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Hey yall. I'm gonna keep a little record of the trades going on the week of the trade deadline here!! You can like it for your own records, I will update this as more news comes out. Reblogs will be off for now, until the trade deadline has passed. Reblogs are now on! Congrats to everyone who made it through the trade deadline!

Bolded means a player4player trade.

march 1: MacDermid (COL) -> NJD for a prospect & 7th round '24 pick

march 5: Mantha (WSH) -> VGK for 2nd round '24 & 4th round '26 picks

march 6: Tarasenko (OTT) -> FLA for conditional 4th round '24 & 3rd round '25

march 6: Walker (PHI) & 5th round '26 pick -> COL for Ryan Johansen & conditional 1st round '25

march 6: Mittlestadt (BUF) -> COL for Bowen Byram

march 6: Henrique (ANA) and Carrick (ANA) -> EDM in a three way trade with ANA, EDM, and TBL (ANA & TBL get future picks)

march 6: Wennberg (SEA) -> NYR for 2nd round '24 & conditional 4th '25

march 6: Hanifin (CGY) -> VGK for Daniil Miromanov & 1st round '25 & conditional 3rd '25. Three-way trade with PHL, who gets a 5th round in '24

March 7: Edmundson (WSH) -> TOR for 3rd round ‘24 & 5th round ‘25

March 7: Perreault (ANA) -> MTL for Jan Mysak

March 7: Stetcher & 7th round ‘24 (ARI) -> EDM for 4th round ‘27

March 7: Duhaime (MIN) -> COL for 3rd round ‘26

March 7: Trenin & rights for Sward (NSH) -> COL for Jeremy Hanzel & 3rd round ‘25

March 7: Beauvillier (CHI) -> NSH for 5th round ‘24

March 7: Webber (CAR) -> TOR for 6th round '26

March 7: Damiani (DAL) -> CGY for Mathias Emilio Pettersen

march 1: MacDermid (COL) -> NJD for a prospect & 7th round '24 pick

march 5: Mantha (WSH) -> VGK for 2nd round '24 & 4th round '26 picks

march 6: Tarasenko (OTT) -> FLA for conditional 4th round '24 & 3rd round '25

march 6: Walker (PHI) & 5th round '26 pick -> COL for Ryan Johansen & conditional 1st round '25

march 6: Mittlestadt (BUF) -> COL for Bowen Byram

march 6: Henrique (ANA) and Carrick (ANA) -> EDM in a three way trade with ANA, EDM, and TBL (ANA & TBL get future picks)

march 6: Wennberg (SEA) -> NYR for 2nd round '24 & conditional 4th '25

march 6: Hanifin (CGY) -> VGK for Daniil Miromanov & 1st round '25 & conditional 3rd '25. Three-way trade with PHL, who gets a 5th round in '24

March 7: Edmundson (WSH) -> TOR for 3rd round ‘24 & 5th round ‘25

March 7: Perreault (ANA) -> MTL for Jan Mysak

March 7: Stetcher & 7th round ‘24 (ARI) -> EDM for 4th round ‘27

March 7: Duhaime (MIN) -> COL for 3rd round ‘26

March 7: Trenin & rights for Sward (NSH) -> COL for Jeremy Hanzel & 3rd round ‘25

March 7: Beauvillier (CHI) -> NSH for 5th round ‘24

March 7: Webber (CAR) -> TOR for 6th round '26

March 7: Damiani (DAL) -> CGY for Mathias Emilio Pettersen

March 7: Duclair & 7th round '25 (SHS) -> TBL for Jack Thompson & 3rd round '24

March 7: Guentzel & Smith (PIT) -> CAR for Michael Bunting & prospects Ponomarev & Koivunen & rights for Lucius & conditional 1st & 5th round '24

March 8th: Subban (STL) -> CBJ for 'future considerations'

