1st Round, 15th Pick - Zack Senyshen

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Um. What?

 

[jsinger121]

Its like drafting Tavon Wilson

 

[GLOSS]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLKnCeeAW48

 

[Granite Sox]

Ranked #40, picked #15. All you need to know. Bruins are hopeless in the draft.

Good for the kid. I'm sure he's a nice young man. Lots of higher-ranked prospects on the board.

 

[j44thor]

Its like drafting Tavon Wilson

With a top 15 pick

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

The last high pick they had named Zach didn't work out too well either.

 

[Eddie Jurak]

@kluedeke29: 1 NHL scout to me: If Boston trades back past 20, Senyshyn is probably wearing another sweater last night. https://t.co/mwZzQHmg6n

 

[Eddie Jurak]

@kluedeke29: @djbennett29 Fwiw- Several NHL guys for other teams told me they liked Senyshyn there. Maybe a tad early but "he was probably going in 1st."

 

[AgentOrange]

Went for 26-19-45 in 66 games for Sault Ste. Marie in the OHL
 
 

 
 
Marek’s Take: At 17 he was the best athlete on a stacked Sault Ste. Marie team (has a sprinter’s physique). Great physical gifts and blazing speed. Played on every line with the Greyhounds and found good chemistry with fellow draft-eligible teammate Blake Speers. Is great off the rush but needs to develop other ways to score. NHL Comparable: Chris Kreider

 
 
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Zachary Senyshyn Strengths

• At 6’2 (and likely still growing an inch or two), Senyshyn is not just quick, he’s one of the OHL’s best skaters. He explodes down the wing, needing only a few steps to hit full speed.
• He’s not a perimeter player, either. He uses that speed to drive the net, generating not only a lot of scoring chances for himself, but for his line mates, too. As he gets stronger, I’d expect him to develop even more of a power game.
• I also expect his two-way game to develop to the point where his speed can be used as an asset defensively and on the PK.
• From McKeen’s Yearbook (buy here): Boasts an absolutely lethal shot – literally explodes off his stick, leaving goalies no time to react.

Zachary Senyshyn Criticisms

• On paper, Senyshyn’s production this year was inconsistent, but I think that had more to do with wavering ice time on an incredibly deep Sault Ste. Marie club.
• Senyshyn is still a raw player. His work without the puck offensively needs some improvement.
• From McKeen’s Yearbook (buy here): Stickhandling repertoire is limited and he is most effective when he charges the net with reckless abandon. Possesses okay hands but struggles at times to handle passes.

 
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Button compares him to Joel Ward, gives him 4/5 for skating and smarts and 3/5 for hands and shot.  
 
 
Senyshyn is an intriguing forward, no doubt.  My only issue with the pick is where it came.  I really wanted Barzal, who to me has the higher floor and ceiling, and a higher likelihood of reaching that ceiling.  Senyshyn is apparently one of the better pure athletes in the draft, and perhaps that is what the Bruins fell in love with.  I'm a bit skeptical as to how much raw athleticism translates into production at the NHL level; this is a much more technical sport than the NFL.  Honest question: what NHLers have turned their hands from a question mark into something stronger after being drafted? It doesn't seem like this happens much, if at all.  
 
Still, even with less than elite hands, it sounds like he could be a Kreider-type 20 goal, 50ish point winger at his best.  And that would certainly be a successful pick.  

 

[mwonow]

Went for 26-19-45 in 66 games for Sault Ste. Marie in the OHL
 
 
 
 
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Button compares him to Joel Ward, gives him 4/5 for skating and smarts and 3/5 for hands and shot.  
 
 
Senyshyn is an intriguing forward, no doubt.  My only issue with the pick is where it came.  I really wanted Barzal, who to me has the higher floor and ceiling, and a higher likelihood of reaching that ceiling.  Senyshyn is apparently one of the better pure athletes in the draft, and perhaps that is what the Bruins fell in love with.  I'm a bit skeptical as to how much raw athleticism translates into production at the NHL level; this is a much more technical sport than the NFL.  Honest question: what NHLers have turned their hands from a question mark into something stronger after being drafted? It doesn't seem like this happens much, if at all.  
 
Still, even with less than elite hands, it sounds like he could be a Kreider-type 20 goal, 50ish point winger at his best.  And that would certainly be a successful pick.  

 
 
Yep - 50 points would have led Bruins wingers last year, and 20 goals would have been 3rd after Marchand and Eriksson

 

[veritas]

Went for 26-19-45 in 66 games for Sault Ste. Marie in the OHL
 
 
 
 
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Button compares him to Joel Ward, gives him 4/5 for skating and smarts and 3/5 for hands and shot.  
 
 
Senyshyn is an intriguing forward, no doubt.  My only issue with the pick is where it came.  I really wanted Barzal, who to me has the higher floor and ceiling, and a higher likelihood of reaching that ceiling.  Senyshyn is apparently one of the better pure athletes in the draft, and perhaps that is what the Bruins fell in love with.  I'm a bit skeptical as to how much raw athleticism translates into production at the NHL level; this is a much more technical sport than the NFL.  Honest question: what NHLers have turned their hands from a question mark into something stronger after being drafted? It doesn't seem like this happens much, if at all.  
 
Still, even with less than elite hands, it sounds like he could be a Kreider-type 20 goal, 50ish point winger at his best.  And that would certainly be a successful pick.  

 
You have to remember he played last season at the age of 17 and no one is saying he has hands of stone. A lot of players that age aren't even freshmen in college yet. He has plenty of time to develop. You should also consider the ice time he was getting when looking at his point totals. I'm pretty sure he was playing on the 3rd and 4th line most of the season because that team was stacked with very good older players.
 
He's been compared to Chris Kreider, and at the same age Kreider hadn't even played his freshman season at BC, which was pretty unremarkable. As was his sophomore season.
 
This kid could totally be a bust, just like almost all of the 1st rounders this year. I don't see any reason to be particularly concerned about him. I like that they got one of the most athletic players in the draft, and I like that they aren't afraid to ignore consensus and trust their scouts.

 

[AgentOrange]

 
You have to remember he played last season at the age of 17 and no one is saying he has hands of stone. A lot of players that age aren't even freshmen in college yet. He has plenty of time to develop. 

 
He's pretty much the same age as his draft peers, so I'm not sure why that should factor in.  And it doesn't sound like he has Paille hands, but his hands have been questioned.  It's a legitimate question mark.  

 

[Dummy Hoy]

Agree it's a question mark, but I think hands is one of the things you can potentially develop through repetition. Now its probably too late to develop the sort of instinctual improvisational jazz shit that guys like Paddy Kane have, but he can still improve his finishing and handle quite a bit at his age.
 
I'm down with Veritas's last post. I'm also high on Kreider, so there's that.