“He’s a skilled offensive player with good awareness and smarts distributing the puck. He’s poised and clever and can create scoring chances; he’s quick to take advantage of opportunities. He’s got a very good shot, and is able to handle himself well in battles and can skate the puck through traffic.

At 6’ 7”, I’m going to have to own the front of the net. That’s got to be my office… Speed, quickness, will be the main things I focus on for the next 3-4 years. That’s going to make or break me on whether I can jump to the next level. Strength will come. I am 18 years old. By the time I’m 22, I’m going to be pretty strong but it depends on how quick I’ll be.

Chatham… had only 5 goals in his first 33 games. The physical component to his game was there during that time, but he looked timid offensively and was not very effective with the puck. He slowly improved over the season though and as his confidence blossomed, so did his offensive contribution. In the final 26 games of the year (including playoffs), Chatham had 11 goals, and 10 assists. He used his size (6’3, 225lbs) to drive the net hard and became a very effective offensive player off the rush because he’s also a solid skater for a big man. The only negative thing for me is that as he got better offensively, I found him to be less engaged physically. Like any power forward prospect, he’ll need to find a way to use his size and tenacity away from the puck to fuel his offensive game with more consistency

[H]e is a smart, physical defender who keeps it simple with the puck and simply wins battles in his own end. A tournament all-star at last year’s under-17s, the Russian projects as a rock-solid shutdown defender who can put up big minutes. He’ll likely never be a big point producer, but he is a good skater and teams can never have too many quality defencemen.