March 8th: Kuznetsov (WSH) -> CAR for 3rd round '25

March 8th: Okposo (BUF) -> FLA for Calle Sjalin & conditional pick '24

March 8th: Meyers (COL) -> ANA for 5th round '24

March 8th: Ruhwedel (PIT) -> NYR for 4th round '27

March 8th: Petan (MIN) -> NYR for Turner Elson

March 8th: Kostin (DET) -> SJS for Radim Simek & 7th round '24

March 8th: Toffoli (NJD) -> WPG for 3rd round '24 & 2nd round '25

March 8th: Zucker (ARI) -> NSH for 6th round '24

March 8th: Maroon (MIN) -> BOS for Luke Toporowski & conditional 6th round '26

March 8th: Johnson (BUF) -> PHI for 4th round '24

March 8th: Peeke (CBJ) -> BOS for Jakub Zboril & 3rd round '27

March 8th: Gurianov (NSH) -> PHI for Wade Allison

March 8th: Hellberg (PIT) -> FLA for Ludovic Waeber & conditional 7th round '25

March 8th: Allen (MTL) -> NJD for conditional 3rd round '25

March 8th: Dumba & 7th round '25 (ARI) -> TBL for 5th round '27

March 8th: Okhotiuk (SJS) -> CGY for 5th round '24

Marth 8th: Cooley (BUF) -> SJS for 7th round '25

March 8th: Miller (NJD) -> WPG for 4th round '26

March 8th: Hertl & 3rd round '25 & 3rd round '27 (SJS) -> VGK for David Edstrom & 1st round '25

March 8th: Roslovic (CBJ) -> NYR for conditional 4th round '26

March 8th: Dewar (MIN) -> TOR for Dmitri Ovchinnikov & 4th round '26

March 8th: Vanecek & 7th round '25 (NJD) -> SJS for Kaapo Kahkonen

#warden speaks #nhl trade deadline #save

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22-23 Cut Tracker

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Montreal Canadiens: Hâte de suivre Jan Mysak et Arber Xhekaj dans leur quête de la coupe Memorial! ...

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#Canadiens #Canadiens de Montréal #GoHabsGo #hockey #Ice Hockey #Montreal #Montreal Canadiens #National Hockey League #nhl #NHL Eastern Conference #NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division #Quebec

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Chequia completó una sorpresiva victoria de 4-2 sobre los Estados Unidos previamente invictos el miércoles para marcar su boleto a la semifinal del Campeonato Mundial de Hockey Juvenil IIHF 2022 en Edmonton. Después de que Logan Cooley de los Estados Unidos abrió el marcador poco más de 12 minutos después del juego, Chequia respondió con tres tantos consecutivos para tomar el control del encuentro contra los campeones defensores. Jan Mysak, Petr Hauser, Matyas Sapovaliv y Jiri Kulich anotaron para Chequia. Kulich también registró dos asistencias. Matthew Berard, de EE. UU., fue sancionado con un major de cinco minutos y una sanción de partido por girar el pie al principio del tercer período. Chequia no pudo capitalizar la ventaja del hombre. Más tarde, en el tercero, Stanislav Svozil de Chequia recibió un mayor de cinco minutos y una sanción de partido propia después de iniciar un golpe de rodilla con rodilla con Cooley. La tercera selección general en el Draft de la NHL de 2022 permanecería en el juego después de la colisión. EE. UU. aprovechó la ventaja de hombre cortesía de Carter Mazur para reducir el déficit a 3-2. Kulich luego agregaría una red vacía Luke Hughes de los EE. UU. sufrió una aparente lesión en la parte inferior del cuerpo al comienzo del primer período, saldría del juego y regresaría para el comienzo del segundo cuadro. Chequia está lista para jugar contra Canadá en las semifinales del jueves. Suecia juega contra Finlandia en la otra semifinal. Chequia, que no ha ganado una medalla en el evento desde 2005 cuando capturó el bronce, tuvo marca de 1-0-1-2 en la etapa de todos contra todos.

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Up & Down

#nhl #alex biega #parker kelly #nikita gusev #jean sebastien dea #kaiden guhle #jan Mysak #semyon der-arguchintsev #Wayne simmonds #colin white #kole sherwood #adam brooks #erik johnson #kailer yamamoto #will borgen #josh anderson #david kampf #rasmus sandin #scott sabourin #connor carrick #alexander true #jamie oleksiak #kyle turris #connor dewar #nick seeler #jack studnicka #joel farabee #jacob macdonald #nicolas roy #erik haula

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Jan Mysak opens the score against Sweden WJC 2021 ★ 26th december 2020 | SWE - CZE

#wjc 21 #wjc #wjc lb #jan mysak #team czech republic u20 #gifs #*

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Hello! Thoughts on the Habs rookie game!

Overall a good game for a bunch of rookies who don't know each other very well yet. Many good moments and great potential out there.

