The Cannon · May 18, 2017
2017 Draft Prospect Profile: Michael Rasmussen has the size and skill, but will he fall in the first round?
Photo by Ben Nelms/Getty ImagesPosition: C
Current Team: Tri-City Americans
Date of Birth: April 17, 1999
Place of Birth: Surrey, BC, Canada
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 215 lbs
Shoots: Left
Rasmussen is what NHL teams crave: a scoring center with an enormous frame (6’ 5”, although some say 6’ 6”). You can’t teach size, and Rasmussen loves to park himself in front of the net to screen shots and bang in pucks, a skill that translates to any level of hockey.
Central Scouting has him at No. 5 and several others have him in the top 10 and 15. He improved his production this season for the WHL’s Tri-City Americans (55 points in 50 games) despite a fractured wrist that ended his season at the end of February.