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Yarice's QMJHL thread

Yarice

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Hi,

I live in Quebec, Canada, so I will give you my opinion on some QMJHL players, that are going to be on the 2012 draft. Of course, if you want to know what I think about other player in the draft or other player in other draft, ask it, I will anwser you.

Last thing, my first language is French, but I can also speak English well, but sorry if I make some mistakes.

Schedule:

Next:
Charles Hudon
Raphael Bussieres
Dillon Fournier
Alexandros Soumakis

2nd:
François Tremblay
François Brassard
Brandon Whitney
 
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Here's my first post, so you are going to see what is my style of post.
The players I chose are all forward, because I start with them, and Dman + Goalie are going to be after them. There is no rank.

Mikhail Grigorenko (Forward)
6'2'', 191lbs
Team: Quebec Remparts League: QMJHL
GP:36 G:25 A:33 PTS:58 PIM:6 +23
In the begining of the year, I was saying about Nail Yakupov that he would be the #1 in the draft, without questions. But, another Russian player is about to cause many trouble to the team that will have the #1 draft pick. Mikhail Grigorenko has a good size for his age, better that Yakupov. He has greats hands, he is a good skater, he has a good shot, he is like all Russian player. A good offensive player. But, there is one thing that some Russian has that Grigorenko don't has, and it's a bad attitude. About Patrick Roy, Quebec Remparts coach, Mikhail has a very good attitude, and has a good leadership. He will probably be draft in the top 2 in the next NHL draft.

Martin Frk (Forward)
6', 198 lbs
Team: Halifax Mooseheads League: QMJHL
GP:7 G:1 A:0 PTS:1 PIM:8 -6
His season started with an injury, and since he came back, he is not the same player as last year. But the Martin Frk I saw last year is an explosive and very intense player. He was the best Czech player since Jaromir Jagr. The type of player that could be a star. At the end of the year, he was a top 10 player for 2012 draft. But this year, I don't see the same player. Is it because of his injury? I don't know, but I really hope he will play like he played last year. As of know, I would put him in the top 20 of the 2012 NHL draft.

Francis Beauvillier (Forward)
6', 165 lbs
Team: Rimouski Oceanics League: QMJHL
GP:39 G:12 A:6 PTS:18 PIM:47 -5
Beauvillier is a late birth player, so he has one year of more than the other in the QMJHL. We have to take it in consideration, because a lot of thing can happen in one more junior year. Beauvillier is a good player, but if he do the NHL one day, it will be on the 3rd line maximum, or on the 4th line. So, he will have to word on his defensive play to be, on day, a good 3rd line player, because it's not with his offensive talents that he will help NHL teams. I think that he is a like Olivier Archambault last year, who was draft in the 4th round of the 2011 draft. So, he is probably going to be draft in something like 4th round too, in the 2012 draft.

Charles Hudon and Raphael Bussieres are going to be another day!
 
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As a Q fan it's always nice to hear another opinion on the big prospects from someone who can watch regularly.
 
Thanks for the comments!

So, on the 26, I will talk about Bussieres, Hudon, Fournier and Soumakis.

If you have others players you want to hear about now, ask me!

I will try to talk about the most prospects that are eligible for 2012 NHL draft.
 
I said I would start with the forward, but if you want to hear about him, I will make a post on him and other goalies probalby the 27-28.

I put my schedule on my first post, and I will edit it if you have some suggestions.
 
Here's my first post, so you are going to see what is my style of post.
The players I chose are all forward, because I start with them, and Dman + Goalie are going to be after them. There is no rank.

