Prospect Info: 2023 pick 71 C Brandon Svoboda

[LadyStanley]

BU commit. Packaged picks 94+100 for 71.

 

[OffSydes]

#trusttheprocess

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[Alaskanice]

I really hope this kid proves us wrong.

 

[timorous me]

I really hope this kid proves us wrong.

Here's what Corey Pronman said about him on the Athletic (ranked #79, so I guess Grier wasn't the only one who liked him in the 70s range):

Svoboda is an intriguing athlete. He's 6-foot-3 and skates well with a toolkit that should work versus better players. He shows flashes of strong offensive skill. His game is quite inconsistent though. I don't see a ton of hockey sense in him and his effort is just OK. If it ever clicks for him he has potential to be a player and thus I think he's worth a gamble at some point in the draft because his toolkit is rare after the top group of players.

Sounds like a solid gamble to me.

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[SactoShark]

Is he related to Peter Svoboda?

 

[NiWa]

One positive thing I came across - he crushed it at the combine: #7 overall

Aerobic Fitness: #14 (Test Duration) / #24 (VO2max (ml/kg/min)
Agility & Balance - Pro Agility: #4 (Left) / #6 (Right)
Anaerobic Fitness: #18 (Mean Power Output) / #7 (Peak Power Output) / not in top 25 (Fatigue Index)
Anthropometry: #8 (Wing Span)
Musculoskeletal: #16 (Left Hand Grip) / #12 (Right Hand Grip)


Others:
Will Smith: #24 (Pro Agility Left); #18 Mean Power Output; #17 Peak Power Output; #24 (Pull Ups Consecutive)
Quentin Musty: #17 (Left Hand Grip)
Kasper Halttunen: #24 (Right Hand Grip)
Luca Cagnoni: #23 (Fatigue Index); #22 (Pull Ups Consecutive)

Sources:
https://link.nhl.com/centralscouting/public/
Sound of Hockey - Combine Results

 

[JumboJoe23]

Didn't like the reach at 71 would have been available at 94

 

[OrrNumber4]

One positive thing I came across - he crushed it at the combine: #7 overall

Aerobic Fitness: #14 (Test Duration) / #24 (VO2max (ml/kg/min)
Agility & Balance - Pro Agility: #4 (Left) / #6 (Right)
Anaerobic Fitness: #18 (Mean Power Output) / #7 (Peak Power Output) / not in top 25 (Fatigue Index)
Anthropometry: #8 (Wing Span)
Musculoskeletal: #16 (Left Hand Grip) / #12 (Right Hand Grip)


Others:
Will Smith: #24 (Pro Agility Left); #18 Mean Power Output; #17 Peak Power Output; #24 (Pull Ups Consecutive)
Quentin Musty: #17 (Left Hand Grip)
Kasper Halttunen: #24 (Right Hand Grip)
Luca Cagnoni: #23 (Fatigue Index); #22 (Pull Ups Consecutive)

Sources:
https://link.nhl.com/centralscouting/public/
Sound of Hockey - Combine Results

It's a different regime, but historically this is something the Sharks strongly valued.

Didn't like the reach at 71 would have been available at 94

If he would have been available at 94, why did they move up?

 

[Patty Ice]

Didn't like the reach at 71 would have been available at 94

Can't know for certain and if it's a guy the scouting staff really like why not move up 20 spots. They are only surrendering a mid round pick to do so.

 

[Boy Hedican]

Didn't like the reach at 71 would have been available at 94

How do you know? Lol

 

[Alaskanice]

This kid sounds a bit similar to Gannon. Other better known players were available but this kid may turn out to be better than today.

 

[JumboJoe23]

How do you know? Lol

Don't know Forsure but just saying he probably would have been

Can't know for certain and if it's a guy the scouting staff really like why not move up 20 spots. They are only surrendering a mid round pick to do so.

Forsure im just saying I don't love the player, losing the one pick isn't a big deal I agree

 

[PacificOceanPotion]

I trust the scouts

 

[Munnyro]

Svoboda was praised as a great passer on the PDOCast.

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[Jargon]

His name means freedom in Russian so maybe he’ll lead the Sharks out of their self-made prison.

 

[The Nemesis]

I'm not sure I love the fact that he lacks compete and hockey sense.

You can usually develop physical skills that need some sharpening. It's a lot harder to develop someone's mental skills

 

[Friday]

I'm not sure I love the fact that he lacks compete and hockey sense.

You can usually develop physical skills that need some sharpening. It's a lot harder to develop someone's mental skills

Weird for a pick 71. But not like SJ ever hits on this round anyways

 

[PacificOceanPotion]

Future 3rd line center or winger. Not gonna score a lot of pts but will be hard to play against because of his big frame. Willing to bet he packs on muscle and grows his mental game and compete in college. Have faith Nem. Speak it into the universe my friend.

 

[Jargon]

I'm not sure I love the fact that he lacks compete and hockey sense.

You can usually develop physical skills that need some sharpening. It's a lot harder to develop someone's mental skills

If the Sharks need at least one galaxy brain move per draft, may it be after the first 2 rounds.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

I'm not sure I love the fact that he lacks compete and hockey sense.

You can usually develop physical skills that need some sharpening. It's a lot harder to develop someone's mental skills

pain

and bad draft picks

the only constant in our universe

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.....(psyche!! i hope Svoboda brings the pain!! wooo go Sharks!!)

 

[DG93]

Maybe he'll turn into an actual 4C or something...

 

[drunksage]

Future 3rd line center or winger. Not gonna score a lot of pts but will be hard to play against because of his big frame. Willing to bet he packs on muscle and grows his mental game and compete in college. Have faith Nem. Speak it into the universe my friend.

It's not just that the universe won't listen, but that it's a quantum anomaly that has no consciousness or other ability to process an insignificant human's words.