Prospect Info: 2023 Draft Thread (Yotes picking #6 & #12)
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Looking at the standings and remaining schedule, it's pretty much a lock our picks will be 9 and 10 or 9 and 11. I don't think we'll catch Detroit but there's no way St. Louis and Vancouver stay ahead of us. Ottawa's schedule and goalie issues should keep them right about where they are.
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8 home games remaining. .621 home pt% gives us 10 pts
5 road games remaining. .306 road pt% gives us 3 pts.
63+10+3=74, or .451 on the season, which would keep us in the same spot with the 7th worst record.
Odds are we pick 7th and 10th.
5 road games remaining. .306 road pt% gives us 3 pts.
63+10+3=74, or .451 on the season, which would keep us in the same spot with the 7th worst record.
Odds are we pick 7th and 10th.
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Project = atill a really good player who may take longer.
For all the flack we have thrown at Geekie’s inconsistency i should point out he was recently amed a top 50 prospect for yhe entire keague. Cooley was rated as the top prospect in the league.
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This is from Scott Wheeler's recent article in the Athletic
12. Matthew Wood — C/RW, University of Connecticut, 6-foot-4
One of my favourites in the 2005 age group, Wood is the youngest player in college hockey this season (he was, for a moment, its only 17-year-old) and has stepped right in to become an impactful player on a good UConn team (albeit as a winger after playing mostly centre at the Jr. A level). His near point-per-game production at the top of the Huskies’ stat sheet comes a year after he led the BCHL in goals (45 in 46 games) and points (85) for a 1.85 points-per-game clip that stands as the most productive 16-year-old season in the league in decades, besting Alex Newhook (1.47), Kyle Turris (1.26), Tyson Jost (0.98), and Kent Johnson (0.81) — while being four months younger than Johnson was at the time. Wood is a rangy, goal-scoring forward who has silky hands for his size (considering the long stick he uses, he’s got great control on the toe of his blade out wide and the heel in tight to his feet), a marksman’s shot inside the offensive zone (both through a natural shooting motion and his one-timer), and a sixth sense for arriving around the net/slot at the right time.
He’s got quick hands one-on-one, he drops pucks back into his shooting stance effortlessly, and he’s got a beautiful curl-and-drag motion. There’s work to do to get a little quicker from a standstill, and that leaves some believing he’s more of a mid-to-late first than an upper-half-of-the-first guy, but he’s better suited as a playmaker and finisher than a power forward type anyways. I love the way he slows down the game, adjusts and maneuvers his frame and shades pucks. Mix in a multi-dimensional shooting arsenal and I see top-six upside.
Wood played mainly wing in the BCHL. Wheeler was wrong on that part.
12. Matthew Wood — C/RW, University of Connecticut, 6-foot-4
One of my favourites in the 2005 age group, Wood is the youngest player in college hockey this season (he was, for a moment, its only 17-year-old) and has stepped right in to become an impactful player on a good UConn team (albeit as a winger after playing mostly centre at the Jr. A level). His near point-per-game production at the top of the Huskies’ stat sheet comes a year after he led the BCHL in goals (45 in 46 games) and points (85) for a 1.85 points-per-game clip that stands as the most productive 16-year-old season in the league in decades, besting Alex Newhook (1.47), Kyle Turris (1.26), Tyson Jost (0.98), and Kent Johnson (0.81) — while being four months younger than Johnson was at the time. Wood is a rangy, goal-scoring forward who has silky hands for his size (considering the long stick he uses, he’s got great control on the toe of his blade out wide and the heel in tight to his feet), a marksman’s shot inside the offensive zone (both through a natural shooting motion and his one-timer), and a sixth sense for arriving around the net/slot at the right time.
He’s got quick hands one-on-one, he drops pucks back into his shooting stance effortlessly, and he’s got a beautiful curl-and-drag motion. There’s work to do to get a little quicker from a standstill, and that leaves some believing he’s more of a mid-to-late first than an upper-half-of-the-first guy, but he’s better suited as a playmaker and finisher than a power forward type anyways. I love the way he slows down the game, adjusts and maneuvers his frame and shades pucks. Mix in a multi-dimensional shooting arsenal and I see top-six upside.
Wood played mainly wing in the BCHL. Wheeler was wrong on that part.
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Benson skates much much better than Cristall and doesn't play small. He isn't a perimeter player. Cristall plays small. It's hard to explain. But Benson doesn't play similar to him at all and has much better core strength and protects the puck better- much better. Benson has great speed and agility as well which leads to him getting hit a lot less. Cristall's agility is alright but nothing special. You're right that it could happen to anyone, you put your head down in one instance and get lit up and that's it...but Cristall does that a lot more than Benson does.
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We've got Lamoreaux and Duda...so it's not like we're completely empty on the backend
Both ceilings are quite high and they're much larger than the Ducks D Group
Both ceilings are quite high and they're much larger than the Ducks D Group
We have 5 prospects in THN’s top 100 and 3 of them are D. Soderstrom, Lameroux, and Dudas
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Nobody knew Hutson was going to be able to beast mode in the NHL as a smurf. People were right to have anxiety about his smurfness.
Also, our D corp is great.
Moser, Soderstrom, Dudas, Lamoreaux, Koly, Kesselring, Valimaki, and probably one of Bergkvist, Emil, and Langlois will pan out. That's 6 guys picked in the top 60 as defenseman and only Moser and Valimaki aren't really prospects any more. We have an embarrassment of riches at D IMO. None of them may be true #1s but I don't think that matters when you're that deep.
Langlois is 11th in D-man scoring in the QMJHL. Duda is a PPG in the MHL, something only 2 other d-man can claim. Soderstrom and Kesselring are both doing well in the AHL. Koly is doing well too. I really don't get why everyone thinks our D sucks and is a need.
Also, our D corp is great.
Moser, Soderstrom, Dudas, Lamoreaux, Koly, Kesselring, Valimaki, and probably one of Bergkvist, Emil, and Langlois will pan out. That's 6 guys picked in the top 60 as defenseman and only Moser and Valimaki aren't really prospects any more. We have an embarrassment of riches at D IMO. None of them may be true #1s but I don't think that matters when you're that deep.
Langlois is 11th in D-man scoring in the QMJHL. Duda is a PPG in the MHL, something only 2 other d-man can claim. Soderstrom and Kesselring are both doing well in the AHL. Koly is doing well too. I really don't get why everyone thinks our D sucks and is a need.
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Have any of you guys looked into Riley Heidt? He’s now 5th in WHL scoring. Kinda surprised he’s ranked in the 20s…
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It's because we don't have any clear cut #1 guys, although I think that Dudas & Lamoreaux have ability to be one
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I’ve watched him play a handful of games. Very smart player. Smooth playmaker and skater. Quietly effective from what I’ve seen. I’ll be watching a backlog of PG games soon. Honestly, he hasn’t been a big standout apart from the production, from a tools perspective. But my sample is small. His teammate Ziemmer is quite noticeable. And someone I’d be thrilled to get with our 2nd.
We have quantity over quality. Until they play in the NHL we have no idea what we have.
Vinny Boombatz
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Dragicevic will go late 1st, early 2nd and I'm hoping that we can move some of our 3rd draft capital to get back into the 2nd and draft Daniil But
7 - Dvorsky
11 - Honzek (I had Danielson there, but I keep forgetting that I'm in awe of Honzek and think he's going to be Jason Robertson)
39 - Dragicevic or Bonk
7 - Dvorsky
11 - Honzek (I had Danielson there, but I keep forgetting that I'm in awe of Honzek and think he's going to be Jason Robertson)
39 - Dragicevic or Bonk
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