{"id":114268,"date":"2021-07-18T11:35:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T15:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=114268"},"modified":"2021-07-17T21:02:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T01:02:15","slug":"james-hardie-scouting-report-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/07\/18\/james-hardie-scouting-report-2\/","title":{"rendered":"James Hardie Scouting Report: 2021 NHL Draft #78"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the daily column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. Each day I will bring you a new player profile or topical article in the lead-up to the 2021 NHL Draft. Be sure to bookmark the site,\u00a0follow me on Twitter<\/a>, and spread the word for the site that will bring you analytical and critical profiles and scouting reports! Last Word On Hockey Prospects is your new headquarters for everything \u201cNHL Draft\u201d! We have a complete listing of our\u00a0draft articles here<\/a>. Today we bring you our James Hardie Scouting Report.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Available in last year’s draft, James Hardie was inexplicably passed over. He should get a second look this season.<\/p>\n

The eighth overall pick in the 2018 OHL Priority Selection Draft,\u00a0James Hardie<\/strong> struggled in his rookie season with the Mississauga Steelheads. He did not get a lot of ice time and put up 15 goals and22 points in 62 games. Hardie also added one goal in four playoff games. He also represented Team Canada Black at the 2018 Under-17 World Hockey Challenge picking up one goal and two points in five games. Hardie broke out in 2019-20. He scored 34 goals and 29 assists for 63 points in 59 games played before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

The Innisfil, Ontario native played his minor hockey in Barrie. Playing for the Barrie Colts Minor Midget AAA team, he put up 41 goals and 29 assists for 70 points in 34 games in 2017-18. He also added six goals and seven assists for 13 points in eight playoff games. Hardie also impressed at the OHL Cup, scoring three goals and five assists for eight points in five tournament games. He represented Team OMHA Black at the OGC-16 scoring two assists in four games and helping the team to a third-place finish.<\/p>\n

James Hardie Scouting Report<\/h2>\n

Left Wing \u2014 shoots Left
\nBorn January 18th, 2002 \u2014 Innisfil, Ontario
\nHeight 5\u201911\u201d \u2014 Weight 176 lbs [180 cm\/80 kg]<\/p>\n