Draft prospect Peyton Krebs tore his Achilles during offseason training, reports Corey Pronman of The Athletic (Twitter link). Scott Cruickshank, also of The Athletic, tweets that he underwent successful surgery on Friday. The injury is likely to keep Krebs out of training camp and could carry over into the season. The forward is widely projected as a top-ten pick in the upcoming draft after averaging more than a point per game in his sophomore season with Kootenay (now Winnipeg) of the WHL.
Other prospect news around the hockey world:
- The QMJHL had their annual draft today with forward Joshua Roy being selected first overall by Saint John. The 15-year-old averaged over two points per game with Levis of the QMAAA. He is eligible for the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.
- As is often the case at the QMJHL draft, several trades were made. One of those involved Oilers prospect Olivier Rodrigue, who is on the move to Moncton, per a team announcement on Twitter. In return, Drummondville receives a pair of second-rounders (one is conditional) plus a first-round pick in 2020. Rodrigue is already under contract to Edmonton and will likely be entering the final season of his junior career before turning pro in 2020-21.
- Blue Jackets goalie prospect Veini Vehvilainen has won the Urpo Ylonen award for the top goalie in Finland for the second straight season, the sm-Liiga announced (Twitter link). The 22-year-old posted a 1.58 GAA with a .933 SV% in 38 games with Karpat and recently signed his entry-level deal with Columbus. With Sergei Bobrovsky’s future with them uncertain, Vehvilainen could find himself in the mix for an NHL spot fairly quickly.
Any chance Krebs stock falls out of the top 10 then?
Teams out of the top 5 likely saw him returning to jr to progress more. And possibly a year in the AHL too. Im guessing he falls no further than 12. He wasn’t likely going to be drafted to play this year, so it shouldnt affect his draft position by much.
It won’t effect his draft ranking at all unless teams were expecting him to suit up for them next year
He can’t join the ahl for 2 years
JD , it should do to that injury alone. The guy has had one season in the w avg just over a pt a game. His name should be craps and then his name would look perfect stiched on the back of your sens jersey. Missed ya buddy hope you has a good vacation hadn’t seen ya in awhile!