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Photo Credit: Justin Oertel / Brandon Wheat Kings Braden Schneider has been on prospect watchers’ radars for almost three years now. And for good reason. After being picked 12th overall in the WHL bantam draft, the man from the heart of the Canadian prairies stepped right into the Brandon Wheat Kings line-up. He led allContinue reading “Scouting Report: Braden Schneider”

Photo Credit: Terry Wilson/OHL Images, Aaron Bell/CHL Images Jack Quinn grew up just outside of Ottawa, Ontario/Gatineau, Quebec in the town of Cobden, Ontario. Quinn played bantam hockey with the Upper OV Aces and bantam/midget hockey with the Kanata Lasers. During his stint with the Kanata Lasers, he played with Ottawa 67’s head coach AndréContinue reading “Scouting Report: Jack Quinn”

Photo Credit: Leksands IF The name Emil comes from the Latin aemulari, which means “trying to equal or surpass”. That is fitting for the man from Leksand. Hailing from a large hockey family, he has three elder brothers who had hockey careers – including eldest brother Lars Lundin of QMJHL pedigree – his cousin OlleContinue reading “Scouting Report: Emil Heineman”

Photo Credit: Saint John Sea Dogs | Dan Culberson Jérémie Poirier hails from the Montréal suburb of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec. He grew up playing youth hockey for AHM Valleyfield. After playing in the Valleyfield youth hockey program, he played bantam hockey for Lac St-Louis Grenadiers Espoir and midget hockey for Châteauguay Grenadiers. In the 2018 QMJHLContinue reading “Scouting Report: Jérémie Poirier”

Photo Credit: Andre Emond Hendrix Lapierre hails from Gatineau, Quebec and played youth hockey (Midget & Bantam in the Gatineau Intrépide system. In his 2017-2018 campaign, he competed in his first and only season in the QMAAA (Ligue de hockey Midget AAA du Québec) and tallied the fifth most points in the league. Lapierre recordedContinue reading “Scouting Report: Hendrix Lapierre”

Photo Credit: Terry Wilson/OHL Images, Aaron Bell/CHL Images There are not too many players in even good draft years that can claim to have been playing top-tier, professional hockey, when they were 16 years old. Jaromír Pytlík can, and those seven games for HC Vítkovice two years ago marked him out as a man toContinue reading “Scouting Report: Jaromír Pytlík”

Alexander Appleyard, Steven Ellis and Josh Tessler combined their draft rankings and put together the official Smaht Scouting 2020 NHL Draft Rankings. The rankings are below and our scouting reports are hyperlinked. Just to note, we are still working on some more 2020 NHL Draft scouting reports for public consumption. Stay tuned for those. RankContinue reading “Final 2020 NHL Draft Rankings”

Photo Credit – Nathalie Andersson Player Profile D.O.B – July 28, 2002Nationality – SwedenDraft Eligibility – 2020Height –6’4Weight –192 lbsPosition – DefenseHandedness – Left Wallinder’s Style Of Play Wallinder is a physical freak. He has a beautiful stride, and is very mobile and agile. The big blue-liner is also a very confident player, who likes to rush the puck up ice, andContinue reading “Scouting Report: William Wallinder”

Photo Credit – Brandon Taylor / ProAm Images Myšák is somewhat of a wildcard in regards to the NHL draft. It is easy to see him going top 15, but it would not be a major surprise to see him fall to the bottom of the first round. He started the year in his hometown,Continue reading “Scouting Report: Jan Myšák”

Photo Credit – Billy-Jack Kimmerly / Kingston Frontenacs The man from the Czech-Slovak border has been a player that European prospect watchers have been keeping their eyes on since he was 15 years old, when he was putting in high-end performances at u-16 international level. He cemented his status as one to watch the nextContinue reading “Scouting Report: Martin Chromiak”