Scott Wheeler
@scottcwheeler.bsky.social
National reporter (NHL Draft/prospects) at The Athletic. Author of On The Clock: Behind the Scenes with the Toronto Maple Leafs at the NHL Draft.
More likely a middle-six mainstay.
September 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
More likely a middle-six mainstay.
I'd like to see Cristall make it. I think Sourdiff fills a need/role better than Miro/Lapierre. And yet I could see it being one of the latter haha.
September 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I'd like to see Cristall make it. I think Sourdiff fills a need/role better than Miro/Lapierre. And yet I could see it being one of the latter haha.
About average for me at this stage.
September 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
About average for me at this stage.
A bit of both. It's a trend that's going to continue but we aren't going to see zero again anytime soon, I don't think, either.
September 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A bit of both. It's a trend that's going to continue but we aren't going to see zero again anytime soon, I don't think, either.
I think that's getting carried away but we'll see at BU this year. He's certainly competitive. I don't see top 15 upside.
September 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I think that's getting carried away but we'll see at BU this year. He's certainly competitive. I don't see top 15 upside.
There are a lot of reasons. Corey questions the translatability of a sub-6-foot winger with what is perceived to be below-average skating. I don't see the skating as an issue at all and view the playmaking/offensive sense as high end enough that he'll overcome.
September 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There are a lot of reasons. Corey questions the translatability of a sub-6-foot winger with what is perceived to be below-average skating. I don't see the skating as an issue at all and view the playmaking/offensive sense as high end enough that he'll overcome.
I think he's got a good chance. Can't answer that second question in 300 characters or less, though. Copy cat league though and we've had a run ever since the Blues of Cup winners built on length on D (Blues, Bolts, Panthers, etc.). Avs exception to that. I think there's value in the margins now.
September 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I think he's got a good chance. Can't answer that second question in 300 characters or less, though. Copy cat league though and we've had a run ever since the Blues of Cup winners built on length on D (Blues, Bolts, Panthers, etc.). Avs exception to that. I think there's value in the margins now.
I could see it. Whip ass might be a stretch, though.
September 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I could see it. Whip ass might be a stretch, though.
Last year was a down age group there were still seven Americans in the first round. They've won the last two World Juniors. Hagens, Buium, Hutsons, Cooley, Snuggerud, Smith, Perreault, Leonard, Gauthier, Nazar. No shortage recently.
September 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Last year was a down age group there were still seven Americans in the first round. They've won the last two World Juniors. Hagens, Buium, Hutsons, Cooley, Snuggerud, Smith, Perreault, Leonard, Gauthier, Nazar. No shortage recently.
I think it's unlikely for each but one of Jack Hextall, Tomas Chrenko, Oscar Holmertz, Beckham Edwards, Lavr Gashilov or Colin Fitzgerald could conceivably get there or close with a huge year.
September 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I think it's unlikely for each but one of Jack Hextall, Tomas Chrenko, Oscar Holmertz, Beckham Edwards, Lavr Gashilov or Colin Fitzgerald could conceivably get there or close with a huge year.
Dynasty ceiling if they all hit:
1. Sennecke
2. Frondell
3. Desnoyers
Dynasty floor probably the reverse order.
1. Sennecke
2. Frondell
3. Desnoyers
Dynasty floor probably the reverse order.
September 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Dynasty ceiling if they all hit:
1. Sennecke
2. Frondell
3. Desnoyers
Dynasty floor probably the reverse order.
1. Sennecke
2. Frondell
3. Desnoyers
Dynasty floor probably the reverse order.
Ceiling's probably a No. 4-5. More likely a No. 6.
September 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Ceiling's probably a No. 4-5. More likely a No. 6.