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Austrian ice hockey awaits Marco Rossi it remains very popular for the NHL draft. In the final ranking of the Central Scouting Service (CSS), Vorarlberg, 18, was ranked number 6 in North America. Thimo Nickl and Senna Peeters can also calculate realistic odds for a draft position.
Rossi is considered a candidate for the top ten and is probably the third Austrian after Thomas Vanek (No. 5 / Buffalo Sabers 2003) and Michael Grabner (No. 14 / Vancouver Canucks 2006) in the first round of the draft. When and how the draft, originally scheduled for June 26-27 in Montreal, is still open. In the draft, all 31 NHL clubs secure the rights of 217 talents. CSS has developed a non-binding ranking list with ratings that clubs can use as a guide.
A host of big names are in the top 10 in North America. Full list available here: https://t.co/jfk0szoRpr #NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/09EFVbZZDp
– NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 8, 2020
Rossi, who was still fifth in January, scored 39 goals and 81 assists in 56 games in his second season for the Ottawa 67s in the Canadian OHL Junior League. With 120 scoring points, the center was the first European player to receive the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy for the season’s top scorer in the Ontario Hockey League, which had been awarded since 1946. At 2.14 points per game, the Feldkircher was also the number one nationally among all players in the top three Canadian youth leagues (OHL, QMJHL, WHL). Second with 112 points followed Alexis Lafreniere of Rimouski Oceanic, who was ranked number one by the CSS for the draft.
For the first time in 14 years, since Grabner and Andreas Nödl in 2006, the rough draft is done again with red, white and red talents. And for the first time, NHL clubs were able to secure the rights of three Austrian players.
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Nickl and Peeters with good chances
Carinthian defender Nickl and native Belgian Peeters, who naturalized in December, are also in the scouts’ field of vision. In his first season for the Drummondville Voltigeurs in the Quebec Junior Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), Nickl, 18, had 39 points (10 goals, 29 assists), making him the third-best rookie among defenders. . Peeters, 17, was the second best rookie scorer in the QMJHL with 23 goals for Halifax Mooseheads.
In the international category, Benjamin Baumgartner, 19, of HC Davos, Austria’s 2019 Player of the Year, was ranked 80.
(APA)
Input photo: GEPA
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