TheBeastCoast
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I think Dupont should absolutely be at camp. Which that alone is pretty ridiculous. From there just let his play dictate whether he actually makes the team or not.
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Captain of Canada Red at U17 at 15 years old....that's definitely something.
According to Scott Wheeler, DuPont models his game after Zeev Buium, which is kind of interesting, given how young Buium is.
GlassesJacketShirt
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Side note, but Dupont's early pace is more statistically significant than McDavid's at 15. The latter was barely PPG during the season and was a minus defensive player, he was 100% not worthy of consideration yet.
Having said such, while I agree with your point in theory as he's looked the part, Canada's defense has enough potential puck movers to convince Hockey Canada that "he's too young." We're talking about the most galaxy brained organization in Hockey, they have every excuse to avoid inviting him.
Him and Parekh would be playing the same role. And barring injury I can't see a world in which they pass on Parekh for a 15 year old, even if Dupont is still lighting the world on fire
He'll lead the U-18 team this year and he'll be a lock for wjc the next couple years. Seems great for a young kid
Andy Dufresne
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JayBo made wjc at 16. Dupont's probably as good right now. Then again, Jaybo was already 6'3 and that was 25 years ago.
Mathieukferland
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The same management team is (somehow) back from last year, and they picked and extremely regressive and conservative team last year, so Dupont could be the next coming of Bobby Orr and his chances would still be 0%. Keep in mind Dave King cut a 16 year old Mario Lemieux, there is precedent
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Mathieukferland
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Guy is already built like a truck at 15
He's also closer to 5'8 than he is 5'11. Not sure why they are inflating his height so much.
Andy Dufresne
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. He might be closer to his dad's 5'10, or team-mate Rymon (also 5'10) but rounding up half an inch on team roster's is pretty normal. He's not 5'8 tht's for sure.
At this point I think we can say that this guy is the best 15 year old in the last 20 years going back to Crosby. Obviously sid was not an ES player but he stepped into the CHL at 16 and was clearly the best in the country so what he would have done at 15 in the Q is up for debate. But as far as all the other ES players going back to Tavares, I think Dupont is overall the best player at 15 out of all of them.
McDavid was so raw and underdeveloped physically, he had the highest upside and the most room to grow out of all of them, guys like Tavares and Wright were more physically mature and produced similar or even better than McDavid did largely due to their physical attributes. Ekblad looked almost the same as he does now. Dupont falls somewhere in that mix where he is clearly more physically developed than McDavid but he's no man child like Ekblad. He still has a lot of room to grow his game. I think he likely tops out at 5'11 or a bit more but it won't stop him, his game will be modeled after the 5'11 Makar anyway.
What he is doing is insane though, we can't really ignore it. To be a captain of the age group above yourself speaks a lot to his leadership and character too.
McDavid was so raw and underdeveloped physically, he had the highest upside and the most room to grow out of all of them, guys like Tavares and Wright were more physically mature and produced similar or even better than McDavid did largely due to their physical attributes. Ekblad looked almost the same as he does now. Dupont falls somewhere in that mix where he is clearly more physically developed than McDavid but he's no man child like Ekblad. He still has a lot of room to grow his game. I think he likely tops out at 5'11 or a bit more but it won't stop him, his game will be modeled after the 5'11 Makar anyway.
What he is doing is insane though, we can't really ignore it. To be a captain of the age group above yourself speaks a lot to his leadership and character too.
