Petes need to find a #1 defenceman for the McTavish years.
Doesn't necessarily need to be this draft, but it will be one of their better opportunities.
Sam Stern from Stern Scouting posted a list of American prospects on twitter that OHL teams should be targeting in the upcoming draft.......some of these have NCAA commitments, but I'm guessing that these may not be as likely as some of those not listed.
I wonder how much it might help for Nick Robertson (member of the USA team at the last WJC) to reach out to some of these players to promote the Petes prior to the draft.......
Gavin Hayes RW ……brother plays in Hamilton
Spencer Sova LD…….dual citizen from Windsor
Max Namestnikov LW……..NCAA
Zach Filak C……….NCAA
Zion Green RW
Matthew DiMarsico LW
Ryan Abraham C
Nolan Abraham RW
Chris Able RD……….NCAA
Quinn Finley LW
Evan Konyen C
Tyler Catalano RW
Micah Berger LW
Jack Larrigan RW……..NCAA
Alex Fendler RW
Chase Pietila RD
Vinny Borgesi RD…….NCAA
Gavin Brindley RW
Tucker Shedd D
Owen Baker RW
Ohl prospects blogspot has us taking brady stonehouse I hope not.
Ohl prospects blogspot has us taking brady stonehouse I hope not.
Ohl prospects blogspot has us taking brady stonehouse I hope not.
Not an easy draft to mock......some great Americans in the mix and some guys who are ranked anywhere from middle of Round 1 to start of Round 3 depending on who you ask.
IMO, the top 5 D are:
Nelson
McCoy
George
Sova
Jovanovic
If any of these guys are available for the Petes in Round 1, they may take a defenseman.
If they go with a forward in the first round and save the D picks for 23 and 35 (like Brock Otten and his team suggest), then I'm hoping one of these guys is available at 15:
David Goyette, C - South Kent Academy
Zak Lavoie, C - Toronto Nats
Hunter Haight, C - Elgin Middlesex
Matthew Poitras, RW - Whitby Wildcats
Aidan Castle, C - Toronto Jr.Canadiens
Cedrick Guindon, C - Rockland Nationals
Sam Alfano, RW from Southern Tier Admirals
Nice job getting Haight, but I would have preferred Jovanovic with the 23rd pick rather than Leonard
Best player in the OHL draft not going first
" No. 15 — Peterborough Petes
Nicholas Moldenhauer, RW, Toronto Titans
"Big strong winger who can do it all. As he gets older and strong he'll be able to dominate. He dominated his age group at times this year. He can play up and down the lineup. There is not a lot of bust potential with him.""
If Davies mock is fairly accurate, one of George, Leonard, Jovanovic should still be available 23rd.