I thought Guhle was steady throughout the game, not especially flashy but I saw very few mistakes from him, and he's not afraid to get feisty in front of his net when he needs to.

About Norlinder, I think he's got A LOT of potential. He's a similar case to Romanov in the sense that he obviously has to get used to the speed and North American rink size, which I think were mainly what caused his turnovers. He has a really good eye and playmaking ability and he has the potential to be a great offensive defenceman.

I was also quite impressed with Jan Mysak, he had great energy, good forecheck AND backcheck, on top of being very efficient on the penalty kill. I have a good feeling about that kid.

So, these are my main takeaways from the game, sorry about the word vomit 😬

THANK YOU for your word vomit, hope you don't mind that i published it because i'd like to keep it for reference. this sounds like pretty much what i was hoping for even if houle called them sloppy.

i really like all three of those guys and i'm excited to see myšák maybe stick as a centre. :>

#questions #habs lb

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Why IIHF Chose Edmonton to Host World Junior 2021

The IIHF Gathering has endorsed a proposition from Hockey Canada to hold the 2021 IIHF World Junior Title to a solitary scene design at Rogers Spot in Edmonton, Canada. So as to keep up the security of players and authorities, and in consistence with Canadian government rules identified with Coronavirus, the IIHF Committee additionally affirmed a proposition to hold the World Juniors 2021 Live Stream Reddit without onlookers.

This is an intense choice to need to take, at the end of the day we didn't have a decision, said IIHF President René Fasel. The wellbeing and security of players, authorities, and fans is our main concern. We were intrigued with the introduction from the nearby sorting out board of trustees delineating how a potential bubble situation would work inside Edmonton, and we are sure that we can follow the NHL incredible model in making a sheltered domain for groups to contend.

The transition to a solitary scene in Edmonton will require a survey of the competition plan, which will be declared at a later date.Fans that have bought passes to the 2021 IIHF World Junior Title and don't get an email from the Oilers Diversion Gathering OEG and Rogers Spot with their current tagging alternatives can contact hockeycanada for data.

During an instructions with the partaking groups a week ago, the Neighborhood Arranging Board of trustees for the 2021 IIHF World Junior Title shared a lot of beginning proposition concerning travel to Edmonton, Coronavirus wellbeing and security rules, and an arrangement for an opposition bubble that would confine the two groups and competition authorities inside the Edmonton Ice Region, presently playing host to the NHL's season finisher bubble.

So as to help moderate the expenses related with arranging an opposition bubble for the competition, the International Ice Hockey Federation Gathering along with Hockey Canada and the Swedish Ice Hockey Affiliation have concurred that the 2022 IIHF World Junior Title will be facilitated in Edmonton and Red Deer, with the desire that the 2022 World Youngsters would be held with observers in the two scenes.

The 2022 IIHF World Junior Title was booked to be facilitated in Gothenburg, Sweden. Under the new understanding, Sweden will have the 2024 World Youngsters.

I genuinely thank the Swedish Ice Hockey Affiliation and the City of Gothenburg for their comprehension and participation which empowered us to result in these present circumstances understanding, said IIHF President René Fasel. This arrangement will consider the IIHF along with Hockey Canada to lessen the general expenses related with putting on the 2021 competition in an air pocket condition.

We solicited a ton from our Swedish accomplices to make this change in a short measure of time, however we required their collaboration to spare this competition and make it workable for the World Youngsters to be conveyed this year.Following the scratch off of the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 Big showdown Division I Gathering A, the IIHF Chamber affirmed that there won't be any group consigned from the 2021 World Youngsters.

It was anything but a good situation for us to be set in as we have begun arrangements along with the city of Gothenburg to have one year from now, said Swedish Ice Hockey Affiliation President Anders Larsson. Be that as it may, we had useful conversations with Hockey Canada and the IIHF. We comprehended that this change was important to save Canada's ability to have the Youngsters this season, particularly considering all the extra speculation that they should make presently to guarantee the competition can be played in a protected situation. We are certain that along with the IIHF we will discover an answer for spread the as of now contributed costs.

The assignment round of the 2021 IIHF World Junior Title will consequently be taken out from the new competition plan. The IIHF keeps on accepting reports on all dynamic 2020/21 competitions through its Coronavirus Occasion Status Tracker. The IIHF's Coronavirus Master Gathering will keep on checking all occasions and give wellbeing and security proposals to the Board in the leadup to the 2020/21 season.

