Prospect Info: Olivier Nadeau, RW (97th overall, 2021) - Signed to ELC

[Chainshot]

What a 4-3-7 game will get you…

 

[Fjordy]

I hope his skating is better than Brett Murray, otherwise he looks very solid.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

I hope his skating is better than Brett Murray, otherwise he looks very solid.

His skating looks better than last year, by no means is it a strength but it won't hold him back

 

[Fjordy]

His skating looks better than last year, by no means is it a strength but it won't hold him back

It's good

 

[jc17]

His skating looks better than last year, by no means is it a strength but it won't hold him back

I thought it seemed a little lacking at the prospect games but he was one if the younger guys so hopefully it continues to improve. Easier to teach skating than scoring. Hopefully he fits their mold and is motivated to work, even while having so much success in the Q

 

[Old Navy Goat]

It's good

His skating was why he dropped in the draft. He looked slow at prospect's camp, but he's turned a corner and is moving much more dynamically since his Q season started

 

[tsujimoto74]

His skating looks better than last year, by no means is it a strength but it won't hold him back

That's great to hear. That's basically what you're praying happens when you draft a kid with a lot of other talents but poor skating.

 

[joshjull]

His skating was why he dropped in the draft. He looked slow at prospect's camp, but he's turned a corner and is moving much more dynamically since his Q season started

Wouldn’t that just be a product of being back in the Q and having more time/space?

Its seems too short a time frame (from prospects camp to Q season) for him to meaningfully improve his skating ability.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Wouldn’t that just be a product of being back in the Q and having more time/space?

Its seems too short a time frame (from prospects camp to Q season) for him to meaningfully improve his skating ability.

Both can be true at the same time.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

Wouldn’t that just be a product of being back in the Q and having more time/space?

Its seems too short a time frame (from prospects camp to Q season) for him to meaningfully improve his skating ability.

Could very well be and also familiarity with his linemates means he's not over thinking things. More importantly is the clear improvement from last year

 

[Buffaloed]

Could very well be and also familiarity with his linemates means he's not over thinking things. More importantly is the clear improvement from last year

Lack of confidence will cause a player to be slow. If you're indecisive, you'll always be a step behind. Agitators with moderate skills will always have a good chance of making the NHL because they're not indecisive.

 

[Jim Bob]

12g in 13gp

Is that good?

 

[zuikan]

12g in 13gp

Is that good?

It's like we died and went to prospect heaven.

 

[tsujimoto74]

It's like we died and went to prospect heaven.

Not quite the hockey heaven Pegula promised us, but I'll take what I can get at this point

 

[member 334057]

Not quite the hockey heaven Pegula promised us, but I'll take what I can get at this point

I always imagined hockey heaven would have an owner that just signed the checks, hopefully Terry gets there at some point.

 

[Chainshot]

Scoring from his office in front of the net, yet again...

 

[ValJamesDuex]

This kid for real ? Putting up great numbers in the Q but many do.
Olivier Nadeau at eliteprospects.com

 

[Old Navy Goat]

This kid for real ? Putting up great numbers in the Q but many do.
Olivier Nadeau at eliteprospects.com

4th rd pick so if he amounts to anything it's found money. In his case it also helps that his C Bourgault (1st rd pick) is leading the Q in scoring

 

[Woodhouse]

4th rd pick so if he amounts to anything it's found money. In his case it also helps that his C Bourgault (1st rd pick) is leading the Q in scoring

Pretty sure those two have only been on the same line in 2 or 3 games. Power play and for a quick spark sure, but for the most part, separated at 5v5 up to now. Separating them makes it more difficult on opponents.

 

[jc17]

He's a good example of taking a swing on someone with good basic stats.

Was 24th in NHLe going into the draft. Kept pace with bourgoult- a first rounder, borque- a first the year before, and outscored ponomarev-a 2nd the year before.

Doesn't mean it will work in the nhl, but has to count for something

 

[tsujimoto74]

He's a good example of taking a swing on someone with good basic stats.

Was 24th in NHLe going into the draft. Kept pace with bourgoult- a first rounder, borque- a first the year before, and outscored ponomarev-a 2nd the year before.

Doesn't mean it will work in the nhl, but has to count for something

Those are the sort of picks that Tampa has hit big on with their mid/late-round selections. E.g., Point had the stat line of a 1st round pick but was undersized and a poor skater. Which is not to say that Nadeau is going to be Point, just to say that this is how you take a homerun swing in the draft.

 

[Jim Bob]

Those are the sort of picks that Tampa has hit big on with their mid/late-round selections. E.g., Point had the stat line of a 1st round pick but was undersized and a poor skater. Which is not to say that Nadeau is going to be Point, just to say that this is how you take a homerun swing in the draft.

I will be happy if he turns out like one of the Foligno brothers or a poor man's Reinhart/Vanek.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

Pretty sure those two have only been on the same line in 2 or 3 games. Power play and for a quick spark sure, but for the most part, separated at 5v5 up to now. Separating them makes it more difficult on opponents.

But the games they played together they racked up big numbers

 

[Woodhouse]

But the games they played together they racked up big numbers

I may be nitpicking based on my viewings, but I'm not sold on big yet, maybe better (but in a small sample size; I get that one night was the 7-pointer). From what I've seen, it's been how I originally said, Nadeau with Veillette most nights and then Bourgault's part of the PP unit that makes up like half Nadeau's points. Bourgault probably is in on half Nadeau's 22 points, but no more than a quarter of that is at even-strength.

Regardless, Nadeau aligned with either first-rounder (Bourgault and/or the now injured Bourque) and you should see some uptick.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

I may be nitpicking based on my viewings, but I'm not sold on big yet, maybe better (but in a small sample size; I get that one night was the 7-pointer). From what I've seen, it's been how I originally said, Nadeau with Veillette most nights and then Bourgault's part of the PP unit that makes up like half Nadeau's points. Bourgault probably is in on half Nadeau's 22 points, but no more than a quarter of that is at even-strength.

Regardless, Nadeau aligned with either first-rounder (Bourgault and/or the now injured Bourque) and you should see some uptick.

I'm happy to see the vast improvement in his game from last year. He has much better jump and is more decisive