With the unprecedented way this year has impacted the NHL, teams are getting creative with how they prepare for offseason activities including the NHL Draft. Hes 6-foot-6, maybe more. Hes 89. Hes very easy to find when hes on the ice. Nice package., 2019-20 stats: 12 goals, 12 assists in 42 games, Kelleys take: He had a chance to play against the Blackhawks (in the preseason game in Berlin last fall). I think when you have someone whos like Mike whos going to lead by example but also just bring the best out of everyone else, then thats the kind of guy want leading the group.. / NHL. Every few years, however, there comes a seemingly cant-miss first-round goalie. The Blackhawks will need a similar run in drafting talent if theyre going to compete for another Stanley Cup, especially if its going to be under Davidson. Scott Powers is a senior writer for The Athletic covering the Chicago Blackhawks. And Coronato was a huge part of it. He was then hired to be the general manager and head coach of the Bridgewater Bandits in the Eastern Junior Hockey League, which was one of the top junior leagues in the New England area. I think thats what our mindset has to be.. This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news. But aside from the questions, Kelley just watched his father. Plays in Flint, right up the road from me. He drafted a lot of quality players. He inquired about players, what his father looked for in them and how they were different. Thats what Kelley does best, according to Bowman. They selected Chad Krys (second round) in 2016, Henri Jokiharju (first round) and Ian Mitchell (second round) in 2017, and Adam Boqvist (first round) and Nicolas Beaudin (first round) in 2018. The Blackhawks went to the playoffs in 2002 and didnt do so again until 2009. Mark Kelley, the teams vice president of amateur scouting, met with reporters Friday at the NHL Scouting Combine in Buffalo and said the team has narrowed down its list to six players. 2023 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved. Former general manager Stan Bowman deserves a lot of criticism, too. Mark Lazerus is a senior writer for The Athletic covering the Chicago Blackhawks and the NHL. I do think I have a good perspective on players and an eye for talent, especially at the amateur level, which is where I grew up watching hockey, Davidson said. 3 overall pick at the NHL draft June 21-22 in Vancouver. Here are the times the six prospects from the Blackhawks projected list will be tested: Checking in on the Blackhawks prospects playing in Europe. We have a great relationship, Kelley said. I like putting teams together. He is a mobile, good two-way defender. As of now, the Blackhawks don't have a first-round pick in the 2022 draft, but Doneghey said he's prepared for anything and everything. As the draft moves on, youre looking more at the depth chart. I would say hes a great son, Jack said. Unfortunately for Chaz, he had an illness not COVID-19 and was unable to play (in the U-18 Worlds) in Texas. I guess, in fairness to answer your question, size was attractive to us.. Career Mark Kelley joined Chicago Blackhawks in 2006. Thats what Kyle said to me, he goes, Look, in a rebuild, you kind of have like the most important job,' the 51-year-old Doneghey said on recent afternoon at the United Center. Now I go in and Im running this staff, and its like, hey, a lot of times what we think they are, theyre really not. And so over time, it does get easier. Tags: Ideally you sit there and see your depth chart and make your pick accordingly, but when its our time to pick, were going to try to get the player that is going to have the most impact for the Blackhawks, Kelley said. Its highly doubtful hell be available when the Blackhawks pick at No. The other ironic part of it was they had a gentleman who had been scouting there. Very appealing that hes going to Wisconsin to play for Tony Granato. He spent six seasons on the Blackhawks beat for the Chicago Sun-Times after covering Notre Dames run to the BCS championship game in 2012-13. 11 votes, 11 comments. Hed be a really great addition to a team., 2019-20 stats: 42 goals, 56 assists in 58 games, Kelleys take: Seth had a really good year. Mikes a super passionate guy, Davidson said. 12 overall pick. But youre still dealing with 17-year-olds. Six were on the Blackhawks last season. A lot of great speed coming down the wing, can really shoot the puck. Its not fair to place all the blame on Kelley, though. New Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson isnt waiting long to restructure the front office. Even when I was at Bridgewater, I was able to put teams together, make trades, pick players up, go out scouting and watch younger players, so Ive always liked the scouting aspect of it. 12? But in recent years, the misses have added up, and the Blackhawks pipeline has become as depleted as it was in the early 2000s. Thats the reality when seven of your past 10 picks in the first and second round have been for a position other than forward. Sep 22, 2020. Very, very enticing. But most of all, the moves again shake up a front office that barely changed for years under Stan Bowman but has lost a ton of well-known faces in the last two years. He can make plays but also showed a willingness to roll up his sleeves and get dirty. Mark Kelley joins Charlie Roumeliotis as they discuss the Blackhawks 2020 draft board, how they have scouted players and Mark's thoughts on the incoming class. Kelley is especially proud of drafting players who helped the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup. His (uncle Robert) had quite a long career in the NHL, so he comes from a very good family line. 88K subscribers in the hawks community. Its