Still there numerous vulnerabilities encompassing the coming season, beginning with the Draft, which both Pytlik and Malik are qualified for. Pytlik, whose 25 September birthday is only 10 days after the cut off, will be one of the most seasoned first year players qualified.

I accept it as a positive that I can be drafted for the current year rather than a year ago, said Pytlik. I don't think it has a ton of effect however. In any case, I think I'd be returning to junior this year.

Under ordinary conditions, European CHL Players would make a beeline for North America for instructional course in August, however right presently everything's noticeable all around.

No one knows, said Pytlik. I've been conversing with a portion of the Czech folks in the NHL and they were simply rehearsing and standing by to hear what's going to occur. In any event the NHL players have a timetable now with the end of the season games beginning on Saturday while things are less clear for different groups in North America.

At the present time I'm preparing with Trinec and we should perceive what occurs, said Malik. We don't have a clue what's going to occur. I'd prefer to perceive what occurs in the draft yet I don't have the foggiest idea when that is destined to be.

Whatever occurs, the two players plan to be among the Czech group's chiefs at the current year's Reality Junior Title, drawing on their experience from a year ago.

I was kinda anxious, yet I tried sincerely and I think I played well, said Pytlik, who got one aid five games as a profundity player. I ought to have played on a line with Jakub Lauko, however he got harmed following six seconds in the main game, so all the lines changed and it was unpleasant, yet this year I'll attempt to be one of the heads of the group and I trust it goes better.

With Lauko, Jan Jenik, Matej Pekar and others now overage, Pytlik will be among a gathering that incorporates individual returnees Michal Teply, Adam Raska and 18 year old Jan Mysak to convey the hostile burden.

Concerning Malik, wounds to both Lukas Dostal and Lukas Parik brought about getting 46 minutes of activity, where he halted 19 of 22 Canadian shots in the Czechs' last gathering stage game. This year, Malik will be in the blend for the top goaltending position alongside Parik and Jan Bednar.

Malik was extremely acquainted with a year ago's mentor, Vaclav Varada, whom he knew from Trinec, however he's agreeable so far with new lead trainer Karel Mlejnek, who is new to the Czech public group program. No, it doesn't make a difference to me, he said. I believe they're both acceptable mentors and they put forth a valiant effort.

We have an entirely different training staff and I didn't generally have any acquaintance with them previously, said Pytlik. I just knew colleague mentor Pavel Trnka on the grounds that he was in Vitkovice, however I didn't have the foggiest idea about the lead trainer. In any case, we've had some great practices thus far, everything appears to be extraordinary.

The current year's Czech public junior group was initially booked to open its season with a competition in Finland in late July. Nonetheless, because of limitations still set up there, that occasion was dropped. Rather, the Czech and Slovak U20 groups played show games in Brno while Germany headed out to Switzerland for other display games between neighbors. One more competition toward the finish of August in the Czech Republic was dropped because of the Coronavirus pandemic and travel limitations.

The following competition where the Czechs would play Finland, Russia and Sweden is arranged during the November break. Also, obviously, the enormous occasion is the 2021 IIHF World Junior Title booked from 26 December to 5 January in Edmonton and Red Deer in the Canadian area of Alberta. Related topics if you want to read go there Are the World Juniors 2021 Cancelled?

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2021 NHL Draft Profile: Ville Koivunen

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2021 NHL Draft Profile: Ville Koivunen

Since I started becoming an amateur (but enthusiastic) prospect writer, I’ve noticed that European prospects seem to be underrated in Bob McKenzie’s rankings and actual draft position. And by European, I don’t just mean that they played in European leagues like Liiga, SHL, KHL, and all their junior leagues. I also include prospects who are European and playing in North American junior leagues.

Last year, when Bob McKenzie released his final rankings for the 2020 draft, I compared his rankings against the consolidated ‘consensus’ rankings from all the major public scouting sources. I never wound up publishing it, but here were the top 10 prospects who had the biggest drop in their rankings from the public scouts vs McKenzie’s list:

Zion Nybeck: -43

Kasper Simontaival: -36

Emil Andrae: -36

Alexander Pashin: -35

Martin Chromiak: -29

Carter Savoie: -28

Sean Farrell: -27

Roni Hirvonen: -21

Tyler Tullio: -18

Jan Mysak: -15

Five of the top 10, including the top four in that list, played in European leagues the whole season. Two others were European, and split their season with half the games in a European league and half played in the CHL. Another thing that is common to all of these prospects is that they are almost all 6’0” or shorter. Small and European? Yuck! The last observation I can make is that these are all guys who are typically not ranked in the first round, even by the public scouting people. And if they are, it’s just inside the top 30, so they’re not considered truly elite, top 10 prospects.

