Yeah, he's referring to Hudson Thornton, who is 3 months younger than Samson and outscored him by 14 points in 8 more games.
Listed at 5'11 181.
Smaht Scouting:
Thornton scares me a bit. I don’t question his offensive game. In fact, I think he’s a great passer and a legitimate power play quarterback at this level. The issue that I have with Thornton is that he is very rough defensively. He struggles with decision making at times and it can lead to turnovers in his own end. There’s upside in Thornton’s game, but the risk with his poor defensive play will cause teams to shy away until the second half of the draft, in my opinion.
Wheeler:
One of the most productive defencemen in junior hockey this season, Thornton emerged as an offensive catalyst on a Prince George team that had plenty of scouts coming to see them play because of first-year eligible forwards Riley Heidt and Koehen Ziemmer. He finished second among all WHL defencemen in goals (23) and fifth in points (74), both of which broke Cougars records. He has worn a letter for that team the last two years, has also penalty-killed for them for those two years, and has worked to harden his game defensively. Add in a hard and accurate shot (including a comfortable one-timer), an ability to fake-and-shake to create lanes for himself, an eager game on offence — and there’s reason to consider him. There are questions about how projectable his game is defensively, but I thought he made progress defending the rush and in his own zone this year, even if there are still times when he gets caught down ice or doesn’t close out/box out effectively.
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