Sam Gagner/RC - Marlies.   Tremendous all weekend; not the biggest size-wise but plays a bigger man's game; spins off contact well; strong skater with excellent puck skills; can finish and distribute with equal aplomb; very quick release and pinpoint accuracy; great snap shot; throws soft saucer passes right on the tape; rumoured to be heading stateside to USHL.

Lukas Pither/LC - Clarington.   After a great OMHA championship the weekend before, Pither kept it rolling here; outstanding offensive talent; deadly sniper; doesn't need much room to operate; tall and lanky, does need to add some upper body strength; can get pushed around a bit; pushed back a bit more this week and was more assertive; very reminiscent of David Legwand.

Matt Smyth/RC/RW - Markham Islanders.   Deadly from the dot in; can spot his snap shot; scores with pro-style release; doesn't fight through checks enough; lacking size and strength; very good feet; releases from defensive zone early when he bothers to check in at all; one-dimensional player, but is very good at that dimension.

Jake Muzzin/LD - Brantford.   Huge, mean blue-liner wasn't at his best here; struggled a bit with gap control; tried doing too much; didn't separate from his man well at all; threw a couple outstanding breakout passes; wasn't as physical as we've seen him in the past; still a very raw talent with tremendous upside.

Wilson Ngai/RD - Marlies.   Great size; outstanding skater with crisp pivots and turns; holds the puck too long, needs to make his passes on-time; very solid passer, usually right on the tape; inconsistent physical play; looks very easy for him due to size and skating; the big question we have is does he have the mentality to become a tougher defenceman; needs to be much more consistently physical to maximize his talents.

Bryan Cameron/RC/RW - Marlies.   Great skating with superb change of direction; quick feet with excellent acceleration; can make plays at top gear; not a natural finisher; very good stick handler; very smart player; leader; has to watch his tie-ups after taking draws.

John Tavares/LC - Marlies (1990 DOB).   Not at his finest but still played ok; works hard; great size and skill package; unselfish; can make moves at speed; quick lateral edges; great hands in tight; gets to the net; strong on stick; competes all the time whistle to whistle; got smoked in open ice by Murphy of Belle Tire but came right back; tough kid.

Drew Doughty/LD - London.   Big and very mobile; always thinking offence; very good passer; threw perfect tape-to-tape, cross-ice pass through traffic for tap-in goal; needs to assert himself more in the defensive end; will need coaching on his defensive play.

Robert Bortozzo/RD - Thunder Bay.   Big but raw physically; needs to add leg and upper body strength; can get pushed around a bit; very good offensive instincts; knows when to jump; pretty fair skater has recoverability; struggles with gap control; doesn't pin well; once he fills out a bit has the chance to be an outstanding player.

Drew Schiestel/LD - Hamilton Reps.   Great size; excellent long striding skater; all offence; pushes the action all the time; has to pick his spots better; very good at jumping into slot, contributes to offence; excellent shot; reads plays and gets into defensive passing lanes well; gap control generally ok but does have some troubles with speed rush, especially on the right wing side; when he plays in control, look out.

Brad Pawlowski/RD - Thunder Bay.   Big aggressive defenseman, prototype T-Bay blue-liner; loves to step up for the big hit, but gives up position at the wrong time to do it; pretty good outlet passes; hard, inaccurate point shot; does tend to try low percentage plays; a bit stiff-legged in his skating; unafraid to drop the gloves as he did against Toronto Red Wings, does it pretty well; reminds us of former T-B King Mitch Maunu.

Akim Aliu/RW - Marlies.   We like him better on the wing; big, strong and fast but doesn't possess outstanding hockey sense; hits hard; great puck pursuit; has some skills and a decent shot; injured his left leg/ankle when hit by Belle Tire's Corey Tropp, looked serious; missed the last round robin game plus the playoffs; could affect draft status.

Chris Terry/LC - Markham Islanders.   Outstanding week; really helped his cause; smooth stride with excellent acceleration and mobility; gets involved much more than earlier in season; long and lanky; much more physical; great dangles, dynamic talent; can finish and distribute equally well.

Jordan Skellett/LC - London.   We loved him as a possible sleeper before he came on like gangbusters this week; picked up slack for missing captain Justin Taylor; puck poise; great shot; scored pro-style goals on heavy slappers that were spotted perfectly in corners; unselfish; smart; leader; always on the puck; played himself into top two round selection.

Zach Harnden/LW - Thunder Bay.   First time seeing the big power winger this season after he missed most of the campaign with injury; outstanding size/strength combo; pretty good skater with long powerful stride; fights through checks but isn't an overly physical presence; gets to the net, pretty good finisher; long stick and reach, uses them well.

Michael Colwill/RW - Markham Islanders.   Great hustle and energy; team captain is good on-ice leader but does tend to lose his temper at times; has to learn to harness it more; dangerous in open ice; scored two-man SHG after blocking shot and beating defense to loose puck; lacks some size but is strong and plays a much bigger game.

