Can someone please explain to me why he wasn't picked in this draft. I completely agree he would be a project but he'd be worth the risk of a 3-7th round pick as he is very skilled and fast. I know he's 5'11 but he could still grow to be 6'0" which isn't bad. Last I read the Isles seemed to be interested. Also, does anyone think not being selected be extra motivation to work harder and prove wrong all the naysayers and get picked late 1st round or mid 2nd round sort of like Tanner Pearson.
C Matthew Campagna - Sudbury Wolves, OHL (2012 undrafted)
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Have you seen him play live before? No distrespect ment, but he has really hit the wall on his development the last few years, this coming from someone who has seen him play live for almsot 4 years, dating back to his time with the Mississauga Senators of the GTHL.
Ive seen him over 4 years, probably upwards of 50 times live. Just has not progressed much since he was playing in the GTHL.
Tigers are you basically saying he hasn't progressed much since he played Minor Midget with the Young Nats? That's a real shame as he was an excellent Minor Midget who had serious potential. Hopefully he can pick things up next season.
He has played at the same level. Not sure if thats on the Wolves of Campagna, but both have to take ownership of the players failure to develop.
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I'm surprised his minor midget teammate Dan Milne isn't getting talked about. He got drafted in the 3rd round to Owen Sound but didn't play in the OHL to keep his NCAA elegebility. He will be a good player.
I've watched this kid too since minor midget, winning the GTHL Championship and had a great OHL Cup. He played a big role on the U17 team, making and contributing on the U18 team, both teams winning gold. Now he plays in Sudbury, behind 2 other centermen, Sgarbossa and Kontos with limited opportunity or chance to develop and his season was filled with injuries. Everyone seems to talk about size, yet if you look at the NHL Draft 1st round, 4 players are 5'11 and under. If this kid was given opportunities like other players, he probably would have got drafted in the first couple of rounds.
Thewizard, so do you think this year could be his year to show all of the doubters? What kind of player do you see him being?
Taking a look at his history of posts, I'm not sure if 'TheWizard' is the most unbiased person to ask. Just saying.
Has he stepped up his play? I noticed that he was playing for the Superseries team.
Is he the best overager in this draft?
Is he the best overager in this draft?
Sometimes it just comes down to style and how a player projects. Campagna is one of those players who falls into an excellent CHL player, but without the proper tools in the game to take it to the next level. What appears to be good at the OHL level will be terrible at the NHL level.
What I like about him is his hands. But from that point on most every facet of his game would be below average at the next level. His speed at the OHL level is not elite, his physicality is pretty much non existent, his size is a determent (less so if he was a winger but he is a center). With so many holes at such a very important position, the chance of him moving forward seems low.
He also seems like the type of a player who needs top line billing to play to his strengths, and that is not likely.
That all said I think he is the type of player that can carve out a nice euro/AHL career. If he can drastically alter his game to become a different type of player he can go to the next level, but there are so many before him that could not. I hope he can, but that is quite hard to do this late in his development stage.
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