C Roger McQueen - Brandon Wheat Kings, WHL (2025 Draft)

[MrCreamm]

EP order: Hagens, McQueen, Misa, Schaefer, Martone

Gonna be fun to watch Misa, McQueen, and Martone try battle Hagens for 1OA or 2OA among each other. Honestly think Schaefer could be in the conversation for 1 if everything broke right, but he has mono so I wonder if he'll slip out of the top 5 come the draft.

Not sure I see Hagens being dethroned but the CHL players sure have come running out of the gate and have a significant gap in size. Nice to see Misa start to show some dynamism that he didn't show last season, although that team was stacked.

Hopefully these guys can push each other to higher levels and make it a fun battle for #1, the last two years we've had Celebrini and Bedard cement themselves as by far the BPA in their respective drafts.

 

[Nabrules]

Seems to have really slowed down after a hot start. That's the issue with him. Way too inconsistent and I question his overall offensive output. He'll be in my top 10, but not as early as most will have him currently.

 

[SlafySZN]

Seems to have really slowed down after a hot start. That's the issue with him. Way too inconsistent and I question his overall offensive output. He'll be in my top 10, but not as early as most will have him currently.

He hasn’t played in 2 games and probably played with an injury the couple of games before he got out of the lineup.

 

[macbowes]

 

[coooldude]

Like Lindstrom, probably puts his ceiling solidly at 4OA and likely he goes 5 or later depending on Jan-Apr performance.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Like Lindstrom, probably puts his ceiling solidly at 4OA and likely he goes 5 or later depending on Jan-Apr performance.

Even before the injury, it seemed unlikely he had enough juice offensively to supplant Hagens, Martone and Misa.

 

[Just Linda]

Even before the injury, it seemed unlikely he had enough juice offensively to supplant Hagens, Martone and Misa.

The reason I still think he goes before Misa or Martone is simple, he's a centre.

Teams will always pick the big centre over the wing. They might fall in love with Martone but I do strongly feel McQueen walks the stage on draft night before Misa.

 

[overlords]

funny way to declare wanting to get drafted by the habs

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

The reason I still think he goes before Misa or Martone is simple, he's a centre.

Teams will always pick the big centre over the wing. They might fall in love with Martone but I do strongly feel McQueen walks the stage on draft night before Misa.

I kind of agree that Misa isn’t as highly regarded as some fans think, despite a great start, but Misa might be a center. He’s a natural center and has played it this year.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

I see him being an excellent fit for the Flyers.

 

[Leto]

Pronman said on The Athletic podcast that McQueen tweaked his back (around 16:30-17:30) and has been dealing with the injury for some time.


McQueen mentioned in an interview in October that he's been dealing with a bulging disc.​

 

[Nabrules]

Not good. We've seen this before with Vilardi and last year with Lindstrom..

 

[icelander25]

Anybody have any updates as to when he could be coming back from injury? I heard December but that was a while ago.

 

[Buttonwood]

I don't know if this is better or worse than has been expected/speculated, but this has to be extremely frustrating.

 

[LeProspector]

Logan Brown

 

[JPeeper]

I still don't know what people see in him that have him as the 4th-5th best prospect on a lot of different peoples boards. I get it, he's a mutant in physical gifts, his stats are extremely pedestrian especially for a guy who should dominate physically. Now in his draft year he'll get like 25 games in if he's lucky.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I still don't know what people see in him that have him as the 4th-5th best prospect on a lot of different peoples boards. I get it, he's a mutant in physical gifts, his stats are extremely pedestrian especially for a guy who should dominate physically. Now in his draft year he'll get like 25 games in if he's lucky.

A goal per game is pedestrian?

 

[JPeeper]

A goal per game is pedestrian?

Guy's played 8 games. What a huge sample size. Last year he was still a mutant and had 21 goals and was under a point per game. Sucks that he got hurt because he could have had a great year, but I wouldn't use a pick on the guy.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Guy's played 8 games. What a huge sample size. Last year he was still a mutant and had 21 goals and was under a point per game. Sucks that he got hurt because he could have had a great year, but I wouldn't use a pick on the guy.

nm

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Guy's played 8 games. What a huge sample size. Last year he was still a mutant and had 21 goals and was under a point per game. Sucks that he got hurt because he could have had a great year, but I wouldn't use a pick on the guy.

Not saying it’s unreasonable to question him overall, but you questioned how he’s played so far this season. I don’t think a goal per game is anything to sneeze at.

 

[Michanko]

Guy's played 8 games. What a huge sample size. Last year he was still a mutant and had 21 goals and was under a point per game. Sucks that he got hurt because he could have had a great year, but I wouldn't use a pick on the guy.

he was 16

 

[Juxtaposer]

he was 16

He was 17.

 

[Michanko]

He was 17.

yeah that’s correct i’m off a year. really hoping he gets healthy soon looking forward to watching him

 

[JPeeper]

Not saying it’s unreasonable to question him overall, but you questioned how he’s played so far this season. I don’t think a goal per game is anything to sneeze at.

No I didn't, I questioned him overall why he is ranked so high. I haven't seen anything from him that would dictate he should be a top 5 pick let alone seeing him above Michael Misa on some people's lists.

I hope the guy gets healthy and kills it going forward, I don't want the guy to fail, I just don't see the upside. Screams Cayden Lindstrom to me who I also don't see the upside, another mutant with mid numbers.

Edit: since I can't quote the below post, where in that bolded did I say "this year"? 14 in 55 then 51 in 53. Had one good game where he put up 4 goals this year then back to a point (or nothing) a game. Maybe he keeps up the pace like Misa is doing, but he got hurt so we'll never know. Like I said, I wouldn't use a top 5 pick on this guy at this moment.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

No I didn't, I questioned him overall why he is ranked so high. I haven't seen anything from him that would dictate he should be a top 5 pick let alone seeing him above Michael Misa on some people's lists.

I hope the guy gets healthy and kills it going forward, I don't want the guy to fail, I just don't see the upside. Screams Cayden Lindstrom to me who I also don't see the upside, another mutant with mid numbers.

I still don't know what people see in him that have him as the 4th-5th best prospect on a lot of different peoples boards. I get it, he's a mutant in physical gifts, his stats are extremely pedestrian especially for a guy who should dominate physically. Now in his draft year he'll get like 25 games in if he's lucky.