Prospect Info: 30 OA - LW Bradly Nadeau (Penticton BCHL/U of Maine NCAA)

[Cardiac Jerks]

Previously, F26 learning about Jared Staal:

Jared was supposed to be the best Staal of them all. Was hard not to get excited.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

after sleeping on it and reading more about him I really like this pick, more likely than not he doesn't turn into much as that's the nature of late 1sts like this but he has some serious upside at skills we desperately need and well worth taking a shot on him for that. Will try to go see him play a bit when Maine plays some of the local Boston teams.

 

[Chrispy]

Jared was supposed to be the best Staal of them all. Was hard not to get excited.

And Ron helped save the world from You Know Who.

I'm pretty pleased with the comparison.

 

[hurricure]

Or Dalpe for the Penticton connection.

dalpe was just playing in the cup finals

 

[Justicebork]

I love this pick so much.

The sooner Robidas and Nadeau get an apartment together the better

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I don't follow the BCHL at all, but the Vees were 50-3-1. Are they like the Harlem Globetrotters of the league?

They had 101 points and the next closest team had 77. They were +208 and the next closest team was +60. They were 16-1-0 in the playoffs with a +53. Nadeau led the league in scoring with 45G,113 points, followed by his brother with 44G, 110 points and another teammate with 45G, 90 points. No other player in the league had more than 35G and no other player in the league had 75P.

The highlights of this kid looked really good, but it looks like he was on an all-star team.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

I don't follow the BCHL at all, but the Vees were 50-3-1. Are they like the Harlem Globetrotters of the league?

They had 101 points and the next closest team had 77. They were +208 and the next closest team was +60. They were 16-1-0 in the playoffs with a +53. Nadeau led the league in scoring with 45G,113 points, followed by his brother with 44G, 110 points and another teammate with 45G, 90 points. No other player in the league had more than 35G and no other player in the league had 75P.

The highlights of this kid looked really good, but it looks like he was on an all-star team.

He was the MVP of the league though, so he was the all-star of that all-star team.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

He was the MVP of the league though, so he was the all-star of that all-star team.

Very true and he has some fantastic skills from what I've seen. Just being on a such a strong team can inflate numbers. Dylan Strome definitely benefited from that in the CHL, for example.

I'm by no means assessing him as a player here, as I never heard of him until he was drafted, nor have I ever watched a game of his. I'm just adding context to his point totals.

 

[SlavinAway]

I feel that train of thought is more important if you're picking in the top half of the first but less so at #30.

 

[sheriff bart]

You mean Scott Darling, the best goalie of the 2007 NHL draft?

(No, seriously. Look it up.)

The Scott Darling we got ate that one

 

[Svechhammer]

Given how little people think of that league, this could end up being as much of a diamond in the rough as you get in this day and age. All we really need from him is to keep scoring, as long as he's able to do that, he'll develop just fine and end up being a pretty intriguing add in a few years.

 

[Svechhammer]

A little FYI, Scott Wheeler's assessment of the Nadeau pick in The Athletic today when he names us one of the winners of the 1st round....

Carolina Hurricanes

Pick: 30. Bradly Nadeau
My ranking: 22

Nadeau and the Hurricanes are a match made in heaven. No team has a more obvious type within its amateur scouting department than the Hurricanes, and Nadeau fits theirs perfectly. There are people who believe he has legit top-of-the-lineup talent if he's developed patiently and properly and I count myself among that group. His skating, skill, sense and shot all get high grades and he can really threaten offensively in a variety of ways because of it. I'm a fan of the pick, as I usually am of the Hurricanes' selections at the draft.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Wheeler always loves our picks as he admits.

 

[A Star is Burns]

He was definitely a guy that seemed to fit what we liked, and that's why I had him down as a guy I thought we might take for a while. As mentioned, more likely than not he doesn't work out because that's the nature of things, but I think it's a skill set you like to gamble on at that point.

I like that he's going to be an NCAA guy. Go there for at least a couple of years, play against older guys, gain some strength, and even though Maine hasn't churned out guys recently, I like that he might be part of that program's revival.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Given how little people think of that league, this could end up being as much of a diamond in the rough as you get in this day and age. All we really need from him is to keep scoring, as long as he's able to do that, he'll develop just fine and end up being a pretty intriguing add in a few years.

I want to say it was Boucher on the ESPN feed hyping up that league a couple times during the draft. Said it was better than the USHL for developing players who are going to college over major junior.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

I don't follow the BCHL at all, but the Vees were 50-3-1. Are they like the Harlem Globetrotters of the league?

They had 101 points and the next closest team had 77. They were +208 and the next closest team was +60. They were 16-1-0 in the playoffs with a +53. Nadeau led the league in scoring with 45G,113 points, followed by his brother with 44G, 110 points and another teammate with 45G, 90 points. No other player in the league had more than 35G and no other player in the league had 75P.

The highlights of this kid looked really good, but it looks like he was on an all-star team.

Penticton are always a strong team but they’re especially so this year while the rest of the league also happens to be weaker than usual.
The kid is obviously skilled but I don’t know how much you can read into his season given the circumstances.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Penticton are always a strong team but they’re especially so this year while the rest of the league also happens to be weaker than usual.
The kid is obviously skilled but I don’t know how much you can read into his season given the circumstances.

Only thing I know about the team is that a guy I knew fairly well that lived next to me in college played for them before going to NCAA. I think they were the Knights back then. His claim to fame is that he was buddies with Brett Hull and convinced Hull to try out for Penticton at a time when Hull was ready to quit hockey all together.

 

[The Faulker 27]

I thought you were being a smartass, so I did check, and he is indeed the best goalie from that year lol

Well wasn't he good that one time though? Not the fly puck catch miss, but the other time.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Well wasn't he good that one time though? Not the fly puck catch miss, but the other time.

You mean this time?

 

[Tryamw]

So... When do we Kill him?

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

So... When do we Kill him?

prospect camp

 

[Chrispy]

So... When do we Kill him?

Darling?

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

Pass. Didn’t play in NHL.
How do you draft him 1st round.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Pass. Didn’t play in NHL.
How do you draft him 1st round.

To be fair, none of these guys have made the nhl so far. Looks to be a very weak draft in hindsight.

 

[sheriff bart]

So... When do we Kill him?

ASAP so he doesn’t end up a bust