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%
Tkachuk, Matthew Left Wing
Graduated
Dec 11, 1997
Birthdate
2016
Draft Year
Jun 24, 2016
Draft Date
6
Draft Selection
3
HP Draft Rank
4
Weighted Draft Rank
Prospect Rank
-3.14
Age/Production Score
59.0
AP-Indicated NHL Points
84%
AP-Indicated NHL Probability

Scouting Notes

Note By Zachary DeVine · Game: Jan 4, 2016 · USA vs. Russia (WJC 2016) · Stream #0
Supposed to be talented and skilled and it isn’t shown here, looks oafish in this game
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Mar 6, 2016 · London vs Kitchner (OHL) · Live #0
Able to control the puck while on one knee and only one hand on the stick, with a defender wrapped around him.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Mar 6, 2016 · London vs Kitchner (OHL) · Live #0
Beautiful feed for Marner who puts it over the net.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Mar 6, 2016 · London vs Kitchner (OHL) · Live #0
So calm when the puck is on his stick
Note By Zachary DeVine · Game: Mar 6, 2016 · London vs Kitchner (OHL) · Live #0
Tkachuk having a rough first ten minutes. Seems a little behind the game early.
Note By Zachary DeVine · Game: Mar 6, 2016 · London vs Kitchner (OHL) · Live #0
Tkachuk processes the game at a high level. He understands where players are going and what needs to be done. Seemingly always in a position to make something positive happen for his team.
Note By Zachary DeVine · Game: Mar 6, 2016 · London vs Kitchner (OHL) · Live #0
Tkachuk takes a great shot, which gets through Opilka. Strong move to the net and a good shot.
Summary By Zachary DeVine · Game: Mar 6, 2016 · London vs Kitchner (OHL) · Live #0
Tkachuk uses his body well in the corners and in front of the net. Can see a lot of his father’s game in him, likely the little tips and tricks it takes to be a power forward. Has pro-style game and smarts. His skating is just good, but his solid hockey IQ and on-ice vision help bridge that gap. As others have said, he can skate to where he needs to go. Both a hard shot and soft hands, Tkachuk is cemented in the top-5 for me.
Note By Zachary DeVine · Game: Dec 28, 2015 · USA vs. Sweden (WJC 2016) · Stream #0
I do not like Tkachuk with Matthews. they are not clicking offensively. Swap Colin White in there and see what happens.
Note By Zachary DeVine · Game: Dec 28, 2015 · USA vs. Sweden (WJC 2016) · Stream #0
Tkachuk with a power move to get the puck to the net.
Note By Zachary DeVine · Game: Dec 4, 2015 · London vs. Windsor (OHL) · Video #0
Tkachuk spending a lot of time in front of the next, keeping square to the shooter, looking for dirty goals.
Note By Zachary DeVine · Game: Dec 4, 2015 · London vs. Windsor (OHL) · Video #0
Marner to Dvorak to Tkachuk and leads to a tap in for the backside defenseman. Talented forward line.
Summary By Zachary DeVine · Game: Dec 4, 2015 · London vs. Windsor (OHL) · Video #0
Showed it all tonight. Fast, nasty, talented, big. He is his father's son. Power forward in the making with everything you need in a forward. Top pick worthy on every front.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Jan 28, 2016 · CHL Top Prospects Game 2016 · Video (With Replay) #0
Showed it all tonight. Fast, nasty, talented, big. He is his father's son. Power forward in the making with everything you need in a forward. Top pick worthy on every front.
Summary By Brian Fogarty · Game: Jan 28, 2016 · CHL Top Prospects Game 2016 · Video (With Replay) #0
The scoresheet does not reflect the impacts that Tkachuk made on the ice tonight. At times it seemed like he was controlling the game with sheer willpower, and at others just dazzled with his puck skills. On paper, the best scoring potential in this draft class.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Mar 6, 2016 · London vs Kitchner (OHL) · Live #0
That's why he's going to be an NHL scorer: patient, waits for the five-hole to open up, then tucks it home
Summary By Brian Fogarty · Game: Mar 6, 2016 · London vs Kitchner (OHL) · Live #0
Big, strong, highly-skilled and excellent hockey iq and vision makes Tkachuk an elite prospect in the 2016 draft. Tkachuk is also highly competitive and always going hard when he is on the ice.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Mar 6, 2016 · London vs Kitchner (OHL) · Live #0
Good play at the offensive blueline to collect an off-target pass at his feet while under pressure, establish position against the defender and keep the play onsides, and then lift a long saucer pass back to his own blueline in order to reset and escape serious pressure. Such a skilled and smart play that will never get on the scoresheet.