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Central Scouting High School Watch List

Post by Racki » Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:40 am

‘A’ Players to Watch

None

‘B’ Players to Watch

Eric Baskin Minnetonka RW 6’3/215
Jake Bischoff Grand Rapids D 5’11/178
Teddy Blueger ## Shattuck C 6’0/171
Cody Corbett Stillwater D 6’0/210
John Draeger Shattuck D 6’2/186
Hunter Fejes ## Shattuck LW 6’1/190
Adam Johnson Hibbing HS LW 5’10/150
Justin Kloos Lakeville South C 5’9/177
Will Merchant Eagan LW 6’1/172
Louie Nanne Edina LW 5’10/162
Charlie Sampair Hill-Murray C 6’0/180
Zach Stepan Shattuck C 6’0/166
## Player is not a native of Minnesota

‘C’ Players to Watch

Grant Besse Benilde-St. Margaret’s RW 5’9/170
Jay Dickman ** St. Paul Johnson C 6’5/240
Eli May Eagan D 6’1/190
Jake Montgomery Shattuck LW 6’1/191
Trevor Olson Duluth East RW 6’1/180
Grant Opperman Breck RW 6’0/180
Jordan Stejskal Grand Rapids D 6’0/185
Dom Toninato Duluth East C 6’1/165
Blake Winiecki Lakeville North C 6’1/185
Sam Wolfe Eagan D 6’1/180
** Player was eligible for the 2011 NHL Draft

‘A’ Goalies to Watch

none

‘B’ Goalies to Watch

Zack Thompson Duluth Denfeld G 6’0/170

‘C’ Goalies to Watch

Michael Bitzer Moorhead G 5’11/205
Blake Cates Stillwater G 6’1/206

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Post by mulefarm » Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:12 am

Wow! Not a first round draft pick last year and now not an A player. What is happening to our development of elite players? Maybe it's time for top end talent to use other options than high school?

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Post by keepyourheadup » Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:21 am

This is the HS watch list, does not include those that left for juniors or Ann Arbor. Not sure but believe Skjie and Michealson were "A" players at one point. Does look to be a down year though.

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Post by starmvp » Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:04 am

Are there any restrictions or rules regarding players who were eligible for the previous year's draft? Is it uncommon for a player, preferably out of MN High School, to get drafted a year later than their draft year?

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Post by O-townClown » Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:34 am

Star, it is uncommon.

Some players who went undrafted during their first go:
* Marshall Everson
* Luke Curadi
* Brian Ferlin
* Anders Lee

I know Ferlin got drafted the next year, but I can't recall what happened with the others. Obviously there are many more examples.
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Post by D6Rocks » Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:18 pm

There seems to be more than one list. This is from the NHL Website.

HIGH-MN
B LIST
Michael Bitzer G Moorhead 5-10 1/2 195
Theodor Blueger C Shattuck- St. Mary's 6 176
Blake Cates G Stillwater 6-1 220
Cody Corbett D Stillwater 6-1 205
Hunter Fejes C Shattuck- St. Mary's 5-11 171
Kenneth Gillespie RW Shattuck- St. Mary's 5-10 1/4 195
Adam Johnson LW Hibbings High School 5-10 150
Charlie Lindgren G Lakeville North 5-11 3/4 152
Will Merchant LW Eagan 6 174
A.J. Michaelson C Apple Valley 6 182
Ryan Schawalbe C/RW Shattuck- St. Mary's 5-10 181
Zach Stepan C Shattuck- St. Mary's 5-11 160
C LIST
John Draeger D Shattuck- St. Mary's 6 1/2 175
Noah Henry D Shattuck- St. Mary's 5-11 179
Trevor Olson RW Duluth East 6-1 185
Nate Repensky D Duluth East 5-9 173
Dom Toninato C Duluth East 6 163

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Post by xy » Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:39 pm

The list in the first post is more recent - it was released in October. The other list is a few months old; you can tell because it still lists Michaelson as playing for Apple Valley.

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Post by D6Rocks » Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:49 pm

Ahh, yes, I found the new ones, there are two.
this is the one for OHL, QMJHL, WHL, USHL

http://www.nutmeghockey.com/wp-content/ ... -10-13.pdf (I would have seperated it out, but I don't know all the MN kids.)

And this is the other one including MN High School

http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=74397

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Post by Oldtimehockeyguy23 » Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:29 pm

mulefarm wrote:Wow! Not a first round draft pick last year and now not an A player. What is happening to our development of elite players? Maybe it's time for top end talent to use other options than high school?
You are dumb.

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Post by mulefarm » Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:55 pm

Oldtimehockeyguy23 wrote:
mulefarm wrote:Wow! Not a first round draft pick last year and now not an A player. What is happening to our development of elite players? Maybe it's time for top end talent to use other options than high school?
You are dumb.
Thank you for the intelligient answer. Glad you like how things are going.

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Post by longdistancespectator8 » Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:22 pm

I think keepyourheadup is right.
With skeij and Michaelson being potential 'A' players both playing in the ushl now those are two players that could have been 'A' players even playing four years of HS, especially Skeij.

In addition this is a year where your best players are not prototypical NHL prospects:
Kloos: arguably the best player in the state is only 5' 9". He isn't pierre-marc bouchard or patrick kane but he is a very good high school player who will likely lead the state in scoring again and win Mr. Hockey.
Adam Johnson is only 5'10" again not a very NHL sized forward.
Grant Besse and even Stepan at 6' are short forwards.

You do have the big guys like Baskin, but they aren't up to par with the likes of Bjugstad.

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Post by old goalie85 » Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:10 am

I ve heard the kid from Johnson has a huge upside....

