Caleb Desoyers $260.00 — 0% Roger McQueen $185.00 — 0% Michael Hage $81.22 ▲ 1.5% Yegor Surin $75.00 — 0% Matias Vanhanen $80.00 — 0% Theo Stockselius $50.00 — 0% Sasha Pastujov $5.00 — 0% Andrew Basha $45.00 — 0% Maxmillian Curran $10.00 — 0% Vincent Desjardins $1.00 — 0% Lucas Pettersson $50.00 — 0% Dean Letourneau $70.00 — 0% Clarke Caswell $15.00 — 0% Jesse Kiiskinen $20.00 — 0% Gabe Smith $20.00 — 0% Andrei Loshko $10.00 — 0% Julius Sumpf $15.00 — 0% Oscar Fisker Molgaard $20.00 — 0% Emmanuel Vermette $1.00 — 0% Jere Lassila $1.00 — 0% Aleksei Vlasov $0.01 ▼ 100% Markus Ruck $93.00 ▲ 264.8% Ben MacBeath $60.00 ▲ 140% Ryder Cali $72.00 ▲ 184.5% Samu Alalauri $60.00 ▲ 132.6% Yaroslav Fedoseyev $20.00 ▼ 20% Vladimir Dravecky $30.00 ▲ 20% Luke Schairer $60.00 ▲ 140% Thomas Vandenberg $40.00 ▼ 20% Landon Hafele $20.00 ▼ 60% Oscar Holmertz $40.00 ▼ 20% Olivers Murniecks $30.00 ▼ 40% Vilho Vanhatalo $20.00 ▼ 60% Gleb Pugachyov $135.00 ▲ 170% Vertti Svensk $20.00 ▼ 60% Cooper Williams $20.00 ▼ 60% Victor Plante $74.00 ▲ 191.3% Zach Jovanovski $20.00 ▼ 20% Frantisek Poletin $0.01 ▼ 100% Xavier Villeneuve $104.00 ▼ 30.7% Max Isaksson $0.01 ▼ 100% Adam Nemec $60.00 ▲ 137.1% Rian Chudzinski $40.00 ▲ 60% Landon Nycz $40.00 ▲ 60% Jacob Xu $0.01 ▼ 100% Viktor Fyodorov $40.00 ▲ 60% Bruno Osmanis $0.01 ▼ 100% Theodor Knights $30.00 ▲ 20% Axel Brongel-Larsson $0.01 ▼ 100% Tomas Galvas $60.00 ▲ 135.4% Chase Harrington $101.00 ▲ 298.6% Joe Iginla $60.00 ▲ 136.5% Charlie Morrison $60.00 ▲ 140% Jasper Kuhta $10.00 ▼ 60% Landon Amrhein $0.01 ▼ 100% Jaxon Cover $110.86 ▼ 1.9% Gavin McKenna $500.00 ▲ 61.4% Elton Hermansson $165.00 ▲ 10% Oliver Suvanto $170.00 ▲ 13.3% Marcus Nordmark $125.00 ▼ 16.7% Malte Gustafsson $197.40 ▼ 1.3% JP Hurlbert $143.22 ▼ 1.2% Juho Piiparinen $123.00 ▲ 11.8% Alexander Command $210.00 ▲ 90.9% Nikita Klepov $186.92 ▼ 1.6% Caleb Malhotra $343.58 ▼ 1.8% Ilia Morozov $160.00 ▲ 45.5% William Hakansson $66.00 ▼ 40% Adam Novotny $140.00 ▼ 6.7% Mathis Preston $68.00 ▼ 54.7% Carson Carels $280.00 ▲ 81% Keaton Verhoeff $240.00 ▼ 20% Ivar Stenberg $400.00 ▲ 31.4% Tynan Lawrence $220.00 ▲ 10% Ethan Belchetz $180.00 ▼ 10% Alberts Smits $294.27 ▼ 1.9% Ryan Lin $155.00 ▼ 22.5% Chase Reid $260.50 ▼ 1.7% Ryan Roobroeck $104.00 ▼ 48% Viggo Bjork $250.00 ▲ 23.4% Daxon Rudolph $325.00 ▲ 113.7% Simon Katolicky $30.00 ▼ 80% Egor Shilov $83.00 ▼ 25.8% Liam Ruck $150.00 ▲ 36.4% Wyatt Cullen $230.00 ▲ 353.6% Casey Mutryn $96.00 ▲ 92% Giorgios Pantelas $20.00 ▼ 60% Brooks Rogowski $110.00 ▲ 120% Pierce Mbuyi $40.00 ▼ 20% Maddox Dagenais $185.00 ▲ 262.9% Tobias Tomik $0.01 ▼ 100% Nikita Shcherbakov $81.00 ▲ 62% Filip Novak $10.00 ▼ 80% Adam Goljer $70.00 ▲ 40% Blake Zielinski $60.00 ▲ 20% Lars Steiner $20.00 ▼ 60% Axel Elofsson $30.00 ▼ 40% Braidy Wassilyn $0.01 ▼ 100% Simas Ignatacivius $91.00 ▼ 17.3% Niklas Aaram-Olsen $88.00 ▼ 20% Jack Hextall $119.00 ▲ 8.2% Colin Fitzgerald $10.00 ▼ 80% Adam Valentini $40.00 ▼ 21.2% Tobias Trejbal $86.00 ▲ 72% Allessandro Di Iorio $40.00 ▼ 20% Tomas Chrenko $40.00 ▼ 21.1% Mikey Berchild $40.00 ▼ 20% Lavr Gashilov $30.00 ▼ 40% Jakub Vanecek $60.00 ▲ 20% Brady Knowling $30.00 ▼ 40% Caleb Desoyers $260.00 — 0% Roger McQueen $185.00 — 0% Michael