152nd Overall: Trevor Kuntar (C), Youngstown (USHL)
Kuntar 19, was passed over in his first draft season after posting uninspiring numbers last season in the USHL, but he would see a big uptick in production in 2019-20. Finding his groove in his third USHL season, everything clicked for Kuntar, scoring 28 goals and 53 points in just 44 games. Amazingly enough, Kuntar did all those on a struggling Youngstown team where he finished with 17 more points in front of the teams second best scorer.
After showing a significant jump in play from his draft year to the next, there’s reasonable cause for Dorion and the Senators to take a chance on Kuntar.
158th Overall: Bryan Thomson (G), Lethbridge (WHL)
Adding another goalie into the fray, Dorion does what he usually does and takes a late-round flyer on a big-bodied goaltender. Over Dorion’s four drafts as GM for the Senators he has taken three goalies and likes to take chances on the volatile position hoping to hit a home run.
While Thomson wasn’t great last season, posting a 0.898 SV% and a 2.83 GAA, it was basically his first season in the WHL and at 6’4″ he has potential worth taking a chance on.
185th Overall: Blake Biondi (C), Hermantown High (USHS-MN)
One of the better high school players in this years draft, Biondi lit up the stat sheet for Hermantown, with 76 points in 25 games and 19 points in only 6 playoff games, he was a head above everyone.
Biondi makes it look easy on this goal versus an obvious outmatched team:
The captain of his high school team, winning the Mr. Hockey award, given to Minnesota’s best high school hockey player, Biondi has a ton of accolades that will entice teams.
Dorion hasn’t drafted much from the high school ranks with just one player selected, Luke Loheit in 2018 was also a captain of his high school team and Biondi will be joining Loheit at Minnesota Duluth next season.
Mock Draft made using the draftprospectshockey.com simulator