I will add a caveat to not take the specific numbers that seriously. My general point is that Bob McKenzie’s rankings have been shown to be the most accurate ranking in terms of predicting the actual draft results, but even he is not perfect — especially in later rounds. What the above is meant to show is that many NHL teams seem to undervalue European players.

Now, we know Dubas hunts for “value” in his draft strategy. That’s why he has typically taken smaller players, and overagers who have shown signs of being late bloomers and worth a later pick. So I think it is worth recognizing that last year with 12 picks, he took Europeans with seven of his top eight picks. I’m feeling a bit proud that I had spotted the big discrepancy between how public scouts ranked Europeans, and how Bob McKenzie/the NHL did before Dubas made all those choices.

Which brings me to Ville Koivunen. He is not an elite prospect, and he doesn’t necessarily have any elite skills. But he is a very good and interesting prospect, and, if Bob McKenzie’s mid-season rankings are any indication, he’s being very undervalued.

THE BASICS: STATS AND CONTEXT

Ville Koivunen is listed as 6’0” winger, and also pretty slight at 165 lbs. He played his full season in Finland’s U20 junior league. Between being an average-height but pencil-thin forward, and playing in a European junior league, he meets the two requirements to go undervalued at the NHL draft mentioned above.

But he has some solid numbers at every level in which he has played this year.

He played for Kärpät’s U20 junior team. He finished 3rd in the league in points with 49 in 38 games, which also led the league among other draft eligible players by eight points. As a result, he was also named the Rookie of the Year for the league. The previous season, Koivunen played in the U18 level and led the league with 71 points in 37 games. It was a six point cushion over second place, who also played in nine more games than Koivunen.

But Finnish junior league is not the strongest competition, so it’s also good to know how he played against tougher competition that is also his age. This year, he played for Finland at the U18 World Junior Championship, where he finished tied for 5th in points with 10 points (4 goals, 6 assists) in 7 games. Last year, he finished third on Finland’s U17 team with 11 points in 16 games. Quite simply, Koivunen has produced everywhere and every level he’s played.

Here are his draft rankings, as of writing this:

Bob McKenzie: 91st

Will Scouch: 26th

Scott Wheeler: 43rd

Elite Prospects: 34th

Dobber Prospects: 61st

Smaht Scouting: 30th

THE GOOD: COMPLETE OFFENSIVE PACKAGE

In an earlier profile, I wrote that Logan Stankoven was so interesting as a prospect because he had no big weakness offensively while he has elite skills almost across the board. If you take that same sentiment, but replace “elite” with “very good”, you describe Koivunen.

His greatest strength is as a playmaker. He has good vision and accurate passing, and he doesn’t just make easy, safe passes to wide open teammates. His passing helps with zone exits and zone entries, and setting up dangerous scoring chances in the offensive zone. But it goes beyond that, to the point that I’m almost willing to call him an elite playmaker, but I’d want to see how his playmaking holds up in the Liiga against professional competition. Here’s what Josh Tessler from Smaht Scouting says:

Koivunen is a crafty passer. As shown above, he can generate great accuracy on his backhand attempts. But, he has also proven that he can complete crisp diagonal feeds and smooth tape-to-tape feeds with a light gentle release. You can also expect Koivunen to place deceptive drop passes. He will skate with the puck in one direction, a teammate will follow, grab possession of the puck off of the drop pass and go in the opposite direction.

Here’s a great example of Koivunen’s puck handling, skating, and playmaking setting up a goal. He is #14 in white, and the one carrying the puck for the whole start of the clip.

