Connor Mc Michael

[RIDERS]

Is he real deal. What his upside

[Eskimo Brother]

Yes.
Probably somewhere around a point per game guy or just above if everything falls right.

[Pengwin7]

It's hard to say.
In truth... (I've heard/read)... the OHL wasn't a super-high-level junior league last year.
A lot of players just torched the league for scoring. (The defending/goalies are a bit of a weak-point, right now).
Rossi putting up 120pts in 56gp... over 2 points per game!!!... is enough evidence of this.
I like Rossi - but he's not Connor McDavid.
Watching his highlights shows some of the defensive/goaltending weak points in the OHL these days.
[More evidence to that... Tomasino at pick #24 was the first OHL drafted forward in the 2019 draft... that's probably the lowest that the first OHL-F has gone in... forever?!?]

So guys like McMichael and Robertson put up pretty high numbers.
And that's in their D+1 year. (the year after being drafted).
(You could go through seasons of OHL stats and find some elders, past draft-age that is, that post 100+ pts... that don't pan out in the NHL.)
Be careful here... a LOT of kids put up big OHL/Q/WHL stats in the season after they've been drafted.
They are polished and mature relative to that league.

In summary - impossible to call his upside.
I think that would be foolish.

History tells us that it is very, very, VERY rare that somebody outside the top 20 drafted players will score more than 70pts in a season.
So... if the 20-something teams drafting in front of Washington knew their stuff... then McMichael will be good, but he won't be an NHL superstar.

We are all guessing at this point.
But if I must (!!!) put a number on it... I'll say 68pts.

[notch4077]

Penguin for the win.

[tcat]

The thing about Robertson is that he is so young for the draft class, a few days and he would have been eligible for 20' draft, can't tell me he doesn't go in the top 10 if Quinn did. Similar ages, more goals in less games.

[HonkyTonkMan]

Is he real deal. What his upside

He's a really good, smart player. Has potential to be (if stars completely align mind you) of being an Aho, Larkin type.

More than likely he ends up a top tier 2nd line centre or bottom end 1st line guy. Very cerebral player who's not going to over power you and relies on skill alone. Gets into the dirty areas too, he's not a perimeter player, but by no means a power forward.

60 points with potential for much more IF he pans out