CantLoseWithMatthews
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Honestly I love this player and he's gonna be a beauty, but Seattle kept him in check during the finals. Strangely enough I didn't notice him too much. Sure he put up 6 points in these 6 games, but I just really didn't notice him alot.
Adam Brooks being out was a huge factor.
Not many comments for him despite being in the WHL finals. Interesting.
He fits the bill as another late 1st rd steel the Ducks are becoming known for. I like him too. Ducks scouting staff once again showing their worth. Great value pick.Honestly I love this player and he's gonna be a beauty, but Seattle kept him in check during the finals. Strangely enough I didn't notice him too much. Sure he put up 6 points in these 6 games, but I just really didn't notice him alot.
I am very curious how he will be next year when he loses a lot of his teammates. IMO he wont be near the PPG he put up this season. He played with a lot of extremely good and high point getters which allowed him to hit the point total he got
He still has some work to do before he makes it to the NHL. It will be perfect next year for him being back in the WHL without a lot of guys that were on this Regina team.
Where would he go in this year's draft?
Where would he go in this year's draft?
Mid to late first. His draft numbers werent great so thats why he "fell" a bit in hindsight.
He was a late first in what was more than widely seen as a significantly better draft than this one - hard to believe his value wouldn't climb further, if you look at his competition for #5-15. Odds would say that maybe, maybe one or two guys in those ranks take the same kind of leap.
Nolan Patrick is 18 and he produced at a worse rate than Steel this year.
Nolan Patrick is 18 and he produced at a worse rate than Steel this year.
Patrick didn't play on as stacked a team as Steel though.
Can't say I know enough to compare, but Patrick's team was pretty damn good: http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=857&year0=2016&status=stats
Evidently team scored less than Regina.
Can't say I know enough to compare, but Patrick's team was pretty damn good: http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=857&year0=2016&status=stats
Can't say I know enough to compare, but Patrick's team was pretty damn good: http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=857&year0=2016&status=stats
I'm not suggesting that Steel = Patrick. I am referring to an earlier post that argues that Steel would be a mid-to-late first rounder in this draft. I think he'd be among the best if he were to somehow re-enter.
His production at 18 is exceptional, regardless of how one looks at it.
Now, if we were to do a re-draft factoring in everyone's draft +1, it gets a pretty intriguing. Outside of the two superstars and Tkachuk took at the top of the draft, very few forwards (and more specifically centers) outside of Clayton Keller have dramatically improved their stock. McLeod has basically held the same with 1.13 adjusted age/league ppg, same with Howden who had a nearly identical one. Brown (.93) and PLD (.92) both had disappointing seasons. Non-CHL guys stocks have stayed relatively the same such as Jost and Kunin. Borgstrom's and Frederic's have improved. Jones, Thompson, and Gauthier stocks have either stayed in neutral or slightly decreased. Bellow's has noticeably decreased. Of the non-first rounders, you can say Raddysh stock has probably improved the most.
Looking at both scenarios there is a fair argument that Steel could go top 10. There is a strong argument, outside of Matthews, that Steel is the best center in the 2016 draft. Arguments based on size and "tools" can be made for PLD (size/physicality), Brown (size), Howden (size) and McLeod(skating/size), Jost (tenacity, 2-way play), Borgstrom (size/puck control) but Steel might be the smartest and possibly has the highest offensive upside. The guys he is 100% not above are Matthews, Laine, Tkachuk, Keller, Puljujarvi, Chychrun, and McAvoy. You can probably add Sergachev and Juolevi to the list. Then he is probably in a grouping with A. Nylander, PLD, Bean, and Jost. Breaking it into tiers, you probably have something like this.
Matthews
Laine
Tkachuk
Chychrun
Keller
McAvoy
Sergachev
Juolevi
Steel
PLD
A. Nylander
Bean
Jost
Kunin
Borgstrom
Brown
McLeod
There in the same tier. I'd probably lean Keller, but I don't think the divide is sizable. Chychrun already has shown he looks quite capable as a top 4 defender at the NHL level. His production at ES was quite good. I did it quite quickly, I'm going to edit the original post, because I also forgot to even list Puljujarvi.In a re-draft you would take Chychrun over Keller? Really?