Lukko and Kärpät are tied at 1-1 after 20 minutes of play. Aleksi Antti-Roiko opened the scoring for Kärpät after a nice setup by #2021NHLDraft prospect Ville Koivunen. Jeremi Tammela would tie the game late in the period. SOG 13-9 for Kärpät. #U20SM #Game2 pic.twitter.com/hmQfFetSzf

— Finnish Jr Hockey (@FINjrhockey) April 7, 2021

The other standout skill, which I have trouble separating from his playmaking because that’s where it shows up the strongest, is how smart and clever Koivunen is with and without the pick. He can anticipate play well and use several tricks to create more dangerous scoring chances, for himself and his teammates. But he also anticipates plays defensively, to get the puck back and go the other way. That has helped him create very strong possession numbers wherever he has played. Here’s what Marco Bambino from McKeen’s Hockey says:

Koivunen is a highly intelligent player and his hockey sense has stood out in my viewings, from the U16’s up to the U20 league. He has patience, puck poise and he consistently chooses the best option while pressured. He has superb offensive vision: when he sees an opportunity, he will take an advantage of it. He is alert in his own end and his stick placement enables him to intercept passes and strip players off the puck, making it difficult for opposing teams to establish offensive zone pressure. He plays smart both offensively and defensively.

Lastly, we come to Koivunen’s skating. While he is not the fastest skater you will see, he is very agile and maneuverable, and his speed is good to very good. This is something that helps him with his playmaking, because he is very adept at using quick cuts and sudden changes in direction to elude defenders and open up better passing or shooting lanes in the slot. From Curtis Schwartzkopf at Future Considerations:

Koivunen has great balance on his feet and has surprising strength in front of the net when battling for position for someone weighing 161 pounds. He has good awareness about when to start breaking out of the zone to make himself open for a pass and does this by keeping his feet moving up ice. One thing that stuck out was how Koivunen would come to a complete stop to change direction instead of a long sweeping turn which gave him an edge in chasing down the play. Koivunen seems to always keep his body square to the puck which makes him always open for a pass. Finding open ice seems to come easy to Koivunen as he scored his goal by discretely sliding into a wide open area in the slot for a point blank chance he buried.

This is a good example of how Koivunen uses his skating to set up a good shooting chance for himself:

Going back and watching a bunch of Ville Koivunen as a I prepare for my report on him.

Koivunen LOVES to play the puck up the boards, cut in as soon as he has cleared the perimeter, goes to the slot and fires a wrist shot. It’s like clockwork and he thrives at it.#2021NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/w9BxDE4skb

— Josh Tessler (@JoshTessler_) May 4, 2021

The overall profile for Ville Koivunen is as a jack of all trades, but a master of one (maybe one). He is an extremely solid all-round player everywhere on the ice. He is one of the better defensive wingers in this draft, but doesn’t lack for offensive talent either. I may have some questions on how much both his offense and defense would play up at higher levels, but he has time to develop and get stronger as he plays up in the Liiga, AHL, and NHL. What you cannot deny is that his skills and his statistical profile are extremely impressive, even for the level he played.

Here are some good clips of his two-way play without the puck:

Ville Koivunen was named the rookie of the year in FIN U20 league. A smart, skilled and unselfish winger who creates lots of offense. But his ability to win possession also makes him tough to play against. Here are some takeaways and pass interceptions from No. 14. #2021NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/6yFdR2URD4

— Marco Bombino (@marco_bombino) April 8, 2021

If you look at the manual tracking data from either Lassi Alanen (free) or Will Scouch (paywall), you will see that he leads or is among the leaders in just about every category. He drives possession, he drives dangerous scoring chances while suppressing them by the other team, and he drives zone exits and entries on transition.

THE FLAWS: NO ELITE SKILLS

This is my only question about Koivunen. He has a solid all-round skillset, with no big weaknesses. But there are some skills that are only good or okay, and may hold him back in the future, unless he improves on them. The two things that come through from the games I had seen, and what I’ve seen other scouts say, are his skating and his shot.

I feel like the issues with his skating is a bit nitpicky, but it does exist. While he is quick and agile, his top speed could wind up be lacking at higher levels. Because of how effective he can be in terms of quick changes of direction and sharp cuts, I don’t think he’s lacking for athleticism. It sounds like something that may be more an issue of strength and mechanics, both of which are things that can be worked on. From Marco Bambino, at the same link as above:

If there is one particular area which requires improvement, it would be his skating. He often takes wide turns and glides on the ice a bit too much for my liking, instead of using his edges more consistently. Additionally, his knee bend and ankle flexion are not optimal. His acceleration does not give him a considerable advantage either. Although his skating is not high end right now, I think it is largely caused by his raw physique. I firmly believe that Koivunen will improve his speed, acceleration and edge work as he gets stronger.

