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So if we're slotted 3rd, we have best odds of picking 4th, but also pretty good odds of 5th. Almost 70% of 4th or 5th.
Dropping to the 4th slot would be pretty devastating...
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So if we're slotted 3rd, we have best odds of picking 4th, but also pretty good odds of 5th. Almost 70% of 4th or 5th.
Dropping to the 4th slot would be pretty devastating...
Schaefer-one of our other two 1sts/2 2nds
Molendyk-Gibson
Is a solid young D group going forward. I would rather go back to having an elite D core than sucking like this.
Especially since there’s no real indication this team will be any better next year. If you can draft an elite defender who’s clearly first overall, do it. Then take another shot at C next draft.
I don't know...
According to my ticket rep, Brian Poile talked to the ticket reps and everyone is excited about the direction of the team and the outlook for next year.
I told him I wasn't impressed with that info.
According to my ticket rep, Brian Poile talked to the ticket reps and everyone is excited about the direction of the team and the outlook for next year.
I told him I wasn't impressed with that info.
NoNecksCurse
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This is realistic.So you're telling me we're going to get to choose between Martone, McQueen, and Desnoyers, sounds like.
No, but I really can see it. I have run the Tankathon lottery simulator a dozen times now and we almost always pick 5th. And that's without even losing spots in the input rankings yet. So Schaefer, Misa, Hagens, and Frondell will go 1-4. And we'll get to pick somebody from the next tier. I'm totally expecting that. And since that tier is not "can't miss", we will indeed probably find a way to Upshall that pick. Cherry on top of the most brutal year in Preds history.
NoNecksCurse
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Weber to Josi
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Misa is a winger. Can he also play centre? I don’t see him listed as centre anywhere.
I quite like frondell though.
Hagens is amazing but he’s small for a centre.
I would take McQueen over Desnoyers all day. I think Desnoyers is getting a lot more hype around here than deserved. I would be upset if we took Desnoyers over gambling on McQueen personally. 6’5” centre that can skate, shoot and pass very well and is physical? Come on Barry!
AintLifeGrand
Burnin Jet-A
Porter Stoutheart
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Misa is listed as a center everywhere, and talked about as a center in his main board thread. Go read it?
Although of course, that may not be the same thing as saying he'd end up as a center in the NHL, not if the Sharks drafted him, for example. And maybe not if we drafted him either, since we'll probably still have McCarron and an extended Sissons switched back to center to play ahead of him for the next 5 or 6 more years.
AintLifeGrand
Burnin Jet-A
This is a bad take
1. Mcqueen's numbers are very pedestrian since coming back from injury- under a pt per game. I get his blend of size and skating ability are enticing , but he screams Nolan Patrick Redux
2. Desnoyers has been shooting up the rankings (deservedly so). He is the highest scoring/most prolific player on the best team in the Q. His offensive game is very underrated, if you watch tape, he has put together some very high skill goals/assists. This guy screams Bergeron v2 if he reaches full potential, and should safely develop a Sean Couturier or Ryan O'Reilly type career.
3. I'd be shocked if Mcqueen goes in the top 15, we are wasting a pick if we pick him at 5.
If we miss out on Misa, then we need to go all in on Frondell and or Desnoyers.
To add to this, Misa played primarily wing last year on veteran team that won Memorial Cup. This year he moved back to center, which he had played primarily in previous years, and led entire chl in scoring. Now there are some who think he may be better at wing, but that is said about many centers (Jack Hughes, for example).Misa is listed as a center everywhere, and talked about as a center in his main board thread. Go read it?
Although of course, that may not be the same thing as saying he'd end up as a center in the NHL, not if the Sharks drafted him, for example. And maybe not if we drafted him either, since we'll probably still have McCarron and an extended Sissons switched back to center to play ahead of him for the next 5 or 6 more years.
herzausstein
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Barry Trotz about to yell “Hold my beer!”
Scoresberg
In Trotz We Trust?
I think Misa's closer to a center in the NHL than Hagens is. But I see a lot of Logan Cooley in Hagens and Cooley seems to work well as a center. They're both elite-level skaters which makes it a lot easier to work out as a center (see Brayden Point as well).
Weber to Josi
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Weird. That’s the first I have heard of it.Misa is listed as a center everywhere, and talked about as a center in his main board thread. Go read it?
Although of course, that may not be the same thing as saying he'd end up as a center in the NHL, not if the Sharks drafted him, for example. And maybe not if we drafted him either, since we'll probably still have McCarron and an extended Sissons switched back to center to play ahead of him for the next 5 or 6 more years.
