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Draft Prospect Bellows Finds Ways To Score
- Updated: May 23, 2016
ColoradoAvalanche.com is profiling draft-eligible prospects leading up to the 2016 NHL Draft in Buffalo on June 24-25. Kieffer Bellows is the No. 10-ranked North American skater in the NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings. The Avalanche has the 10th overall selection at the draft.
His dad won a Stanley Cup and scored 1,022 points in 17 NHL seasons, and the apple does not fall far from the tree for Kieffer Bellows. The forward is the 10th-ranked North American skater in the NHL Central Scouting’s final list and could possibly follow in his father’s footsteps.
“I think he’s going to be the finisher and the sniper,” said David Gregory of NHL Central Scouting to NHL.com. “He can play on the wing and if you have someone that can get him the puck, he’s very adept at getting open for shooting lanes. He can distribute, but there are not many people that can shoot it like him and finish like him. I think if a team gets him, they’re going to try to get him in a role where he gets opportunities to finish.
“I don’t see a lot of deficiencies in his game. Having seen him play for the past three years, I’ve seen him just get better and better.”
Bellows’ dad, Brian, won a Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1993 and registered 485 career goals while playing for five NHL teams from 1982 to 1999. Kieffer has also found a knack for finding the back of the net.
The 17-year-old joined the United States National Team Development Program this …
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