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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Cervenka showed intelligence and skill and a surprising amount of jam along the boards. He's got a quick first few steps and looks pretty strong on his skates.
Like what I saw out of him in the first game. I suspect he'll move to centre at some point.
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I gotta say that I disagree on his board play while otherwise agreeing that he looked quite good. I didn't see him engage the player on the boards very much. His puck skills and positioning were fine along the boards but when it came to trying to force a turnover I didn't see much from him.
That could easily be chalked up to one of the differences between international ice and NHL ice, though. And I'd rather he be competent in open ice as that's been an element sorely lacking from the Flames over the Brent Sutter era.