Easton Cowan – London Knights – Player Profile

Posted on by Dominic Tiano
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Easton Cowan of the London Knights. Photo by Luke Durda/OHL Images

If there is one thing, I don’t like about NHL Central Scouting’s rankings, it’s the timing of their release. They don’t wait until after the playoffs. I feel it’s important to see what a player does (or doesn’t do) in the most important games and under pressure. For Easton Cowan of the London Knights, I think that hurt him a little in their rankings and helped him in some of the public rankings.

There was a transformation in Cowan’s game through the season from a hard working, tenacious and secondary player to a player that not only drove his line, but his team. It was most evident when he led his team to a Western Conference Championship.

Cowan is a terrific skater with a great separation gear that allows him to challenge defenders one-on-one. When chasing dump-ins, he regularly beats defenders to those pucks. It helps that he has a non-stop work ethic as well. He plays every shift of every game with the same high-tempo effort.

Cowan isn’t only about skating fast and working hard. He has the sill set as well. He has soft, great hands, able to make plays at top flight. He sees the ice extremely well and you can tell he knows what he’s going to do with the puck as soon as it’s on his blade. He can also score with a very good shot and has a way of disguising his release. His confidence grew as the season progressed and yet, there is more development on the horizon for Cowan. He’s just beginning to scratch the surface and if I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: Dale Hunter gets the best out of his players and another year under Hunter will do wonders for Cowan.

I know there are still plenty of people that put a lot of emphasis on size and will do so with Cowan as well. But he doesn’t shy away from physicality, he’ll go along the walls and he will drive to the dirty areas. He plays an all-around game that can be used in any situation. If his development continues at his current pace, he could fill a middle six role at the next level.