Mikhail Grigorenko (Forward)
6'2'', 191lbs
Team: Quebec Remparts League: QMJHL
GP:36 G:25 A:33 PTS:58 PIM:6 +23
In the begining of the year, I was saying about Nail Yakupov that he would be the #1 in the draft, without questions. But, another Russian player is about to cause many trouble to the team that will have the #1 draft pick. Mikhail Grigorenko has a good size for his age, better that Yakupov. He has greats hands, he is a good skater, he has a good shot, he is like all Russian player. A good offensive player. But, there is one thing that some Russian has that Grigorenko don't has, and it's a bad attitude. About Patrick Roy, Quebec Remparts coach, Mikhail has a very good attitude, and has a good leadership. He will probably be draft in the top 2 in the next NHL draft.

Martin Frk (Forward)
6', 198 lbs
Team: Halifax Mooseheads League: QMJHL
GP:7 G:1 A:0 PTS:1 PIM:8 -6
His season started with an injury, and since he came back, he is not the same player as last year. But the Martin Frk I saw last year is an explosive and very intense player. He was the best Czech player since Jaromir Jagr. The type of player that could be a star. At the end of the year, he was a top 10 player for 2012 draft. But this year, I don't see the same player. Is it because of his injury? I don't know, but I really hope he will play like he played last year. As of know, I would put him in the top 20 of the 2012 NHL draft.

Francis Beauvillier (Forward)
6', 165 lbs
Team: Rimouski Oceanics League: QMJHL
GP:39 G:12 A:6 PTS:18 PIM:47 -5
Beauvillier is a late birth player, so he has one year of more than the other in the QMJHL. We have to take it in consideration, because a lot of thing can happen in one more junior year. Beauvillier is a good player, but if he do the NHL one day, it will be on the 3rd line maximum, or on the 4th line. So, he will have to word on his defensive play to be, on day, a good 3rd line player, because it's not with his offensive talents that he will help NHL teams. I think that he is a like Olivier Archambault last year, who was draft in the 4th round of the 2011 draft. So, he is probably going to be draft in something like 4th round too, in the 2012 draft.

Charles Hudon and Raphael Bussieres are going to be another day!

I disagree with Frk assessment...he was not intense enough last year...he started off good but then after a bit he was legging behind in the defensive zone...also he is far from the best czech since Jagr, Jakub Voracek was a better player than Frk.
 
I saw Alessandros Soumakis (as well as Taylor Burke) quite often.

Soumakis wasn't even ranked. Okay, he wasn't on the radar before this year, and is 5'6.

However, he's also close to 200 pounds.

Has a tendancy to get hit to the head. Hits like a truck. I think he's an even better skater than Tomas Hyka, which is quite telling. Laser-wrister. Backchecks hard. Really hard. The guy doesn't look amazing on TV, but at the arena... I saw him so much being the deepest guy in the O-zone, only to go back in the D-zone before everybody else, even if he was playing a while with Hyka (...lightning-quick). Vision doesn't stand out and prone to consistency problems here and there. Plays a rather disciplined game for a guy that hits so often.

Taylor Burke? Two-way center. Rather big. Skill level isn't bad, but a bit doubtful at this point. The guy is much faster than he was last year. I can't see him not getting drafted, but he's a guy that MIGHT have to rely on his physical play at NHL-level, and he's not overly aggressive either. Again, his footspeed really improved since last season, so I dunno, he's a guy that screams "possible late bloomer" already at junior level. Whether he can make it or not a C (as opposed to a W) is debatable.
 
My top-20 for the Q would probably look something like this

1 Mikhail Grigorenko, C
2 Martin Frk, W
3 Charles Hudon, W
4 Raphaël Bussière, W
5 Francois Tremblay, G
6 Tomas Hyka, W
7 Andrew Ryan, W
8 Francis Beauvillier, W
9 Francois Brassard, G
10 Dillon Fournier, D
11 Dominic Poulin, D
12 Felix Girard, C
13 Denis Kamaev, W
14 Loic Leduc, D
15 Christophe Lalancette, W
16 Maxime Lagace, G
17 James Melindy, D
18 Taylor Burke, W
19 Luca Ciampini, W
20 Sven Andrighetto, W

HMs: Matej Beran, Brandon Whitney, Alex Dubeau
 

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