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The dramatic drop of Quebec Remparts' Angelo Esposito in McKeen's February's draft rankings illustrates the dilemma scouts are facing in evaluating this year's crop - there is little consensus on the top ten prospects.
"I saw him twice recently, and this guy's really pissing me off," said one Quebec area scout. "(Esposito) has some issues (mentally). He plays a selfish game; doesn't want to pay the price. I dropped him from first to tenth on on my list."
That scout was not alone in penalizing Esposito for his lacklustre play since being cut from Canada's world junior team in December.
Two months ago Esposito was considered by many to be the top prospect for the draft. A month later he had dropped some, but was still in most people's top five - this month he's not even in McKeen's top ten.
One of the reasons for Espo's marked descension is the stellar play of other prospects, including Kyle Turris, James vanRiemsdyk and Brandon Sutter............
http://mckeenshockey.rivals.com/default.asp
1 1 Patrick Kane
2 3 Kyle Turris
3 4 Alexei Cherepanov
4 5 Karl Alzner
5 10 Brandon Sutter
6 13 James vanRiemsdyk
7 8 Keaton Ellerby
8 11 Jakub Voracek
9 9 Sam Gagner
10 6 Logan Couture
11 2 Angelo Esposito
12 7 Jonathon Blum
13 17 Kevin Shattenkirk
14 15 James O'Brien
15 14 Bill Sweatt
16 16 Mikael Backlund
17 24 Ryan McDonagh
18 19 Nick Petrecki
19 12 Sergei Korostin
20 22 Jeremy Smith
21 34 Brett MacLean
22 23 Dana Tyrell
23 18 Maxim Mayorov
24 26 Patrick White
25 27 Zach Hamill
26 29 Tommy Cross
27 42 Nick Ross
28 31 Stefan Legein
29 32 John Negrin
30 30 Oscar Moller
McKeen's February Draft Digest was printed and mailed out yesterday - we delayed printing for four days so that we could get proper updates from the 5 Nations Cup played inthe Czech Republic the week before.
We have a three-page feature on Kyle Turris, an in-depth 4-page look at the top 20 centers available, risers and sleepers, a scouting report from the Top Prospects game, and dozens of quotes from NHL scouts. I'm having a lot of fun producing this. It's great talking to all the top prospects, and getting a feel for their personalities. Turris is just a great kid.
Here's a link to the magazine: http://mckeenshockey.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=608959
"I saw him twice recently, and this guy's really pissing me off," said one Quebec area scout. "(Esposito) has some issues (mentally). He plays a selfish game; doesn't want to pay the price. I dropped him from first to tenth on on my list."
That scout was not alone in penalizing Esposito for his lacklustre play since being cut from Canada's world junior team in December.
Two months ago Esposito was considered by many to be the top prospect for the draft. A month later he had dropped some, but was still in most people's top five - this month he's not even in McKeen's top ten.
One of the reasons for Espo's marked descension is the stellar play of other prospects, including Kyle Turris, James vanRiemsdyk and Brandon Sutter............
http://mckeenshockey.rivals.com/default.asp
1 1 Patrick Kane
2 3 Kyle Turris
3 4 Alexei Cherepanov
4 5 Karl Alzner
5 10 Brandon Sutter
6 13 James vanRiemsdyk
7 8 Keaton Ellerby
8 11 Jakub Voracek
9 9 Sam Gagner
10 6 Logan Couture
11 2 Angelo Esposito
12 7 Jonathon Blum
13 17 Kevin Shattenkirk
14 15 James O'Brien
15 14 Bill Sweatt
16 16 Mikael Backlund
17 24 Ryan McDonagh
18 19 Nick Petrecki
19 12 Sergei Korostin
20 22 Jeremy Smith
21 34 Brett MacLean
22 23 Dana Tyrell
23 18 Maxim Mayorov
24 26 Patrick White
25 27 Zach Hamill
26 29 Tommy Cross
27 42 Nick Ross
28 31 Stefan Legein
29 32 John Negrin
30 30 Oscar Moller
McKeen's February Draft Digest was printed and mailed out yesterday - we delayed printing for four days so that we could get proper updates from the 5 Nations Cup played inthe Czech Republic the week before.
We have a three-page feature on Kyle Turris, an in-depth 4-page look at the top 20 centers available, risers and sleepers, a scouting report from the Top Prospects game, and dozens of quotes from NHL scouts. I'm having a lot of fun producing this. It's great talking to all the top prospects, and getting a feel for their personalities. Turris is just a great kid.
Here's a link to the magazine: http://mckeenshockey.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=608959
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