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Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Charlie Trethewey, 2007-08-02 Ellicott City, MD, USA USA. Most recently in the USHL with USNTDP Juniors. Complete player biography and stats.
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Only recently I’ve been able to get any sustained viewings of Trethewey. But after finally getting access to some full game footage I don’t think it‘s far fetched at all to say that Tretheway is the best 2007 born American defender at this point in time. Should note His name is Charlton but I believe he goes by Charlie.

Here’s what I wrote about him:

Tretheway I’d call a two-way defender. He is the #1 on the LC PP and he is very good at running the PP, he makes small, deceptive fakes at the blue line while on the PP to have the defenders commit to him. Then will make a quick sauce over to one of the forwards on the half wall where they attack the remaining 3 defenders before the fourth can readjust and reposition.
He does a great job at mainting his gaps I noticed, he got beat wide a couple times trying to be physical and fluffing the hit but at least he’s not afraid to be physical and maybe can be more consistent with more reps. He has a good long stick to that he uses really well to slow down forwards in transition. Skates well too. A lot to like about this kids game. Could be the best D in his age group in the country.

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Deserved a thread shocked it hadn't happened already, he's the best defender in NA for 2007 in my opinion
 
He definitely sounds good. I believe PP has him top of the ‘07 defenders but NZ has Mace’o Phillips top - Minnesota HS product who is an almost unbelievable freak of nature physically and athletically at age 15/16. Seth Jones level specimen, maybe even bigger. Have you had a chance to look at any MN HS tape yet?
 
Postulates said:
Deserved a thread shocked it hadn't happened already, he's the best defender in NA for 2007 in my opinion
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Other top guys in your mind at this early stage?

Schaefer out of Ontario looks like he just glides on the ice, he’s a natural it seems. Phillips - just curious to people who have seen him play or watched tape - his physique is crazy and the NZ team is obviously very high on him.
 
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BKarchitect said:
He definitely sounds good. I believe PP has him top of the ‘07 defenders but NZ has Mace’o Phillips top - Minnesota HS product who is an almost unbelievable freak of nature physically and athletically at age 15/16. Seth Jones level specimen, maybe even bigger. Have you had a chance to look at any MN HS tape yet?
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Don’t have any viewings of Phillips, or most other Minnesota kids for that matter, I definitely need to catch up on those kids - I’m really into watching the American ‘07’s right now that are eligible to go OHL. Phillips is a guy I’ve been meaning to catch a game on but the only info I have right now is second hand.

Big, hard hitter, powerful skater, and an athlete. Definitely a promising kid from what I hear.
 
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Postulates said:
Deserved a thread shocked it hadn't happened already, he's the best defender in NA for 2007 in my opinion
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You vouching for him really made me dive back into watching as many Ceasers games I could get my hands on as of late. And I definitely agree with your sentiment - Really promising kid.
 
Trethewey committed to BU today, joining Little Caesars teammate Zachary Morin, who verballed yesterday. Third NTDP U17 commit in BU's 2025 class.
 
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He's definitely the best of the NTDP defenseman on the 17's. Probably by a lot. Only guy on that blue line I could see being a first rounder.

He's very similar to Hensler. I like Hensler a little more. Hensler has better puck-handling and is a little bigger. Trethewey shoots a little more and has the desirable August birthday that Hensler doesn't. But has the size, physicality, defensive game, and enough of a puck game to probably be PP2 in the NHL. The puck game is what I'd be most unsure about. He's second on the team in points right now, but I don't know. I don't see an amazing offensive game. But not weak with the puck either.

I think he's looking like a first round pick. I'm not yet convinced though of like a top 10 range. I think there's amazing skating or high tier puck game elements missing for that.
 
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I think the projection for Trethewey is all in his skating. It's not too explosive at this point as far as high end prospects go. How far can that come in the next 18 months. He's not huge so I think the skating needs to be at a high level to be a high pick in the draft.

Everything else in his game is impressive. His hockey sense is very good. He can run a powerplay. Makes the right reads. I was surprised how good his shot is. If he has space, he can pick his corners. It's hard and accurate. He's also surprisingly physical for a defenseman that put's up the numbers he does.
 
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It's a top 5 profile 18 months into the draft and we're still on the 1st page with a rate of 1 message per month.

It's the biggest revelation of the year. Misa, Hagens, Ryabkin, Hensler we knew.

This player who came out of nowhere, detected by no one as the 2007 American n°1, is right behind William Moore in points. With a very good physique and a right sidedness, I do not have sufficient and attentive vision to draw an analysis but he seems to be on the basis of a player like Simon Nemec.
 
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It’s funny because OP said that he‘s the best 2007 born defender, yet this player “came out of nowhere”
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I think there is a temporality problem : this player was not detected on the site 1 year ago to the day.

In 1 year, we went from ignorance to little enthusiasm.
 
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In 1 year, we went from ignorance to little enthusiasm.
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probably because people like You or i can’t stat watch on elite prospects for some Americans like this since their stats aren’t released until the end of the season.

its the same reason many higher end OHL kids didn’t have threads before they were OHL drafted for so long, because they dont publish stats for those leagues. Because of it you can’t distIngush who was among the elite in the age group from a quick elite prospect search like you can in other leagues.
 
