Prospect Info: Jackson Edward, 7th Round - 200th overall '22, Defense, London (OHL)

[Gee Wally]

I cant wait until Marchand reads this then trolls the kid.


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[BMC]

I can’t stop smiling. A big, nasty defenseman.

 

[Saxon Eric]

Dark Green Banana

 

[bruinmann77]

Man I would love to see him and Wolff make it someday would love to see a rugged defense

 

[BMC]

Oh and btw, welcome to the Bruins Jackson!!!!

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Dark Green Banana

Bananas are good when ripe.

 

[DominicT]

I predicted 35 OHL players would get drafted and that's exactly how many did. 29 of my top 35 got drafted.

Jackson Edward was 29th on my list so he was picked exactly where I thought he should be.

I would have preferred Goyette over Poitras, but I am okay with the latter where they picked. Goyette fell a long way as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Ladyfan]

Welcome to Boston Jackson!

 

[Gee Wally]

Dom hard at work today:

Getting to Know Boston Bruins Jackson Edward

Jackson Edward of the London Knights. Photo by Luke Durda/OHL Images The Boston Bruins traded the 215th pick to the Los Angeles Kings for the Kings 7th round pick in 2023 making the 200th pick thei…

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[Gee Wally]

 

[Lobster57]

Hitting that age where hearing about players being drafted saying that guys like Marchand and Chara were their heroes growing up makes me angry.

Then I start doing the math and find out im old.

hearing that Jaro Spacek's kid got drafted did that to me. Like he juuuuusssssttt retired, nope 10 years ago

 

[Brock]

Had him 38th among OHL guys this year:

My Final Top 50 OHL Players for the 2022 NHL Entry Draft - Part 2: 50-31

In three straight drafts (2019, 2020, 2021), only three players ranked in this range have been selected. The reality is that NHL teams are u...

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[Kazcram]

any change he makes the team next year?

 

[JoeIsAStud]

any change he makes the team next year?

Good chance he is able to make Providence next year. Very, very unlikely he sees Boston.

 

[PB37]

any change he makes the team next year?

He's going to have to wow in camp and hope there's some injuries to the blueline to get a chance. I'm willing to bet the Bruins sign a veteran of some sort for depth after Lindholm Lohrei, and Wotherspoon on the left side. I think Edward has a lot to improve on, both his skills as a defenseman and his maturity as a player. I love the physicality and enthusiasm to compete but some of the things he does hurts the team more than helps.

 

[dangermike]

Good chance he is able to make Providence next year. Very, very unlikely he sees Boston.

I don’t want him sniffing Boston with his on ice antics. Need a year of providence to help him start to figure out where that line is on a more consistent basis

 

[DominicT]

He's going to have to wow in camp and hope there's some injuries to the blueline to get a chance. I'm willing to bet the Bruins sign a veteran of some sort for depth after Lindholm Lohrei, and Wotherspoon on the left side. I think Edward has a lot to improve on, both his skills as a defenseman and his maturity as a player. I love the physicality and enthusiasm to compete but some of the things he does hurts the team more than helps.

He's a left shot, right side defenceman. Even the Bruins had him there for the most part at camp last summer.

But no, at this point he is not close.

 

[SwayHeyKid]

He's a left shot, right side defenceman. Even the Bruins had him there for the most part at camp last summer.

But no, at this point he is not close.

Can he be the Bruins Arber Xhekaj?

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[BradMarchandismydad]

Can he be the Bruins Arber Xhekaj?

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He’s closer to the Bruins Matt Cooke

Dude is a criminal out on the ice

He’s been suspended like five times this season

 

[BruinsJoe]

Can he be the Bruins Arber Xhekaj?

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Edward listed at 6'2'' 194lb...Xhekaj listed at 6'4'' 240lb and already kick some nhl ass

 

[Sheppy]

Guy has a screw loose.

I like it.

 

[ODAAT]

he`s a project and not a guaranteed future NHL`er and while I hope he reigns in the emotions a bit, I hope he never loses that nasty because this current team is soft as butter

 

[Carl Hungus]

He's only 20 right? Just read about the suspensions he got this year. Needs to clean up the cheap stuff but sounds like someone very unpleasant to play against

 

[JoeIsAStud]

Let's just not even talk about the cheap shots or anything else.

He is a young late round pick coming in to a team that is not tanking . They believe is developing young players, and will almost certainly put Edward in the minors to start next fall. He seems like he has the tools to develop into a lower pairing defenseman, but I would expect that to take at least a couple of years.