RW Jordan Dumais - Halifax Mooseheads, QMJHL (2022, 96th, CBJ)

[Cowumbus]

Dumais > Texier
Dumais >> Danforth

In 2017, only few Hawks fans believed DeBrincat would make it.

I would be shell shocked if Dumais
doesn't play for Blue Jackets top 9
next season

Dude is that good.
You can easily see that.

That would be fun to see! Hoping you’re right.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

I have a hard time seeing him playing in the NHL as a 19 year old. Point totals are obviously eye popping but I think you need to keep the focus long term with a prospect like him and taking your time would be the much smarter play, even if you think he might be able to keep his head above water. Give him another two years to work on his skating and live in the gym before putting him in the deep end. Another year in the CHL and a year in the AHL and by 21 maybe he is ready.

 

[stevo61]

Being "too good" for the CHL and good enough for the NHL are 2 different things. We've seen how garbage the organization can be with struggling kids in the NHL like Sillinger. Keep him developing elsewhere even if it is in Halifax again. Team probably looks a lot different next year so he'll have a different type of challenge

 

[BondraTime]

I have a hard time seeing him playing in the NHL as a 19 year old. Point totals are obviously eye popping but I think you need to keep the focus long term with a prospect like him and taking your time would be the much smarter play, even if you think he might be able to keep his head above water. Give him another two years to work on his skating and live in the gym before putting him in the deep end. Another year in the CHL and a year in the AHL and by 21 maybe he is ready.

Pretty much.

He’s the best offensive player in the league. That’s not surprising, every team knew he was without a doubt going to shred the Q. The projection to the NHL is why he wasn’t a consensus top 10 pick, and why he fell into the end of the 3rd. Teams weren’t oblivious to his offensive talent in the Q, this isn’t a gotcha moment for the scouts, they were all well aware he was going to be a 120+ point player.

It’s going to be a transition. And it’s not going to happen seamlessly at 19.

This offensive season isn’t surprising, it’s what every team expected on draft day; the added offence he’s showing isn’t the piece the teams projecting him on draft day were dropping him for.

 

[BB88]

Dumais > Texier
Dumais >> Danforth

In 2017, only few Hawks fans believed DeBrincat would make it.

I would be shell shocked if Dumais
doesn't play for Blue Jackets top 9
next season

Dude is that good.
You can easily see that.

Gaudreau- Laine
Chinakhov - Marchenko
Top3 pick would likely start on the wing, they could still see Johnson as a winger next year.

+ Columbus needs to add a versatile veteran winger.

It’s a tough ask to break into that top9

 

[Akrapovince]

Gaudreau- Laine
Chinakhov - Marchenko
Top3 pick would likely start on the wing, they could still see Johnson as a winger next year.

+ Columbus needs to add a versatile veteran winger.

It’s a tough ask to break into that top9

Are they really going to put Johnson on the wing next year?

 

[BB88]

Are they really going to put Johnson on the wing next year?

Nobody knows.

I believe they should give him the chance next year already but if they add Hayes all bets are off

 

[CBJx614]

Dumais > Texier
Dumais >> Danforth

In 2017, only few Hawks fans believed DeBrincat would make it.

I would be shell shocked if Dumais
doesn't play for Blue Jackets top 9
next season

Dude is that good.
You can easily see that.

Yeah we'll cross that bridge when he's in the NHL. Texier and Danforth have already shown they belong in the NHL. Dumais hasnt played a single game in the NHL.

Vitali Abramov torched the Q only to never stick in the NHL. Drouin torched the Q only to never reach his full potential and is a shell of what he was in juniors.. We'll see but I doubt he sticks unless he has a preseason for the record books.

I'm not saying he won't make it to the NHL but it's gonna take some grinding and probably some adjustments to his game if he wants to make it.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Like most prospects, I think he'd be better served in the NCAA adding muscle and getting more practice vs game time.

Will be very interesting to see what happens with him.

 

[NHL Fanatik]

Delete; wrong thread

 

[Tube Skates]

Reminds me a lot of Brandon Reid. He’ll have a long hockey career. Somewhere

 

[Fantomas]

Reminds me a lot of Brandon Reid. He’ll have a long hockey career. Somewhere

Reid didn't dominate the Q in his draft year and was only 8th in scoring (based on pts) at 18. Dumais dominated in his draft year and now leads the Q in scoring. By a lot.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Reminds me a lot of Brandon Reid. He’ll have a long hockey career. Somewhere

I don't see the comparison....at all.

 

[Tube Skates]

I don't see the comparison....at all.

I can agree with this I guess. Reid was a smaller more exciting player who played well for his country in international play through his career. To small for NHL at the time but did make the show. Think he had back to back 120 or 130 point seasons in the Q. Long time ago.

 

[Tube Skates]

I don't see the comparison....at all.

More like Josh Lawrence I suppose

 

[TheBeastCoast]

More like Josh Lawrence I suppose

Dumais had more points in his 17 year old season then Josh Lawrence had in his 16,17, and 18 year old seasons combined.

 

[stevo61]

Why are comparisns always just based off of size? also why are we comparing him to a guy from like 20 years ago when the game is very different. No guarantees he makes it of course but the game is much more forgiving to smaller players these days

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Nic Petan 2.0.

and Nic Petan was Corey Locke 2.0

Maybe this time Dumais finds success at the NHL level.

 

[Tube Skates]

Dumais had more points in his 17 year old season then Josh Lawrence had in his 16,17, and 18 year old seasons combined.

I was comparing Lawrence to Reid

 

[TheBeastCoast]

I was comparing Lawrence to Reid

Ohh my bad! That is more fitting.

 

[stevo61]

Ohh my bad! That is more fitting.

lol I read it the same way as you

 

[majormajor]

Nic Petan 2.0.

and Nic Petan was Corey Locke 2.0

Maybe this time Dumais finds success at the NHL level.

I think Dumais might be a secret physical specimen and that he would match up vs pros better than Petan did. I'm basing that on stories about his physical testing and how he dialed it up vs older players in Jackets camps. He's probably years away from making it though.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

I think Dumais might be a secret physical specimen and that he would match up vs pros better than Petan did. I'm basing that on stories about his physical testing and how he dialed it up vs older players in Jackets camps. He's probably years away from making it though.

I hope so.

One thing I hoped with Locke and Petan is that they were able to get was consistent playing time in advantageous positions relative to their skill sets. Both guys were given limited minutes and limited special team usage in the NHL early In their careers. They were, like Dumais - players that didn’t succeed playing limited minutes In a checking role.

It’s all up to Columbus now to give him ample opportunities to succeed. He has the talent.

 

[Fantomas]

Petan also seemed to regress in junior after getting drafted. I didn't see much of him from then aside from world juniors, but the numbers are weird: his scoring peaked at 17 years old, at 46 goals, and then he scored just 15 goals at 19 with the Winterhawks.

 

[stevo61]

Petan also seemed to regress in junior after getting drafted. I didn't see much of him from then aside from world juniors, but the numbers are weird: his scoring peaked at 17 years old, at 46 goals, and then he scored just 15 goals at 19 with the Winterhawks.

The dynamic of that team changed a lot in 3 years, as it usually does in junior. That last year was also when he scored his most goals in the playoffs