Were all trying to figure out just how high that upside is. As of now, the Blackhawks don't have a first-round pick in the 2022 draft, but Doneghey said he's prepared for anything and everything. The NHL draft is largely a crapshoot to begin with. Like Jim McKeller with Isaak Phillips when he came out of Sudbury, he was like, I know this guy better than anybody. Blackhawks head scout Mark Kelley breaks down the NHL draft big board - The Athletic Playoff scenarios J.J. Watt to retire Season predictions 3.0 Power Rankings Best of The Athletic 2022. Mark Kelley said the Hawks are looking at six candidates for the #3 pick, but that could shrink (or expand) once they get the results of tomorrow's tests.Added any talks about trading down would happen in final week before draft. 39, chief scout Mark Kelley and general manager Stan Bowman who have learned over the years that size isn't everything pounced on DeBrincat. He missed the end of the year because he sliced a tendon in his foot. Very, very enticing. This years draft has one of those goalies: 18-year-old Russian phenom Yaroslav Askarov. I think by the time he got to college I knew hockey was going to be his life work, Jack, 89, said. When youre an assistant coach in college hockey, thats all they do, Doneghey said. I wish (the draft) was (now). Try a week on us. Most recently in the AHL with Binghamton Whalers. So Kyle wants speed, he wants to play fast down the middle, he wants to play direct, wants to be bigger. Mark Kelley - Vice President,.. - Chicago Blackhawks - ZoomInfo After 15 seasons of being with the Blackhawks organization and winning three Stanley Cups, VP of amateur scouting Mark Kelley was let go today. Boqvist helped in acquiring Seth Jones, but the Blackhawks gave up so much more in that deal that its difficult to assess how much value Boqvist had. He drives the offense and he competes so hard away from the puck. Export. I dont think you realize how much and the type of knowledge youre building. He wasnt a father who pulled out a hockey jersey from the closet and pretended to know the game. That said, they clearly havent drafted or developed well in recent years, so somebody has to get the ax.. Not that we can lead with size, but yeah, size is always good to have. Kyle Davidson is not wasting anytime shaping this front office the way he wants it. In those drafts, Chicago has chosen just 12 goaltenders four in the seventh round, four in the sixth round, one in the fourth round, two in the third round, and one in the second round. I think his skill set is a little bit underappreciated. I feel great, Doneghey said. Doneghey grew up in West Roxbury, a neighborhood in Boston, and still carries his native Boston accent. As one league source said: I find it hard to evaluate scouting people from the outside. Kelley is always in general manager Stan Bowmans ear as the draft approaches, trying to get him to move up. Just about every game is streaming somewhere, and its not hard to get video from any game around the world. Joining Pat Boyle and Charlie Roumeliotis is Blackhawks VP of Amateur Scouting Mark Kelley, who discusses the challenges of this year's draft because of the COVID-19 pandemic, who could be available at No. He just wanted to know more. All those experiences added up. Edmonton lost Guenther for the under-18s, and I dont want to say they didnt miss him, because of course they did, but Cossa, he stayed the course. Here are nine other possible targets for Oct. 6, with Kelleys thumbnail analysis on each: 2019-20 stats: 24 goals, 36 assists in 42 games, Kelleys take: Very good player. The fitness testing begins at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, with seven of the 11 drills/tests at HarborCenter. So for me, the last two years has been a learning experience. All of his first-round picks have played in the NHL. Follow our coverage of the 2022 NHL Draft live. Mike Donaghey will oversee the amateur scouting on an interim basis. His coaches like him and hes engaged down the middle. - Improve your search rank I think that came naturally being around it, said the 59-year-old Kelley, whose older brother David is married to Michelle Pfieffer and is a television writer and producer. I think that were very, very thorough. Norm Maciver, Jeff Greenberg, Meghan Hunter, Mark Eaton and Brian Campbell will all certainly play key roles. The price would be, in our case, prohibitive, I think.. He is expected to return to Minnesota-Duluth for his sophomore campaign. Podcast: Blackhawks' Mark Kelley on 2020 NHL Draft - RSN Whether the Blackhawks move up into the first round or. Those are Cy Young numbers. I talked to the athletic director. https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1499844233775230980?s=20&t=osmVEnMJ4zPGKdJMDQ9KXw. Email. Just