Draft Type | Round | Pick | Team |
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Projection | 1 | 17 |
Lanky long striding centre with breakaway ability, puck skills, and NHL shot. This smooth long strider can accelerate quickly and pull away from opponents in open ice and displays elusive quickness in tight spaces due to his good balance and agility. Can rip shots off the rush, and is excellent at finding rebounds in front. Finds rebounds out front. Has the room to add a lot of muscle mass and bulk to his tall skinny frame. Drives the front fearlessly, but needs to ramp up his pace and urgency in his overall efforts. I suspected that he should have lots of points for Muskegon in the2023-24 season, and that has come to past with over a point per game pace as February has commenced and he having 25 goals (42 points) in 39 games. He needs little space or time to let off dangerous drives and shots around the net. He is not overly physical, but tough. Needs to use his line mates a bit more on his offensive carries and attacks. He is a high end shooter who fire on the rush and also find rebounds out close in front. Not shy at playing a physical game and initiating contact in the corners. He does try to make an effort in the defensive zone on the back check, but needs read and process his defensive assignments when he gats there. If he is going to continue to project as a decent NHL prospect, and he is going to have to make huge improvements in the faceoff circle. Still, displays first round talent and and upside with lots of acceleration, physicality, scoring ability and a frame that has room to add a lot more muscle. as of the start of February, he has started to let the game come to him and is humming on all cylinders. He and Griffin drive the potent Muskegon offense.
--Bill Płaczek--
Year | Rank |
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2024 | 29 |