Prospect Info: Matthew Andonovski 2023 RD5

[DJB]

Matthew Andonovski at eliteprospects.com

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Matthew Andonovski, 2005-03-14 Markham, ON, CAN Canada. Most recently in the OHL with Kitchener Rangers. Complete player biography and stats.

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Plays on the same team as Sens pick Tomas Hamara

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[Micklebot]

Nothing to get too exited about here imo, but then again, that's pretty much to be expected in the 5th round.

 

[DJB]

Nothing to get too exited about here imo, but then again, that's pretty much to be expected in the 5th round.

From my limited viewings we can hope for a poor man’s bottom pairing Boro type

 

[Hale The Villain]

Brock Otten had him ranked 45th on his top 50 OHLers available list:

45. Matthew Andonovski - Defense - Kitchener Rangers
I would imagine that Andonovski gets drafted. And I would totally understand why. Good size. Strong defensive awareness. Extremely physical. Opposing forwards rarely win puck battles against Andonovski along the wall if he's able to pin/seal them. I guess my concerns stem from his mobility. He can struggle against quicker players and if I'm taking a big, physical guy with stay at home potential, I have other preferences from the OHL this year.

 

[bert]

Nothing to get too exited about here imo, but then again, that's pretty much to be expected in the 5th round.

I really think they need a change in mind set in how they evaluate and approach a draft.

 

[armani]

Super meh, another 6'2" LD with no offence or IQ.

They should be using these late picks on home run picks (very high risk of failure, but medium/high rewards if they hit certain marks), but maybe not many available since I didn't really follow this draft class with no high picks.

 

[bert]

Brock Otten had him ranked 45th on his top 50 OHLers available list:

He's by far the best at breaking down the OHL. Not a good sign.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Hockey Prospect's scouting report:

 

[Coaches Coroner]

Physical, size, aggressive, pretty strong defensively, skating isn't too too bad. Had a horrible coach most of the year who had no defensive system. Moves the puck up ice ok, not going to produce much offense. Saw him more as a 6th-7th rounder if he were to be drafted, but as a Ranger fan I do see what he has that could potentially be worked with to mold into a stay at home defenseman bottom pair guy with bite...maybe doesn't sound sexy in terms of upside, but it is the 5th round, where teams lists open up really wide,

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Analytics perspective

 

[dmarc]

Yeah don't know anything about this guy so I am happy to be completely wrong but Roger/Romeo vibes to this pick and the org knows how well that worked out just a few weeks ago, so curious

 

[Ouroboros]

Yeah don't know anything about this guy so I am happy to be completely wrong but Roger/Romeo vibes to this pick, and well the org knows how well that worked out just a few weeks ago, so curious

Its different from that in the sense that Andonovski is tough and physical. He has a dimension that is projectable into the pro leagues. That's not to say that he's going to make it, but you can see a path for him.

Roger and Romeo were nothing but tall. Both unskilled, neither were particularly physical or mean either. Was hard to see any pro role for those guys right from the start.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Did we not even make a thread for Hoyt Stanley?

 

[LudwigVonKarlsson]

Did we not even make a thread for Hoyt Stanley?

More comments on his thread than all of the other recently drafted prospects combined.

 

[Alf Silfversson]

Physical, size, aggressive, pretty strong defensively, skating isn't too too bad. Had a horrible coach most of the year who had no defensive system. Moves the puck up ice ok, not going to produce much offense. Saw him more as a 6th-7th rounder if he were to be drafted, but as a Ranger fan I do see what he has that could potentially be worked with to mold into a stay at home defenseman bottom pair guy with bite...maybe doesn't sound sexy in terms of upside, but it is the 5th round, where teams lists open up really wide,

So he'll feel right at home on the Ottawa Senators then?

 

[Burrowsaurus]

More comments on his thread than all of the other recently drafted prospects combined.

I don’t see it am I blind

 

[Cosmix]

The probability of success for players in this draft class for the Senators is very low. If we get one regular player at any position we will be extremely fortunate. Nevertheless, I hope they all do well and defy the odds.

 

[jbeck5]

0 goals in 120 games of ohl hockey.

Imagine when you were younger and played 30 games a season...imagine going 4 seasons without scoring a goal. As solid defensively as you are, do you really belong? Lol partly kidding.

 

[Xspyrit]

Don't see him ranked on the consensus list (top-140 though)

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[Nac Mac Feegle]

Sounds like he could be a useful player in Belleville in a few years. Just be big and make life easy for your netminder. There's definitely room for a guy like that.

 

[Habsrule]

I live in Kitchener and watched their three intra squad games they had. Andonovski really looks like he made a big step this summer. He looked confident with the puck and didn’t handle it like it was a grenade like he did last year. Last year was more of a quick get the puck out and away from his own end. Good tactic but it leads to very little offence. In camp he looked good with the puck.

Also during the one game some rookie cut through centre ice near the offensive zone blue line and absolutely got run over. Andonovski stepped up and destroyed him.

 

[PlayersLtd]

Xhekaj 2.0. I'll take it.

 

[LeProspector]

Got a lot of praise in the OHL coaches poll, could be our next solid mid round pick

 

[Emerica]

Haven’t seen him play since we drafted him but the arrow seems to be pointing up with this kid. If he can turn into a #5-6 shutdown guy with a mean streak it would be great. Anything more would be gravy

 

[Snowwy]

Goes to show how little many here actually know about our prospects. Lots of experts though.