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Prospect Info: With the 3rd overall pick in the 2021 Entry Draft, the Ducks select Mason McTavish

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The official site has extra stats such as face-off, +/-, and most penalized. LoL It's also updated fairly quickly after the game is over.

With that shared, McTavish is ranked 13th in face-off percentage with a 54.05%, winning 40 and losing 34 face-offs. There are three players above him that have smaller face-off samples.
 
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The guy just scores. His release is ridiculous. What I like about him is his shot is so versatile. He can clap it, snap it, one time it, and he can make the soft-hand play to trick the goalie. It's very different when people said Ritchie and Silfverberg had a great shot - they didn't actually be that good with it in the NHL gameplay, because in-game you basically never have that much space to use the clean shot. It's also why I am usually suspicious when a prospect is regarded having a ''good shot''. But Mase is just so flexible with it. He can score on you in any way.

Also, he has Getzlaf style and level captain potential. I don't think that he will be as good as player tho, but it's too early for that.
 
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Kalv said:
...because in-game you basically never have that much space to use the clean shot.
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Certainly not complaining, but he had lots of time and space on four of his seven goals thus far. Kudos to him for finding those soft spots and/or creating those opportunities though. The other three were: deflection (knee), dangle + backhand, and a one-timer.
 
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anezthes said:
Certainly not complaining, but he had lots of time and space on four of his seven goals thus far. Kudos to him for finding those soft spots and/or creating those opportunities though. The other three were: deflection (knee), dangle + backhand, and a one-timer.
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Fair point.
He will certainly not score almost 2 goal per game in the NHL tho :laugh:
But yeah I think he is doing very well so far also to put himself in those spots which is also important.
 
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Kalv said:
The guy just scores. His release is ridiculous. What I like about him is his shot is so versatile. He can clap it, snap it, one time it, and he can make the soft-hand play to trick the goalie. It's very different when people said Ritchie and Silfverberg had a great shot - they didn't actually be that good with it in the NHL gameplay, because in-game you basically never have that much space to use the clean shot. It's also why I am usually suspicious when a prospect is regarded having a ''good shot''. But Mase is just so flexible with it. He can score on you in any way.
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I was watching the highlight of McTavish's backhand goal for the tourney and hearing the commentators giving insight on how much power McTavish has on that backhand whereas other players cannot lift it like that with power.

McTavish has been known to have an NHL shot since he was 16 years old, his D-1 season. His older brother is an MMA fighter now, who used to be a goalie. Mason probably had a head start physically at shooting b/c he practiced shooting at his brother for years. It kinda reminds me of the story of Sergei Federov crediting his dad for his skating trait by making him hop each step in a multi-level apartment when he was a young kid/toddler, iirc. That burst in skating can be attributed to that like Manson's body movement and forearms has him advanced than others. Tack on body building too, b/c of his brother probably dabble in mma a bit, made his shot more dangerous.

It's no longer just Mason's shot that's dangerous. He has been able to score in a variety of ways due to his strength in his forearms, hand-eye coordination, and being big so he can't be moved often from the crease. McTavish has been showing off a lot of creativity since the WJC-18's. I'm still amazed how Mason completely undressed G Askarov with a fake shot and deked around him for an easy tap-in goal at the cancelled WJC-20 in January of this year.

Because he can score in a variety of ways, teams often tilt their attention towards McTavish which makes someone else open or McTavish can pass it if he has the puck instead of shoot. He can pass too, which often get overlooked.

== extra tidbit ==
Read at your own expense.

Another thing noticed by the commentators at this WJC-20 tourney is that chemistry matters. Roy-McTavish-Bedard looked like a two-man show with Roy somewhere on the ice. Othmann-McTavish-Bedard have a better offensive flow. Of course, it helps that McTavish has played with Othmann and Bedard before, which they all know how each other thinks and plays. Then I recall how writers reported that there wasn't much chemistry at the Olympics with McTavish -Staal- Ho-Sang, which could be a reason why McTavish didn't do much at that venue.

While trying to find out about McTavish's older brother, I found this image. There's our future trio there! "Who you gonna call?"

 
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Kalv said:
Zegras got 18 points in 7 games in his best year. If Canada gets to the finals and McT plays in those games, he has 3 games to get 5 points and match that output
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Zegras
WJC-18 (2018-19): 5 games, 0g + 9a = 9 pts​
WJC-20 (2019-20): 5 games, 0g + 9a = 9 pts​
WJC-20 (2020-21): 7 games, 7g + 11a = 18 pts​

McTavish
WJC-18 (2020-21): 7 games, 5g + 6a = 11 pts​
WJC-20 (2021-22 Cancelled): 2 games, 3g + 2a = 5 pts​
WJC-20 (2021-22 August): 4 games, 7g + 6a = 13 pts​

Technically, this is McTavish's first go around in the WJC-20. He was impressive in the Cancelled Tourney in Dec, but now... makes ya wanna sing, "You used to look good to me, but now I find ya... simply irresistible!"

