Author Archives: Josh Tessler

Photo Credit: Katie Whitty Zachary Bolduc is a 2021 NHL Draft eligible prospect, who hails from Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Growing up, the Quebecer played youth hockey in the OHM Trois-Rivières Ouest organization and Panthères du Collège Marie de l’Incarnation. While playing for the Panthères, he played alongside a couple of 2021 NHL Draft eligible prospects includingContinue reading “Scouting Report: Zachary Bolduc”

Photo Credit: Tomi Vastamäki Aleksi Heimosalmi is a 2021 NHL Draft eligible right handed defenseman, who plays in the Ässät farm system. Heimosalmi hails from Pori, Finland. For those unfamiliar with Pori, it’s a coastal city and sits on the Gulf of Bothnia. The city is roughly 110 kilometers from Tampere. Pori is also homeContinue reading “Scouting Report: Aleksi Heimosalmi”

Photo Credit: SKA St. Petersburg Nikita Chibrikov is a 2021 NHL Draft eligible prospect. Chibrikov hails from Moscow, Russia and plays in the SKA St. Petersburg system. Previously, Chibrikov played youth hockey for both CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Moscow. Prior to the 2020-2021 season, Chibrikov was dealt alongside Daniil Lazutin (2021 NHL Draft eligible) andContinue reading “Scouting Report: Nikita Chibrikov”

Photo Credit: Tyson Gray Photography Cole Huckins is a 2021 NHL Draft eligible forward prospect, who plays for the QMJHL’s Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Huckins grew up in Fredericton, New Brunswick and holds dual citizenship from the United States and Canada. Prior to the QMJHL, Huckins played bantam hockey for the Fredericton Blues and prep school hockeyContinue reading “Scouting Report: Cole Huckins”

Photo Credit – Darrell Theriault/Charlottetown Islanders Oscar Plandowski is a 2021 NHL Draft eligible defenseman and he plays for the QMJHL’s Charlottetown Islanders. Plandowski was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and spent a decent amount of his youth in Halifax. After 2017, he spent two seasons playing outside of Nova Scotia. For his 2017-2018 season,Continue reading “Scouting Report: Oscar Plandowski”

Photo Credit: Halifax Mooseheads Robert Orr is a 2021 NHL Draft eligible prospect, who hails from Beaconsfield, Québec. Beaconsfield is located on the West Island (Montréal area) and is south of Dollard-Des-Ormeaux and Pointe Claire. While Orr has the same name as the hall of famer and Boston Bruins legend Bobby Orr, they are notContinue reading “Scouting Report: Robert Orr”

Photo Credit: Luke Durda/OHL Images Mason McTavish is a 2021 NHL Draft eligible prospect. While McTavish is a Canadian national and represents Canada in international play, he was born in Zürich, Switzerland and has a Swiss player license. McTavish’s father, Dale had played in Switzerland throughout McTavish’s childhood. Dale played for three Swiss clubs includingContinue reading “Scouting Report: Mason McTavish”

Photo Credit: Cataractes de Shawinigan / Olivier Croteau Xavier Bourgault is a 2021 NHL Draft eligible forward prospect, who hails from L’Islet, Quebec. L’Islet sits right on the St. Lawrence River and the Trans-Canada highway connects the town with Quebec City, Trois-Pistoles and Rimouski. Bourgault is one of the older players in the 2021 NHLContinue reading “Scouting Report: Xavier Bourgault”

Photo Credit: Andrey Holmov / HC Lada Fyodor Svechkov is a 2021 NHL Draft eligible prospect, who hails from Togliatti, Russia. Togliatti is in Western Russia and sits right alongside the Volga River. The young Russian left winger has resided in Togliatti throughout his childhood and played youth hockey for Lada Togliatti. Last season, 2019-2020,Continue reading “Scouting Report: Fyodor Svechkov”

Photo Credit – Rena Laverty (Beniers & Hughes), Elvira Holmström (Eklund) Bailey Johnson, Sam McGilligan, Alexander Appleyard, Paul Zuk, Sebastian Jackson and Josh Tessler combined their draft rankings and put together the official Smaht Scouting 2021 NHL Draft Winter Rankings. The rankings are below and our scouting reports are hyperlinked. Just to note, Fwe areContinue reading “Winter 2021 NHL Draft Rankings”