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F Macklin Celebrini (2024, 1st, SJS)
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Yes for me personally. No knock on Bedard’s offensive talents, but Celebrini just fits pretty much everything I look for in a player, I think his complete game will translate extremely well into the NHL.
USA Hockey have too be proud of their track record for developing players since 2015 - Jack Eichel, Auston Matthew's, the Tkachuk's, All 3 Hughes brothers, Beniers, Cooley, Fantilly, and now Macklin Celebrini and Cole Yserman... the future looks so bright
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Top prospects are getting so much better because they only have 1-2 concussions by Bantam instead 16
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You are nothing if not dedicated to the bit. Though you seem to be forgetting Cale Makar.
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Canada and London must take some credit for Matthew Tkachuk then, no?
Edit - Jack Hughes played GTHL as well and applied for ES into OHL, another Canadian product
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Going to get my first live viewing against Umass tomorrow night. Really exciting to see his explosiveness in person
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Obviously a ton of things to like. Explosive skater. Quick hands. Great in tight and also at creating space. I personally wonder if he has that truly elite hockey mind that a lot of superstars in the NHL have. Regardless he's a great player. Just unsure of how great, yet.
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Another impressive showing from Celebrini. Yesterday I thought he looked like a 1st overall caliber player. Today he was relatively quiet through 2 periods, but when the chips were down came through with two big plays. Scored a goal on the power play to tie the game at 2. Then scored again with around 2 minutes left to tie the game at 3.
I didnt see a ton of him last year, but watching him at BU, he's better than I thought he was. He's good at everything. He battles. He's made some real good defensive plays. In my view there is a large gap between Celebrini/Eiserman and everyone else.
I didnt see a ton of him last year, but watching him at BU, he's better than I thought he was. He's good at everything. He battles. He's made some real good defensive plays. In my view there is a large gap between Celebrini/Eiserman and everyone else.
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cheechoo
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I know comps aren't everyone cup of tea, but do you have stylistic ones for both Celebrini and Eiserman?
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He'll still be drafted in the Top 10 even if he stops during a shift and takes a massive dump all over the ice, and names the dump "Connor."
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I really struggle to think of a comp that I like for Celebrini. Coming into the year I would have said a wealthy man's Ryan Nugent Hopkins, but I think he's better than that. He probably grades 9/10 at everything but there's no one aspect of the game that's projects to be best in NHL. Maybe a more well rounded Seguin.
Eiserman is a pure goal scorer through and through. If he reaches his upside he's putting up 45+ a year every year through his prime. I'd say if Tarasenko is a 1 and Kovalchuk is a 10, Eiserman is a 5.
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What makes him special is his on ice awareness, he just knows where to be and when. This kid is legit!
