We'll run down the team's top five prospects and provide a potential ETA to entering the CCHL and joining the Falcons. In our next edition, we'll review the Falcons top prospects from 6-10
1) Dylan Strome - After dominating junior hockey last season, Strome is set to join the Falcons in 2018-19 and could be the third line center in his first season. Strength and skating are the biggest flaws in the center's game at this point in time and even if they do not develop fully for a few years, Strome's hockey IQ is enough to get him by. Strome could be the top center for Fort Erie for the next decade if he is allowed to develop correctly.
ETA: 2018-19
2) Nick Suzuki - Another center took 10th overall in the 2017 CCHL entry draft, Suzuki was perhaps the most intelligent player available in the entire 2017 draft. The Falcons do not expect Suzuki to join the team for two seasons and the team expects that Suzuki will dominate junior hockey this season. He is also the grandson of Canadian science broadcaster David Suzuki.
ETA: 2019-2020
3) Michael McLeod - Is this team loaded at center for the future or what? McLeod is expected to have another strong season in junior before moving over to the professional ranks this season after having a strong training camp in Hamilton, prior to coming over to Fort Erie in a trade a few weeks ago. McLeod skates incredibly well and is the Captain of his junior club. The thing scouts love the most about McLeod is that he has a motor that doesn't quit making his work ethic exceptional for a player his age.
ETA: 2019-2020
4) Alex DeBrincat - The fact that DeBrincat is fourth on this list after three consecutive 50 plus goals in each of the last season, including 65 in his final season in junior hockey. DeBrincat also has great chemistry with Dylan Strome having played together in Erie where the two won an OHL Championship. The only knock on DeBrincat is size but it hasn't stopped him yet. Can he continue to score regularly in the CCHL? Time will tell but it looks good.
ETA: 2019-2020
5) Max Jones - The gritty winger plays a hard two-way game that can sometimes cross the line. Blessed with the ability to create offense, Jones will need to learn to walk the line better or risk spending too much time in the penalty box in the CCHL. If Jones can figure this out, he could be a very valuable member of the Falcons and become a top-six forward in the CCHL.
ETA: 2020-2021
That's it for the top five. As we mentioned earlier, in our next blog we'll review the bottom-half of the Falcons prospect top ten list featuring a potential 30-year-old rookie set to debut as soon as next season.
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