What would Carter Yakemchuk potentially bring to the table if he was selected 13th overall?
“One of the highest-scoring and most penalized draft-eligible WHL defensemen in recent WHL history, Yakemchuk broke the rare 30-goal and 70-point benchmarks, and also sailed past 100 penalty minutes with the Hitmen (who missed the playoffs) this year. That’s a year after he scored 19 goals (third among WHL D) on a middle-of-the-pack team and was the only 2024 draft-eligible to make one of the WHL’s All-Star teams when he was named a Central Division Second All-Star last season, which was important considering he was only a couple of weeks away from being eligible for the 2023 draft. I thought he was mostly unnoticeable at U18 worlds for Canada a year ago, but part of that was his role/usage and he looked completely himself in an even greater role on another lackluster team this season.”
– Scott Wheeler (The Athletic)
Full Article Here: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5470339/2024/05/06/nhl-draft-top-prospects-2024-celebrini-demidov/
“I think Yakemchuk has some of the highest offensive potential on the back-end in this draft class. His offense won’t need to develop much for him to have a good chance at playing on an NHL team’s top power play, and I can easily see him scoring 15 goals in the NHL during his prime. If his defensive game can catch up a bit over the next few years, then I think Yakemchuk has the potential to be a top-pairing, all-star level defenseman whose calling card is offense, in the mold of Brent Burns.”
– Logan Horn (The Hockey Writers)
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