Over the past year, Joshua Roy’s progress has been meteoric. The young man, who was drafted in the fifth round by the Canadiens, had a huge 119-point season in Sherbrooke in 2021-2022… but that’s not all.
From fifth-round choice drafted by the CH in a draft where the emphasis was on the Q, he became a real leading prospect. He played a game with the Laval Rocket in the playoffs and this summer he has his place in the World Junior Championship.
He had even started on the first Canadian line, which is a good indicator of his progress.
But despite everything, we must not forget that he must continue to progress. Unless there is a huge surprise, he will return to the QMJHL in 2022-2023 and he will then be able to work on certain weaknesses.
On this subject, Grant McCagg believes that Joshua Roy is an excellent prospect, but he nevertheless sees areas where the youngster will have to improve for the continuation of things in the future.
For example, he will have to be better than the other CH hopefuls.
If we take the example of Oliver Kapanen, drafted the same year as Roy (but in the second round), the former recruiter of the Canadian believes that at the moment, the European is ahead of Roy. Why?
Because despite the Quebecer’s better offensive instincts, but Kapanen is more complete in terms of size and skating. Because he is a two-way center, McCagg sees better pro potential for Kapanen.
Folks will look at WJC stats and proclaim Joshua Roy to be a better prospect today than Kapanen but that’s not what I’m seeing. Roy has better offensive instincts but Kapanen has the much better size/skating combo and is a solid two-way center. Better pro potential IMO.
— Grant McCagg (@grantmccagg) August 18, 2022
But once more, a youngster who progresses can adapt quickly and if anyone can really prove that, it’s Roy. After all, a year ago, he was less well seen, we get along.
The big point that the Quebecer must work on is his speed.
Roy has already improved his skating so I’m not writing him off as a potential second-line winger, though. His hockey IQ, vision and shot are all very good. He just has more work ahead of him to ever play a more important NHL role than Kapanen, who has all the tools to be a 3C+.
— Grant McCagg (@grantmccagg) August 18, 2022
The good news is that it’s already started. Roy has already improved that aspect of his game, which is encouraging for the future. And if he wants to do even better, the CH has many tools at its disposal.
McCagg therefore hopes to see whoever has a good shot, good vision and a good hockey IQ become, one day, a second line player. But for that, he will have to continue to work hard.
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