F Michael Misa - Saginaw Spirit, OHL (2025 Draft)

[Antonche]

Good start for him.

 

[Finster8]

Misa is a natural C and played wing for the betterment of his team on their way to winning the Memorial Cup. Also being banged up and 16 was detrimental with vets like Beck, Sapovaliv and Hay ahead in age and experience. He still was an intricate part of the greatest success of the organization.
This year he is showing everyone just how strong his total game is with being a huge part of the team and building around him. Leading the league in Pts and goals is only part of how he leads by example. JMO at 6’1 185 he has all that is needed to succeed at the next level in a major way. This season should solidify why he received ES in the first place.

 

[SaSaShi]

Misa is a natural C and played wing for the betterment of his team on their way to winning the Memorial Cup. Also being banged up and 16 was detrimental with vets like Beck, Sapovaliv and Hay ahead in age and experience. He still was an intricate part of the greatest success of the organization.
This year he is showing everyone just how strong his total game is with being a huge part of the team and building around him. Leading the league in Pts and goals is only part of how he leads by example. JMO at 6’1 185 he has all that is needed to succeed at the next level in a major way. This season should solidify why he received ES in the first place.

Misa to Michkov rolls off the tongue very nicely .....(speaking it to existence)

 

[IronMarshal]

Misa to Michkov rolls off the tongue very nicely .....(speaking it to existence)

or vice versa

 

[hockey20000]

if he keeps this up surely he passes hagens? hagens is good but not what i would consider a sure 1st overall pick to be honest.. i think misa and martone and destnoyers all have potential to be just as good if not better then him in pro ranks

 

[Mathieukferland]

if he keeps this up surely he passes hagens? hagens is good but not what i would consider a sure 1st overall pick to be honest.. i think misa and martone and destnoyers all have potential to be just as good if not better then him in pro ranks

Hagens is a safer pick than Misa, I think that’s why some teams would be inclined to pick him first. I think if Misa’s game doesn’t translate well to the NHL, his off puck play and motor is not enough to compensate, whereas, even if he has a lower offensive ceiling, Hagens’ game brings so much more than offence that will make him a top 15 centreman

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

if he keeps this up surely he passes hagens? hagens is good but not what i would consider a sure 1st overall pick to be honest.. i think misa and martone and destnoyers all have potential to be just as good if not better then him in pro ranks

The draft doesn’t work like that.

Players around the hockey world compete with each other playing against different levels of competition throughout the season to be the most desirable prospect.

It’s not as if Misa is competing against a player who doesn’t play hockey this season, and NHL teams only care how many points Misa scores in the NHL. There’s no “if Misa hits this PPG he gets to go 1st and if he hits this PPG he goes 4th” equation to this.

You’re making the picture of how players get drafted where seem way more simplistic than it is, and arguably extremely distorted.

 

[hockey20000]

The draft doesn’t work like that.

Players around the hockey world compete with each other playing against different levels of competition throughout the season to be the most desirable prospect.

It’s not as if Misa is competing against a player who doesn’t play hockey this season, and NHL teams only care how many points Misa scores in the NHL. There’s no “if Misa hits this PPG he gets to go 1st and if he hits this PPG he goes 4th” equation to this.

You’re making the picture of how players get drafted where seem way more simplistic than it is, and arguably extremely distorted.

your telling me if he actually stays on pace for his 89 goals and 160 or 180 points whatever it is he wont pass hagens for 1st? come on now.. if its close at all usually always the canadian gets picked first. most times anyway

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

your telling me if he actually stays on pace for his 89 goals and 160 or 180 points whatever it is he wont pass hagens for 1st? come on now.. if its close at all usually always the canadian gets picked first. most times anyway

Yes, I am telling you that the draft doesn’t work that way.

 

[Mathieukferland]

your telling me if he actually stays on pace for his 89 goals and 160 or 180 points whatever it is he wont pass hagens for 1st? come on now.. if its close at all usually always the canadian gets picked first. most times anyway

It’s a projection instead of a power ranking essentially. But his game has looked a lot more protectable this year

 

[Finster8]

Plenty of hockey left and nobody knows who is going when or where but it is good for us to have our armchair GM opinions.
This is why we bother expressing our thoughts to each other on these posts. Agree or disagree we keep on reading and enjoying different points of view.

 

[Kingpin794]

Hagens is a safer pick than Misa, I think that’s why some teams would be inclined to pick him first. I think if Misa’s game doesn’t translate well to the NHL, his off puck play and motor is not enough to compensate, whereas, even if he has a lower offensive ceiling, Hagens’ game brings so much more than offence that will make him a top 15 centreman

I don't think that's ever been one of Misa's weak points. The question was whether he could ever takes his offense to the next level.

 

[Mathieukferland]

I don't think that's ever been one of Misa's weak points. The question was whether he could ever takes his offense to the next level.

If you watch Saginaw on a regular basis you would know better than me, I’m just going based off what I saw at Hlinka

 

[Juxtaposer]

Hagens is a safer pick than Misa, I think that’s why some teams would be inclined to pick him first. I think if Misa’s game doesn’t translate well to the NHL, his off puck play and motor is not enough to compensate, whereas, even if he has a lower offensive ceiling, Hagens’ game brings so much more than offence that will make him a top 15 centreman

Misa's ability to do a lot of good when he isn't scoring is absolutely a strong point for him. He played more of a depth role on Saginaw last season and was great despite not scoring all that much. The fact that he's scoring at an insane rate this season is what takes him from a 6th-10th overall type of prospect to a maybe top-2 in the draft.

 

[Corso]

I'm going to wait until January or early February before making any definitive conclusions as to who should go 1OA. I will say this, however; while Misa has always played a strong game off the puck (not sure what that poster was thinking when he made the comment that it was a weakness of his), is a very good skater with very good puck skills, he never really drove his line and was more the recipient of the offensive work put in by others..... until this season. He is making everything happen out there now and of course if he keeps this up he will most certainly be in the mix for 1st overall. Still to early though and we will see how he does as the season grinds on.

 

[JPeeper]

Misa to Michkov rolls off the tongue very nicely .....(speaking it to existence)

Sorry, but the Flames will re-unite Michael with his brother and we'll finally have the better brother.

 

[Michoulicious]

Wrong thread

 

[Finster8]

Misa wins best player of the month award in the OHL. The 1st Spirit player since 2013 to achieve the honor.

 

[frontsfan67]

Misa wins best player of the month award in the OHL. The 1st Spirit player since 2013 to achieve the honor.

Surprised Perfetti never got it or Mintyukov