Michael Misa Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com
Statistics of Michael Misa, a hockey player from Oakville, ONT born Feb 16 2007 who was active from 2022 to 2025.
www.hockeydb.com
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Michael Misa - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Michael Misa, 2007-02-16 Oakville, ON, CAN Canada. Most recently in the OHL with Saginaw Spirit. Complete player biography and stats.
www.eliteprospects.com
Listed as c/lw (which usually means winger come nhl)
Saginaw Spirit New Lineup Predictions
The Saginaw Spirit made a lot of moves leading up to the trade deadline, bringing in several big pieces. Before they hit the ice tonight, here is a lineup prediction and lines that could be successful come playoffs.
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I don’t even know what other site I would check but would be shocked if he ends up an nhl centre.
Porter Stoutheart
Ineptly Tanking
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I think the main point for us is that Misa is an extremely talented offensive player who at the very least could play center... and given our needs, if we drafted him, we should absolutely do everything in our power to give him every possible chance to succeed as a center. ALWAYS... that is, no apprenticeships either at the AHL or NHL level on the wing, no playing on the wing, period. Not until or unless he absolutely fails out on his own accord there after several years of trying.
He is not a pure playmaker like some centers are, no, but just because he scores goals doesn't mean he can't play center, given he also skates well enough and it sounds like he plays a reasonable 2-way game. There are some wingers who are playmakers, maybe he'd find chemistry with a player like that. Who knows. I think if we get any of Misa, Hagens, or Frondell then we have to approach those picks as centers from Day 1. They'd have to fail out well past Day 1,000 before I'd ever shift them off center.
Porter Stoutheart
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Like BBB said, you're looking at sites which simply haven't updated for 2024-25. Lots of sites don't update things like that (or height/weight) very often. Misa has played center all this year. He played center in minor hockey. Yes, as a younger player in the OHL granted exceptional status to start early in junior, he was shifted to LW. Now in his draft year he's back to center.Weird. That’s the first I have heard of it.
Michael Misa Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com
Statistics of Michael Misa, a hockey player from Oakville, ONT born Feb 16 2007 who was active from 2022 to 2025.www.hockeydb.com
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Michael Misa - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Michael Misa, 2007-02-16 Oakville, ON, CAN Canada. Most recently in the OHL with Saginaw Spirit. Complete player biography and stats.
Listed as c/lw (which usually means winger come nhl)
Saginaw Spirit New Lineup Predictions
The Saginaw Spirit made a lot of moves leading up to the trade deadline, bringing in several big pieces. Before they hit the ice tonight, here is a lineup prediction and lines that could be successful come playoffs.thehockeynews.com
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I don’t even know what other site I would check but would be shocked if he ends up an nhl centre.
I mean, I don't know how we as people looking at where he's "listed" really matters though... just go through and read all the people who actually watch him play. He is playing center. What more is there to say? How can you even have a belief or be shocked about something when you don't even listen to the people who do watch him, let alone watch him yourself?
Scoresberg
In Trotz We Trust?
I think the only site you'd need to visit to get that info is OHL's official website. Misa's won 750 faceoffs this season, I'd think he'd be a center.
Link to Misa's site:
Ontario Hockey League
Link to Misa's site:
Ontario Hockey League
eliteprospects is usually very good with positions and vitals, but also none of the vitals will be "official" until the combine, that's where you'll see who has been fudging it, but also sometimes there is a surprise where a guy who has been listed smaller early on and never updated will have a big bump.
Can’t speak as much to Misa but from what I’ve seen of Hagens he definitely seems like a true center to me. Doesn’t mean he’s a better player but yeah I like the Cooley and Point comps, not to say he’ll necessarily reach that level.
herzausstein
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Wheeler in his newest rankings mentions Misa as a center.
"The 2025 draft, made up of 2007- and late-2006-born players, has seen Erie Otters defenseman Matthew Schaefer and exceptional status Saginaw Spirit star center Michael Misa pull away from a pack at the top of the class for me."
"The 2025 draft, made up of 2007- and late-2006-born players, has seen Erie Otters defenseman Matthew Schaefer and exceptional status Saginaw Spirit star center Michael Misa pull away from a pack at the top of the class for me."
AintLifeGrand
Burnin Jet-A
f*** that
if we pick 1st overall, depending on who is #2 we either pick Misa or we trade down and grab another prospect or more draft picks and Settle with Frondell, Desnoyers, etc
We shouldn't even take a D-man in the first round this year
We need forwards with legit top 6 upside
herzausstein
Registered User
Would be interesting if we get the lottery and Sharks are 2nd or 3rd if they'd be willing to give among sweetener to pick 1st to grab Schaefer and then we grab one of Hagens/Misa/Frondell
