RW Nicholas Baptiste - Erie Otters, OHL (2013, 69th overall, Buffalo)
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A bit of both, he's been clicking well with Matthew Campagna and the third member of the line(Nathan Pancel at times, Connor Crisp other times). His effort and willingness to engage physically have become better which is probably the biggest change.
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I've also noticed that he's been tougher along the boards. Previously I always found he was weak in the corners but he's improved tremendously.
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Nicholas Baptiste
Nicholas has been a versatile forward for the Wolves who can take important draws. He is a big presence on the ice, and even though he is not a physical guy, he uses his frame really well in flight with the puck to shield defenders and maintain possession. He is a north and south player with not much dangle, but loves to shoot and will do anything to get into position to rip it. His success is directly related to taking the next step the year post draft and is not living off of his skilled linemates.
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Nicholas has been a versatile forward for the Wolves who can take important draws. He is a big presence on the ice, and even though he is not a physical guy, he uses his frame really well in flight with the puck to shield defenders and maintain possession. He is a north and south player with not much dangle, but loves to shoot and will do anything to get into position to rip it. His success is directly related to taking the next step the year post draft and is not living off of his skilled linemates.
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I've been wanting that to happen since Nick got healthy. With his speed and finishing ability, he should be able to put up a ton of goals next to McDavid (or Strome, if they go that route).
I've been wanting that to happen since Nick got healthy. With his speed and finishing ability, he should be able to put up a ton of goals next to McDavid (or Strome, if they go that route).
Probably DeBrincat-Strome-Baptiste for now. We'll see how the lines shake out in January after the trade deadline and everyone is healthy/back from World Juniors.
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Huge Baptiste fan but every team has a Baptiste type prospect that is underrated. His early injury didn't help and quite frankly he looked downright uninterested this season until a few months ago. Playing on Sudbury can do that to you though.
He's going to be an NHL regular and probably have a long career but it's hard to judge what type of player he's going to be. His shot has improved tremendously but I don't think his hands are soft enough to get the shot off in traffic in the NHL. Not having soft hands will also reduce how effective his speed is if he can't make passes in flight or convert on the many breakaways and 2 on 1s that he generates.
It's hard to say if he's going to be a Darren Helm type player or a player capable of putting up 20 goals a season.
Was probably the 2nd or 3rd best player in the 2nd round depending on if you are a Darnell Nurse basher or not. McDavid was obviously the MVP but I felt like Baptiste was nearly as important to the team. Funny enough fellow Sabres prospect Bailey was the exact opposite and SSM could have really used his secondary scoring to beat Erie. Baptiste is a much more developed player however.
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I'd say Baptiste was tied for 3rd most important player in the series with Devin Williams. Give Baptiste any sort of room or time to get his shot off and he would score 9/10 times. Just an amazing shot that Halverson had no chance at stopping what so ever.
He seems to be an amazing shooter, every time he gets a look it usually ends up in the back of the net. It was no different when he was with the Sabres in development camp of Traverse City.
Guys with his tenacity, size, skating and shooting ability tend to do well in the NHL.
Guys with his tenacity, size, skating and shooting ability tend to do well in the NHL.
