8)
- Michel(1-2) one of the best d in the draft, very trustworthy and talented (drafted 3)
- Begin(3-5) small but high-end skill and vision (drafted 7)
- Dufour(6-10) power forward (drafted 10)

Mauricie :
- Juneau (2-3) playmaking center (drafted 8)
- Lafontaine (5-7) two-way winger, fast (drafted 4)
- Lefebvre (4-8) two-way d, mobile (drafted 8)
- Michaud (6-10) defensive d, physical (not drafted)
- Filion G (drafted 1)

Lévis :
- Lavoie (1-2) two-way d, complete package (drafted 2)
- Nadeau (3-4) power forward, size, speed, shooting ability (drafted 7)
- Fauchon (3-4) quick forward with smarts and skill, needs more size (drafted 1)
- Marquis-Laflamme (5-8) skilled fwd can shoot (drafted 7)
- Boulet (4-6) power forward w size and speed (nor drafted)

Beauce :
- Labbé (1-4) High-end skill player with great hockey sense (drafted 4)
- P-O Roy (1-3) Very stable 2-way d, smart player (drafted 1)
- Labrecque (7-14) (drafted 13)

Est du Quebec :
- Drapeau (2-4) very mobile, competitive d with upside at both ends (drafted 1)
- Labrie (5-8) all tools (drafted 10)
- Coté (10-14) fast (drafted 14)

Vert et Noir :
- Fontaine (1-2) high-end 2-way c lots of skills (drafted 3)
- Maltais (1-3) big gritty fwd w skills and smarts (drafted 6 but NCAA intention)
- Beauchemin (2-5) 2-way d (not drafted)
- Mianscum (2-5) high-end talent (drafted 8)
- Xavier Roy (3-6) (drafted 7)
- Grenier (drafted 7)
- Delorme (not drafted)
- Launiere G (not drafted)

Cascades :
-Desruisseaux (3-6) high-end talent (drafted 13)

Noir et Or :
- Pelchat (1-4) small skilled fwd who does it all, very smart and creative (drafted 13)
- St-Michel (4-6) 2-way winger (drafted 3)
- Larocque (not drafted)
- Charbonneau (not drafted)

Typhons + Cyclones :
- Fortin (1-3) high-end skill and vision, great playmaker (not drafted)
- Beauregard (1-3) strong skater w great skill and scoring ability (drafted 3)
- Delage (5-8) two-way d(drafted 7)
- Morin (drafted 1) and Auger (drafted 12) are okay

Lac St-Jean :
- Tremblay (3-6) (drafted 12)
- Gagnon (3-6) (drafted 2)
- Guay (5-9) (not drafted)
- Gagné (3-6) (drafted 10)
very deep team but not much high-end talent in my opinion.

don't know if I forgot some team, but that's from what I've seen.


As for putting your guys in order :

Vidicek (1)
Rozzi (3)
Mastrodomenico (1)
Dumais (1)
Iasenza (3)
Bishop (6)
Guarnieri (6)
Vetrano (4)
Verreault (1)
Patella (4)
Akkouche (4)
Côté (2)
Pierre-Noel (11)
Hryckowian (10)
Lemaire (9)
Sullivan (3)
Bjorn (10)
McMahon (5)
Reid (7)
Lachance (5)
Lacoursière (not drafted)
Doucet (10)
Delaronde (not drafted)
Legault (9)
Richard (not drafted)
Fortin (not drafted)

 

[ProHockeySport]

Before leaving, I just wish to underline the solid evaluation made by WINTERSUN almost 18 months before the draft. The most precise and accurate so far before. After the "HF comments on kids gate" that followed the Jeux du Quebec, he deleted his post. If you return to page 6 / comment #138, you can expand and read the initial post that I copied below. I filtered any comment that could be perceived negatively even if there was nothing hard there.

WINTERSUN, if you're not already scout, they should offer you a job. Almost better than CSR who posted a month before.

