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WilliamWestcliffe
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Oscar Hemming

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This is one of the guys I’d like to target if we can snag another late round 1st.

Oscar Hemming
- 6’4 200lbs LW/C
- two way power forward with good shot/hands
- Giant, nasty and plays hard at net and can skate
- early transfer issues have limited his exposure and slowed him down but he’s been surging recently
- offense might be a bit behind other attributes but still developing and projects as top six capable player.
- draws comps to Tom Wilson and Nichushkin assuming offense continues to develop at current rate
- late first round may bump to mid with recent surge
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WilliamWestcliffe wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:29 pm This is one of the guys I’d like to target if we can snag another late round 1st.

Oscar Hemming
- 6’4 200lbs LW/C
- two way power forward with good shot/hands
- Giant, nasty and plays hard at net and can skate
- early transfer issues have limited his exposure and slowed him down but he’s been surging recently
- offense might be a bit behind other attributes but still developing and projects as top six capable player.
- draws comps to Tom Wilson and Nichushkin assuming offense continues to develop at current rate
- late first round may bump to mid with recent surge
His brother is very good but I’m hoping for a late round pick on Tomas Chrenko.
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Pierre McGuire wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:40 pm
WilliamWestcliffe wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:29 pm This is one of the guys I’d like to target if we can snag another late round 1st.

Oscar Hemming
- 6’4 200lbs LW/C
- two way power forward with good shot/hands
- Giant, nasty and plays hard at net and can skate
- early transfer issues have limited his exposure and slowed him down but he’s been surging recently
- offense might be a bit behind other attributes but still developing and projects as top six capable player.
- draws comps to Tom Wilson and Nichushkin assuming offense continues to develop at current rate
- late first round may bump to mid with recent surge
His brother is very good but I’m hoping for a late round pick on Tomas Chrenko.
I hear you but he’s another undersized center. Of course you can move him to wing which I’m sure will inevitably happen when he gets to the NHL, but at that point is he not what we already have in spades?
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Re: Oscar Hemming

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Pierre McGuire wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:40 pm
WilliamWestcliffe wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:29 pm This is one of the guys I’d like to target if we can snag another late round 1st.

Oscar Hemming
- 6’4 200lbs LW/C
- two way power forward with good shot/hands
- Giant, nasty and plays hard at net and can skate
- early transfer issues have limited his exposure and slowed him down but he’s been surging recently
- offense might be a bit behind other attributes but still developing and projects as top six capable player.
- draws comps to Tom Wilson and Nichushkin assuming offense continues to develop at current rate
- late first round may bump to mid with recent surge
His brother is very good but I’m hoping for a late round pick on Tomas Chrenko.
I like Chernko, but I like Morozov(the kid is just so good defensively) and Command more(Jack Hextall isn't too far behind them either).
And I'd be ecstatic if Pipparinen or Novotny were somehow still on the board.
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Re: Oscar Hemming

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I’m guessing we somehow win a few games and then both lotto balls get drawn and we end up 6-7. Would be very Blues like luck. I still like Malhotra. He’s the kind of center this team needs.
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WilliamWestcliffe wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:44 pm
Pierre McGuire wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:40 pm
WilliamWestcliffe wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:29 pm This is one of the guys I’d like to target if we can snag another late round 1st.

Oscar Hemming
- 6’4 200lbs LW/C
- two way power forward with good shot/hands
- Giant, nasty and plays hard at net and can skate
- early transfer issues have limited his exposure and slowed him down but he’s been surging recently
- offense might be a bit behind other attributes but still developing and projects as top six capable player.
- draws comps to Tom Wilson and Nichushkin assuming offense continues to develop at current rate
- late first round may bump to mid with recent surge
His brother is very good but I’m hoping for a late round pick on Tomas Chrenko.
I hear you but he’s another undersized center. Of course you can move him to wing which I’m sure will inevitably happen when he gets to the NHL, but at that point is he not what we already have in spades?
You can never have to much talent and he’s always around the puck making plays. If we are gonna go big and nasty, let’s get Belchetz.
Pretty sure we are gonna have a late round pick though, so you might get your wish, you just never know.
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Re: Oscar Hemming

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Pierre McGuire wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:55 pm
WilliamWestcliffe wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:44 pm
Pierre McGuire wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:40 pm
WilliamWestcliffe wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:29 pm This is one of the guys I’d like to target if we can snag another late round 1st.

