Scott Wheeler

struggle with the skating is often a big issue.

Like if it just doesn't come for guys where it's a bit of an issue at an early age, sometimes you give them a little bit of grace early on at 16, 17 years old, especially as they're growing into their body.

Your check went through a knee surgery.

So you were wondering how much of the skating has to do with the knee surgery.

And, and then eventually time passes and you just, you have no choice, but to adjust.

Caden Lindstrom is another one, obviously fourth overall pick picked directly in front of Ivan Demidov a couple of years ago.

Caden's been dealing with back issues early on you give Caden Lindstrom, who was outstanding in his draft year and about half of his draft year.

before the back flared up really, really aggressively.

You've given the benefit of the doubt based off of what you saw in Medicine Hat and how dominant he was.

And then he loses an entire year of hockey basically, comes back for the playoff run last year, doesn't look himself in Medicine Hat.

You still maybe give him the benefit of the doubt, similar to Juracek.

And then eventually you see enough and enough and enough and it gets

it gets harder and harder to give them that benefit of the doubt based off of what you were seeing two or three years ago.

Lindstrom obviously had a pretty poor year at Michigan State for a fourth overall pick.

Even coming off of the injuries, he's still dealing with the back injury.

So there are cases like Lindstrom and like Juracek where you'll see them go from top 20, top 30, top 40 on the list to the 80s or 90s on the list in a matter of a year.

I do not have a surefire number three prospect.

I currently, I'll have another list after U18, after I get back from Slovakia for U18 Worlds in about three weeks.

I leave next Tuesday and the tournament's about 12 days.

And after that, I'll have a new ranking.