like in North America, coaches, for playoff time, want the older goaltender. He told me I should contact them all and tell them they should still go to Colby, Kelley said. Chicago Blackhawks Hockey: Home of the 6-time Stanley Cup Champions 12, the depth of this year's class, and much more. All NHL logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks as well as all other proprietary materials depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective NHL teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. It wouldnt be surprising if his philosophical thoughts on amateur scouting didnt line up with those of Kelley and Bowman. Any time youre calling someone a franchise goalie, its pretty lofty, Kelley said. We have to deal with the salary cap. Kayumov could sign with them after his KHL season, but hes probably a bottom-six forward if he makes it to the NHL. Mark Kelley Contact Information. Nick Schmaltz, their 2014 first-round pick, was never given a second contract and was traded for Dylan Strome, who has been up and down. What was most impressive about Sillinger was how quickly he assimilated into the Sioux Falls team. I would say from probably about November on, Im not sure anyone had a better year in the CHL. They think he probably just wont produce at a high rate. All Rights Reserved. / NHL. There has to be a skill set that we can recognize that transfers to the NHL. No, I dont feel pressure at all.. 4 NA), Center/Right wing Dylan Cozens of WHL Lethbridge (No. Hes very well respected in the scouting fraternity.. (Bill Streicher/USA TODAY Sports) All those experiences added up. Blackhawks Prospects | Chicago Blackhawks - NHL Asked about that trend following the 2021 draft, Kelley said: I think youre always looking to get size. Over time, it does become easier because you see certain traits and characteristics. Blackhawks NHL draft preview: Hawks 'excited about the quality' of Davidson chose Doneghey to replace Mark Kelley for a number of reasons. Hes played both center and wing, so theres an attraction there. Kelley is especially proud of drafting players who helped the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup. As he enters a position back in amateur scouting, hes found that time in pro evaluation to be huge. I try to make a point of seeing the top 30, 40 players because at least when were looking at that first guy that I have some kind of frame of reference. Hes one of those offensive defensemen with great ability to create offense. The Blackhawks hoped to hit on DeBrincat, Krys and forward Artur Kayumov with three second-round picks in 2016, and only DeBrincat has worked out. Previously, he covered the Blackhawks and the White Sox for ESPN Chicago. Aside from some adjustments in Davidsons direction of the scouting department,Doneghey has also shifted how hes utilizing his scouts. As for Kelley, as VP of Amateur Scouting for the past fifteen years he also had a significant role in the team's cultivation of young talent. Hes complementary in that his skill set goes very well with skilled wingers. The other kids were enjoying the game, playing the game. Its an art Kelley has had success in with the Blackhawks. Come on! He spent six seasons on the Blackhawks beat for the Chicago Sun-Times after covering Notre Dames run to the BCS championship game in 2012-13. 12 overall pick. Reichel, their 2020 first-round pick, has also shown signs of being a top-six center or wing. They take time in development. Mark Kelley joins Charlie Roumeliotis as they discuss the Blackhawks\u2019 2020 draft board, how they have scouted players and Mark's thoughts on the incoming class. Mark served as Amateur Scout at Chicago Blackhawks. Goaltenders can be a challenge to project, said Blackhawks vice president of amateur scouting Mark Kelley. I think I learned a lot just about the way the game was played over there, Kelley said. This year, organizers expect that number to be surpassed. Copyright 1999-2020 Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc. and the National Hockey League. The past two seasons Doneghey moved to pro player evaluation. I grew up watching OHL hockey and junior hockey, and I think thats a really good perspective in terms of seeing players at that age progressing on to NHL careers or not progressing on to NHL careers and why not, that kind of stuff.. 