Oscar Hemming
- 6’4 200lbs LW/C
- two way power forward with good shot/hands
- Giant, nasty and plays hard at net and can skate
- early transfer issues have limited his exposure and slowed him down but he’s been surging recently
- offense might be a bit behind other attributes but still developing and projects as top six capable player.
- draws comps to Tom Wilson and Nichushkin assuming offense continues to develop at current rate
- late first round may bump to mid with recent surge
His brother is very good but I’m hoping for a late round pick on Tomas Chrenko.
I hear you but he’s another undersized center. Of course you can move him to wing which I’m sure will inevitably happen when he gets to the NHL, but at that point is he not what we already have in spades?
You can never have to much talent and he’s always around the puck making plays. If we are gonna go big and nasty, let’s get Belchetz.
Pretty sure we are gonna have a late round pick though, so you might get your wish, you just never know.
Yep. If we have two firsts I’d rather gamble with who I think has higher upside with the late pick.

I’d also love to pry Carter Bear out of Detroit, but no idea what that price tag would be.
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Re: Oscar Hemming

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Pierre McGuire wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:55 pm
WilliamWestcliffe wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:44 pm
Pierre McGuire wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:40 pm
WilliamWestcliffe wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:29 pm This is one of the guys I’d like to target if we can snag another late round 1st.

Oscar Hemming
- 6’4 200lbs LW/C
- two way power forward with good shot/hands
- Giant, nasty and plays hard at net and can skate
- early transfer issues have limited his exposure and slowed him down but he’s been surging recently
- offense might be a bit behind other attributes but still developing and projects as top six capable player.
- draws comps to Tom Wilson and Nichushkin assuming offense continues to develop at current rate
- late first round may bump to mid with recent surge
His brother is very good but I’m hoping for a late round pick on Tomas Chrenko.
I hear you but he’s another undersized center. Of course you can move him to wing which I’m sure will inevitably happen when he gets to the NHL, but at that point is he not what we already have in spades?
You can never have to much talent and he’s always around the puck making plays. If we are gonna go big and nasty, let’s get Belchetz.
Pretty sure we are gonna have a late round pick though, so you might get your wish, you just never know.
Belchetz is gonna go way too high for us to have any chance at him(Hemming too, most likely).

If you want big and nasty in the 2nd half of the first, you go for Casey Mutryn.
He probably belongs in the 2nd round, but he's the most aggressive hitter in this class and he's as safe a pick as you can make. Probably tops out as a Sundqvist type but you could do a lot worse in the 25-32 range(I'd lean a different direction personally, but if size/nasty are the only criteria Mutryn has to be towards the top of the list).
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Re: Oscar Hemming

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kimzey59 wrote: 25 Jan 2026 09:37 am
Pierre McGuire wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:55 pm
WilliamWestcliffe wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:44 pm
Pierre McGuire wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:40 pm
WilliamWestcliffe wrote: 24 Jan 2026 20:29 pm This is one of the guys I’d like to target if we can snag another late round 1st.

Oscar Hemming
- 6’4 200lbs LW/C
- two way power forward with good shot/hands
- Giant, nasty and plays hard at net and can skate
- early transfer issues have limited his exposure and slowed him down but he’s been surging recently
- offense might be a bit behind other attributes but still developing and projects as top six capable player.
- draws comps to Tom Wilson and Nichushkin assuming offense continues to develop at current rate
- late first round may bump to mid with recent surge
His brother is very good but I’m hoping for a late round pick on Tomas Chrenko.
I hear you but he’s another undersized center. Of course you can move him to wing which I’m sure will inevitably happen when he gets to the NHL, but at that point is he not what we already have in spades?
You can never have to much talent and he’s always around the puck making plays. If we are gonna go big and nasty, let’s get Belchetz.
Pretty sure we are gonna have a late round pick though, so you might get your wish, you just never know.
Belchetz is gonna go way too high for us to have any chance at him(Hemming too, most likely).

If you want big and nasty in the 2nd half of the first, you go for Casey Mutryn.
He probably belongs in the 2nd round, but he's the most aggressive hitter in this class and he's as safe a pick as you can make. Probably tops out as a Sundqvist type but you could do a lot worse in the 25-32 range(I'd lean a different direction personally, but if size/nasty are the only criteria Mutryn has to be towards the top of the list).
Well yeah I’m not talking about Belchetz late round, he’s going somewhere between 5-12. We could be in that range.
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Re: Oscar Hemming

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Love Hemming’s size, what’s his potential ceiling? Dont know anything about em.
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