[News] With the 16th selection, the Flames select LW Samuel Honzek

[Huntingwhale]

Originally Posted by Royle9

He’s the typical big guy pick who does t pkay physical at all.
He actually shy’s away from contact, it’s odd to watch.

Goddammit. This is exactly the kind of player I dislike the most. Big frame with potential to be a strong PF-type player. Plays like a weakling. Gross. Have never seen/heard/watched this player before though, so who knows though. Hope he bucks the trend of Flames picking in the mid first round and actually pans out to be an impact player. Will be rooting hard for him to put it all together!

[Robbob]

I know know nothing since I haven't followed these kids, but my outlandish afterthought is that I see a lot of Roope Hintz in Honzek.

[Jiggy]

Originally Posted by Username: Flames

Seems like a 3rd liner. Don't like this pick.

What about his game makes you think he will be a 3rd liner? Were you able to watch him in person a lot last year?

[oldschoolcalgary]

Well, gotta see how this pans out I guess.

I was hoping they would take Barlow TBH, but Honzek was in a group of players that most projected to be a potential pick for Calgary.

just gotta hope

[cannon7]

Originally Posted by Bonded

Thinking about it. I probably answered my own question on the centre thing. All the best ranked centres have been gone by the Flames picks. BOA is the way to go. Moore will be the player to watch. Will be disappointed if he turns out to be a good centre.

Honzek will likely get tried at C next season, he was centered by an overager (Ty Thorpe) this season. He's going to need to get stronger to be an effective C, though.

[Roof-Daddy]

I'm not an experienced hockey scout and I've never seen this kid play at all, but I'm going make assumptions and predictions about his future potential based solely on my overall feelings about the Flames as an organization.

They are poo, so he then must also be poo.

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by cannon7

Honzak will likely get tried at C next season, he was centered by an overager (Ty Thorpe) this season. He's going to need to get stronger to be an effective C, though.

I like it. As with all Flames draft picks I am rooting for him!

[Reggie Dunlop]

Honzek is strong pick.

[cannon7]

Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

Goddammit. This is exactly the kind of player I dislike the most. Big frame with potential to be a strong PF-type player. Plays like a weakling. Gross. Have never seen/heard/watched this player before though, so who knows though. Hope he bucks the trend of Flames picking in the mid first round and actually pans out to be an impact player. Will be rooting hard for him to put it all together!

Well he is a Slovak. They mainly develop cerebral type players over there.

One thing he does well with this size is protect the puck and use his long reach to tractor beam loose pucks. A good number of his goals are putting away rebounds, which you can never have too much of at the NHL level.

But he's still super raw. Probably will never be a big hitter, but as long as he isn't afraid to go into the corners and battle his frame will be an asset.

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Honzek is strong pick.

Literally and figuratively

[Flamescuprun2018]

Great character- future Captain of Giants
Skill higher end
Size++
IQ fine
Modelling himself after Draisatl
Injury reduced his 2022-23 output

Not much to dislike here. I agree with many that he is likely to surprise to upside.

[868904]

Originally Posted by Bonded

Yeah. Basis the reaction at the start of the thread I thought the Flames went way off the board. I’m not really a draft guy and they are all just names so I’m good with who they pick. I think some people were triggered by big = good or just wanted the highest ranked guy picked.
I couldn’t imagine the meltdown if the Flames were Arizona haha

Posters just want to be proven right and legitimized. They bang the drum for a player and want their team to pick them so they can get the gratitude of saying “see, I was right, I should be a scout, I’m so smart”. When the team doesn’t validate their opinions by drafting “their guy”, they turn on the team.

[868904]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

Wonder if we work to keep ruzicka now and see if we can get him back on track. Having two Slovakian giants up front may be favorable

I know he’s Czech, but I’d love to see a future line of Honzek, Ruzicka and Klapka.

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja

For some laughs, here’s some posts from when they drafted Johnny:

To be fair to everyone - St. Croix had some pretty sweet ECHL seasons. 0 points in the AHL, but dude was almost a PPG in the ECHL. /green text

[PeteMoss]

AND just to be that guy - Jankowski is still puttering around the NHL edges and played 322 games. The next forwards taken after him the draft with Brandon Gaunce (153 games, 24 points) and Henrik Samuelssen (3 games, 0 points).

Obviously he didn't pan out as you'd hope, but looking back on that draft - there were a few defenseman who panned out picked after Jankowski, but all the good forwards who came out in that draft were picked before the Flames took Janko at 21.

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl2012e.html

[Sainters7]

I didn't realize Moore was American, that makes me feel better about passing on him. I'm already worried enough about Coronato and Wolf, didn't really want to add to that pile. Feeling better about this move today, we'll see what happens.

[Spurs]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

AND just to be that guy - Jankowski is still puttering around the NHL edges and played 322 games. The next forwards taken after him the draft with Brandon Gaunce (153 games, 24 points) and Henrik Samuelssen (3 games, 0 points).

Obviously he didn't pan out as you'd hope, but looking back on that draft - there were a few defenseman who panned out picked after Jankowski, but all the good forwards who came out in that draft were picked before the Flames took Janko at 21.

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl2012e.html

The problem was look at the guys that went between our original pick and the pick we dropped down to take the best player in the draft. Ouch

[FlamesAreOne]

Do people project him more as a C or Winger in the NHL?

[Nelson]

I had an immediate emotional and negative reaction. That was the result of being uninformed, caring a lot about the team, and being a little scarred. But I’m now feeling more level-headed, and I’m just gonna trust Conroy because there’s ample evidence to support this being a solid pick.

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

Originally Posted by FlamesAreOne

Do people project him more as a C or Winger in the NHL?

At that size, and if he had a two way game, absolutely a center