8 NA)/, Peyton Krebs of WHL Kootenay (now Winnipeg)/. Tags: NHL Draft: Inside Blackhawks' pandemic scouting process and plan for Whether the Blackhawks move up into the first round or not, hes excited about having five picks between the second and third rounds. Mark Kelley Team Staff Profile - Elite Prospects Vice President, Amateur Scouting at Chicago Blackhawks. Guys such as Marc-Andre Fleury (whom Kelley drafted when he was working with the Penguins), Roberto Luongo, Andrei Vasilevskiy and Rick DiPietro (OK, so some miss, but injuries, not talent, derailed DiPietros career). I think itd be very difficult to trade into the top 10. Who would they ask for? The combine will not be broadcasted on NHL Network in the United States. I think we go into every draft with goaltenders that we would like to target at certain times. Nice package., 2019-20 stats: 12 goals, 12 assists in 42 games, Kelleys take: He had a chance to play against the Blackhawks (in the preseason game in Berlin last fall). The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Kelley liked hockey. Get access to our unique free agency lists and many more premium features, Father: Jack Kelley Scott Powers is a senior writer for The Athletic covering the Chicago Blackhawks. So we had quite a few live viewings of Lambos there. NHL Combine: Blackhawks to make final assessments prior to making 3rd Every few years, however, there comes a seemingly cant-miss first-round goalie. Mark Kelley, the team's vice president of amateur scouting, met. But lets say this, hes as good a goaltender that theres been in the last few years. As of now, the Blackhawks dont have a first-round pick in the 2022 draft, but Doneghey said hes prepared for anything and everything. Good mobility, nice player., 2019-20 stats: Eight goals, nine assists in 35 games, Kelleys take: Playing at Wisconsin, right up the road, were very familiar with him. QUICKIE: Blackhawks let go of Mark Kelley They didnt tell me at the time, but a year or year and a half so later they told me the opportunity in the Northeast was there because the year Jeremy Roenick had got drafted very high by Chicago, Quebec didnt have much on him at all. Hes a puck-mover, creates offense, hes a dynamo on the point. Sep 22, 2020. By five games in, he looked like he had been there for a year. Mark Kelley on Lukas ReichelShare. When speaking of his strengths, Davidson brought up amateur scouting. There will be a web stream on Sportsnet.ca. In Flint, hes shown a great skill set, the ability to run numbers. By Mark Lazerus. Weve had a lot of conversations. Try a week on us. But most of all, the moves again shake up a front office that barely changed for years under Stan Bowman but has lost a ton of well-known faces in the last two years. Plays in Flint, right up the road from me. Follow Scott on Twitter @byscottpowers, Lukas Reichel is considered one of the Blackhawks top prospects. Hes 89. Former general manager Stan Bowman deserves a lot of criticism, too. Once the expansion draft is over, thats when were going to start to see the trades, he said. Later on in the pod, Charlie is joined by Slavko Bekovic to react to the Mark Kelley interview and discuss their key takeaways that fans should pay attention to. I think when you have someone whos like Mike whos going to lead by example but also just bring the best out of everyone else, then thats the kind of guy want leading the group.. The Blackhawks are closing in on who they want to select with the No. Now were projecting these kids to be what theyre going to be the rest of their lives.. (Top photo of Nicolas Beaudin, center, with team representatives after being selected in the first round of the 2018 draft: Jerome Miron / USA Today). The Swedish scouts scouted the Swedish league; Mikko Luoma had Finland covered; Andrei Nikolishin handled the Russian players; and Karel Pavlik took Slovakia, the Czech Republic and even snuck into Germany, as Kelley put it. Discuss the NHL, AHL, KHL, PHF, IIHF and every other hockey league you can think When you look at the Cup and you see three or four names that youve added to it and you look back from 2010 to 2013 to 2015 and you feel very, very proud youre a part of it. There was a game during the 1976-77 season where Colby upset Northeastern, giving Jack his 300thcareer victory. All advice, including picks and predictions, is based on individual commentators opinions and not that of Minute Media or its related brands. What stands out is hes equally adept offensively and defensively. The Blackhawks went to the playoffs in 2002 and didnt do so again until 2009. He gets in there and battles. Follow Scott on Twitter @byscottpowers, Mark Kelley has drafted eight players in the first round for the, The Blackhawks selected Ryan Hartman in the first round in 2013. His numbers in the J20 (league) in Sweden (13 points in 11 games) speak for themselves. Played for Drummondville and then was traded to Chicoutimi. Hes very great sharing with his family. He was part of the scouting process in helping the Blackhawks identify players like Kevin Hayes, Alex DeBrincat, Phillip Danault and Brandon Saad. I feel good and ready to go.. Overall, though, its a weak forward group, and Davidson acknowledged as much recently. Kirby Dach might not have progressed as quickly as the organization or fans wanted, but several league scouts believe hell still be a good top-six center. Blackhawks Sports NHL Blackhawks drawn to 1st-round pick Nolan Allan by the 'subtleties of his game' Allan's performance with Canada at the under-18 world championship impressed Hawks general manager Stan Bowman and scouting director Mark Kelley. 