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Joshua Kavanagh

Joshua an elite puck carrying defenseman who creates offense from his own end. He has a confidence carrying the puck from anywhere on the rink and showed great agility on his skates closing down forwards quickly.

Doug Grimes – The Process (Updated 11/5/2020)

Neutral Zone had seventeen right wingers who are 6’2″ or larger on our 2020 draft list. Four (4) of them were potential 1st rounders, two (2) we projected to be selected by the end of the third round and three (3) that we didn’t think would be drafted. The rest are long term projects who we feel have the potential to mature into legit National League prospects. This is why we will continue to track Doug Grimes during his first season in the USHL.

Noah Beck

(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.

NHL Draft Final Rankings 1-100

This September Neutral Zone, the largest amateur hockey scouting site in the world, announced the hiring of longtime NHL defenseman Ian Moran to launch an NHL Draft arm of the…

Tristen Robins

(1) Brain – Offensively Tristan can create space. While on line rushes Tristen understands how to manipulate gaps into his favor generating time and space for himself and his linemates. During an offensive zone cycle he feels the defensive pressure and will…

Dylan Guenther

Looking forward to the 2021 NHL Draft Dylan is a player who will be watched closely. He’s a big winger who thrives on contact and we feel that the shortened WHL season will work to his advantage if he was willing to put in the weight room work. Dylan is listed at 170lbs right now, but if he was able to add…

Jackson van de Leest Scouting Report

(10) Intangibles – Jackson is an athletic 6’7″ teenager. There is no doubt that he is a long term project, but he is playing in every situation for the WHL’s Calgary Hitmen this year. We’ve seen less athletic defenders carve out NHL careers and we feel Jackson has a chance to have one too. An NHL scouting department needs to spend some quality time with Jackson trying to learn if he will do whatever it takes to to have that career.

Ian Moore – Scouting Report

Ian’s improvement over the past few years has been quite dramatic. Physically he has all of the tools for a long professional career, but his mental game / awareness has grown by leaps and bounds as well. We feel this has a lot to do with his coach at St. Mark’s, Carl Corazzini. Coach Corazzini was a captain at Boston University, an NCAA All-American and played in the NHL. There is no doubt that he has been an invaluable resource for Ian both on the ice and off.

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