Samuel Tirpák

2 weeks ago | nhlentrydraft.com | Kyle Pereira |Nathanial Duffett |Samuel Tirpák |Joey Fortin Boulay

Handel is a two-way defender who plays a heavy style, throwing his weight and being an engaged battler. In the offensive zone, he moves along the blue line well. His edges are strong, which allows him to walk the blue line effectively, opening up passing and shooting lanes. As a passer, he keeps things very simple, with passes more possession-based than designed to push the pace. As a shooter, he ...

2 weeks ago | nhlentrydraft.com | Kyle Pereira |Samuel Tirpák |Aaron Vickers |David Phillips

Cihar is a simple and straightforward winger who plays hard. In the offensive zone, he can flash a bit with some stickhandling skill when necessary. He is a strong skater, featuring good speed and solid edges to change directions sharply to create space. With that skating, he’s able to create opportunities off the rush. His skating, paired with that puckhandling skill, was showcased against ...

2 weeks ago | nhlentrydraft.com | Kyle Pereira |Greysen Goudy |Samuel Tirpák |Aaron Vickers

Poletin is a two-way forward who plays a mostly simple and responsible game. He always puts himself in the right spots in all three zones. In the offensive end, away from the puck, he understands where to go as support or to be a scoring threat. His timing when attacking the slot shines at times as well, and that aids in creating strong chances in the mid-to-low slot area. With the puck, he plays ...

3 weeks ago | nhlentrydraft.com | Aaron Vickers |Samuel Tirpák |Donesh Mazloum

Pavlik is a defense-first center who plays with a lot of detail in his game when it comes to trying to shut down the opposition. He comes down deep in his own zone to support blueliners and create odd-man situations below the goal line. He’ll also box out his check at the net-front when covering, too. He does a good job of staying in lanes in all three zones and is able to deter or intercept...

3 weeks ago | nhlentrydraft.com | Aaron Vickers |Kohen Willis Dengler |Samuel Tirpák

Kucharcik, a forward who can play both down the middle and on the wing, is a bit of an enigma. He’s got size, can skate, and looks as though he has some tools, but there’s a significant lack of urgency and intention in his game ultimately makes him blend into the background or disappear altogether. It looked like he deferred to his linemates far too often, failing to initiate or instig...