A fall of 22 spots is a reflection of the questions scouts have. While he is one of the most skilled and competitive players available, he is undersized and has legitimate skating concerns. Now some wonder if he’ll even crack the top-64. Some scouts early on saw Poitras as a potential first-round pick. Matthew Poitras – Guelph StormĪnalysis: Indeed the beat goes on. At least so far, the fastest fallers all have skating concerns in common. While he is great with the puck on his stick, scouts wonder if he can keep up in the NHL. Adam Ingram – Youngstown PhantomsĪnalysis: Are you sensing a theme yet? Like Luneau and Hughes before him, skating and speed is a question for Ingram. This is enough in the eyes of scouts to limit his upside despite being one of the more skilled players available in this draft. But like Luneau, questions about being able to keep up with the pace at the next level follow Hughes. He is the son of Montreal Canadiens GM Kent Hughes. (Dominic Charette/Gatineau Olympiques) Jack Hughes – Northeastern HuskiesĪnalysis: Jack Hughes (no not that one) did have a big hand in helping Northeastern win the Hockey East regular season title. Tristan Luneau will be sought after but does have scouts asking questions.
But in the eyes of some scouts, more was expected to this point and there are questions about what he will become at the next level. He also overcame a knee injury to start his season. The former first-overall pick of the QMJHL Draft is highly skilled and can do a lot with the puck. Tristan Luneau – Gatineau OlympiquesĪnalysis: Once thought of as a slam dunk first-round pick, Luneau drops 14 spots on the final rankings primarily because some skating and defensive consistency concerns. You can view Central Scouting’s Final Rankings here. This exercise does shed some light into what scouts are thinking when evaluating a prospect. In many cases, prospects falling too far could become draft day values and steals. In this space, we will list 10 players who fell and try to pinpoint some reasons why. The question now becomes when will they hear their name called? Many of these players will hear their name called. We are going to focus on the top of the draft on players that significantly fell from the midterm ranking to their final ranking. In the same way we looked at risers, we are not going to call out those that fell the most number of spots.
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