Hockey's Future has a piece on a Draft Review for the Colorado Avalanche.
Mitchell Heard, LW – Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
2nd Round, 41st overall
Height: 6'1 Weight: 190 lbsThe Avalanche did not get into the action on day one of the draft, having previously dealt their first round pick away to the Washington Capitals in the trade that brought them Semyon Varlamov. They made Mitchell Heard – a fearless, hard-nosed scorer – their first of five selections on day two.
After going unranked by NHL Central Scouting and having been passed over in two drafts already, Pracey and his scouting team must have really liked what they saw in Heard to pounce on him in the second round. The 20-year-old is a unique blend of skill and grit, whose skating ability and soft hands are among his greatest assets. He is very agile maneuvering his way through traffic in the offensive zone and is not afraid to drop the gloves. Heard set personal OHL-bests with 29 goals, 57 points and 111 penalty minutes in 57 games with the Plymouth Whalers in 2011-12. The hard-nose forward is already eligible to play in the AHL in 2012-13 if the Avalanche see that to be the best fit for him to continue developing his game.
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