[Caged Great]

Here's a quick summary of how Nakladal plays.

He's mainly a defensive d-man that is very effective at using his stick to separate the puck from the opposing forward. He also tends to cut rushing forwards off at the blueline, forcing them to dump the puck in. Not afraid at all with throwing a hit. Reliable in his own zone, very similar to both Engelland and Smid in that regard.

The difference between him and those two defensemen is his booming slapshot. He is used as Stockton's Dennis Wideman/Dougie Hamilton on the power play. Give it to him at the point and he'll rifle a shot that's closer to 100 MPH. He's not the most offensively dynamic player on the ice, but he isn't particularly bad at it either and there might be more there than he's shown. He was primarily a defensive player in his days prior to the Flames signing him.

All in all, he is a steady #6 type of guy and will likely slot in without much notice in terms of mistakes once he is given a shot. May end up freeing up a spot for Treliving to move another player between now and the deadline.