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Originally Posted by dammage79
I'd be ecstatic with Yager or Danielson. Don't know much about Honzek
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Honzek is a 6’4” LW who moves very well for a big man, and put up 56 points in 43 games, even more impressive is that he had those numbers playing on the second-worst offensive team in the WHL, in the Vancouver Giants. Last season, in his D-minus-one year as a 16/17 year-old, he was 4th in scoring for U-18 players in Slovakia’s top-tier men’s league, just behind Montreal first-rounder, Filip Mesar. Very underrated, I think mostly because he missed a big chunk of the season, due to an injury suffered at the WJC. Plays a simple game, can handle the rough going, and can dish out the physicality at times too. Uses his size in battles, and to bull his way through traffic. Very good shot, highly skilled, and he’s been called a goal-scorer, but he has a well balanced offensive game. Weaknesses are his consistency in effort, and he could use some upgrades to his skating and defensive game. For the majority of the year, he was ranked in the top-15, but he’s now lingering around the 20’s, due to the injury and time missed I believe, but he could end up being a steal, and I certainly wouldn’t mind taking him with our pick.