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C Sam Steel - Regina Pats, WHL (2016, 30th, ANA)

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Montournado said:
I'm not so sure Steel doesn't make the Ducks roster next season, at least the 10 game trial anyway. Every time I see him he gets better, seems to have found another gear with his acceleration (check out the Pats site and watch his breakaway goal and the rush after).

IMO He already thinks the game as well as a legit NHL top 6'r, he just needs to get stronger to compete in the corners, especially in the Pacific and playing for the Ducks. Although with the way the NHL has trended I dont think he needs to bulk up much, just needs to learn how to be crafty in the corners. I think if he takes a page out of Rakell's book and realizes how to be slippery in the corners/middle of the ice and opportunistic in front of the net he could have a similar impact as Raks as soon as next season.
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Sure hope he stays in Regina next year, with the mem cup headed here next season our chances of winning it take a nosedive if he's in Anaheim.
 
Sam Steel, 2013-14 to 2015-16: 138 GP, 124 pts
Sam Steel, 2016-17: 57 GP, 117 pts

Can he tie/pass his previous career total over 2 and a bit seasons this year alone? Eight games remaining suggests so.
 
workedforme said:
Sure hope he stays in Regina next year, with the mem cup headed here next season our chances of winning it take a nosedive if he's in Anaheim.
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If it helps, Anaheim is a team that is more than willing to let their prospects develop. They aren't likely to rush him. If he stays with the team for more than a couple of games, it's because he impressed the hell out of them and didn't look out of place at any point.

He's obviously capable of that, but it's tough to make a seamless transition like that, and the Ducks typically err on the side of caution with their prospects. Even with a great camp from him, I'd call it 50/50, and it would really need to be an impressive camp from him.
 
he now sits at 119 points with 7 games left. if he stayed at his current ppg he would hit the 130's, which would be a pretty historic number over the last 20 or so years for the WHL. If he hadn't missed a few games he might've had a chance to challenge that 140 mark
 
BSU said:
Where do you guys think Sam Steel would be drafted this draft?
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If he had this season in his draft year he'd push for first overall status and at worst be top 3 imo. If we're imposing his draft year play into this year I'd probably say high teens or early twenties, though he was touted the year before and with so few standout draft eligible this year he may have retained a higher ranking.
 
Goose of Reason said:
If he had this season in his draft year he'd push for first overall status and at worst be top 3 imo. If we're imposing his draft year play into this year I'd probably say high teens or early twenties, though he was touted the year before and with so few standout draft eligible this year he may have retained a higher ranking.
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at worst 3rd overall?

Tkachuk? Pulijujarvi?
 
Goose of Reason said:
If he had this season in his draft year he'd push for first overall status and at worst be top 3 imo. If we're imposing his draft year play into this year I'd probably say high teens or early twenties, though he was touted the year before and with so few standout draft eligible this year he may have retained a higher ranking.
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If he went somehow undrafted, and was in this draft with the season he had, he'd probably be in the top 5, or top 10. When his numbers are adjusted for league and age, he would have the best season of all of the CHL forwards I have looked at in this draft, slightly ahead of Nick Suzuki (1.64 to 1.60) but noticeably ahead of Patrick and Hischier. Now, if he had this season in his draft year, you are talking an adjusted ppg of 2.03. Either way, what he is doing this season is remarkable, and is the best player on a team challenging for the WHL championship and the Memorial cup. Out of D+1's I have looked at, his adjusted numbers are only behind Marner, Drouin and Strome's regular seasons, but ahead of S. Reinhart, Draisaitl, Ehlers, Mantha and Max Domi. Now, numbers are far from the be all and end all of player analysis. What actual scouts are seeing and factoring in are also important. But, if a re-draft for 2016 was held tomorrow, I would expect him to move up into the top 15 at a minimum.
 
Three more points tonight to bring his totals to 49 goals and 127 points. Incredible season.
 
I hope he hits 130. He's had a pretty special season. Here's hoping he can carry it over and be a damn good NHL'er too.
 
In a redraft he probably goes top half of the first but I want to see what he does next year.

It's entirely possible in his draft year he had some bad luck, which caused him to fall and now maybe it's gone the other way.

The adjusted numbers I've seen put his D+1 year in line with several highly touted guys in of recent years. Gonna be very interesting to see what happens with him next year in terms of where he plays. Ducks are in dire need of skilled forwards so he could get a look
 
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