an art, not a science.. Later on in the pod, Charlie is joined by Slavko Bekovic to react to the Mark Kelley interview and discuss their key takeaways that fans should pay attention to. The philosophy didnt prove true, at least in the Blackhawks drafting, and they had chased it for too long. For more information, please read our Legal Disclaimer. Follow our coverage of the 2022 NHL Draft live. Itll be interesting to see whom Davidson appoints in Kelleys place. He had a health issue that he had to address, hes addressed it. Follow Scott on Twitter @byscottpowers, Mark Kelley has drafted eight players in the first round for the, The Blackhawks selected Ryan Hartman in the first round in 2013. Weve had a lot of conversations. Its funny, the first three guys youve asked, were very familiar with from the last few years., 2019-20 stats: Seven goals, 35 assists in 60 games, Kelleys take: Another one weve been watching for a while. They often talked about scouting and what was important to them. So I think the value in having guys regionalized is were going to get more of those players.. When youre an assistant coach in college hockey, thats all they do, Doneghey said. The advantage for us there is we got to see theres more to his game than just the offense weve seen when hes playing with the U-18 national team. I think we go into every draft with goaltenders that we would like to target at certain times. He selected Brandon Saad in the second round in 2011. Like, I have a 23-year-old, a 21-year-old and a 19-year-old at home, and its like kids are dumb sometimes. Good mobility, nice player., 2019-20 stats: Eight goals, nine assists in 35 games, Kelleys take: Playing at Wisconsin, right up the road, were very familiar with him. Jokiharju was traded for Alex Nylander, who the Blackhawks thought could be a top-six forward but didnt develop into that. All picks and predictions are suggestions only. So, whom might the Blackhawks get at (officially) No. He gets in there and battles. Not that we can lead with size, but yeah, size is always good to have. What was most impressive about Sillinger was how quickly he assimilated into the Sioux Falls team. Guys such as Marc-Andre Fleury (whom Kelley drafted when he was working with the Penguins), Roberto Luongo, Andrei Vasilevskiy and Rick DiPietro (OK, so some miss, but injuries, not talent, derailed DiPietros career). 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This years draft has one of those goalies: 18-year-old Russian phenom Yaroslav Askarov. I try to make a point of seeing the top 30, 40 players because at least when were looking at that first guy that I have some kind of frame of reference. And when Kelley decided to retire as a player after getting three games in the AHL during the 1980-81 season, there was only one path for him. So having those five in the second and third round is a huge value for us.. Although highly successful head European scout Mats Hallin presumably remains with the team, Kelleys exit translates into a harsh review of the Hawks recent draft classes, which have been hit-or-miss in the first and second rounds and mostly fruitless in later rounds. It is what it is. 3 pick in the June NHL draft. He. After the shock of the draft lottery in early April, Kelley cancelled a European scouting trip to watch the WHL playoffs, which gives a clue to some of the top targets: Bowen Byram, Dylan Cozens, Kirby Dach and Peyton Krebs, plus Americans such as Alex Turcotte, Trevor Zegras and Cole Caufield. And they all came. I had seen a lot of the guys that were on the map for the draft what you think they are and what you think theyre going to be versus when they finally play in the NHL. Kelley had overseen the Blackhawks amateur scouting and drafting since 2008. Five of his drafted players have contributed to Blackhawks Stanley Cup championships. I feel great, Doneghey said. That just gets your attention right there. Not to mention many. The Chicago Blackhawks and Blackhawks.com are trademarks of Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc. NHL, the NHL Shield, the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup and NHL Conference logos are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League. Not only have we seen him play, but he played on that Finnish World Juniors team that won two years ago in Vancouver. But scouting director Mark Kelley is confident as the Hawks make their final preparations for the first round Friday (7 p.m., ESPN2) and second through seventh rounds Saturday (10 a.m., NHL Network). Right off the gun when the WHL got going, his offensive play stood out. That was the answer numerous league sources gave as to why recently named Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson needed to part ways with vice president of amateur scouting Mark Kelley on Friday. Blackhawks' front-office changes begin with departures of Mark Kelley, Ryan Stewart Kelley, the Hawks' longtime scouting director, and Stewart, one of their two remaining assistant GMs, are gone as new GM Kyle Davidson begins restructuring the organization. When the Blackhawks finally got their chance at No. He was playing regularly right up till maybe sometime in February, (when) they brought in an older goaltender who had been playing in the KHL. If you look at the NHL and look at whos playing in net for what teams, its not a high number that were drafted by those teams.. Kelley didnt name who they are, but Mark Lazerus of The Athletic says left-handed defenseman Bowen Byram of the Western Hockey Leagues Vancouver Giants, center Alex Turcotte of the United States National Team Development Program, center/left wing Trevor Zegras of NTDP and right wing Cole Caufield of NTDP are among them.