Adam Novotný scored for the Peterborough Petes on Thursday night, and the Vancouver Canucks prospect had at least one scout rethinking the draft board.
"Adam Novotný probably shouldn't have slipped to 24," scout Daniel Gee posted with the clip.
That's 23 picks that went by before his name was called, and a highlight like this one makes every one of them look a little worse.
The Petes' clip ends with Novotný in white and maroon, wrapped up with a teammate along the glass as the celebration starts.
The OHL Tonight graphic still read 0-0 against Erie, with 7:36 showing in the first period. This one came early.
Vancouver might have landed the steal of that first round. One clip doesn't make a career, but it's a heck of an opening argument.
It's finding a signed jersey in a thrift store bin. Everyone walked past it, and now everyone wants to know where you got it.
Vancouver's Adam Novotný pick is already looking like a massive steal
Thomas Drance quote-posted Gee's take with a single open-mouthed emoji. Sometimes that says more than a full column.
So why did he slide? Nobody explains draft-day logic in October, and the teams that passed aren't about to start now.
A full junior season will matter more than one highlight, and Canucks fans are going to be checking Peterborough box scores from here on out.
The big club is off to a good start too. Manny Malhotra's Canucks opened with a 6-5 overtime win in Edmonton on Tuesday.
Kevin Lankinen got the opening-night start in that one.
The Canucks host the Oilers tonight to finish the home-and-home, then face Calgary on Saturday and Vegas on Sunday, a weekend back-to-back at home.
Prospects like Novotný are how a team paying Elias Pettersson $11,600,000 and Thatcher Demko $8,500,000 keeps the books balanced.
One goal in Peterborough won't move the Canucks' depth chart this week. But if he keeps doing this, the teams that passed on him are going to hear about it all season.
Did the Canucks get the steal of the first round with Adam Novotný at 24?
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