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Senators 2024 NHL Draft Targets - Berkly Catton
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Jun 1, 2024
In this episode of The Hockey Writers Senators Roundtable, Ottawa Senators writers Jacob Billington and Dayton Reimer are joined by prospects and draft expert Peter Baracchini to discuss the Senators' options for the 2024 NHL Draft at seventh overall. In this clip, they talk about Berkly Catton.
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I didn't have Berkeley Caton on my list. And I think I regret that. After kind of watching him a
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little bit more on my top eight, I would probably have him over Iserman and again, learn to have him
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in my number seven. But even then, like I could, I would be very happy to see Ottawa select Berkeley
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Caton. What do you think about him, Peter? Oh, I mean, I don't know if you've seen
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Cam Robinson from elite prospects, you know, tweet about do not sleep on him. And if you do
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it's going to be a very, very costly mistake because he has been absolutely dynamic from
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the beginning of the year to the end. He's got everything that you want in a centerman. You know
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he's you got this, you got to speak, you got the skill, you got the awareness, you got the work
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ethic. And the only thing that's holding them back is the size factor. But as we've seen
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do the size factor really doesn't matter at this point, because he's already playing and he's got
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a lot of pro qualities in him that would make him a highly talented prospect. And, you know
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Dayton alluded to the injury issues of Josh Norris, not necessarily, not necessarily the
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uncertainty of Shane Pinto, but the ability to move up into the lineup and get a little bit more
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out of him instead of just being like a middle six or second line third line center. Berkeley
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Berkeley Caton is definitely going to give you that top line potential. But if Norris is still
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healthy, and he's going to be a key factor, then he's definitely going to be your second line center for years to come. And maybe at some point, if you move on from Josh Norris, then
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Caton is going to assume that role. You know, when you basically watch him at the Hulinka Gresky Cup
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he basically took control of that tournament. He he scored in very key moments. And he was a very
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big clutch factor for Canada this year with Spokane. He's been very, very clutch. He's been
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very productive. And ideally, I would I would have him in my top five. But again
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it seems you're going to overlook him because of the size factor. I think that's just a bit
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of a mistake. But even though he's like 510 511, there's still room for him to grow and add more
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strength. It's not like he's 5758, where maybe there's a little bit more uncertain. But then
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again, not to compare him to Logan Stankoven, but a lot of people had him as a first rounder
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and he dropped to the mid second and look how well that turned out for the Dallas Stars
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You don't want that to overshadow everything if he can play if he's got the skill if he's
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already got the smarts at a high end level, you got to take them and if he's available for the
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sense that should be the case if they choose to go in that direction and get a centerman or forward
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