LD Guillaume Richard - Tri-City Storm, USHL (2021, 101st, CBJ)

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Good size, and smooth skater. Pretty good offensive instincts and puck handling. Big shot. Defensively, he’s about average. Round 3 type of player.

Guillaume Richard at eliteprospects.com

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[Wintersun]

Really high-end skater with great mobility and puck moving ability. Can carry the puck extremely well. His progress from 13 years old to 15 years old was absolutely incredible. Defensively has always been a bit weak physically, but he has a good enough frame to fill out. I think he has NHL upside.

Transition game and power play are his bread and butter.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Really high-end skater with great mobility and puck moving ability. Can carry the puck extremely well. His progress from 13 years old to 15 years old was absolutely incredible. Defensively has always been a bit weak physically, but he has a good enough frame to fill out. I think he has NHL upside.

Transition game and power play are his bread and butter.

I think he's more potential than a proven commodity at this point. I haven't been that impressed with his actual play between what I saw at the WHC17 (I know he had 6 points in 6 games, but that was a very quiet 6 points) last year and in the USHL this season.

He's going to need significant development time to improve his decision making, his defense, and turn his offensive potential into more points. The tools are there to be an NHL'er, as you said. I think he has middle pairing potential, if he hits his ceiling.

 

[IHaveNoCreativity]

I think he's more potential than a proven commodity at this point. I haven't been that impressed with his actual play between what I saw at the WHC17 (I know he had 6 points in 6 games, but that was a very quiet 6 points) last year and in the USHL this season.

He's going to need significant development time to improve his decision making, his defense, and turn his offensive potential into more points. The tools are there to be an NHL'er, as you said. I think he has middle pairing potential, if he hits his ceiling.

He might only end up being a point man/pp guy, but he’ll play. He’s unreal with the puck, modern day defence man, I think he’s a guy who’s ready at 23-24 though.

 

[wings5]

On the Canadian u-18 national team but have not heard much about him. Interesting he chose the atypical route for a Quebec native going the NCAA path .

 

[Get North]

He's alright. Played beside Clarke and it was Clarke who making most of the plays on his D-pair during the exhibition game. I'm exciting to see Richard in the real game, he seems more of an average all-around type rather than having a couple elite tools.

 

[IHaveNoCreativity]

On the Canadian u-18 national team but have not heard much about him. Interesting he chose the atypical route for a Quebec native going the NCAA path .

He was dead set on NCAA from 13 upwards, they tried hard to convince him to leave.

 

[Dux917]

Decommits from Maine - and is now going to Providence College. Coaching changes at Maine, and his game might have gotten bigger then Maine program now - hence the switch

 

[Wintersun]

Decommits from Maine - and is now going to Providence College. Coaching changes at Maine, and his game might have gotten bigger then Maine program now - hence the switch

Always thought Maine was a weird choice for a player like him.

 

[thethinglonger]

Here's some footage from a game in April:

 

[mratch19]

Here's some footage from a game in April:

Thanks! I really like Richard, and I think he'll develop into a good NHL defenseman. I liked him at the u18s too! The first vibes I got from him were similar to the vibes I had when I first saw Braden Schneider at the u18s

 

[Subway Schenn]

NHL player.

 

[MMC]

Welcome to Columbus

 

[Cowumbus]

Are there any NCAA/Providence fans who could provide an update on his 2021 season?

 

[jonmonohand]

I used to go to school with him