C/W Jordan Gavin - Tri-City Americans, WHL (2025 Draft)

[Hockeyville USA]

Seems to have pretty good numbers at his age, can't testify to his play as I haven't seen him in a while. Any idea why he isn't listed as a 2025 top prospect on EP, there are quite a few listed, is that from it not being updated? Or is it his ceiling?

EP doesn't update things as timely as I would like, but their database is so large and they update certain things that other sites wouldn't, so I give them some leeway.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Extends his point streak to 8 games.

42 points this season so far

 

[Artorius Horus T]

#20 of the season



54 points in 53 games

edit ; 55 points

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Last season 54 points in 62 games.
so far this season 55 points in 53 games.

I hope he gets to play with better players next season, in his draft year.
- easily can hit 100+ points, though he might hit that with or without

 

[MELANDRONI]

kid is gonna be a player, one to watch for sure. super impressive to me that he does not take penalties.

 

[Bubbles]

1G 2A tonight. He plays on a horrible team. He's quietly put together a solid D-1 season.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

1+1



3 points shy of 70 points

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Any reason Gavin wasn't with Team Canada at the WJC U18 tournament?

 

[wetcoast]

Any reason Gavin wasn't with Team Canada at the WJC U18 tournament?

Alot of really good players to choose from?

 

[Hockeyville USA]

Slow start to the season but has gotten hot lately, hope he keeps this up!

 

[hockeykid87]

Slow start to the season but has gotten hot lately, hope he keeps this up!

His play on the penalty kill has been sensational. Incredible at disrupting plays in the neutral zone and forcing teams to circle back. Stuff that doesn’t show up on the box score.

 

[Bubbles]

1G, 2A tonight. Kind of a forgotten prospect for 2025.

 

[HuGort]

Late round pick. His numbers have stalled last 3 years

 

[Bubbles]

You don't often see a draft eligible guy getting traded, but it could be interesting for him.

 

[BKarchitect]

Central Scouting crushed him in their mid-term rankings. #123 among NA-based skaters - that's round 6/7 territory.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Sub 6’0 and sub 1PPG in a junior league has become like death for forward prospects with the draft.

 

[Bubbles]

He's a perimeter player. Yes he's skilled but doesn't get into the dirty areas or fight off checks.

Incidentally he hasn't taken a penalty in 2 years. You could take that as a positive or negative.

 

[MS]

He's a perimeter player. Yes he's skilled but doesn't get into the dirty areas or fight off checks.

Incidentally he hasn't taken a penalty in 2 years. You could take that as a positive or negative.

He's a very high-IQ guy who is positionally pretty sound (and kills penalties regularly) but he's just totally flatlined since being the #2 overall pick in the bantam draft and scoring 54 points in his draft-3. He's undersized, he isn't really a burner speed-wise (although his edgework can be pretty elegant at times), nothing really projects much. He can get by as a 'pretty good' WHL player based on his smarts and hands but it's really hard to level up to more than that unless you really stick your nose in and get to the dirty areas and compete.

At this point I'd be somewhat surprised if he's drafted at all in 2025, especially as a 2016-born who has less runway to work with.

That said, his ES production is actually pretty decent. His PP production this year is a bit shocking (0G 5A) given his very PP-friendly skillset relative to this level and huge PP production in prior years. TC has had an atrocious PP ... will be interesting to see if that changes in Brandon.