CANUCKSARMY’S 2018 NHL DRAFT PROFILES: #100 Shawn Boudrias

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5 years ago

Kicking off the 2018 NHL Draft rankings for CanucksArmy is the 100th ranked prospect for the upcoming draft class, is Shawn Boudrias.

The Laval native was passed over in his first year of draft eligibility after being limited to 33 points in 58 games split between the Charlottetown Islanders and Gatineau Olympiques but has put himself in contention of being selected this season following a point-per-game pace in his draft plus one year.

As we’ll see below, the big winger has some encouraging cohorts, underlying stats and attractive skillset that makes him an intriguing prospect in the middle rounds.

Without further ado, let’s get going on the CanucksArmy Top 100 draft rankings!

Bio

Age/Birthdate: 18.00 / September 14, 1999
Birthplace: Terrebonne, QC, CAN
Frame: 6-foot-5 / 205 lbs
Position: RW
Handedness: R
Draft Year Team: Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
Accomplishments/Awards: None

By the Numbers

2017-18 Season

GP	G	A	P	SEAL	INV%	5v5 Pr INV%	5v5 eP160	Sh/Gp	Sh%	GF%	GF%rel	GD60rel	XLS%	XPR	xVAL
60	28	32	60	1.10	32.4%	24.0%	1.57	3.25	14%	57.7%	12.7%	1.18	34%	27.4	2.9

Bourdrias scoring was a bit sporadic through the year with fairly limited 5v5 production, aside from the outburst in the latter parts of the year. But the fact that he is in the upper percentiles of the majority of draft analytics categories is noteworthy and is why he cracks our top 100 prospects.

Cohort Based

About 33.9% of statistically comparable players went onto becoming NHL regulars with an expected production of 27.4 points per 82 games.

Despite seeing a pGPS success rate of 11.4% during his first year of draft eligibility, Bourdias was passed over and is available in his second year of eligibility. That increase year over year is a really encouraging sign and something that would’ve been extremely noteworthy for any prospect.

Team Relative

Our Take

In fairness to Boudrias, he was two days away from being eligible for the 2018 NHL Draft and thus getting passed on in his first year of draft eligibility (2017) isn’t a large indictment on his quality as a prospect. He was able to take on a bigger role this season and took advantage of that to post a point per game pace.

Boudrias is a gritty winger who isn’t afraid to take the body when engaged in battles for a loose puck. He’s very strong along the boards and then taking the puck out of there, using his 6’5″ and 205 lbs frame to his advantage. With that being said, he does appear to lack strength despite his larger frame. His skating is definitely a work in progress and will be something that he needs to improve if he has any chance of making the NHL.

The Terrebonne native has decent hands and can display some skill with the puck – when he is able to get a lane to the net he uses those soft hands to place his shot.

He led the Gatineau Olympiques by 20 points and had a GFREL% of +12.7% – given that point separation, it’s not surprising that his goals for relative percentage were so much higher than his teammates. Boudrias was a driver of offence for the Olympiques and it shows in those aforementioned stats and his involvement percentage. He made the majority of his teammates better when they were together than apart.

Boudrias had attended the Boston Bruins development camp last summer.

As we can see above from the Cohorts, Boudrias presents a high success rate (relative to ranking) with 33.9% of his comparable players going onto becoming NHL regulars. The comparable players leave a lot to be desired but entering the late rounds of the draft, getting a big-bodied winger who has produced over the last season is the kind of player that teams may take a flyer on.

Given that he will be entering his D+2 season next year, the organization that does select him could choose to speed up his development process by having him in the AHL for the 2019-20 season and that might be another attractive quality as they can expedite his progression into their development system.

Obviously, the biggest flaw in his game is his ability to accelerate and maintain speed and it will have to be improved. But if a team feels that they can work with him on that aspect, Boudrias presents decent value as a draft plus one player who drove offence for his team while using his size to his advantage.

Adjusted Scoring (SEAL)