Hockey Prospect had him at #9.
Exerts from their Black Book:
- Simply put, Gabriel is one of the smartest players in this draft class. A quick thinker, if he gets the puck on his stick, it’s never there for too long.
- a highly technical high-end passer with an exceptional ability to make passes that are extremely difficult. He sees things on the ice that very few players see, and passing lanes that simply don’t exist for most other players in this draft class.
- playmaking skills on the power play are lethal.
- what makes him one of the best eligible prospects in this draft is the fact that he’s a natural dual-threat.
-one of the best releases in the whole draft,
- He’s slow off the gate, his acceleration lacks explosiveness (which can be due to his lack of power), and his top speed is only average. It’s ugly, but he does get from point A to point B at a
decent enough level.
- he does compete well enough out there, unafraid of going to the rough areas of the ice to get his goals.
- We see Perreault as a brilliant, creative top-6 option for a team, someone who will thrive on the power play with added time and space.