13 in order to have a chance. Hes 6-foot-6, maybe more. The Blackhawks are closing in on who they want to select with the No. Its a good thing Ill be there to get him live because its going to be hard to get him. Submit changes (incorrect DOB, missing stats, incorrect stats, social media links etc) using a web form and we will review your update request within 24 hours and update accordingly. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. 17? When we watch the league, how its going now, the big defenders are having a lot of success or I should say the teams that have the big defenders are having a lot of success. Hes got size at 6-2, skates, can shoot the puck. Hes a very, very good skater. Mark Kelley joins Charlie Roumeliotis as they discuss the Blackhawks 2020 draft board, how they have scouted players and Mark's thoughts on the incoming class. By Ben Pope Mar 4, 2022, 4:34pm PDT He was also with the organization for 15 seasons. Bowman trusts Kelley and Kelley trusts his staff of 13 scouts. Not that confidence is a big issue with me anyways. All the above listed tests will be open to NHL teams and the media. Like those type of players in the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh round that the regional scout just knows those players so well that theyre adamant that this is the guy that we got to take. To qualify, a. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. Hear from VP of Amatuer Scouting Mark Kelley on Chicago's selection of Lukas Reichel in the first round of the 2020 NHL Draft. I guess, in fairness to answer your question, size was attractive to us.. Later on, Kelley even played a season for his father at Colby College. Follow Mark on Twitter @MarkLazerus. After the shock of the draft lottery in early April, Kelley cancelled a European scouting trip to watch the WHL playoffs, which gives a clue to some of the top targets: Bowen Byram, Dylan Cozens, Kirby Dach and Peyton Krebs, plus Americans such as Alex Turcotte, Trevor Zegras and Cole Caufield. People dont really see that part of it. Podcast: Blackhawks' Mark Kelley previews 2021 NHL Draft - RSN So if not Askarov, then whom might the Blackhawks take at No. Fortunately, Kelley got to see everyone at the U.S. National Team Development Program and the Big Ten right up the road from his house in Plymouth, Mich., and he saw plenty of USHL players along the way. When Tallon was fired a year later, Kelley sat down with Blackhawks president John McDonough for about two hours and Kelley stayed on board. Another one who competes real hard. They often talked about scouting and what was important to them. With the Blackhawks prospect pool so thin and Kyle Davidson taking over as general manager, I think it was best that both sides went their separate ways. With some of the players were watching, what were really looking to see is what they do away from the puck. He has also written for the Daily Herald and the Chicago Sun-Times and has been a sportswriter in the Chicagoland area for the past 15 years. Mark Kelley (right) had been the Hawks longtime amateur scouting director. So, whom might the Blackhawks get at (officially) No. How long could it take the Blackhawks to replenish their prospect system and start seeing the dividends at the NHL level? Hes very caring. Director of scouting Mark Kelley breaks down potential Blackhawks draft Blackhawks' front-office changes begin with departures of Mark Kelley, Ryan Stewart Kelley, the Hawks' longtime scouting director, and Stewart, one of their two remaining assistant GMs, are gone as new GM Kyle Davidson begins restructuring the organization. Weve had the luxury of watching Matty, really, for three years because hes double-underage and he was playing with the USA U-18 team in the World Championships. He watches all the Blackhawks games. He knows these guys better than I do. 07:23. Only one of them has made it to the NHL, and Kent Simpson (the second-rounder in 2010) lasted all of one period in mop-up duty of a blowout loss in Toronto during the 2013-14 season. I think you have to have a confident level to be in this. Between those trips, they drafted Duncan Keith in 2002; Corey Crawford, Brent Seabrook and Dustin Byfuglien in 2003; Dave Bolland, Bryan Bickell and Troy Brouwer in 2004; Niklas Hjalmarsson in 2005; Jonathan Toews in 2006; and Patrick Kane in 2007.
