Brendan Gaunce

[schreyer.chris]

What does everyone think of Gaunce, power forward decent numbers ranked 7th by ISS. Looking at his stats and development I would compare him to Brandon Saad from Chicago who I will be targeting in this years draft in the 3rd-4th round hopefully.

What kind of value do you place on power forwards our league categories include G/A/PTS/+-/PIM/SOG/STP all the same point valuations and what kind of upside do Saad/Gaunce have?

[Dean Youngblood]

Saad's upside is higher.

Gaunce I see as a 40-50 point player at the NHL level.

Saad can reach 60+ if he's on the right line ....and he was with Toews and Kane last year.


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[hockeynerd]

Gaunce will be nothing more then a 3rd line centre in the NHL.

[Brady19]

Gaunce will be nothing more then a 3rd line centre in the NHL.

He gives me the feeling I got with Ryan Kesler back when it was said he would only be an elite 3rd liner. It's the same feeling I had/have with guys like Ryan O'Reilly and Martin Hanzal. I think Gaunce has the ability to step into the NHL and play a 3rd line role while his game develops, but he easily has 2nd line upside.

A lot of things can happen in the next 10 years that allow him to reach or hinder him from reaching that upside. And likely a huge part of that is where he gets drafted.

[Big Ev]

Big fan of Gaunce. He will be a good 2nd liner in the NHL, and a great leader to boot. There's a ton of naysayers out there, but hard work and character wins in the end. I'll take him over some fancy-pants smaller forward every time.

Don't be surprised to see him go early in the draft

[sparrowtrini]

Big fan of Gaunce. He will be a good 2nd liner in the NHL, and a great leader to boot. There's a ton of naysayers out there, but hard work and character wins in the end. I'll take him over some fancy-pants smaller forward every time.

Don't be surprised to see him go early in the draft

Welcome to the boards my friend. I totally agree with Ev here. Gaunce is going to make an impact in the NHL. And I wouldnt be surprised if he goes earlier then expected.

[schreyer.chris]

Interesting reviews thanks for the advice, as well as the welcome to the boards ive posted a lot already and I love talking about Hockey as much as possible.

I had the same feeling on Gaunce, but as I take it prefer to take Saad, and if Gaunce is still availble grab him a few rounds after, I assume the same could be said about Radek Faska, killer first OHL season but there are a lot of other factors that could play into it...