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Post by Neuuman » Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:29 am

mulefarm wrote:Wow! Not a first round draft pick last year and now not an A player. What is happening to our development of elite players? Maybe it's time for top end talent to use other options than high school?
I wouldn't make too much of the fact that there were no "A" rated players from Minnesota. If you look at the entire watch list, there was only one "A" rated player - A highschooler from CT.

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Post by MNHockeyFan » Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:53 am

Neuuman wrote:If you look at the entire watch list, there was only one "A" rated player - A highschooler from CT.
Tough curve! :wink:

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Post by mulefarm » Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:46 am

Why isn't Minnesota producing 5-6 A players a year? The ones we have are leaving to enhance their development, that should tell us we have to offer more. I don't think the HS league really cares as long as the hockey tournament fills their coffers. With more and more options for players, HS hockey will continue to regress.

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Post by observer » Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:09 am

It would be interesting to know the development path of the only American born A ranked player from Connecticut. Obviously a strong player but beyond genetics what did he do to make that list. Or, is playing in one of the top 3 Leagues in Canada (OHL, QMJHL, WHL) one of the not mentioned prerequisites? Are the USHL and NTDP players ranked below because the League is not considered equal? Or, a Canadian generated list?

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Post by O-townClown » Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:10 am

mulefarm wrote:Why isn't Minnesota producing 5-6 A players a year? The ones we have are leaving to enhance their development, that should tell us we have to offer more. I don't think the HS league really cares as long as the hockey tournament fills their coffers. With more and more options for players, HS hockey will continue to regress.
Mule, I'm not sure I follow. Every kid in Canada that ends up being an "A" rated prospect leaves.

Where are you comparing Minnesota to? Sweden, Russia, Slovenia, Ontario, California? Kids leave everywhere.
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Post by O-townClown » Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:16 am

observer wrote:It would be interesting to know the development path of the only American born A ranked player from Connecticut.
I think he's from Syracuse.

There will be (or are if the list has been published publicly) many American-born "A" players in the USHL and Canadian Major Junior. That's where the NTDP kids will show.

Year in, year out there are complaints about the development of players from Minnesota. I don't see a problem.
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Post by observer » Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:27 am

There will be (or are if the list has been published publicly) many American-born "A" players in the USHL and Canadian Major Junior. That's where the NTDP kids will show.
There aren't. See links above.

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Post by keepyourheadup » Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:36 am

The above list has both Skjie and Michealson listed as A players.

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Post by observer » Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:05 am

Oops. Sorry about that. You are correct sir.

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Post by mulefarm » Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:34 am

Now more and more Mn hs aged kids are going to juniors to speed up their development and are being encouraged by college coaches and pro teams. 10-20 years ago hardly any player considered leaving hs, now I would say the elite players all look at that option. I would say in the near future, somebody will start a AAA midget team in the metro area. Not that I agree with the things that are happening, but the hockey landscape has changed dramaticly the last 10-15 yrs and hs hockey is not what it once was. With the number of players, facilities and year around training I find it hard to believe we can't produce more A and B list players compared to other states.

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Post by mngopherfan » Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:44 am

mulefarm wrote:Now more and more Mn hs aged kids are going to juniors to speed up their development and are being encouraged by college coaches and pro teams. 10-20 years ago hardly any player considered leaving hs, now I would say the elite players all look at that option. I would say in the near future, somebody will start a AAA midget team in the metro area. Not that I agree with the things that are happening, but the hockey landscape has changed dramaticly the last 10-15 yrs and hs hockey is not what it once was. With the number of players, facilities and year around training I find it hard to believe we can't produce more A and B list players compared to other states.
I disagree, the MN Elite league has done a lot for keeping kids around. There are always going to be the ones who are going to leave, there will never be a time when everyone stays...not going to happen. The elite league has kept a lot of good players around, Bjugstad, Rau, Leddy, Kloos...ect. Why play AAA when you can play 50 games with Elite and HS, i don't buy what you're selling...not to mention AAA hockey is $$$$$$.

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Post by keepyourheadup » Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:50 am

Mule I'm sure all of us would like to see more first round picks developed each year from Minnesota. I think in some ways we've become a little spoiled, Minnesota has developed a crazy number of high level picks over the last 10 years. Remember we are talking about the 30 best players in the world eligible each year. I think its more of an ebb and flow thing, for now it seems the cupboard is bare but in just a few years that can all change. It could be as simple as the fact that the 93/94 year classes don't really have much in the way of size. Can you think of any BIG dominant players in these two year classes? I am sure there are a few but almost all our home grown 1st rounders (with the exception of Schroeder) have been big kids.

Far to much emphasis is being placed on whether or not kids leave HS. The high school season is barely 90 days long, most of these kids are playing 365. If they possess the qualities to be selected high in the draft it really doesn't matter where they are playing. Bjugstad, Leddy and even Lucia are perfect examples.

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Post by observer » Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:54 am

A interesting transition we're seeing with the Gophers is that they are binging in some players as 18 year old freshman but some have gone away for their junior and/or senior years to speed their development as you're suggesting. Not spending a year or two in juniors after high school but spending a year or two in juniors, or NTDP, during their high school years.

The StarTribune mentions this morning that the 3 Riley's are all coming in next season. Mike is a high school senior now but has spent his most recent two seasons away. The same article mentions both Michaelson and Skjei coming in next season as true freshman. Michaelson spending his senior year away and Skjei both junior and senior years away. Boyd and Ambroz are both true freshmen that also have spent 2 and 3 years away. I believe Boyd, like Bjugstad, accelerated studies otherwise he could be a high school senior today. Marshall is a true freshman with one year away. Warning?

Rau, Bjugstad and Budish are the recent exceptions. So, the players coming in next year are not older but they do have more games, at a higher level, under their belts.

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