11-19-2025, 06:09 PM
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Cool story from Barnburner. Mike Commodore was apparently the first person to recognize Keaton Verhoeff's talent, when he was in Fort Sask dropping the puck for a bantam game. He spoke to the parents and let them know he thought their kid was a player.
Now years later they text him and thank him for being the first person to recognize their son's talent.
Both potential 1st overalls have local connections.
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11-19-2025, 06:10 PM
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#582
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
By all accounts, Verhoeff’s skating is really good. It’s just that Schaeffer’s is elite+.
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Fair enough, I can agree with that. KV's skating is actually a strength imo, especially for a big d-man.
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11-19-2025, 06:14 PM
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#583
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Originally Posted by saillias
Cool story from Barnburner. Mike Commodore was apparently the first person to recognize Keaton Verhoeff's talent, when he was in Fort Sask dropping the puck for a bantam game. He spoke to the parents and let them know he thought their kid was a player.
Now years later they text him and thank him for being the first person to recognize their son's talent.
Both potential 1st overalls have local connections.
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Interesting. I wonder if there was a connection between Commodore and Iginla back then to relay that info to Iggy, or if it was already well known how good he was as a 14-15 year old.
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11-19-2025, 06:39 PM
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#584
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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
Probably not too far off imo. About the same size, both shoot right handed. I would say KV is more physical, can play more of a 'bull in a China shop' style at times. KV is also only 17 right now, imagine 10 years from now when he's in his prime, he will be a very valuable player imo.
He's not a Makar offensively (few are obviously), KV's strength is that he just does pretty much everything quite well. If you can draft a big kid with that potential, it's no wonder he's being talked about as a top 3 pick.
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He is the right handed Chris Pronger of this draft. Not that he will necessarily be that good but like Pronger I think he will end up being the best player from this draft class and has the ability to play a bit of a similar game.
Last edited by Aarongavey; 11-19-2025 at 06:41 PM.
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11-19-2025, 07:28 PM
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#585
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
By all accounts, Verhoeff’s skating is really good. It’s just that Schaeffer’s is elite+.
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So basically last year was the year to tank?
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11-19-2025, 09:46 PM
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#586
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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
He is the right handed Chris Pronger of this draft. Not that he will necessarily be that good but like Pronger I think he will end up being the best player from this draft class and has the ability to play a bit of a similar game.
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Who is this Chris Pronger? Nobody remembers who was 2nd... he must have been 2nd, right?
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11-19-2025, 09:47 PM
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#587
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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Who is this Chris Pronger? Nobody remembers who was 2nd... he must have been 2nd, right?
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I just hope the Flames don't draft someone like the guy who went ahead of Pronger. 
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11-20-2025, 12:42 AM
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#588
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Schaefer vs Verhoeff = Makar vs Hedman? Would that be fair, or is the gap a little larger?
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I would say you're at least in the ballpark...
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11-20-2025, 02:07 AM
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#589
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Originally Posted by traptor
is Pietrangelo a fair comp for Verhoeff?
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No not really, style wise he's closer to Aaron Ekblad IMO.
He's good enough, smart enough and big enough to step right in and become most teams #1 Dman at 18 yrs old.
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