LW Kieran Walton - Sudbury Wolves, OHL (2024, 187th, WPG)

LeProspector

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I saw this kid was listed at 6’5 on Elite Prospects and was a relatively high OHL pick.

From just this clip I found on twitter it looks like he has good hands for a big guy. Can anyone tell me more about him?

 
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GermanSpitfire

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Big, power forward that skates real well for a guy his size - as you mentioned he has a bit of finesse to his game also, He has a good, heavy shot as well. Being a bigger guy with his skillset he was a very difficult guy to defend against at the U16 level and will probably be at the OHL level too. The one thing that may hold him back his how he processes the game. It looks like he has tunnel vision at times and maybe fails to see other options beyond that.

He reminds me a bit of Serron Noel in a sense if people remember him - similar players with the same strengths and weakness’.
 

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Nice bump. Can anyone give more info about him? Did the Jets find a diamond in the 6th round? Has intriguing size too (6'6" according to eliteprospects). Still 4 months plus till he turns 19.
Stats look crazy for a 6th round pick in his D+1 season. 18 points ahead of his closest teammate. Doesn't look like the Musty injury had an effect on his scoring.
His last 10 games he scored 9 goals along with 17 Assists for 2.6 ppg. He also seems to shoot a lot (60 shots in his last 10 games).
Any info is really appreciated. Thx
 

Huffer

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Nice bump. Can anyone give more info about him? Did the Jets find a diamond in the 6th round? Has intriguing size too (6'6" according to eliteprospects). Still 4 months plus till he turns 19.
Stats look crazy for a 6th round pick in his D+1 season. 18 points ahead of his closest teammate. Doesn't look like the Musty injury had an effect on his scoring.
His last 10 games he scored 9 goals along with 17 Assists for 2.6 ppg. He also seems to shoot a lot (60 shots in his last 10 games).
Any info is really appreciated. Thx
Agree with all of this. Starting to get more excited about this player.
 

MHO

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I saw this thread and then went to see if I could see some highlights. I found a video of his highlights from his draft year and there are some things to be excited about. He's massive, has really good hands, and some hockey sense.

But his skating is not good. He might be able to improve on that but I see him becoming Patrick Maroon and that's still pretty damn good to get out of the 6th round. Maroon isn't quite as big but he had similar production in his D1 year in the OHL before going to the minors.
 

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I am generally quite neutral on the opinions of the often ridiculed scouching but this is certainly one of his very good take imo. As far as I can recall, he was the only one consistently talking about Walton in his draft year.
 
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