Darryl Borden/G-L - Brantford.   The class of this year's goaltending crop; great size; lefty; lightning-quick legs and pads; very fast up-to-down-to-up; very poised and calm; great body language; comes up big; tremendous upside.

Scott Timmins/LC - Hamilton Reps.   We love this kid; not the biggest or strongest but plays with heart and passion; bulls his way to the net and can really finish when he gets there; great stops/starts; works his tail off; very shifty; stride is a bit choppy but great acceleration; dangerous nearly every time he hits the ice.

Andrew Wilson/RW - London.   Very good skater; big kid with long stride; fighting his way to the net with much more gusto than we saw earlier this year; much more determined; playing much more aggressively and using his size to his advantage; very good upside.

Josh Bailey/C-LW - Clarington.  Solid player in all three zones; very strong leadership qualities, captain of his team; warrior; very good set-up man, adept at drawing defence to him before dishing off; smart; makes the right play at the right time.

Brendan Smith/LD - Marlies.   We never thought much about him until this weekend; has grown and gotten much stronger on his skates and stick; not getting pushed around like earlier; loves to jump into play; moving full-time back to the blue line after bouncing around between "D" and wing looks to have calmed his game; does need to make better decisions; has come a long way in a short time; some may like him very high this year due to huge improvements.

Patrick Daley/RW - Marlies.  Decent size; pretty fair skill set; strength improving, able to assert himself more often now; competes well; throws smart, on-time passes; played much more physically and was very effective.

Trevor Cann/G - Mississauga Senators.  Big kid with massive pads; blots out a lot of net; decent athletically as well as having great size; very calm; great body language, even after giving up soft goal; plays angles very well; stays square.

Justin Vaive/LW - Marlies.  Tall and lanky, still a bit awkward and gangly, but balance is improving; great work ethic; tough along wall and in front of net; not a great skater; effort is there whistle-to-whistle; may not be a star but will be an important contributor; very good complementary player.

Dale Mitchell/C-RW - Mississauga Senators.  Gets his nose dirty; quick feet with excellent edging and change of direction; reads play well; excellent on PK; finds open ice in offensive zone; looks for homerun pass too often.

Adam Zamec/LW - London.   Goal scorer's mentality; huge shot; has to get it on net a bit more consistently; very good passer as well; playing a much more physical style, paying the price to make plays; showing much more hustle and a more rounded game.

Doug Leaverton/LD - Cleveland.  Played with Belle Tire at OHL Cup because of numerous BT injuries; big kid who doesn't always play big; ok skating but lacks acceleration; plays with little control in defensive end; passing and stick skills are ok; decision-making not a strong suit; may be better as a forward.

Travis Oleksuk/LC - Thunder Bay.  A bit of a disappointment; doesn't show a lot of jam; has lots of skills; excellent skater; always seems to be attacking from the outside, never goes into high traffic areas.

Daniel Lombardi/LW - Mississauga Senators.  Shows lots of flash and speed; outstanding acceleration; hustles; very selfish player; lacking self-control; makes poor decisions and takes bad penalties; very frustrating; has the tools to become a very good OHLer but attitude is a problem.

Jamie Arniel/RC - Kingston.  Great wheels; moves very well laterally; excellent stops and starts; gets to the net and makes plays at top gear; playing much more physically; always had the talent, his fortitude was the big question mark; seems to be answering that question; his team played poorly but he never gave up; gamer.

Leigh Salters/LW - London.  Huge power forward; played with a bit of a physical edge here; was excellent on the wall but showed no offensive creativity or drive; very inconsistent; boom or bust type of guy.

Mike McGurk/RD - Hamilton Reps.  Great size; loves to lug the puck; goes with it way too often; has to pick spots better; seemed a bit heavy-footed here, looked slow; gets flat-footed in defensive end; not great defensively but has size and strength; needs to be reined in a bit and could be pretty good.

Anthony Soboczynski/LW - Elgin-Middlesex.  Very quick hands; doesn't need a lot of room to operate; good size; has every tool; doesn't assert himself at all; needs to show more cajones; too much perimetre play; first round skills.

Andrew Merrett/RW - Toronto Red Wings.  Good size; thick and strong; handles puck very well; makes good decisions; smart; unselfish; goes hard to net with stick down; forces his will; very good potential.

Jeremy Smith/G - Belle Tire.  Very good size; outstanding athleticism; acrobatic; defence in front of him is poor, has to face many quality chances; flexible; tends to over-commit; down early sometimes; calm; maintains good body language even after getting bombarded; very good upside.

Geoff Guimond/RW - Mississauga Senators.  Quick; good size; aggressive; wins 1-on-1 battles; pretty fair skill set; at worst third line banger who can change momentum.

Jim Hutchinson/RW - Grey Bruce.  Great size and strength; runs through people; very effective on forecheck; lacks some speed and quickness; not very agile; pretty fair hands in tight; gets to the net, takes straight-line course; a sleeper if he picks up his skating.