Canada will be playing the Swiss tomorrow. USA beat them 7-1 in the pre-lims. Maybe McTavish can have a magical game and get all 5 points in one swoop?
 
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Hockey Duckie said:
Zegras
WJC-18 (2018-19): 5 games, 0g + 9a = 9 pts​
WJC-20 (2019-20): 5 games, 0g + 9a = 9 pts​
WJC-20 (2020-21): 7 games, 7g + 11a = 18 pts​

McTavish
WJC-18 (2020-21): 7 games, 5g + 6a = 11 pts​
WJC-20 (2021-22 Cancelled): 2 games, 3g + 2a = 5 pts​
WJC-20 (2021-22 August): 4 games, 7g + 6a = 13 pts​

Technically, this is McTavish's first go around in the WJC-20. He was impressive in the Cancelled Tourney in Dec, but now... makes ya wanna sing, "You used to look good to me, but now I find ya... simply irresistible!"

Canada will be playing the Swiss tomorrow. USA beat them 7-1 in the pre-lims. Maybe McTavish can have a magical game and get all 5 points in one swoop?
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Didn't Zegras do the 9 assists playing on the 4th line as well?
 
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I see a lot of Mika in McTavish. Maybe it’s a bad comparison but see his potential to hit Mika level. Has an elite shot like him, and both have the ability to kill penalties, create space for their line-mates, and play a physical game. I know he needs to work on his defensive game but I see the potential there.
 
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TheStuntman said:
Didn't Zegras do the 9 assists playing on the 4th line as well?
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Yes, he was averaging an assist for every 5 minutes or something like that :laugh: He was moved up only at the quarterfinals and the team suddenly had no chemistry. Yikes.
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Where do I go to place a bet on the Calder trophy? Serious, not joking lol
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Consider that Sanderson, Power Edvinsson on D and Johnson, Eklund on F will be there. More than likely there will be someone coming out of the blue as well. It will be a good class of rookies, and some of them are spending their summer in training. WIll see how McT's condition will hold over the season, considering he is not getting much of a break or training.
 
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Kalv said:
Consider that Sanderson, Power Edvinsson on D and Johnson, Eklund on F will be there. More than likely there will be someone coming out of the blue as well. It will be a good class of rookies, and some of them are spending their summer in training. WIll see how McT's condition will hold over the season, considering he is not getting much of a break or training.
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There's also Beniers, who's projected to be Seattle's 1C. He'll probably a top-2C for them all season. Last year, he had 3g + 6a in only 10 games! That's a great debut!
 
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Mctavish is prob top 2-3 favourite for me for the Calder behind Beniers and maybe Power, but it’s pretty hard for D to win unless they completely dominate. Eklund’s close too. Will still be wide open and he’ll probably be like 5-1 when the odds come out
 
JohnnyDrama said:
Mctavish is prob top 2-3 favourite for me for the Calder behind Beniers and maybe Power, but it’s pretty hard for D to win unless they completely dominate. Eklund’s close too. Will still be wide open and he’ll probably be like 5-1 when the odds come out
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For me, it's very much up in the air. Power, Edvinsson, Sanderson IMO all could come in and be able to play at the Calder level. Same with Beniers, Eklund and Johnson.

McTavish is playing so much hockey, I am banking on the Ducks to miss the playoffs so the dude can have a proper offseason finally :laugh: He could still go to WC tho.

I would expect for McT to be in the race at least for the finalists, but tbh I would not be surprised at all if someone else gets it.
 
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Kalv said:
For me, it's very much up in the air. Power, Edvinsson, Sanderson IMO all could come in and be able to play at the Calder level. Same with Beniers, Eklund and Johnson.

McTavish is playing so much hockey, I am banking on the Ducks to miss the playoffs so the dude can have a proper offseason finally :laugh: He could still go to WC tho.

I would expect for McT to be in the race at least for the finalists, but tbh I would not be surprised at all if someone else gets it.
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If SJ stacks their lines then Eklund will be hard to beat, same with Seattle and Beniers.
I do wonder how SJ is gonna manage having two undersized centers on their roster with Eklund and Bordeleau.
They still got Hertl and Couture so someone is gonna move to the wing.
 
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