Worrying comments on Draisaitl. Echoes a bit what I've seen from him in the highlights, his skating is a concern and he tries to slow everything down. He's dropping on my list.
Man do I hope we land a top 3 pick somehow. All of Bennett, Reinhart and Ekblad sound brilliant.
Don't forget Ritchie:
"Nick Ritchie (OHL, Peterborough)
Said an Ontario-based scout: “Ritchie’s game has been all over the place, but it’s been a lot better in the couple of games I saw him play since Christmas. I think he’s figured it out. It helps that the team is playing better since getting [centre Hunter Garlent] from Guelph. Physically he’s the most ready player to move into the NHL next year. He could play this year. He’s practically 230 lb.
“Some games [earlier in the season] it looked like he didn’t want to play. But he’s completely taken off. Every time I’ve seen him and every report I’ve read [from our other scouts] he has just taken it to another level. We had a guy there the night he scored five goals [three weeks back against Bennett and Kingston]. You can compare him to Lucic but Milan wasn’t scoring five goals, not at 18, not at 19. To me, he’s [Todd} Bertuzzi. Maybe better hands than Bertuzzi.” Trending up."
Too bad there is no comments about Dal Colle, Fleury or Perlini.
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