Kevin Mole/LD - Mississauga Senators.  Comes with lots of hype but doesn't always show through in performance; makes poor choices; vulnerable one-on-one, especially to outside speed; doesn't move feet well; not very defensively aware; has some physical tools but has to put it all back together.

Kory Kuipers/LW - Elgin-Middlesex.  Great size and strength; lacks some quickness, feet a bit heavy; responsible defensively; good effort all around; strong on his skates; will hit; pretty good shot; has some upside.

Dustin Fummerton/RW - Thunder Bay.  Little waterbug didn't have much finish this week; seemed to get frustrated more than we've seen in the past; a real favourite for his jam and attitude; extremely quick acceleration.

Mike Murphy/G - Kingston.  Cocky, which can be a good trait; physically weak, needs to get stronger to handle traffic more effectively; lost concentration at times; flashy; makes big saves; tends to make easy saves look more difficult; very quick down-to-up; scrambly and panicky at times.

Cory Tamblyn/RC - Toronto Red Wings.  Back after missing much of the season with broken leg; edges well; excellent passes; quick feet; a lot of energy; loves to draw the defence to him then dish; very good player.

Adam Greene/LW - Kingston.   Goes to net hard and with stick on ice looking for deflections and rebounds; good size and skating; not as determined as we've seen in the past; not a great week.

Chris MacKinnon/LW - Mississauga Senators.  Not great size but quick and determined; great effort; nice skill set; scores key goals; shifty and tricky; hides in the weeds; leaks out too much on defence looking for breakaways.

Jeff Amadio/LD - Mississauga Senators.  Tall and lanky blue-liner needs to add leg strength, can get pushed around; getting stronger on his skates; long stride; doesn't move feet well enough in own end on rush right now; not strong on his stick; effort good; has upside.

Shawn Frank/RC - Toronto Red Wings.   Pretty solid all around player; hits; plays point on PP; good wheels; drives to net; quick release; smart in offensive zone; ok on faceoffs; shields puck well; better finisher than passer; overhandles and looks for his own shot first.

Corey Tropp/RW - Belle Tire.   Played with much more physical edge than we've seen previously; didn't have a great week in offensive zone; can be a very good sniper, but always looks to shoot first.

Steven Tarasuk/RD - Marlies.  Calming defensive influence; has some offensive upside as well; only average size; honest effort; smart first pass; stable; efficient; good skater with smooth stride; we may be undervaluing him.

Julian Cimadamore/LC - Mississauga Senators.  Decent all around skills; quick hands; good effort; gets little things done; good complementary player; doesn't make others better but can make better players look good.

Louie Caporusso/LW - Toronto Red Wings.  Quick and skilled; very inconsistent; doesn't always show up; not big or strong but has loads of talent - when he brings it, he is very good.

Kory Nagy/LC - Brantford.   Not the most talented kid but gets everything out of what he has; competes very well; team captain and leader; hard work and hustle; has decent stick skills and good hockey sense; not much of a finisher; plays bigger than his size.

Joe Pleckaitis/LW - Toronto Red Wings.  Aggressive power winger in the making; quick feet; hits like a truck; great effort; not overly creative; straight-ahead third line type player with second line upside.

Carl Andrews/LD - Clarington.   Very aggressive; loves the big hit; hits hard and often; good first pass, though offence is not his forte; decent prospect.

Reggie Traccitto/RD - Mississauga Senators.   Okay size, very good strength; doesn't read plays particularly well; very aggressive, sometimes stupidly so; skating fair; carries his hands and stick very high.

Josh McQuade/LW - Hamilton Bulldogs.   Great hands; short but thick; outstanding slap and snap shots; can pick spots; underrated; work ethic ok, just not overly aware defensively.

Scott Murphy/RW - Belle Tire.   Big kid from Georgia starting to improve dramatically with more high-level experience; using his size well; tattooed Tavares with pretty good looking open-ice hit but was tossed for it.

Matt Meszaros/RW - Toronto Red Wings.   Big, wide load kid; conditioning may be an issue; strong base and stride; bowls over people; bounces off check attempts; lazy passes in own zone; if conditioning improves could well be a player.

Brad Albert/LD - Nepean.   Very good player who was injured in his league playdowns; returned here but was ineffective playing at well under 100%; much better than he showed here.

Thor Skalski/RW - Compuware.   We're wondering what happened to him this season; had a great U.S. Select-15 camp and a quick start to this season, then disappeared; has tons of skill; great hands; lacks size but is strong and fearless; can dangle in tight; overhandling the puck and not finishing.

Jordan Gignac/LW - Hamilton Reps.   Little guy who plays bigger; has speed to get wide and balls to drive the net; great effort; excellent on the PK.

Kyle Tront/LC - Thunder Bay.   Big, thin kid beginning to fill out a bit; has some good skills but doesn't compete well all the time; appears timid; once he gets confidence in his physical prowess could be very good.

AJ Jenks/LC - Compuware (1990 D.O.B.).   Underager is Compuware's best player by far; good size; fantastic skill set; great release; creative; needs to compete more consistently to become a real stud for next year.