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Scouting Report: Luca Pinelli
Photo Credit: Robert Lefebvre / OHL Images As one would expect with a 5’9 forward, Luca Pinelli’s draft rankings have quite a wide range and follow almost no consensus, spanning from the early second round to, in some cases, unranked. Smaht is one of those outliers, ranking Pinelli at 37. It is obviously a team…
2023 NHL Mock Draft
The Smaht Scouting team completed their third annual mock draft. Ben Jordan , Austin Garret, Alex Appleyard, Josh Tessler, Gray Matter, Jordan Malette, Clare McManus and SpokedZ from the Smaht team participated. In addition, our ole buddy Sebastian Jackson drafted for a few teams as well. Each scout was assigned multiple NHL teams to draft…
Goaltender Data – 2023 NHL Draft
For the last few seasons, I’ve published goaltender data in which I look at speed, rebound control and glove work. It’s served as a good bench mark when watching goaltenders and determining which goaltenders I’d fight for at the draft table. In the past, I have published my data on Tableau, but due to time…