For the teams more in the Quebec area (with round I expect them to go)

Triolet :
- Poirier (4-6) small offensive d very mobile (drafted 8)
- Michel(1-2) one of the best d in the draft, very trustworthy and talented (drafted 3)
- Begin(3-5) small but high-end skill and vision (drafted 7)
- Dufour(6-10) power forward (drafted 10)

Mauricie :
- Juneau (2-3) playmaking center (drafted 8)
- Lafontaine (5-7) two-way winger, fast (drafted 4)
- Lefebvre (4-8) two-way d, mobile (drafted 8)
- Michaud (6-10) defensive d, physical (not drafted)
- Filion G (drafted 1)

Lévis :
- Lavoie (1-2) two-way d, complete package (drafted 2)
- Nadeau (3-4) power forward, size, speed, shooting ability (drafted 7)
- Fauchon (3-4) quick forward with smarts and skill, needs more size (drafted 1)
- Marquis-Laflamme (5-8) skilled fwd can shoot (drafted 7)
- Boulet (4-6) power forward w size and speed (nor drafted)

Beauce :
- Labbé (1-4) High-end skill player with great hockey sense (drafted 4)
- P-O Roy (1-3) Very stable 2-way d, smart player (drafted 1)
- Labrecque (7-14) (drafted 13)

Est du Quebec :
- Drapeau (2-4) very mobile, competitive d with upside at both ends, needs to be consistent (drafted 1)
- Labrie (5-8) all tools (drafted 10)
- Coté (10-14) fast (drafted 14)

Vert et Noir :
- Fontaine (1-2) high-end 2-way c lots of skills (drafted 3)
- Maltais (1-3) big gritty fwd w skills and smarts (drafted 6 but NCAA intention)
- Beauchemin (2-5) 2-way d (not drafted)
- Mianscum (2-5) high-end talent (drafted 8)
- Xavier Roy (3-6) (drafted 7)
- Grenier (drafted 7)
- Delorme (not drafted)
- Launiere G (not drafted)

Cascades :
-Desruisseaux (3-6) high-end talent (drafted 13)

Noir et Or :
- Pelchat (1-4) small skilled fwd who does it all, very smart and creative (drafted 13)
- St-Michel (4-6) 2-way winger (drafted 3)
- Larocque (not drafted)
- Charbonneau (not drafted)

Typhons + Cyclones :
- Fortin (1-3) high-end skill and vision, great playmaker (not drafted)
- Beauregard (1-3) strong skater w great skill and scoring ability (drafted 3)
- Delage (5-8) two-way d(drafted 7)
- Morin (drafted 1) and Auger (drafted 12) are okay

Lac St-Jean :
- Tremblay (3-6) (drafted 12)
- Gagnon (3-6) (drafted 2)
- Guay (5-9) (not drafted)
- Gagné (3-6) (not drafted)
very deep team but not much high-end talent in my opinion.

don't know if I forgot some team, but that's from what I've seen.


As for putting your guys in order :

Vidicek (1)
Rozzi (3)
Mastrodomenico (1)
Dumais (1)
Iasenza (3)
Bishop (6)
Guarnieri (6)
Vetrano (4)
Verreault (1)
Patella (4)
Akkouche (4)
Côté (2)
Pierre-Noel (11)
Hryckowian (10)
Lemaire (9)
Sullivan (3)
Bjorn (10)
McMahon (5)
Reid (7)
Lachance (5)
Lacoursière (not drafted)
Doucet (10)
Delaronde (not drafted)
Legault (9)
Richard (not drafted)
Fortin (not drafted)

Sag-Lac... Gagné drafted (10)179

 

[Marc caron]

Qui selon vous dans le midget espoir les joueur qui aurait du être sur la liste et être draft qui ne le son pas ?
Merci !!

 

[Prospect Tracker]

Qui selon vous dans le midget espoir les joueur qui aurait du être sur la liste et être draft qui ne le son pas ?
Merci !!

Each year, good 15 years old players are ignored. Every year also, 16 years old players get drafted. That means that you will probably have the answer to your question in June 2021.

 

[HkyTalk]

Hockey Prospect: what a joke !

