Jakub Stancl

[a smell of green grass]

Big and well put together and very determined. By the looks of him, he has a good chance to make it.

[seattleblue]

The handzus comparison I have seen more often, knowing that you have been very positive on him seattle, what distinguishes the two? Stancl more of a shooter?

Really heavy shot, great shot off the rush but he also has vision to make a pass. There's a lot of power forward to his direct game that kimzey referred to. He was playing center when he got back from WJC but ended up playing more wing. Handzus was a strong cycle player like Stancl with good possession and they both used their size to shield opponents off the puck. Similar physical demeanor as Handzus, more of a gentlemanly player. More of an Ulf Dahlen.

[Younghopp1991]

That 2023 draft for the Blues is really starting to show and could be a game changer for the Blues. Good projections so far.

I think its pretty cool that if dvorsky doesnt make the team our entire 1st, and half of our 3rd rd from the 23 draft will be in springfield together.

[somni]

That 2023 draft for the Blues is really starting to show and could be a game changer for the Blues. Good projections so far.

I think its pretty cool that if dvorsky doesnt make the team our entire 1st, and half of our 3rd rd from the 23 draft will be in springfield together.

Yep. I think I'll invest in AHLTV this coming year.

[DutchBlue]

The handzus comparison I have seen more often, knowing that you have been very positive on him seattle, what distinguishes the two? Stancl more of a shooter?

Really heavy shot, great shot off the rush but he also has vision to make a pass. There's a lot of power forward to his direct game that kimzey referred to. He was playing center when he got back from WJC but ended up playing more wing. Handzus was a strong cycle player like Stancl with good possession and they both used their size to shield opponents off the puck. Similar physical demeanor as Handzus, more of a gentlemanly player. More of an Ulf Dahlen.

Thanks! Power forward but good off the rush with strong shot is definitely something to be excited about…

[seattleblue]

Scoring highlight reel from this last WJC to highlight some of his attributes. Sure there was a big game against hapless Kazakhstan but there were so many scoring opportunities that he was part of creating against the big boys: USA, Canada, Sweden. He scored against all 3. (Hensler coughed up the puck to him on the US goal, wow what a shot.)

Notice he can rifle it from the left, the right and middle. He sees the ice, he sees his teammates. He is a bull on the wall he wins battles then comes away from it to generate a scoring chance a lot of the time. Doesn't look that slow against his peers.

If there were a video of every great play he made in that tournament it would be 5x as long a video. He romped.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B3v-YEfhps

Granted he is 2 years older, but I saw him shove 6'6" Mrtka to the ground on a power rush down LW a couple weeks after the WJC and ring the crossbar.

And of course there is always this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rsiiOORN8g

[Bluesfan1978]

Any chance of him playing center in Springfield?