LGR4GM Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) OHL guy who didn't play last year. He is a 6'2" winger with a June birthdate. Edited July 24, 2021 by LGR4GM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 Mostly unranked but McKeen's had him 131 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 Saginaw Spirit (OHL) 54GP 6G 8A 14P in '19-'20. OHL didn't play '20-'21 due to COVID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 This is beginning to look like a TM draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerreaultForever Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 Well, finally a little size up front. No idea who he is though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 Not a Russian ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 A CHL guy! Some size! Can he play though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 Does he punch people in the face? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triumph_communes Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 CHL in late round? Narratives shatatatatataterrdd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 7 minutes ago, triumph_communes said: CHL in late round? Narratives shatatatatataterrdd Not drafting a CHL player in 4 straight drafts in rounds 2-7 is not a narrative, it's something that happened that was unique in the NHL during that timeframe. unique by a lot. Frankly refreshing to see both the russian and CHL BIAS finished in this draft. That's the biggest positive I've seen 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted July 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 Would love to say something about Josh Bloom but he is super young for the draft and didnt play last year. Really hard to say much about the OHL guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norcal Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 16 minutes ago, inkman said: Does he punch people in the face? He tries 3 minutes ago, LGR4GM said: Would love to say something about Josh Bloom but he is super young for the draft and didnt play last year. Really hard to say much about the OHL guys. 30th pick in his OHL draft. Compared himself to ..gulp.. Taylor Hall 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, LGR4GM said: Would love to say something about Josh Bloom but he is super young for the draft and didnt play last year. Really hard to say much about the OHL guys. I was really hoping they'd buck that CHL avoidance this year cause in theory it should lead to a chance for a big steal for the reason you just mentioned, right? We are in crapshoot territory anyways so maybe you hit on a guy who would have gone way higher if there was more certainty with the league. of course, he could have gone lower, but like I said these picks are darts anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted July 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 Just now, Thorny said: I was really hoping they'd buck that CHL avoidance this year cause in theory it should lead to a chance for a big steal for the reason you just mentioned, right? We are in crapshoot territory anyways so maybe you hit on a guy who would have gone way higher if there was more certainty with the league. of course, he could have gone lower, but like I said these picks are darts anyways. Only thing I found on Bloom was from November of 2019 where his skating was questioned and he needed to play with more pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norcal Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 1 minute ago, Thorny said: I was really hoping they'd buck that CHL avoidance this year cause in theory it should lead to a chance for a big steal for the reason you just mentioned, right? We are in crapshoot territory anyways so maybe you hit on a guy who would have gone way higher if there was more certainty with the league. of course, he could have gone lower, but like I said these picks are darts anyways. Maybe they are taking some dart throws. This draft was considered a crap shoot anyways, shoot your shot. They may feel like they know a guy better than other people do, maybe they have been training with a program familiar to the team or scouts? Avg fans don't know what goes on behind the scenes no matter how much knowledge they have or research they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thorny Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 It's a positive that Adams' words about "players that want to be here" doesn't appear to be lip service, regardless of one's thoughts on the strategy itself. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 This is about taking a kid who missed a year due to COVID because he was a stud in midget. Similar numbers in the Greater Toronto league to 1st-rounders Zach Dean and Wyatt Johnson, but struggled in his rookie OHL season. Would have had been heavily scouted this year to see is he had progressed. Power forward type who can skate and score from what I gather. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, dudacek said: This is about taking a kid who missed a year due to COVID because he was a stud in midget. Similar numbers in the Greater Toronto league to 1st-rounders Zach Dean and Wyatt Johnson, but struggled in his rookie OHL season. Would have had been heavily scouted this year to see is he had progressed. Power forward type who can skate and score from what I gather. Very prevalent theme...the thinking that something is missing they feel probably only is for incidental/negligible reasons they feel presents the potential for value in the selections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 51 minutes ago, Norcal said: He tries 30th pick in his OHL draft. Compared himself to ..gulp.. Taylor Hall 😕 Taylor Hall won a Hart Trophy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norcal Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 Just now, Hoss said: Taylor Hall won a Hart Trophy Recency bias on my part. He left a bad odor here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 1 hour ago, GASabresIUFAN said: This is beginning to look like a TM draft. I was thinking the same earlier. Very high risk high reward. TM style draft philosophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, Weave said: I was thinking the same earlier. Very high risk high reward. TM style draft philosophy. and sadly with likely the same results. Hard to have D and centers in the pipeline if you don't draft any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 47 minutes ago, LGR4GM said: They failed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted July 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 1 hour ago, GASabresIUFAN said: and sadly with likely the same results. Hard to have D and centers in the pipeline if you don't draft any. They have 5 lhd in the system 22 or younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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