10 prospects whose draft stock could be hurt by cancelled U18 tournament - Sportsnet.ca

If you watched the March 4 edition of Wednesday Night Hockey you would’ve heard me mention the 2020 IIHF Men’s U18 World Championship. It was scheduled for April 16-26 in Plymouth, Mich., but that event, as I anticipated, has since been cancelled. This is a significant development that will impact the 2020 NHL draft.

The U18s represent the last big international on-ice event for scouts to get a final look at all the best 2002-born players in the world. It is a rare occurrence for the U18s to be played in North America. It is an event that Hockey Canada doesn’t host as the CHL is in the middle of its playoffs. The United States has hosted it before, most recently in North Dakota in 2016, but again, it’s not often that happens.

NHL teams were banking on this event being held in North America, exposing more than the typical number of scouts and executives to the best 2002-born players. The tournament also represented a landing spot for players who scouts didn’t have time to chase. This event would’ve provided an opportunity for NHL GMs to get multiple looks at players they normally aren’t able to see quite as often, especially executives from teams in the playoffs.

Keep in mind, there are several upper-end players in this draft class who are born between Sept. 15 and Dec. 31 2001, thus making them ineligible to play in the U18s, and therefore, we focus this list on players born in the 2002 calendar year.While already being considered a consensus top five pick, Stuetzle may have been able to make his way into the two-hole with a strong performance at the U18s. His numbers in the DEL , suggest that he would be dominant against his peer group. Going No.

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