Tyler Toffoli - player to watch

RobbyJ wrote:He's pretty good. Has a knack around the net. I'll be curious to see how much he improves this year.

RobbyJ wrote:

FireOnIce wrote:

RobbyJ wrote:He's pretty good. Has a knack around the net. I'll be curious to see how much he improves this year.

Sounds like you have seen him play.

He is a big boy for 16 years old. But he doesn't seem to have many PIM's. Is he a perimeter play? Does he play soft? Does he go into the corners? I know you said he has a knack around the net, but that could just be with his shot.

Thanks for any advice you can give.

He missed some games last year, I don't remember if it was injury or illness, we seem to get a lot of mono cases with the 67s.

I wouldn't call him a perimeter player. He's young so it takes time before the kids really show how physical they can be.

He seems to be one of those guys that can deflect a pass on a 2 on 1 and it finds the back of the net, whereas some guys will miss the net, clank the post, or a goalie makes the great save. I don't know if they keep shooting percentage stats in the OHL, but I would bet his would be relatively high. He did play with some pretty talented players throughout the year.

I would imagine this year he will be asked to play top line and be a go to scorer, so we'll see how he develops.

Dash wrote:TOFFOLI ENJOYS GOOD START WITH 67'S

So far, the biggest adjustment that Tyler Toffoli has had to make to life in the OHL has come off the ice. The Ottawa 67's rookie is off to a great start on the ice and said that being comfortable at home with his billets and with his new friends in the nation's capital has made all the difference. "The guys have helped me out a lot," said Toffoli, the 7th overall pick in last May's OHL Priority Selection from the Toronto Jr. Canadiens. "(My billets) are great. They feed me great food and treat me like a son. It's been awesome." Toffoli rooms with veteran forward Tomas Kiriakou and said that he tries to emulate how his older teammate carries himself on and off the ice. "He's showed me around and he's such a hard worker off the ice and on the ice," Toffoli said. "I look up to him. So far he's been playing well and I've been playing well along with him so it's been good." On the ice, Toffoli hasn't needed much time to adjust. He scored eight goals and 23 points in his first 30 games and is among the OHL's top scroing frshmen. "I didn't put any pressure on myself," Toffoli said. "But I knew coming into the year that Ottawa would like me to produce and so far I think I've done a pretty good job of it. Hopefully I can just keep it up." 67's coach and GM Brian Kilrea has been impressed by Toffoli so far. "I think Toffoli is going to be a star in the league and definitely a player who won't have to sit a long time for his name to be called in the NHL," Kilrea told the Kingston Whig-Standard.

- FROM 'ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE PROSPECTS NEWS EDITION', Vol. 24, Issue 1 - DEC 2008

Dash wrote:I've been hearing great things about Tyler Toffoli, Ottawa 76. This kid is coming along very well and turning some heads in Ottawa, where he is doing pretty well.

Named to OHL's First All-Rookie team, as well recently to the U-18 team.

http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/player.php?id=5139
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=115633

Along with Taylor Hall, he could be a potential top NHL pick in 2010. Future Senator?