The other nitpicky thing is that Koivunen doesn’t really have a great shot. Again, this seems to be something due to strength and mechanics. From Josh Tessler at Smaht Scouting:

While Koivunen has proven to be an effective goal scorer at the U20 level, there is work to be done on his shot. Right off the bat, he will generate good height when scoring goals, but it is far from consistent. One of the things that I noticed about his shot is that his stick blade will occasionally be closed and not open. You need your stick blade to be more open (raised) in order to generate height. In addition to generating height, I’ve also noticed that Koivunen will struggle with shooting accuracy and shot selection in well-defended situations.

When it comes to his shot, it’s not something that has prevented Koivunen from scoring a good amount of goals at any level he’s played… so far. He’s gotten by to date by taking shots from dangerous locations. You don’t need an elite shot to be a good goal scorer, after all. But as he plays against better defenses who are able to block him off or push him out of those dangerous areas, he’s not likely to be a 30+ goal scorer in the NHL. But he could be a 15-20 goal guy that drives good results and gets to 50-60 points based on his playmaking.

OVERALL ASSESSMENT

Bob McKenzie has said ahead of his final rankings that there will be some dramatic changes compared to his mid-season rankings. He tied that the U18 tournament, where some prospects got a lot more attention or even got to play at all. Ville Koivunen was fantastic in the tournament, as an example, so even if he was originally ranked at the end of the third round before, he may shoot up into the second round now.

My original hope was that he would stay somewhere in the third round, so the Leafs could trade down and get him AND another good prospect for the range. That may or not be realistic now, depending on how the final rankings change to give us an indication of what NHL teams are thinking.

The other thing is that, by all accounts, Koivunen got must stronger down the stretch. Some public scouting reports I read on Koivunen weren’t too high on him on early-season viewings, but those same people started to rave about him more leading into, during, and after the U18s. I think he is someone a lot of teams like and are hoping to get later, but that also may mean some team may take him earlier.

I don’t know why but I tend to like jack of all trades prospects, even if they don’t have a high end elite skill to carry him. Not that Koivunen is perfect, but he is just solid in so many important areas, and his flaws are things that can be fixed. He has the foundation of being a very useful two-way winger who can influence both sides of the ice, more than you’d expect of an average winger prospect.

If neither Stankoven or Morrow fall that far, Koivunen is one of my first choices for the Leafs to take with their second round pick — whether they trade down once or not.

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2020 IIHF World Juniors Czech Republic Roster

Wingers

#3 Jan Sir (H.C. Benatky Nad Jizerou/Liberec)

#11 Adam Raska (Rimouski Oceanic/Frydek-Mistek)

#13 Michal Teply (Winnipeg Ice/Havlickuv Brod)

#22 Vojtech Strondala (H.C. Stadion Litomerice/Ostrava)

#24 Karel Plasek; Jr. (H.C. Kometa Brno/Gottwaldov)

#25 Martin Lang (Kamloops Blazers/Rokycany)

#29 Filip Koffer (Prince George Cougars/Hradec Kralove)

#72 Petr Cajka (Geneve-Servette H.C. U20/Kadan)

#91 Jan Mysak (H.C. Litvinov/Litvinov)

#98 Matej Blumel (H.C. Dynamo Pardubice/Tabor)

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#10 Matej Pekar (Barrie Colts/Turnov)

#15 Jakub Lauko (Providence Bruins/Prague)

#21 Jan Jenik (Hamilton Bulldogs/Nymburk)

#26 Jaromir Pytlik (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds/Dacice)

Defensemen

#2 Simon Kubicek (Seattle Thunderbirds/Jindruchuv Hradec)

#5 Miroslav Kukla (H.C. Stadion Litomerice/Zdar Nad Sazavou)

#8 Martin Has (KOOVEE/Prague)

#12 Radek Kucerik (Saskatoon Blades/Kyjov)

#23 Ivan Lytvynov (C.E.Z. Motor Ceske Budejovice/Mariupol)

#27 Libor Zabransky (Moose Jaw Warriors/Brno)

Goalies

#1 Lukas Dostal (Ilves/Brno)

#30 Nick Malik (H.C. Frydek-Mistek/Vitkovice)

#33 Lukas Parik (Spokane Chiefs/Neratovice)

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