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LDBB is gonna be a winger I think. But I also think that about Zhilkin and McGroarty. I’m really NOT sold on BMB. I need more viewings but I need to see more out of him when I see more of him.
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Oh I like Beck. Sturdy kid, works hard, good shot. A little more boring than LDBB and doesn’t have quite the frame.
I like that Zhilkin shoots the puck a ton. I don’t like much more about him.
Gaucher is the highest rated QMJHL player in the draft for me. I’ve got him 15th overall. One of the safest/highest floor kids in the 1st round, I think. Huge fan of his game. Very strong, very direct, forceful approach. Hard to stop. Makes smart, simple decisions and is tough.
I hope we grab this guy. Players that stand out in weaker leagues are always drafted later than needed.
Blake Biondi, Scott Morrow and Corson Ceulemans are similar stories. Given the chance I would've picked them earlier and they're now validating it with their play in NCAA.
Liam Steele could be thrown in this bucket too but his path is way more obscure. I really want him to be a Coyote pick.
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Watching some NTDP tonight. I love Gauthier. I’m not backing off my top ten ranking. A couple of things; Cole Spicer is super underrated and I don’t understand why Ryan Chesley doesn’t have more points.
Spicer was buried last season. He’s a June birthday, he was recovering from surgery, had a long exposure quarantine and then a long actual covid quarantine after than. He’s been playing a shut-down, pk, defensive center role this year and he’s flourishing. But like Gauthier, he really benefited from more time when Cooley was in Alberta. I think he’s got really underrated skill. I could see him really popping off at UND next season. He’s a hometown boy and I think he’s going to step up to the challenge each time he gets more responsibilities and more minutes. I like Spicer a lot. If he’s still there when we pick early in the 3rd, that’s the kid I want.
Chesley is always all over the ice. Fantastic skater. Great defender. Good passer. Very, very physical player. Loves the nasty stuff. Reminds me of Keith Ballard a lot. Despite having fantastic mobility and living to jump into the play, he just doesn’t get rewarded with points. Watching him, you’d honestly assume he’s top 2 in scoring by D on the team. He’s just not. He seems to have the tools and the instincts. If teams are scared off by the lack
of production, I’d be absolutely thrilled to gamble on him with our second 1st rounder. I don’t think he’ll drop that far but he could. He’s not productive enough to be seen as an offensive defenseman. And despite how physical he is and how good defensively he is, he’s too small to be considered a big, physical, shut-down D. That lack of definition in his identity could scare off some teams and he might land in our laps at the end of the 1st.
Ingram for Youngstown is a lanky kid with a bunch of skill. Hes always listed as a C but he’s played winger whenever I’ve seen him. Like the raw skill. Great hands. Like the frame. He’s probably 6’2 or 6’3 and like 175lbs. But he LOOKS like he’s young for his draft year, when in fact he’s old for his draft year. Not sure if he had a growth spurt or is a late bloomer. But he looks pretty awkward and clumsy out there. The McKenzie poll had him as a 1sr rounder. I’d be a little scared of him that early. Maybe with our last 2nd. But I wouldn’t go there in the first, I don’t think.
Spicer was buried last season. He’s a June birthday, he was recovering from surgery, had a long exposure quarantine and then a long actual covid quarantine after than. He’s been playing a shut-down, pk, defensive center role this year and he’s flourishing. But like Gauthier, he really benefited from more time when Cooley was in Alberta. I think he’s got really underrated skill. I could see him really popping off at UND next season. He’s a hometown boy and I think he’s going to step up to the challenge each time he gets more responsibilities and more minutes. I like Spicer a lot. If he’s still there when we pick early in the 3rd, that’s the kid I want.
Chesley is always all over the ice. Fantastic skater. Great defender. Good passer. Very, very physical player. Loves the nasty stuff. Reminds me of Keith Ballard a lot. Despite having fantastic mobility and living to jump into the play, he just doesn’t get rewarded with points. Watching him, you’d honestly assume he’s top 2 in scoring by D on the team. He’s just not. He seems to have the tools and the instincts. If teams are scared off by the lack
of production, I’d be absolutely thrilled to gamble on him with our second 1st rounder. I don’t think he’ll drop that far but he could. He’s not productive enough to be seen as an offensive defenseman. And despite how physical he is and how good defensively he is, he’s too small to be considered a big, physical, shut-down D. That lack of definition in his identity could scare off some teams and he might land in our laps at the end of the 1st.
