Saw this forward listed as a notable prospect for 2024, can someone tell me more about him?
https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/710842/nathan-villeneuve
https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/710842/nathan-villeneuve
F Nathan Villeneuve - Sudbury Wolves, OHL (2024, 63rd, SEA)
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Power forward (the new age kind) with a great shot. He plays a physical style with skill. I read where someone (an eastern Ontario bantam scout) compared him to Mason McTavish, but a little more dynamic and he's a better skater.
There's a good compilation (with iso) of Villeneuve's play last year on this video clip. Bonus: Tragically Hip's Blow at High Dough is the soundtrack. No techno-garble crap.
There's a good compilation (with iso) of Villeneuve's play last year on this video clip. Bonus: Tragically Hip's Blow at High Dough is the soundtrack. No techno-garble crap.
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Don’t love his skating, but good offensive player. Can shoot, pass, gets into good scoring positions. Maybe he could reach first round if he improved his skating, but my thinking is more likely a round 2-3 player.
What don't you like about his skating? In OHL draft scouting reports, his skating was touted as one of the strengths of his game, an assessment that I agree with having watched quite a bit of video on him in midget during the two years before he was drafted.
I'm curious, have you watched him a fair bit before this tourney? If this is your first look at him and you don't like his skating, it makes me wonder if he has some kind of injury that his hampering his skating.
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Big agreement with you, watching him play for the Wolves this year, he's one of the best skaters on the team.
he was one of the best skaters for the OHL draft and is an amazing skater in the OHL....not sure what your watching out there?
Just giving my take from what I saw. Maybe he’s a good skater.
Had never seen him play before this tournament. Could be a good skater, for all I know, but I saw him play for the first time between Red and Black and he looked a little sluggish. No burst in his skating. Couldn’t pull away from players. Those players who don’t actively use their skating as an asset in a junior game usually end up having skating problems.
In the comments someone said something about a bounty. Would be wild, if true.
Just speculation, of course - but, if that’s the case; the suspended players may have put a bounty on Aitcheson’s head internally, the chats got leaked, Aitcheson had to be held out of Barrie’s next 2 games against Sudbury because of it for his own safety, and we’re seeing him and Konyen reprimanded now.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say the bad blood started in this game on Jan. 18, if not sooner.
Aitcheson lays a huge open-ice hit on Villeneuve and then gets challenged to a fight by a Wolves player.
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Aitcheson lays a huge open-ice hit on Villeneuve and then gets challenged to a fight by a Wolves player.
Nolan Collins vs. Kashawn Aitcheson, January 18, 2024 - Sudbury Wolves vs. Barrie Colts | HockeyFights
HockeyFights - Nolan Collins vs. Kashawn Aitcheson, January 18, 2024 - Sudbury Wolves vs. Barrie Colts
Read something last night that Villeneuve put a bounty out in the Wolves group chat, in which Konyen replied to in some sense. Not sure if entirely true, but it matches the reports that have come out.
Since the new year, he has 42 points in 29 GP.
Wonder if he could develop into a Boone Jenner type of player.
Wonder if he could develop into a Boone Jenner type of player.
