Oliver Suni (4.25 Star Amateur Rating, NHL Grade — B-) Forward
A bit of a quiet game for Oliver. He does a good job patrolling his wing, but in this outing he did not play with the pace we think he is capable of. However, unlike some OHL draft eligible prospects who are in their second OHL year, Oliver is a true rookie having come over from Finland this year for his first North American exposure. Yet as a rookie has entrenched himself on Oshawa’s second unit power play and is high in OHL Rookie power play goals with 4 at time of this writing. Game Grade: B
Comments on Oliver from our 10/6/19 viewing – Oliver is getting more and more comfortable with playing in The OHL. And while we have concerns over his consistency, we have little doubt about his skill level or ability to make plays. No matter what is going on around him, Oliver plays the game with his head up and has the ability to make puck plays when it appears there is little opportunity around him. He is a very smooth skater who we feel needs to develop more explosiveness for high level success in the National League. We would also like to see him be more assertive. There are times where it appears Oliver relies on his teammates to get him the puck rather than taking charge and creating turnovers. Oliver has high level upside and is going to continue to have the scouting World’s eyes him. Performed at a B level in this viewing.
Tyler Tullio (4.25 Star Amateur Rating, NHL Grade — B) Forward
Ty continues his assent to becoming a valued draft choice. He continues to play every shift with energy and hustle and shows a passion to compete and win. A top 6 role on this team, first unit power play and a key penalty killer. Big roles for a guy in his second year of the OHL. In this particular viewing Ty was a huge factor for Oshawa putting them on the board in the first period with a great power play goal, then adding an absolute snipe seeing eye even strength goal in the third period to give Oshawa a short lived 2 goal lead. Game Grade: A-
Comments on why Tyler was upgraded to a ‘B” NHL Grade – We feel Tyler’s game is rapidly developing and he is beginning to differentiate himself from some of the other 2020 NHL Draft Prospects . There is zero periphery to his game. He is a puck hound who excels in 5 on 5 situations. He kills penalties at a very high level. He stops and starts on every pass, while still maintaining his line-ups and being aware of the penalty killing system his coaches are using. His stick is active and he makes 200′ clears when he has the chance to clear the puck. Tyler is also very effective as the low man on power play. He takes away the goalie’s eyes and is very good at tying up the opposition’s defensemen. When the play is on the mid-wall he makes himself available along the goal line and has the vision to find his back door option. He shows up every shift of every game and wins his 50-50 battles. Tyler is way too involved in every aspect of the game, and consistently performs at a much higher level than a “C” NHL prospect. We feel a General Manager is going to love his consistency and value the little things that Tyler does so well. Has consistently preformed at an “A-” level. Therefore, we are changing his Neutral Zone NHL Grade to a “B”.
Lleyton Moore (4.75 Star Amateur Rating, NHL Grade — C+) Defense
Lleyton is a young prospect just beginning to get the OHL figured out as he hits the 60 game mark of his OHL career. I am a believer that he will develop into a big time impact player in this league. Again undersized but this will not stop him as he has high IQ, great vision and a big time offensive upside that will make his intriguing to pro scouts despite his size. He plays top 4 minutes, he quarterbacks the second unit power play and is a regular on Oshawa’s PK. He is 3d in defensive scoring on the team, but trails the second spot by a single point despite not getting much time with the first unit PP, where he could easily play. Capable of leading a rush, staying in on an offensive thrust, joining the rush or pinching in off of the offensive blue line at the right times. He is extremely quick and can get up and back in a hurry. In this game he showed some creative dangle on one of his rushes and ripped a shot off of a cross bar on the PP that needed a review to determine if in fact it had gone in (it didn’t). Game Grade:B+
Comments on Lleyton from an early season viewing – Lleyton will be a very interesting prospect to watch this season. First of all he is an undersized defenseman at 5’8 and 166 pounds but he does not play small nor does he get pushed around. In his Minor Midget year he may have been the most dynamic defenseman of that draft class, including his D partner James Drysdale. Moore and Drysdale each had a 50 point season with the Marlies that year but the interesting stat was that Moore scored 16 goals to Drysdale’s 8. His debut year in the OHL was perhaps not indicative of his potential. He began with Niagara who had an older team loaded with talent and looking to make a run to a championship with veteran players. As such Moore’s ice time as a younger player was impacted. Add to that an injury where he missed half the season, and a late season trade to Oshawa as Niagara attempted to load up. All of that perhaps kept Lleyton low on the radar. This year he starts fresh with the Generals and is a top 4 player on this team. He quarterbacks their powerplay already and they use him on the penalty kill regularly as well. I think this prospect has incredible game vision and sees the ice very well. On the very first shift of the game he long bombed a stretch pass to a forward that sent him in on a breakaway. On the second shift he went end to end on an effective rush. He seizes offensive opportunity as good as anyone in the game and will only get better. He did have a few giveaways perhaps trying to do too much with the puck, but that is expected out of a young puck moving Dman and should diminish with more game experience. Defensively he trusts his skating as his edge work is outstanding. And he is smart. If he thinks his check may be a pass option he uses a pre-pinch to close gap and eliminate him without being a risk. His gap is tight, and he is very quick. Obviously at his size, a team is going to have to love him for this C+ prospect to move up in the rankings. But if his Midget game can translate as we believe it can at the CHL level, some team is definitely going to love him