Ingram for Youngstown is a lanky kid with a bunch of skill. Hes always listed as a C but he’s played winger whenever I’ve seen him. Like the raw skill. Great hands. Like the frame. He’s probably 6’2 or 6’3 and like 175lbs. But he LOOKS like he’s young for his draft year, when in fact he’s old for his draft year. Not sure if he had a growth spurt or is a late bloomer. But he looks pretty awkward and clumsy out there. The McKenzie poll had him as a 1sr rounder. I’d be a little scared of him that early. Maybe with our last 2nd. But I wouldn’t go there in the first, I don’t think.
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Also, I like Nazar and McGroarty a lot. I don’t think much of Howard. I really don’t know what to make of Snuggerud. The tiny blue liners in Casey and Hutson are hard for me to peg, too. They’re gonna be great college players. Not sure about Pros. Leddy is a big nasty defenseman that can skate. Would be a nice pick up after the 2nd.
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RW against Dubuque and C against Madison. When the player the all-American game, he was 1C, facing off against Cooley as the other 1C. I see center the whole way. David Backes (modern version where he doesn’t fight and skates way better- haha)
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Its almost like only playing 12 games last year delayed some development.
seriously there is a chemistry issue with Kingston because the whole is not as good as the parts just yet. Wright hasn’t played to potential at times. Especially early on.
every year we get these “races” that aren’t really races when 9/10 acouts still have him at 1 and the guy ranked 2nd only got 4/10 votes for 2nd! Nobody is passing Wright for 1ov.
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Simon Nemec reminds me so much of Adam Fox in just about every possible way. Both the pros and the cons. Like Fox, he’s got the muffin shot. He’s got the average size and limited physicality. Like Fox he struggles against established forechecks and sucks against the cycle. Like Fox he’s super smart positionally, has a great stick, and is a fantastic rush defender.
He’s also got the insane wheels, and puck rushing ability. He’s got the eye-popping footwork, and stick handling. He does all of those wild shimmy shakes and head fakes. Loves breaking ankles like Fox and making something out of nothing. He’s got that that jaw-dropping talent. I don’t think he’s got that PPQB ability Fox does, though. Nemec has a long way to go on producing offense outside of rush scenarios before he’s anything like Fox.
Parts of his game remind me a lot of Gonchar, too. Minus the wicked shot, and surprising physicality (at times).
He reminds me a little of a bigger Rasmus Sandin, too. But less likely to use his body to defend than Sandin is.
I really think “Poor Man’s Adam Fox” is the perfect comp for this player. I usually struggle with comps and there are a million qualifiers I have to throw in. But when it comes to Nemec, I think Fox is really the clear-as-day comp. if absolutely everything goes completely perfectly in his development, he could get pretty close to being a Fox-clone, I think.
Excited to check him out at the Olympics and at the WJC make-up tournament (hopefully).
He’s also got the insane wheels, and puck rushing ability. He’s got the eye-popping footwork, and stick handling. He does all of those wild shimmy shakes and head fakes. Loves breaking ankles like Fox and making something out of nothing. He’s got that that jaw-dropping talent. I don’t think he’s got that PPQB ability Fox does, though. Nemec has a long way to go on producing offense outside of rush scenarios before he’s anything like Fox.
Parts of his game remind me a lot of Gonchar, too. Minus the wicked shot, and surprising physicality (at times).
He reminds me a little of a bigger Rasmus Sandin, too. But less likely to use his body to defend than Sandin is.
I really think “Poor Man’s Adam Fox” is the perfect comp for this player. I usually struggle with comps and there are a million qualifiers I have to throw in. But when it comes to Nemec, I think Fox is really the clear-as-day comp. if absolutely everything goes completely perfectly in his development, he could get pretty close to being a Fox-clone, I think.
Excited to check him out at the Olympics and at the WJC make-up tournament (hopefully).
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Adding Servac Petrovsky to Cole Spicer as a kid I think is underrated and hope “falls” to our 3rd rounder. Love Petrovsky’s motor, two-way ability, and I thinks he’s got a little more often ice upside than others seem to. Could be a nice two-way center prospect. It’s his very first season in North America and Owen Sound has the 3rd worst offense in the OHL. I think he looked right at home playing with and against superior talent as a 17 year old at the WJCs. Kid doesn’t turn 18 until Aug 10th and is one of the younger kids In the draft. Like 9 months younger than Nathan Gaucher, as an example, who’s in his 3rd season in the CHL already.
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We NEED to get back into 32nd place.
32nd:
| 1st: 25.7% | 2nd: 18.7% | 3rd: 55.6% |
| 1st: 12.1% | 2nd: 13.6% | 3rd: 32.2% | 4th: 42.2% |
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Not just bottom of the league for this season, either. I think they’re the worst team of like the last 15 seasons or more.
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I meant IF you want Wright very badly than is a HUGE advantage to finish dead last. I’m okay with the Nemec rumors and us picking him 3rd or 4th.
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