In the biggest showcase game of the hockey season, the CHL Top Prospects Game was choppy at times, but often allowed for mass evaluations of the best draft-eligible players. The point of this game is not to pinpoint performances, given that many of the players do not belong to the same age group and are being jammed together into a team in a period of days. Instead, the game provides valuable information in the form of indicators of prospect value on a qualitative level.
The following are comments on players who are noteworthy for one reason or another.
Connor McDavid, C, Erie-OHL
In the mandatory Connor McDavid analysis, he wasn't a super-dominant mega-prospect, but he played very well, which seems to be his floor at times. His speed and puck skills are of the very highest grades, and he's the rare player for which "you can only hope to contain him" rings true. From the first shift, to when he turned the defenders around, to the end of the game, it didn't take much to see he is a special prospect.
Paul Bittner, LW, Portland-WHL