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Photo Credit: Luke Durda/OHL Images Scouting Report written by Josh Tessler Christian Kyrou is a 2022 NHL Draft eligible prospect and he plays for the OHL’s Erie Otters.  Kyrou hails from Komoka, Ontario. For those unfamiliar with Komoka, it’s a 20 minute drive west of London, Ontario.  His brother is Jordan Kyrou of the St. LouisContinue reading “Scouting Report: Christian Kyrou”

Photo Credit: Sébastien Gervais / Blainville-Boisbriand Aramada Scouting Report written by Josh Tessler Alexis Gendron is a 2022 NHL Draft eligible prospect and he plays for the QMJHL’s Blainville-Boisbriand Armada.  Gendron is from Côteau-du-Lac, Quebec (~45 minute drive south of Montréal and right next door to Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec). His father, Martin Gendron played in the NHL.Continue reading “Scouting Report: Alexis Gendron”

Photo Credit: Kristin Ostrowski / Everett Silvertips Scouting Report written by Matthew Somma For some players, their draft years can be a bit of a struggle for ice time. Some players have all of the talent in the world but play on a deep team and may not get the ice time that they deserve. SomeContinue reading “Scouting Report: Ben Hemmerling”

The 2022 dataset will be focusing on danger save percentage, glove saves, rebound control and speed / quickness. To access the visuals on Tableau, please click here. Speed / Quickness Data My quickness tableau chart shows up/down time and side/side time. Up/down time is an average of how long it takes goaltenders to go from standingContinue reading “2022 NHL Draft Goalie Dataset”

Photo Credit: Luke Durda/OHL Images Scouting Report written by Austin Garrett and Sebastian Jackson Last year’s draft could turn out to be a bit of a wild card. It’s difficult to evaluate talent in a season where an entire powerhouse junior league takes a season off; however if you’re a good scout with a good eye,Continue reading “Scouting Report: Mitchell Martin”

Matthew Somma and Austin Garrett interview Marcus Nguyen of the Portland Winterhawks (2022 NHL Draft eligible prospect). Nguyen talks about being named after Markus Näslund, growing up watching Patrick Kane, playing with Rieger Lorenz (Okotoks, 2022 NHL Draft eligible prospect) and Kent Anderson (Green Bay, 2022 NHL Draft eligible prospect) and he gave listeners aContinue reading “Smaht Talk: Talking With Marcus Nguyen”

Photo Credit: Peter Schatz / Alamy Live News Scouting Report written by Alex Appleyard Julian Lutz is the latest high-end prospect to hail from Germany. 15 to 20 years ago a German as talented as him would be big news in the hockey world, but the fact it is not shows just how far the nationContinue reading “Scouting Report: Julian Lutz”

Photo Credit: Rena Laverty Scouting Report written by Austin Garrett The USNTDP was a force to be reckoned with this year. Every game there was a new player I was making a note about, going back to watch shifts of, and honestly having a hard time ranking forwards and defensemen within the program let alone againstContinue reading “Scouting Report: Devin Kaplan”

Smaht Scouting’s Matthew Somma and Austin Garrett talk about the mock draft that our team completed a few weeks back. In addition, they provide in-depth analysis on a few North American prospects including Reid Schaefer (Seattle), Devin Kaplan (USNTDP), Matthew Seminoff (Kamloops), Mikey Milne (Winnipeg), Jace Weir (Red Deer) and Cole Knuble (Fargo). If youContinue reading “Smaht Talk: Mock Draft Analysis”

Photo Credit: Robert Lefebvre/OHL Images Scouting Report written by Jordan Malette Paul Ludwinski is a 2022 NHL draft-eligible prospect who plays for the Kingston Frontenacs in the Ontario Hockey League. Ludwinski and fellow draft-eligible teammate Shane Wright have combined to make Kingston a must-watch team for those interested in the NHL draft. At times throughout theContinue reading “Scouting Report: Paul Ludwinski”