LD Jeremy Hanzel - Seattle Thunderbirds, WHL (2023, 187th, COL; traded to NSH)

[Kcoyote3]

Jeremy Hanzel - Stats, Contract, Salary & More

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Jeremy Hanzel, 2003-02-27 Coquitlam, BC, CAN Canada. Most recently in the ECHL with Atlanta Gladiators. Complete player biography and stats.

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So hot right now.

Seriously though, great first pass, involved and engaged defensively, decent skating. Also fun fact, according to EP, he holds the record for highest plus minus ever in a WHL playoff run at +26.

Now a lot of his production has come from the great team in front of him, but I think there's something here with how he plays. Wouldn't be surprised to see him taken late as a double overager.

 

[neelynugs]

agree. liked him 2 years ago. good kid, too.

 

[LeonDraisaitl]

So with you being a coyotes poster is there any chance he’s related to Martin?

 

[Kcoyote3]

So with you being a coyotes poster is there any chance he’s related to Martin?

Haha slightly different spelling.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Hanzel is a no brainer to get drafted as a 19 year old. Gotta remember these are guys who were in Covid the first go around, so easy to speculate that there would have been more misses than usual that year. Only question for me is whether he gets signed right away and is playing pro hockey or if the team decides to not sign him right away (since they have two years to do so) and have him play as an overage player in the WHL with the plans to sign him whenever his team’s season ends.

 

[Bubbles]

Hanzel is a no brainer to get drafted as a 19 year old. Gotta remember these are guys who were in Covid the first go around, so easy to speculate that there would have been more misses than usual that year. Only question for me is whether he gets signed right away and is playing pro hockey or if the team decides to not sign him right away (since they have two years to do so) and have him play as an overage player in the WHL with the plans to sign him whenever his team’s season ends.

He's 20. He can't come back.

Definitely someone will take a chance on him late. Just like Milic, NHL teams completely missed the boat last year on these guys.

 

[WarriorofTime]

He's 20. He can't come back.

Definitely someone will take a chance on him late. Just like Milic, NHL teams completely missed the boat last year on these guys.

He can come back as an overage player. Each team is allowed to ice 3 of them a game. Next year that will mean players born in '03. You don't see many NHL prospects go back as overagers because the ELC slide does not apply to them, but if the player is not yet signed, they can go back and wait to sign them.

 

[Bubbles]

He can come back as an overage player. Each team is allowed to ice 3 of them a game. Next year that will mean players born in '03. You don't see many NHL prospects go back as overagers because the ELC slide does not apply to them, but if the player is not yet signed, they can go back and wait to sign them.

Right, you are correct.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Hes having a VERY good season and i expect him to be taken in the later rounds. Honestly i am not a huge fan of his NHL potential right now but after some time in the AHL you never know what could happen.

Either way I feel he definately needs to be drafted

+70 in regular season this year... are you kidding me??!.. the next highest on this insane TBirds team was +50

 

[superdeluxe]

I think that was Mynio (next highest +/-)

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

I think that was Mynio (next highest +/-)

Ya Korchinski and Mynio were next with a +50

 

[tunnelvision]

I've liked his play at the memorial cup. Great passer and puckhandler, fluid in changing skating directions and passing angles, decent vision too. Those are valuable skills in retrievals, breakouts and PPQB'ing. He can hold a candle to anyone on Seattle's blueline in that respect imo. I think his defensive awareness has been good despite couple obviously bad reads in the last two games. I see top speed and acceleration as his biggest weaknesses as of now. With some improvement in that area I think he's a future NHLer.

 

[CraigBillington]

Haha slightly different spelling.

Chris Chelios and Nikos Tselios are cousins.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Really impressed by this guy. Just seems to constantly make good decisions and has some solid skills on the backend.

I think someone grabs him in the middle rounds this year.

Then again, I thought someone would absolutely draft Logan Morrison last year.

 

[Kcoyote3]

His stride is choppy and short when trying to get up to full speed. Seems like it could be a problem going forward.

 

[MMC]

Welcome to Colorado

 

[TLEH]

Thought he had a great memorial cup. Probably got himself drafted.

 

[WarriorofTime]

I guess he is going back to Major Juniors for an overage season. They have two years to sign him off the Reserve List, so he likely will get an ELC once his season ends.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

He was very, very impressive in Avs camp/preseason. Probably the biggest standout tbh.

Drew a lot of comparables to another Avs Dman in Devon Toews with the way he played. Just so smart and cerebral with his decisions, solid puck skills, good skater, decent size but not really physical beyond what was needed.

Obviously Toews is an elite #1D in the league so expecting that from Hanzel isn't really realistic but he seems like a good pick for the Avs early on and someone that could very well be a future NHL guy.

 

[Caser]

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Dang, I like Hanzel a lot - was hoping to get to see him in person in Denver some day.

 

[Bubbles]

Nashville must have said he be signed to an ELC before the trade.