Draft Round 1 #23: New York Rangers Select RW Gabriel Perreault (Boston College, NCAA)

[GAGLine]

Gabe with the goal on the PP!

2-1 BU

 

[The Crypto Guy]

This guy’s a cheat code!

40 points!

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

He’s been BCs best player in this one so far.

 

[17futurecap]

The pass he made to Smith was beautiful before getting it back to him, they had that BU player in a blender.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

He’s been BCs best player in this one so far.

Guy is just so smooth with the puck. Everything slows down for him.

 

[bl02]

Guy is just so smooth with the puck. Everything slows down for him.

Can't wait to see him get 7 seconds on the pp with the big club and neuter his offensive instincts. Let him stay at BC as long as possible.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Gabe again!!

4-3 BU, 9 minutes left.

Few seconds earlier Gabe hit the outside of the post going top shelf on a hard angle.

Now has 8 goals, 11 assists, 21 points in the last 10 games, riding a a 5 game goal streak with 6.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Another goal for Perreault off a sick feed from Leonard.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Double shifting him now late in the game.

 

[GAGLine]

Just had a good chance in the slot.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

BC lost but great game by Gabe. Kid always shows up in big games.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Gabe is good.

Leonard is good.

Smith is cheeks.

That is all.

 

[LeetchisGod]

BC lost but great game by Gabe. Kid always shows up in big games.

Best outcome for me as a BU grad.

 

[GAGLine]

BC plays New Hampshire on Friday, then finishes up the Beanpot on Monday against Harvard.

 

[Killem Dafoe]

This kid is just insane.

 

[bl02]

Maybe just maybe in 2-3 years we will have a legit crop of young forwards. Lafreniere/Othmann/Perreault/Cuylle/ maybe Chytil if he gets healthy. Sprinkled in with some possible good bottom 6 guys in Edstrom/Berard/Sykora.
Just let them keep developing where they are for now.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Maybe just maybe in 2-3 years we will have a legit crop of young forwards. Lafreniere/Othmann/Perreault/Cuylle/ maybe Chytil if he gets healthy. Sprinkled in with some possible good bottom 6 guys in Edstrom/Berard/Sykora.
Just let them keep developing where they are for now.

And led by 31 year old McDavid

 

[JCProdigy]

Gabe is good.

Leonard is good.

Smith is cheeks.

That is all.

Ya know, around the time of the draft, Craig Button mentioned scouts' NHL player comparisons for those guys, and for Smith, it was Zibanejad. After watching most of their shifts this year, I can see that frustrating comparison in one respect: He'll flash his speed and his skill. Make a deft little move/pass. Then, he'll go and make a mind-numbingly dumb play or totally whiff on a beautiful setup by a teammate.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Ya know, around the time of the draft, Craig Button mentioned scouts' NHL player comparisons for those guys, and for Smith, it was Zibanejad. After watching most of their shifts this year, I can see that frustrating comparison in one respect: He'll flash his speed and his skill. Make a deft little move/pass. Then, he'll go and make a mind-numbingly dumb play or totally whiff on a beautiful setup by a teammate.

I think Zibanejad would be a home run comp for him if he can reach it.

He's got 3 real problem areas for me as far as on ice stuff goes.

1. Puck Management. Thought he was starting to make some strides here post WJC (the games weren't perfect, but certainly were better) and then last night happened. Had 3 really, really bad ones, one ended up in the back of BC's net and the other 2 led to 2 on 1's. Counted 8(!) NZ or high OZ turnovers overall. A player shouldn't do that in a week, let alone in 1 game.
2. Transition support, specifically through his passes in the DZ/NZ and in creating advantages.
3. Almost everything he creates in the OZ is with a shit load of space which is being created by the others. Gonna be tough to live that way in the NHL unless you're playing with guys who can do that or if you're such a good passer that it doesn't matter (he isn't.)

I'd put a ton of money on Leonard and Perreault having better NHL careers.

 

[duhmetreE]

What’s the realistic ceiling here? American Panarin?

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

What’s the realistic ceiling here? American Panarin?

Someone compared him to Claude Giroux and I really like that comparison. I could see that kind of upside.

Stylistically, Panarin is probably a better comparison but I don't think Perreault will hit Panarin's ceiling. Panarin is 9 years into a likely HHOF career. 3rd fastest undrafted player to hit 700 points and a better personal career than Adam Oates ahead of him.

 

[wolfgaze]

2 goal game for Perreault:

 

[Rongomania]

2 goal game for Perreault:

Kid is such a stud.

 

[eco's bones]

2 goal game for Perreault:

On the second goal it's almost as if he's heading off for a change and then reappears back to the front of the net. It's disappear then reappear and he loses any coverage when he does that.

 

[GENESISPuck94]

I didn't see Kariya play at Maine (who many people say was the best player in NCAA history.)

Eichel is easily the best I've seen at this level regardless of age. What he was able to do as a Freshman was insane especially with out a ton of support around him (Rodrigues has become a pretty good player and having a senior as support helps, but he pales in comparison to the talent that these other top freshmen scorers have had.)

Junior season Gaudreau is second.

Gabe isn't doing that, but the track record of true freshmen who do work and then go on to be good (or better) NHL players is pretty rock solid.

Kariya scored 100 points in 39 games for Maine in 92-93. Last player to score 100 points in a NCAA season.

He was an animal.