#2022 draft class

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nhl tallgirl privilege goes crazy like wdym frank nazar was widely considered to have one of the highest skill ceilings of all skaters in the class of 2022 but ended up going 13th overall ? he is listed as 5’10 and some are going on abt him like hes the poorest smallest mouse to ever pick up a stick and its questionable if he even makes the NHL . and meanwhile u can be 6’2 and completely unable to use the outside edges of ur skates like normal (real actual thing i read about a guy) and they’re like oh. well. the Upside of beinf big…! and i say this as someone who loves useless failhorse tallgirls . but. come on.

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David St-Louis (Lead Scout at EP) doing an AMA on r/Hawks (archived June 12th 2025) a lot of Blackhawks-related questions for obvious reasons but there are some general scouting questions sprinkled in! some highlights:

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funniest shit ever reading backdated draft guides . boy howdy the scouts covering Isaiah George clearly had beef with whoever was coaching london circa 2021-22 lmao absolutely BRUTAL stuff here:

“right now, he creates the advantage and then throws the puck away, like every other london knight. there are definitely some coaching effects here…”

“george is scanning a lot defensively and on retrievals and when supporting teammates, but he doesn’t hit the next best play. is it a processing issue? a system issue? does london ask their D’s that they make this many uncontrolled plays?”

“there are clearly decision-making issues, but i wonder how much of them are coaching, considering everyone on london does the same stuff”

“he seems to not want to use the middle in breakouts, but it looks systemic”

“of course, his transition decisions often don’t seem like his own. everyone on this blue line makes the exact same mistakes — it’s coaching.”

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opening my scouts and stats guys tabs to see them all weighing in on lane hutson after like 4 games goes crazy. that one guy who was a hutson truther day 0 (had him listed 11th overall???) has gotta be more juiced than nate silver post election <3 . kicking my feet. scott wheeler just called everyone else running the league’s top power play units useless bums:

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czech top prospect david jiříček nominated to play for the national team at karjala cup next weekend (nov 11-14, 2021)