Hage $81.22 ▲ 1.5% Yegor Surin $75.00 — 0% Matias Vanhanen $80.00 — 0% Theo Stockselius $50.00 — 0% Sasha Pastujov $5.00 — 0% Andrew Basha $45.00 — 0% Maxmillian Curran $10.00 — 0% Vincent Desjardins $1.00 — 0% Lucas Pettersson $50.00 — 0% Dean Letourneau $70.00 — 0% Clarke Caswell $15.00 — 0% Jesse Kiiskinen $20.00 — 0% Gabe Smith $20.00 — 0% Andrei Loshko $10.00 — 0% Julius Sumpf $15.00 — 0% Oscar Fisker Molgaard $20.00 — 0% Emmanuel Vermette $1.00 — 0% Jere Lassila $1.00 — 0% Aleksei Vlasov $0.01 ▼ 100% Markus Ruck $93.00 ▲ 264.8% Ben MacBeath $60.00 ▲ 140% Ryder Cali $72.00 ▲ 184.5% Samu Alalauri $60.00 ▲ 132.6% Yaroslav Fedoseyev $20.00 ▼ 20% Vladimir Dravecky $30.00 ▲ 20% Luke Schairer $60.00 ▲ 140% Thomas Vandenberg $40.00 ▼ 20% Landon Hafele $20.00 ▼ 60% Oscar Holmertz $40.00 ▼ 20% Olivers Murniecks $30.00 ▼ 40% Vilho Vanhatalo $20.00 ▼ 60% Gleb Pugachyov $135.00 ▲ 170% Vertti Svensk $20.00 ▼ 60% Cooper Williams $20.00 ▼ 60% Victor Plante $74.00 ▲ 191.3% Zach Jovanovski $20.00 ▼ 20% Frantisek Poletin $0.01 ▼ 100% Xavier Villeneuve $104.00 ▼ 30.7% Max Isaksson $0.01 ▼ 100% Adam Nemec $60.00 ▲ 137.1% Rian Chudzinski $40.00 ▲ 60% Landon Nycz $40.00 ▲ 60% Jacob Xu $0.01 ▼ 100% Viktor Fyodorov $40.00 ▲ 60% Bruno Osmanis $0.01 ▼ 100% Theodor Knights $30.00 ▲ 20% Axel Brongel-Larsson $0.01 ▼ 100% Tomas Galvas $60.00 ▲ 135.4% Chase Harrington $101.00 ▲ 298.6% Joe Iginla $60.00 ▲ 136.5% Charlie Morrison $60.00 ▲ 140% Jasper Kuhta $10.00 ▼ 60% Landon Amrhein $0.01 ▼ 100% Jaxon Cover $110.86 ▼ 1.9% Gavin McKenna $500.00 ▲ 61.4% Elton Hermansson $165.00 ▲ 10% Oliver Suvanto $170.00 ▲ 13.3% Marcus Nordmark $125.00 ▼ 16.7% Malte Gustafsson $197.40 ▼ 1.3% JP Hurlbert $143.22 ▼ 1.2% Juho Piiparinen $123.00 ▲ 11.8% Alexander Command $210.00 ▲ 90.9% Nikita Klepov $186.92 ▼ 1.6% Caleb Malhotra $343.58 ▼ 1.8% Ilia Morozov $160.00 ▲ 45.5% William Hakansson $66.00 ▼ 40% Adam Novotny $140.00 ▼ 6.7% Mathis Preston $68.00 ▼ 54.7% Carson Carels $280.00 ▲ 81% Keaton Verhoeff $240.00 ▼ 20% Ivar Stenberg $400.00 ▲ 31.4% Tynan Lawrence $220.00 ▲ 10% Ethan Belchetz $180.00 ▼ 10% Alberts Smits $294.27 ▼ 1.9% Ryan Lin $155.00 ▼ 22.5% Chase Reid $260.50 ▼ 1.7% Ryan Roobroeck $104.00 ▼ 48% Viggo Bjork $250.00 ▲ 23.4% Daxon Rudolph $325.00 ▲ 113.7% Simon Katolicky $30.00 ▼ 80% Egor Shilov $83.00 ▼ 25.8% Liam Ruck $150.00 ▲ 36.4% Wyatt Cullen $230.00 ▲ 353.6% Casey Mutryn $96.00 ▲ 92% Giorgios Pantelas $20.00 ▼ 60% Brooks Rogowski $110.00 ▲ 120% Pierce Mbuyi $40.00 ▼ 20% Maddox Dagenais $185.00 ▲ 262.9% Tobias Tomik $0.01 ▼ 100% Nikita Shcherbakov $81.00 ▲ 62% Filip Novak $10.00 ▼ 80% Adam Goljer $70.00 ▲ 40% Blake Zielinski $60.00 ▲ 20% Lars Steiner $20.00 ▼ 60% Axel Elofsson $30.00 ▼ 40% Braidy Wassilyn $0.01 ▼ 100% Simas Ignatacivius $91.00 ▼ 17.3% Niklas Aaram-Olsen $88.00 ▼ 20% Jack Hextall $119.00 ▲ 8.2% Colin Fitzgerald $10.00 ▼ 80% Adam Valentini $40.00 ▼ 21.2% Tobias Trejbal $86.00 ▲ 72% Allessandro Di Iorio $40.00 ▼ 20% Tomas Chrenko $40.00 ▼ 21.1% Mikey Berchild $40.00 ▼ 20% Lavr Gashilov $30.00 ▼ 40% Jakub Vanecek $60.00 ▲ 20% Brady Knowling $30.00 ▼ 40%
Girard, Samuel Defenseman
Graduated
May 12, 1998
Birthdate
2016
Draft Year
Jun 24, 2016
Draft Date
47
Draft Selection
16
HP Draft Rank
