2020 Draft

NHL Scouts’ Quotes – Cormier and Mysak

NHL Scouts’ Quotes -Khusnutdinov and Evangelista

Marat Khustnutdinov – C SKA MHL 2002-07-17 5-8.25 176 2019-20 Stats – 44 13 25 38 16 Shoots Left NHL scout April 2020 – A good two-way player. End of the first is a good spot for him. His skating is unreal. He’s 5-8, and out of all of the smaller guys, I think he […]

NHL Scouts’ Quotes – Wallinder/O’Rourke

William Wallinder – D Modo SWE Jr. 2002-07-28 6-4 191 2019-20 Stats – 37 5 19 24 16 Shoots Left NHL scout April 2020 – There’s more defined potential with Wallinder because he’s a big defenceman. He can defend, carry, can move pucks, he’s really aggressive, so there’s some things to like. I like him. […]

NHL Scouts’ Quotes – Grieg/Neighbours

Ridly Grieg – C Brandon WHL 2002-08-08 5-11.25 163 2019-20 Stats – Shoots Left NHL scout February 2020 – He’s really competitive, he’s mean actually, he’s a hunter out there. He can make plays, he can shoot. He just needs to get stronger. He’s not mature at all physically. He may only be a third-line […]

NHL Scouts’ Quotes -Peterka/Barron

J-J Peterka – RW Munchen DEL 2002-01-14 5-11 192 2019-20 Stats – 42 7 4 11 14 Shoots Left Ontario-based crossover scout Feb. 2020 – He is probably the best two-way, harder player out of Gunler, Amirov and him. Maybe not as high-end skill as those guys, but he’s pretty good and he can shoot […]

Scouts’ Quotes on Poirier

Jeremie Poirier – D Saint John QMJHL 2002-06-02 6-0.5 196 2019-20 Stats – 64 20 33 53 50 Shoots Left Quebec-based crossover scout Feb. 2020 – He’s too crazy. His talent level is definitely first round, but his head, I don’t know. Poor gaps are usually a product of not trusting your own backward movement […]

NHL Scouts’ Quotes – Perreault/Foerster

Jacob Perreault – RW Sarnia OHL 2002-04-15 5-11 192 2019-20 Stats – 57 39 31 70 40 Shoots Right Ontario-based crossover scout Feb. 2020 – If you base it completely on skill, he goes high. He can playmake too. High upside but low downside. It’s up to him. He can skate, but one has to […]

Scouts’ Quotes – Reichel/Bourque

Lukas Reichel – LW Eisbaren Berlin DEL 2002-05-17 6-0 170 2019-20 Stats – 42GP 12 12 24Pts Shoots Left Quebec-based crossover scout Apr. 2020 – Good player. He’s got talent. I saw him early in Slovakia. He was fine with letting Stutzle do all the heavy lifting, but he could keep up with him and […]

Tourigny on Jack Quinn

I interviewed Ottawa 67’s coach Andre Tourigny earlier this year for an article that I will be publishing on Cobden, ON native Jack Quinn in my next hockey book. Here are Tourigny’s comments: “We believed in him so much…we knew the offence was coming. He made good adjustments in his game this year, and it […]

Scouts’ Quotes – Zary/Jarvis

Here are accumulated notes on two of the 2020 NHL Draft’s top forward prospects from two of the top amateur scouts in the business, and a highy-respected CHL coach. The scouts are crossover ones that see prospects in all of the leagues on both sides of the ocean. Opinions were gathered at various points in […]