RD Zayne Parekh - Saginaw Spirit, OHL (2024, 9th, CGY)

[JurassicTunga]

 

[Yepthatsme]

His splits by month are hilarious.
October: 1.20 point per game
November: 1.70 point per game
December: 1.22 point per game
January: 2.10 point per game

When he’s cold he’s one of the best offensive defenseman in the league, when he’s hot he outproduces the elite forwards.

 

[Juxtaposer]

I get that Parekh rubs some people the wrong way and he does have some defensive shortcomings, but this kid is something special. The handling, edges, shot accuracy, and vision are simply elite.

 

[crazyfisherman]

Another 4 pt game with 10mins left in the 3rd, hes on some kind of roll

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Has 2 less points than Akey, Gibson, and Mynio combined. LOL

His defensive issues are overblown. At times he gets in trouble from trying to do too much. But one on one he’s a very solid player.

 

[Yepthatsme]

Another 4 pt game with 10mins left in the 3rd, hes on some kind of roll

He now has 10 goals, and 9 assists in his last 6 games. If you need help to contextualize just how insane of production that is, that’s half of Yakemchuks point totals on the season, and 66% of his goals.

 

[Siignal]

I've never been more excited for a Flames prospect.

 

[Finster8]

Parekh with 1G and 1A keeping his streak going

 

[Yepthatsme]

Parekh with 1G and 1A keeping his streak going

Just casually took the CHL scoring lead for defenseman while doing it too. It’s at the point where I caught myself being slightly disappointed he only got 2 points.

 

[Finster8]

Just casually took the CHL scoring lead for defenseman while doing it too. It’s at the point where I caught myself being slightly disappointed he only got 2 points.

@Yepthatsme, in a 10-7 win against Guelph he put one between the pipes and a couple dimes, we’ll take the 3 pts kids looking like he should.
GP-45 G-25 A-46 Pts-71 The 100 pt mark is going down to the wire with 15 or 16 games left, to lazy to check

 

[Bobby Holik agent]

Between late last seasons and early on this on this one his goal scoring was somewhat on a downtrend
glad he pick it back-up. He's a true menace out there.
All those Saginaw games finishing 12 to 8 had me wondering about his defensive but the scoresheet sure look nice!

 

[CaviarAndRinkFries]

 

[Slurpeelover27]

He looks like he has the potential to be the next Hughes/Makar. Skates like Hughes and shoots like Makar with sublime stickhandling. Hughes was not great at all on defense when he first stepped into the NHL but figured things out over his first few years. Hopefully, Zayne can join the big club next fall and have a similar trajectory.

 

[Finster8]

Zayne keeps it rolling with 1G 2A he’s playing at a very high level.
G46 G26 A48 Pt74 with 15 games to hit the century mark. 8-4 over SSM tonight and needs 26 pts in 15 games remaining. Not out of reach playing the way he has.

 

[Kingpin794]

Zayne keeps it rolling with 1G 2A he’s playing at a very high level.
G46 G26 A48 Pt74 with 15 games to hit the century mark. 8-4 over SSM tonight and needs 26 pts in 15 games remaining. Not out of reach playing the way he has.

17 games left. Has a little more runway to work with.

 

[CaviarAndRinkFries]

 

[Siignal]

Feels like we got a top 3 talent at 9. I was initially disappointed Tij Iginla didn't fall to us, but this guy is looking like exactly what the organization needs.

I mentioned it in the Flames forum, but one thing he has above his ridiculous skills is that he actually wants to be the face of the organization. He sees himself as becoming a franchise-defining offensive defenseman. He actually had the work ethic and smarts to finish high school early so he could focus on hockey. He is an absolute gamer and we are thrilled to have him in our pipeline.

 

[Castle8130]

He reminds me more-so of Erik Karlsson. He's just so smart and skilled. I had him ranked as my #3 defenseman at the time of the draft. The only defenseman I like more than him in his draft class now is Zeev. I hope he gets to 40 goals this season. That'd be an insane accomplishment

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

He looks like he has the potential to be the next Hughes/Makar. Skates like Hughes and shoots like Makar with sublime stickhandling. Hughes was not great at all on defense when he first stepped into the NHL but figured things out over his first few years. Hopefully, Zayne can join the big club next fall and have a similar trajectory.

He’ll more likely be the next DeAngelo.

People don’t realize that there’s like one of those players you name per draft. Sometimes even less. Every player gets the best possible comparison, and usually it’s unrealistic (as it is here).

 

[Mathieukferland]

He’ll more likely be the next DeAngelo.

Dustin Wolf trembling reading this

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

He’ll more likely be the next DeAngelo.

People don’t realize that there’s like one of those players you name per draft. Sometimes even less. Every player gets the best possible comparison, and usually it’s unrealistic (as it is here).

that's why they said potential.

and it's much more likely that he is way better than DeAngelo.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

that's why they said potential.

and it's much more likely that he is way better than DeAngelo.

DeAngelo is a career .56 PPG player. That's 24th in the league amongst active defensemen for their careers.

I don't know why DeAngelo is viewed as some bad outcome. There's like 2 defensemen per draft that score as much or more than DeAngelo.

There's a chance Parekh could be better. You'd like to think it's possible for the 9th overall pick to be the best player out of a draft or at least top 2-3, but I don't think it's even a median outcome for a 9th overall pick to be better than DeAngelo.

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

DeAngelo is a career .56 PPG player. That's 24th in the league amongst active defensemen for their careers.

I don't know why DeAngelo is viewed as some bad outcome. There's like 2 defensemen per draft that score as much or more than DeAngelo.

There's a chance Parekh could be better. You'd like to think it's possible for the 9th overall pick to be the best player out of a draft or at least top 2-3, but I don't think it's even a median outcome for a 9th overall pick to be better than DeAngelo.

its not about where they were picked though. it's about talent level, Zayne is a much better shooter, better vision, bigger, and has arguably been the best CHL player in the last two years.

Parekh could have been drafted in the 2nd round and it would still be a disappointment if he ended up only as good as DeAngelo. He would still be a good player but considering the level he has shown so far it would be a disappointment.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Tony DeAngelo?
Funny stuff guys.

Still find it ridiculous Zayne might have b2b 30G seasons and possibly eclipse 100pts in a season as a junior defenseman and his only options next year as a skinny teenage blueliner are back to the OHL or against the monsters in the NHL.