Realistically, this could be Toews helping train his future replacement as the number one center on the team once he starts to decline.Īll the similarities and grades have Turcotte working out to be a phenomenal draft pick.
Once again, the comparisons to Toews are hard to ignore. That’s a skill.” Pronman has Turcotte slotted to be a future number one center in the NHL. Sound familiar? Alex Turcotte Is Sounding More And More Like Jonathan Toews (Left) When He Was Drafted Photo by Jonathan Daniel:Getty ImagesĪccording to the USNTDP U17 coach Seth Appert, “When you put a puck between Turcotte and another guy, he’s going to carve that guy’s heart out to win that puck.
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While other draft prospects would attempt a flashy dangle play with the puck, Turcotte is going to barrel full speed into the net, crashing the goalie and firing a shot inside the crease for a high-danger opportunity. What isn’t graded is Turcotte’s compete level, which is said to be at the very top of the draft, if not first overall. Turcotte’s skating, puck skills, and Hockey Sense all graded at 60, and overall Pronman has him placed in his “Elite NHL Prospect/Star NHL Player” category. That was in his physical game though, which is about par for the course for the Blackhawks. According to Corey Pronman of The Athletic, using a sliding scale of 20-80, he doesn’t have an attribute of his game rank below a 50, which would be about league average. He’s also been compared in playing style to Jonathan Toews, which makes the Chicago connection that much stronger.Īs a player, Turcotte has shown to be one of the most well-rounded prospects in the entire draft. Considering he grew up in Illinois and was a Blackhawks fan, just as Chicago was starting to win regularly, it’s easy to see why. Turcotte, a center for the USNTDP, has been the most closely linked to the Blackhawks of the prospects discussed. This article is going to focus on Alex Turcotte, the Illinois native from the United States National Team Development Program. The question on everyone’s mind is simple: Who are they going to take? There are plenty of options for Chicago, who will be looking to keep their championship aspirations alive. Most analysts have predicted that this is where the draft really begins, due to the fact there isn’t a clear cut number three player. Thanks to the luck of the ping pong balls, the Chicago Blackhawks are going to be selecting third overall. Players like Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko have been all but guaranteed to go first and second overall to the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers, respectively. In less than a week, the next wave of National Hockey League stars will discover when and with whom they will be playing for, even if it’s not right away. Alex Turcotte (Pictured) Is Just One Prospect Chicago Is Looking At, And He Would Provide Quite The Boost To The Blackhawks
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