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He plays hard. Finishes everything in his site. Can play multiple positions and play them well. He’s developed a bullet of a curl and drag snapper and has the ability to put it where he wants it. We love his enthusiasm, passion and effort. His NHL Grade has bounced around this year, but after thinking about his upward trajectory we have little doubt that he lasts past the 3rd round.
Over the next few years Cade’s development will be incredible and by the time he turns Pro he won’t even look like the same player.
He was not on our February Draft list, but with his improvement and upward trend it’s hard to believe that a team wont take a chance on him in the 6th or 7th round in June.
(10) Intangibles – Wyatt is hard to play against. Plain and simple. He grinds his opposition down and is the type of player who will score a big goal in a seven game series. While at Denver we know his quickness will improve and this will only raise his potential, but he will make his money as a dependable third line guy who makes life miserable for the other team’s top players.
(3) Feet – Dylan has elite speed right now and we feel he will only get faster, quicker and more agile after a few years of high end training at the University of Wisconsin. He is in contention for the quickest first step in this draft class.
(10) Intangibles – For the past two years Tim has heard the talk that he is too small to succeed at the next and all he does is keep succeeding and proving people wrong. We love that mindset and we love his hockey IQ.
(5) Contact or Physicality – Another area that improves every time we see him play. He finishes his checks with authority and knocks opponents on their backsides. He is beginning to understand that at his size he can intimidate opponents and we love it. He will take runs at defenseman, possibly finishing his check a little too late, knowing that they will hear foot steps later in the game leading to turnovers.
(4) Compete & Effort – No issues here. He is a competitive player who has had success at every level. Jacob wants to win. Even when he was a young free wheeler he was willing to battle for ice, block shots and play a high compete game.
Nolan has always had offensive capabilities, but we feel he is a defender who has improved his play away from the puck while playing for David Wilkie in Omaha.
(8) Body Language – After a big hit Zach doesn’t skate around looking for high fives.
We’re not going to lie. We like Alex’s development and think he has real NHL upside.
(9) Special Teams Potential – The combination of Noah’s skating ability, long reach and anticipation make him a natural penalty killer. Combine that with how well he maintains shooting lanes and his ability to limit second scoring opportunities and we feel Noah will be a regular penalty killer in professional hockey.
(10) Intangibles – He has always put up points playing Internationally against the best players in his age group. We expect this to continue in the professional hockey and he has the natural instincts to be a top line player in the NHL. Danil is going to get paid to play hockey. His consistency will determine how much.
Again, keep an eye on Carter because we think he is physically growing into the player he has mentally always been ready to be.
(10) Intangibles – Nick is big, strong and competitive. As a professional he has a chance to impact games in ways other than just on the score sheet. Some players we evaluate can only impact the game as a top six guy. We feel Nick can be more than that.
(8) Body Language – He plays the type of game that can rub opponents the wrong way. He may not have a lot of penalty minutes, but opponents seem to yap at him quite often. We see this a real testament to his competitiveness and enjoy seeing it.
(9) Special Teams Potential – Kyle’s first touch, poise, vision and ability to finish makes him a power play option in professional hockey.
(1) Brain – He reads line rushes well by not only looking at the first line of attackers, but by also reading the depth, speeds and movement of the second wave of the attack. Eamon’s defensive zone awareness and confidence shutting down the cycle seem to have improved every game we saw him play and he has developed into a legitimate top 4 NHL prospect.
(10) Intangibles – We do not know Gunnarwolfe personally, but we feel he plays the game with a chip on his shoulder and like he has something to prove. We like that. We have been watching him since his days at Moses Brown and we have never seen him take a day off. His energy is infectious and we feel he is a winner.
(2) Vision & Poise – He makes the right play all over the ice. Again this might sound foolish because you would expect every player to do this at the USHL level, but it is incredibly difficult. A player’s mind plays tricks on them and they think they need to do more and more to get noticed, but in reality high level coaches just want you…
Jan Mysak from the Bulldogs also continued to show dynamic offensive skills with pace and speed through the neutral zone. He was difficult to handle off the rush with his pace.