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I mean Trethewey was being talked about and scouted as a big prospect in his age bracket like two years ago on places like PuckPreps and NeutralZone.

That said, it certainly is a big step from being a notable 14 or 15 year-old in your part of the world to being a standout junior player and it appears Trethewey is making that next step with ease which is pretty exciting.

Hoping we can produce two lottery-esque blueliner for 2025 with Hensler and him.
 
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probably because people like You or i can’t stat watch on elite prospects for some Americans like this since their stats aren’t released until the end of the season.

its the same reason many higher end OHL kids didn’t have threads before they were OHL drafted for so long, because they dont publish stats for those leagues. Because of it you can’t distIngush who was among the elite in the age group from a quick elite prospect search like you can in other leagues.
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I have already explained all of this many times on the site.

However, that doesn't explain the fact that there's very little talk about this player this year. His performance at the U17 tournament should have created an explosion of interest.
 
Dirtyf1ghter said:
I have already explained all of this many times on the site.

However, that doesn't explain the fact that there's very little talk about this player this year. His performance at the U17 tournament should have created an explosion of interest.
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Here's the issue with what you're saying.

You are basing it on his stats, his height, his birthday. Those are all relevant factors.

What you are missing is that he plays on a team with no virtually no other good defensemen. He gets every chance to be the guy on defense. There's no competition for that. It helps pad his stats. If he was on a team with Cole Hutson, he wouldn't be on PP1, which is the situation someone like Hensler faces, who is probably better than Trethewey. Also, stats don't always tell the full story. On that specific team, Potter dominates shifts, but isn't converting chances yet at the same rate as some of the others. McKinney has more moderate counting totals, yet is an elite defensive center. Moore has the best counting stats on the team, yet takes too many shifts and games off.

This was your mistake with Eiserman. Not to say Eiserman isn't still very good. He is, but there's more to assessing players than the box score. Assessing the box score with Eiserman misses that he's incredibly one-dimensional. Doesn't play much defense, doesn't like passing, takes bad shots. There's a reason USAH and American hockey fans are more excited about Hagens. It's because what they watch is a better player, even if Eiserman pads his stats a little better. If you were to go down this line of thinking with Trethewey, he's a good player and will almost certainly be a first rounder, but the reason he's not being talked about for 1OA conversation is because those who've watched his game don't feel he deserves it. Thats nothing against him. That's more a commentary of the line of thinking thats been posed.
 
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Here's the issue with what you're saying.

You are basing it on his stats, his height, his birthday. Those are all relevant factors.

What you are missing is that he plays on a team with no virtually no other good defensemen. He gets every chance to be the guy on defense. There's no competition for that. It helps pad his stats. If he was on a team with Cole Hutson, he wouldn't be on PP1, which is the situation someone like Hensler faces, who is probably better than Trethewey. Also, stats don't always tell the full story. On that specific team, Potter dominates shifts, but isn't converting chances yet at the same rate as some of the others. McKinney has more moderate counting totals, yet is an elite defensive center. Moore has the best counting stats on the team, yet takes too many shifts and games off.

This was your mistake with Eiserman. Not to say Eiserman isn't still very good. He is, but there's more to assessing players than the box score. Assessing the box score with Eiserman misses that he's incredibly one-dimensional. Doesn't play much defense, doesn't like passing, takes bad shots. There's a reason USAH and American hockey fans are more excited about Hagens. It's because what they watch is a better player, even if Eiserman pads his stats a little better. If you were to go down this line of thinking with Trethewey, he's a good player and will almost certainly be a first rounder, but the reason he's not being talked about for 1OA conversation is because those who've watched his game don't feel he deserves it. Thats nothing against him. That's more a commentary of the line of thinking thats been posed.
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I don't see how I went wrong with Eiserman. Especially when I said that he was vastly superior to Park.

In any case you didn't detect Trethewey before his entry into USDP and that's something I often say: very difficult to know which players are the best.

There is a little hype that brings Eiserman down. I think he suffers from his position as a winger compared to defenders and centers who also have a more physical game but he remains essential in a top 8 and it is not forbidden to think that he puts the clocks are straight at the U18 tournament.
 
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His TOI per game at the recent U17 tournament in Czechia was shockingly low. Barely played 15 minutes per game. Don’t believe he had any injuries or anything like that.

I think some overrate him a little because of point totals, but this also seems like very poor usage of the clear best defenseman on the team.
 
He's starting to move down in my estimation.

The points people notice are not a product of elite offense. He's effective offensively. He has a chance to be PP2 in the NHL, but I don't think thats a certainty. He lacks high-end anything other than potentially decision-making. He's the guy thats been given PP1 time for the NTDP, so thats going to come with big point totals. I've seen enough to know that he's not creating a lot per game offensively.

He doesn't take over enough shifts. He's an effective hockey player without a doubt. He's not going to make many errors, but I have real questions if he has top pair potential. I think he'll be a first rounder, probably mid/late, because you have a pretty certain NHL defenseman with him, but whether thats a 3-6, I think he'll have to prove that he can elevate once the competition gets better. He doesn't elevate against juniors.
 
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