47
Weighted Draft Rank
Prospect Rank
-2.97
Age/Production Score
32.0
AP-Indicated NHL Points
76%
AP-Indicated NHL Probability

Scouting Notes

Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Jan 28, 2016 · CHL Top Prospects Game 2016 · Video (With Replay) #0
Trying to make something happen, but he seems to be playing a little past his limits and it's making him sloppy
Summary By Brian Fogarty · Game: Jan 28, 2016 · CHL Top Prospects Game 2016 · Video (With Replay) #0
Girard showed off a lot of potential with his quickness, ability to make quick reads and deliver the puck, but he looked like a player that needs time to polish his impressive skills.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Mar 14, 2016 · Shawinigan vs Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Playing the top of the umbrella on the powerplay, and a good shot gets through traffic
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Mar 14, 2016 · Shawinigan vs Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Calm with the puck on his stick at either end of the ice
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Mar 14, 2016 · Shawinigan vs Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Got tripped up in the offensive zone, but got back up and raced hard to get back to his defensive zone, then laid down a solid body check on the puck carrier and knocked him off the puck
Summary By Brian Fogarty · Game: Mar 14, 2016 · Shawinigan vs Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Has an excellent stride and tremendous calmness with the puck on his stick. Girard can be a dangerous player, but sometimes is still too risky with the puck. However, after a couple more years of development, he could become a highly sought-after middle pair NHL defender.
Summary By Zachary DeVine · Game: Aug 2, 2016 · NJEC 2016 - NJEC · Live #0
Girard’s offensive ability is well known and was visible on many of his shifts at NJEC. Skating backwards and defending however is another matter all together. He doesn’t have good size and coupled with a so-so defensive zone game, there is a lot of work to be done to prepare Girard for the pro game. The good news is this is completely fixable and some solid coaching and time is all that is needed. He’ll have to use some of that vision to help him in the corners but again, all correctable.
Note By Zachary DeVine · Game: Aug 1, 2016 · NJEC 2016 - Canada Practice · Live #0
Girard supremely confident with the puck on his stick.
Note By Zachary DeVine · Game: Aug 5, 2016 · NJEC 2016 - Team USA vs Team Canada · Live #0
Girard with a heavy shot. Gets it off fast from the point. Very good powerplay quarterback
Note By Zachary DeVine · Game: Aug 5, 2016 · NJEC 2016 - Team USA vs Team Canada · Live #0
Girard misplay leads to Kunin going in alone on net.
Note By Zachary DeVine · Game: Aug 5, 2016 · NJEC 2016 - Team USA vs Team Canada · Live #0
As good as the Girard offense is, the defense is in need of attention. Defensive awareness of the situation and his partner is lacking.
Note By Zachary DeVine · Game: Aug 5, 2016 · NJEC 2016 - Team USA vs Team Canada · Live #0
Girard never leaves the offensive zone on the turnover and it pays off. Risky play.