I make fun of their "scouting reports". They see things most scouts don't see. A slow skater becomes a quick feet player and a lazy one-way forward becomes a player with great work ethic after one game.

No credible organization pays any attention to what they sell (lists, reports, ...). That's only good for parents in search of recognition for their kid.

Great stuff to show friends, family and neighbors: they will be impressed!

Spoken like someone that had it all as a kid.

 

[Prospect Tracker]

Spoken like someone that had it all as a kid.

Can you elaborate?

 

[cmcneil02]

Wow that James Swan guy dropped to the 2nd Round, quite the steal for the Mooseheads.

 

[Prospect Tracker]

Wow that James Swan guy dropped to the 2nd Round, quite the steal for the Mooseheads.

Halifax added a lot of talent up front with Vidicek, Dumais and Swan. All first rounders in my book.

 

[HkyTalk]

Spoken like someone that had it all as a kid.

On line information is in your age a newspaper. Didn’t your parents show their friends a story or picture of you when you were in it. But from your last statement you got too much attention.

 

[Prospect Tracker]

On line information is in your age a newspaper. Didn’t your parents show their friends a story or picture of you when you were in it. But from your last statement you got too much attention.

Thanks for my psychological profile. I will save a consultation and a few hundred dollars. Hope you're evaluation is more reliable than scouting services you will invest in for the next year.

 

[CDuguay]

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Halifax added a lot of talent up front with Vidicek, Dumais and Swan. All first rounders in my book.

My son played with all three of them in the past years. I'd say you're about right except for maybe one of them. Maybe because of his 'regular' grouchy attitude on the ice and in the locker room towards the coaches and his teammates. Hopefully for him, it will change with time and maturity. But I would take them on my team anytime.
And I too think that Swan was a steal by the Mooseheads. He didn't really belong at the rank the CSR put him in. I don't know what they saw to put him that low, but I definitely didn't see it.​

 

[MARITIMESHOCKI]

Halifax added a lot of talent up front with Vidicek, Dumais and Swan. All first rounders in my book.

Swan has the most UPSIDE of the 3 players need to work on speed, Dumais can score, it can help his case but if he doesn't, he won't be effective , Vidicek can be good shut down player, if he can keep up with the speed of the game.

 

[Prospectsfinest]

I see Hopkins and Rozzi didn’t show up for Moncton, who else from the 2020 draft hasn’t shown? Where are they playing?

 

[wayupnorth]

I see Hopkins and Rozzi didn’t show up for Moncton, who else from the 2020 draft hasn’t shown? Where are they playing?

Could they be back at their teams from last season?

 

[Prospect Tracker]

Swan has the most UPSIDE of the 3 players need to work on speed, Dumais can score, it can help his case but if he doesn't, he won't be effective , Vidicek can be good shut down player, if he can keep up with the speed of the game.

Well so far all three look like first rounders.

 

[IHaveNoCreativity]

Swan has the most UPSIDE of the 3 players need to work on speed, Dumais can score, it can help his case but if he doesn't, he won't be effective , Vidicek can be good shut down player, if he can keep up with the speed of the game.

Dumais has come a long way to catch them, I would say that Rozzi will end up as the best of the bench.

 

[Prospect Tracker]

Dumais has come a long way to catch them, I would say that Rozzi will end up as the best of the bench.

I strongly disagree but time will tell.

 

[IHaveNoCreativity]

I strongly disagree but time will tell.

Rozzi has always been close if not better, he’s also always been the least developed and the best pure scorer. Time will tell.

 

[Wintersun]

Rozzi has always been close if not better, he’s also always been the least developed and the best pure scorer. Time will tell.

I think Dumais has been the best of the bunch since the second year of Bantam. Vidicek and Rozzi are close after. They both play a much more well rounded game and are very smart with and without the puck. Rozzi is probably the least impactful or dominant in terms of skill, but he has the size they don't have. Dumais is probably the most offensively gifted of the bunch, his creativity and skill level are off the charts. As for Swan, I don't think his skill or hockey sense are close to the other three, but his motor and compete level (absolutely incredible) allow him to have as big an impact.