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2024 CHL Top Draft Prospect Award Predictions
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Jun 1, 2024
The Hockey Writers prospect crew of Matthew Zator, Peter Baracchini and Dayton Reimer get together to give their predictions on who will win the Canadian Hockey League Top Draft Prospect Award from the finalists Cayden Lindstrom, Zayne Parekh, and Maxim Masse.
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Going to this draft again, Top Draft Prospect Award
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And this is three great names, and they're all going to be drafted in probably the first round
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Definitely two of them. Cain Lindstrom, Zane Parekh, and Maxime Massé. Start with you, Dayton
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Who's going to win this one? This one's a tough one. I'm not sure with this one
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This is tough. I am going to break my Western streak here
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I'm going to go with Zane Parekh. Just because Cain Lindstrom had a large chunk of the season
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removed because of injury. He did really good to start, and then a wrist injury
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took him out, and he wasn't able to compete in the Top Prospects game
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He wasn't hardly able to compete in the playoffs. He looked off
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And Massé did have a bit of a downturn as well at the end of the season
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He had a great start, just didn't quite continue. He still did fine
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I was hoping for more, though. Parekh has continued on. He has shown that he is destined for something pretty great
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I hope that he rounds out the rest of his game, because if he does, he could be an absolute stud in the NHL
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So I think he's going top 10, no question. Yeah, he's probably going to be a top 10 pick
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I'm not sure with how much, what's his offense going to translate to the NHL
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how much that's going to be. We'll find out. But yeah, supremely talented offensive defenseman
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that's for sure. Peter, who are you going with this one? Yeah, all the same reasons as Zayn Parekh
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I mean, when you get to that 100-point mark as a defenseman, that itself alone
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is just absolutely impressive. And had Kaden Lindstrom been healthy all year
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I 100% believe that this would have been his award, despite the fact that maybe Parekh still
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would have pushed 100 points. I think it would have been very, very close. And I don't think it would have been a wrong answer
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if you picked Lindstrom or Parekh. But I do think that with the time lost
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with the injury and everything like that, Lindstrom really didn't quite get the outings in
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or viewings in, or points, what have you. I mean, personally, I would still
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take him top five, top four even. But some teams may think otherwise
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But then again, teams are going to look at the size and skill. Everyone's going to know that the recent injury
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played a factor, but we'll leave it at that. But yeah, I mean, Parekh didn't win my Defenseman of the Year
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but he definitely warranted the Top Profits Award, based on what he was able to accomplish in his draft year
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Because it is absolutely impressive. When are you probably going to ever see that again
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I mean, maybe Landon DuPont can do it in the WHO. Who knows
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Maybe setting high expectations, but I think he's still going to be a stud Defenseman anyways
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But yeah, I mean, Parekh is definitely going to be my choice of the award
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