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Draft Preview 2022
It’s The Hockey News' highly anticipated Draft Preview 2022 edition! We run down our top 100 prospects with scouting reports on each player, plus NHL Team Reports for all 32 clubs. Also, the feature story on our top prospect Shane Wright, and a sneak peek at the 2023 and 2024 NHL drafts.
TOP 100 PROSPECTS: 53-56
53. DAVID GOYETTE BORN March 27, 2004, St-Jerome, Que. 2021-22 Sudbury POS C HT 5-11 WT 174 SHOOTS L CENTRAL SCOUTING No. 13 (NA skaters) ONE BENEFIT TO playing for a rebuilding team, which the Sudbury Wolves are again this season, is you get a lot of ice time and play in all situations. And Goyette certainly took advantage of the opportunity presented to him. Like many OHLers who didn’t play much meaningful hockey last year, Goyette started slowly. But once he found his way, he thrived. “He’s been their best skater all year, and it hasn’t been close,” said one scout. “The biggest thing is this guy faced the other team’s top line, he faced the other team’s top pairing all year and still put up really good numbers. He wasn’t riding shotgun with 19-year-olds.…
ANOTHER KICK AT THE CAN
THE 2021 DRAFT class was highly impacted by COVID-19, preventing some high-quality talent from getting noticed. With a return to (somewhat) normalcy this year, some overlooked prospects used it as an opportunity to make up for lost time. Watch out for these 10 outside our top 100 and sleepers list (pg. 63). TUCKER ROBERTSON RW, PETERBOROUGH (OHL) No other draft-eligible player had more goals in the OHL than his 41. He was lost in the shuffle of the COVID-19 shutdown. He won’t go unclaimed this time. AMADEUS LOMBARDI C, FLINT (OHL) Lombardi had a solid OHL rookie season, making a name for himself as a smart playmaker who can create scoring chances in close. He’d be a nice project for a team willing to be patient with him. KYLE JACKSON LW, NORTH BAY (OHL) With good size, a good…
2022 NHL DRAFT RUSSIAN RISKS
GEOFF MOLSON, THE PART-OWNER and CEO of the Montreal Canadiens, whose team’s selection in the first round in last year’s draft was Logan Mailloux, which caused Gary Bettman to tell Steve Kouleas: “I was stunned. Surprised wouldn’t begin to explain my reaction. I’m a dad of two daughters, I have four granddaughters. What was done was horrific.” Had I been the chairman of the Montreal Canadiens, I would have asked Molson to resign as CEO, as the CEO is ultimately responsible for everything that goes on at a company whether or not he gave the green light on the pick. Molson and then-GM Marc Bergevin took a great deal of heat from the public for their seemingly careless regard for abuse of women by men. Molson the CEO is still there.…
SEPARATING FROM THE PACK
CORINNE SCHROEDER JUST wanted to settle in with her new team. Making her first start with Quinnipiac as a graduate transfer and cruising to a 5-1 win against Maine Sept. 25 last year, a typical kick save helped the goaltender break the ice – and make history. With her Bobcats on a delayed penalty, Schroeder’s rebound ended up in the Black Bears’ possession. But Maine misplayed the puck, sending it down the ice into its own empty net. More focused on the penalty kill ahead, Schroeder saw her name on the scoreboard and thought, “I guess that means I scored.” That made the 22-year-old the first goaltender in NCAA women’s hockey history to score a goal. But moreover, Schroeder is believed to be the first goal-scoring goalie at any of the sport’s…
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