2024-05-03 15:30:00
The NHL draft is only two months away, but already countless names have been mentioned as potential targets for the Canadian with his very first pick. Most recent: Beckett Sennecke.
The name of the Ontario forward of the Oshawa Generals is becoming more and more talked about and some even link him to the Habs who will officially know, during the lottery on May 7, their final rank (they hold the fifth best probabilities of drafting in the first row).
A player in progress
If he wins the lottery, CH will select Macklin Celebrini unless there is a huge surprise. Then, several names circulate but none seem to reach consensus. Assuming that the Habs will want to draft a forward due to the large number of defensemen in their system, the names of Ivan Demidov, Cayden Lindstrom, Berkly Catton, Tij Iginla or even Cole Eiserman are circulating extensively.
That of Sennecke has just been added. We surveyed a few recruiters about him and it seems that there is no smoke without fire.
Attention! We are not saying that this will be the Canadian’s target. But one thing is true: his rating is increasing to a point where the scenario where he slips into the first ten players drafted in Vegas on June 28 cannot be ruled out.
A pick in the top-15? Certainly. In the top 10? Really not impossible. In the top 5? Let’s wait a little longer.
Who is he?
Sennecke is a 6’3”, 178 lb right winger whose progression curve is only upward. His trio, completed by Colorado Avalanche prospect Calum Ritchie as well as Dylan Roobroeck, a New York Rangers prospect, is “the best in the entire Canadian Hockey League,” a recruiter told us.
This unit currently dominates in the Ontario League (OHL) playoffs. Before match no. 5 in their semi-final series against the North Bay Battalion on Friday night, Sennecke ranked first in the circuit with 22 points in 14 games. During the regular season, he collected 68 points in 63 games.
It is this upward progression curve that seems to attract more and more recruiters. Two years ago he was 5’10” and now he’s 6’3″. At 178 lbs, he will definitely need to add some meat around the bone.
In short, the recruiters consulted still remain cautious before asserting that this progression will allow Sennecke to climb among the first five players claimed.
However, examples such as Mason McTavish, Moritz Seider or even Juraj Slafkovsky remind us that this type of player who, at the start of the year, was not part of the “consensus” can climb if their progression curve is upward.
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