The Fall edition of the NHL Central Scouting report is out.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of the Red Deer Rebels leads the list of "players to watch" in the WHL. Followed by Sven Baertschi and Ty Rattie of Portland.
Colin Jacobs checks in for Seattle at #10 and Luke Lockhart and Marcel Noebels follow him at #12 and #13.
Portland has 4 of the top 9 players on the list after having all of those drafted players last year. You can't really say enough about how well they have scouted and recruited to their team. High draft picks are obviously important and in theory make things easier... but it only matters if you cash in and draft the right players and clearly they have.
One final interesting note. The rankings for the USHL include Seattle listed player Seth Ambroz at #3. It will be interesting to see whether Ambroz will continue on his path to Minnesota or whether he might possibly join the Tbirds next season.
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4 comments :
Excellent news for Jacobs, Lockhart and Noebels. Congratulations and keep up the great work.
Do you have a link to this?
tyler:
you are so right about the winterhawks, the new ownership has taken pride in the bantum draft picks and selected good players, unlike the previous 5 years, when they would not make a WHL lineup if they were not playing for the Hawks.
great blog. excellent read as always
brian in sherwood
ask and you shall receive...
here is a direct link to the PDF file.
http://centralscouting.nhl.com/link3/cs/content.nsf/0/BA11CA0908668F97852577DD00568BAE/$FILE/Prelim%20Rankings%20Domestic%20-%20Fall%202010.pdf
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