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C Mason McTavish - Peterborough Petes, OHL (2021, 3rd, ANA)

ShiroganeKvasha30 said:
yep right there. I just don't trust him enough long term with what he will do as a GM. Eakins also should be gone but I fear that it could harm Zegras next season
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Good thing about Murray is that he rarely does anything drastic as a GM. He has been with Anaheim a long time and he's predictable in that sense.

I don't think Eakins is going to damage Zegras. They handled him nicely last season. Gave him NHL time and then sent him to the AHL to learn more before moving him back to the Ducks. I expect that he's going to get more minutes next season, especially running the PP while someone else like Henrique takes the tougher opponents. I am not worried about how Eakins handles Zegras.
 
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bertuzzi2bure said:
No Kesler comparison here.

Kesler was fast as hell, especially for his size.
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Yeah I don't like the comparison either, they are just different prospects/players- Kesler faster like you said but didn't show nearly the same offensive instincts or scoring ability at 18. I think the ROR comparison is a bit closer but not perfect either.
 
majormajor said:
He is one of the best tip-shot artists in any recent draft, drawing a lot of Pavelski comparisons. That's harder to find than a guy who can rip it from the half-wall. But like you said he's also a shooter. So it seems he's best in the middle-bumper position. He doesn't need a lot of space to shoot, and he can quickly get to the blue paint as well if needed.

I'm not sure if I remember all the PP positions he's played but much of the time has been in the bumper.
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I still remember the scouting report my brother gave my years ago on Ed Olczyk.

I asked him: "What kind of player is he? What does he do well?"
My brother responded: "Whatever the hell he wants."

I think that description almost fits McTavish, who can play it any way you want. He won't beat you with blazing speed, but he is a bull and strong on his skates with good edgework.
 
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I wonder how much him going over to play in the Swiss league helped his draft stock. Seemed he was anywhere from 9-12, 5-7 and finally winds up being picked at #3.

Don't see his upside being super high but fits the Ducks well. Kind of a reach IMO but in a draft like this that's not exactly saying that much.
 
tomd said:
One thing I love about his game...his won't wilt when the going gets hard. In fact, he elevates his game in those conditions.
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Drysdale and Zegras are the same way. :nod:
 
Bounces R Way said:
I wonder how much him going over to play in the Swiss league helped his draft stock. Seemed he was anywhere from 9-12, 5-7 and finally winds up being picked at #3.

Don't see his upside being super high but fits the Ducks well. Kind of a reach IMO but in a draft like this that's not exactly saying that much.
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Compared to not playing at all? It definitely helped.

Biggest change in him this year versus his 16yo season was he was in better shape. He really worked hard in the offseason to improve his fitness and that improved his strength and his skating. He, like many teenagers before him, is learning how hard you have to work in the offseason to make it as a pro hockey player.

He said in this TSN interview that he is already doing more of that this offseason to continue making progress in that regard.
 
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Bounces R Way said:
I wonder how much him going over to play in the Swiss league helped his draft stock. Seemed he was anywhere from 9-12, 5-7 and finally winds up being picked at #3.

Don't see his upside being super high but fits the Ducks well. Kind of a reach IMO but in a draft like this that's not exactly saying that much.
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As a 16 yearold he had the 30th best goals all time in an OHL season for 16 yearolds.
McKenzie had him tied for 4th best prospect and his list was extremely accurate with how the draft unfolded.
He has the best shot in his draft class. Think if Ryan Kesler had an elite shot.

He physically is ready for the NHL and probably gets at least 9 games in the NHL next season
but should probably play another season in the OHL to refine his game a little more.
 
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Anaheim4ever said:
As a 16 yearold he had the 30th best goals all time in an OHL season for 16 yearolds.
McKenzie had him tied for 4th best prospect and his list was extremely accurate with how the draft unfolded.
He has the best shot in his draft class. Think if Ryan Kesler had an elite shot.

He physically is ready for the NHL and probably gets at least 9 games in the NHL next season
but should probably play another season in the OHL to refine his game a little more.
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The smart thing to do with him is to send him back to Peterborough next year and let him marinade.
 
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Doothpick said:
Oh yeah I don't know what I was thinking. O'Reilly comp sounds much better. Is there potential for his two game two reach the same level as ROR?
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Yes. My prediction is he will be a bit better offensively and not quite as good defensively. On the offensive side, expect more of a goal scorer than a playmaker. ROR has had almost a 2-to-1 assists to goals ratio in the NHL. I think McTavish will be closer to 1-to-1.
 
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Doothpick said:
Oh yeah I don't know what I was thinking. O'Reilly comp sounds much better. Is there potential for his two game two reach the same level as ROR?
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No. He's not a shutdown Center and will never be. McTavish is much more like Pavelski. Good two way Center but mostly a goal scorer. Does it in similar style, too. Can shoot the puck but has really mastered the slot and deflections thanks to amazing hands.
 
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Hinterland said:
No. He's not a shutdown Center and will never be. McTavish is much more like Pavelski. Good two way Center but mostly a goal scorer. Does it in similar style, too. Can shoot the puck but has really mastered the slot and deflections thanks to amazing hands.
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It's funny because Pavelski is also an elite defensive player, that just isn't the aspect of Pavelski's game that people are drawing comparisons to.

I am not going to say that McTavish will never be a shutdown center, I think he has all the raw tools for it. That's just not something that is easy to project for an 18 year old. We don't have a good track record of identifying the teenagers that will become elite defensive players in the NHL.
 
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bertuzzi2bure said:
No Kesler comparison here.

Kesler was fast as hell, especially for his size.
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I think that McTavish has more offensive skills than Kesler did.

In fact I was very surprised that Kesler ever had a 41 goal season but offensively he reached higher than I thought he would and as a Canuck fan I was glad about that.

I think McTavish was a (slight) reach at 4 but hopefully for Ducks fans I will be wrong on both guys.
 
Kesler was a terrific player for a few years till his body gave out. Ducks would be thrilled to get another Kesler, especially if he stayed healthy.
 
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Smirnov2Chistov said:
The more I watch Mason, the more I realized how wrong I was with wanting Eklund.
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Wouldn't be shocked if the McTavish pick kinda ends up being similar to the Brady Tkachuk pick. Going into the draft everyone was so high on Zadina, and especially here a large majority hated on Tkachuk. Now every team in the NHL would love to have Brady on their team.
 
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