[News] With the 28th OA pick, the Flames select RW Matvei Gridin

[sureLoss]

Welcome to the Flames!

https://www.eliteprospects.com/playe.../matvei-gridin

6'1'' 185lbs shoots L

Ranked #42 by CONSOLIDATED RANKING
Ranked #91 by ELITEPROSPECTS.COM
Ranked #37 by TSN/BOB McKENZIE
Ranked #36 by TSN/CRAIG BUTTON
Ranked #52 by THN/FERRARI
Ranked #21 by THN/KENNEDY
Ranked #58 by MCKEEN'S HOCKEY
Ranked #30 by FLOHOCKEY/CHRIS PETERS
Ranked #28 by FCHOCKEY
Ranked #52 by DAILY FACEOFF
Ranked #21 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING (NA Skaters)
Ranked #45 by HPR/MALLOY
Ranked #33 by DRAFT PROSPECTS HOCKEY
Ranked #49 by SPORTSNET/BUKALA
Ranked #23 by RECRUIT SCOUTING
Ranked #69 by DOBBERPROSPECTS
Ranked #50 by SMAHT SCOUTING

[JurassicTunga12]

He's big. Sounds like a good shooter with skill.
Led USHL in scoring with 83 points.

[AC]

SNET ####ting all over this pick.

Doesn't mean much, but they're struggling to say anything about the player.

[bigrangy]

Guy led his league in scoring. Pretty rare to go wrong with those guys.

[sureLoss]

[TheScorpion]

Really like the upside play here.

[Roof-Daddy]

Led the USHL in scoring and ranked 7th in points per game

[JurassicTunga12]

Originally Posted by AC

SNET ####ting all over this pick.

Doesn't mean much, but they're struggling to say anything about the player.

ESPN liked it from what I could hear.

[dissentowner]

Interested to see how he pans out.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by JurassicTunga12

He's big. Sounds like a good shooter with skill.
Led USHL in scoring with 83 points.

Whoo those are Kyle Connor type numbers

[Tbull8]

Interesting. 2 Milstein guys picked by the flames

[1qqaaz]

For comparison's sake, in their draft year:

Matthew Coronato
85 points in 51 USHL games, 5'10, 180 lbs

Matvei Gridin
83 points in 60 USHL games, 6'1, 185 lbs

Both wingers. Gridin is younger for his draft year.

[josef]

Zayne Parekh likes him, so i like him too

[sureLoss]

Conroy saying he has high end skill. Was watching him at agent Dan Milstein's camp.

[#-3]

Well it's what I called for, a second round ranked forward with high upside

[MrMike]

Better than a big ol 4th liner from the WHL one day possibly.

[Ashasx]

His stats look pretty good and I'm kind of surprised he wasn't ranked higher.

The Leafs took a bit of flack last year for drafting Easton Cowen but that looks like a pretty good pick a year later.

You never know.

[ForeverFlameFan]

Going to Michigan in 2024

[KelVarnsen]

Jankowski 2.0?

[bigrangy]

Be interesting to be on the reverse side of the Coronato vs Samoskevich debate with Boisvert vs Gridin now

Let’s see if NHL GMs know what they’re doing