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Josh Davies
Position(s): Left Wing Realistic Potential Rating (1-10): 7.0B Draft Year: 2022

Fantasy Summary

A hard-hitting pest who racks up penalty minutes and adds a scoring touch. Think Cal Clutterbuck with less discipline and a bit more skill.

Observations

January 2024 – One of the hardest hitters of the 2022 draft, Davies has added a deft offensive touch in his third WHL campaign. After putting up a lacklustre 70 points across his first two WHL seasons, he currently has 51 points in only 34 games for the Portland Winterhawks, where he plays with fellow Panthers prospect Marek Alscher, also drafted in 2022. Because this scoring uptick is happening so late in his junior career, take it with a heavy dose of salt in terms of projecting similar numbers at the next level. He has all the makings of a Cal Clutterbuck-type pest who hits everything that moves and ends up in the penalty box more often than his coach would like. But players like that who can mix snarl and skill don’t come along every day, so he likely will get a chance in the Cat’s bottoms six at some point in the coming years. Ben Gehrels



Realistic Potential Rating (1-10)
10 -Generational talent
9 -Elite forward / defenseman / goaltender
8 -First line forward / No. 2 defenseman / No. 1 goaltender
7 -Second line forward / No. 3-4 defenseman / journeyman No. 1 goaltender
6 -Third line forward / No. 5-6 defenseman / Backup Goaltender
5 -Fourth line forward / No. 7 defenseman / depth goaltender
4 -Top minor league forward / defenseman / goaltender
3 -Average minor league forward / defenseman / goaltender
2 -Minor league role-player
1 -Borderline minor league player
Realistic Probability Rating (A-F)
A -All but guaranteed to reach potential
B -Should reach potential, could drop 1 rating
C -May reach potential, could drop 2 ratings
D -Unlikely to reach potential, could drop 3 ratings
E -A player that will not report to their CHL team
F -A player possessing little potential

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