2009 Born for the 2025 OHL Draft

[zaluty]

I went to a U16 today here in Kingston. Now I have no kids or grandkids involved so just my eyes looking at the players. GK was playing North Central Predators. NCP won 2-0 and a few observations from the untrained eye. GK is not a good team. Only 1 player caught my eye possibly and that was the dman Lamont. From NCP I liked Kennedy, Black, Koert and MacKay. Now like I said untrained eye. But if you live in a centre that offers U16 you should go out and see a game or two. One thing that never changes are hockey dads lol. I saw one today yell at the linesman why wasn't that icing when the puck died at the top of the faceoff circle in the far end lol. He spoke a little quick.

 

[digicamo]

well, look at the league, how many successful 5’8 defenceman are there? I believe there are 4 5’9 and under D in the entire league, so how can a list have 4 guys that size in its top 60? You have to be super skilled at that si3 or Uber competitive. being 5’8 and defending against st 6’4 is just almost impossible. people often forget defending is a defence man’s top priority

forwards are a bit of a different story but same rules apply. the smaller you are, the harder it gets to be successful. You need to be elite at 5’7 or have giant family members (Headrick). look at sim in Sarnia, lots of pace and skill, I’m sure online scouts loved him, but he can’t play because he can’t make up for his lack of strength

So if your drafting, and you see all these trends of where players are going and how successful they are, you can’t justify drafting a 5’7 defenceman unless they are absolutely elite, because significant odds are they will fail against bigger and better.

When I see some of these under 5’8 defenceman ranked top 40 or 60 I shake my head, there’s no history of those players being successful in the OHL , so how could they be that good?

I have coached AAA for over 10 years and every year the online scouts overhype small skilled players. It’s a trend we will never see end as they can easily dominate minor hockey with the lack of strength.

To be fair to undersized defenseman though OHL, there is some history of guys around 5’8 being successful as Ryan Ellis was around that size when he was drafted and he wasn’t just successful, he was elite.

 

[OHL4Life]

I have coached AAA for over 10 years and every year the online scouts overhype small skilled players. It’s a trend we will never see end as they can easily dominate minor hockey with the lack of strength.

To be fair to undersized defenseman though OHL, there is some history of guys around 5’8 being successful as Ryan Ellis was around that size when he was drafted and he wasn’t just successful, he was elite.

right, that’s why I said elite. if your 5’7 and less then a point a game at U16, your not a top 100 or even top 150 prospect.

 

[Caper1963]

Add a 2009 born goaltender
Tanner MacIsaac 6'4" at 14
U18 for Scarborough ice raiders

 

[OHL4Life]

Add a 2009 born goaltender
Tanner MacIsaac 6'4" at 14
U18 for Scarborough ice raiders

isnt that 'a' level hockey? come on. dont do this to your kid