C Ján Chovan - Tappara U20 (2025 draft)

[mirec04]

Jan Chovan at eliteprospects.com
I think this guy deserves his own thread, he has played his first game in U18 league last weekend.
2007 group of players looks promising for Slovakia again.

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[hellwar9]

Nice shot by Chovan as underager in Slovakia U16 against Sweden U16.

 

[vlady]

He has 6 goals and 9 assists in 8 games in the Finnish U18 league. He is second in league scoring, just one point behind his teammate who is 7 months older.

 

[ddlennon]

Made his debut for the u20 team this weekend playing in all 3 games and scored his first goal still looks like one of the better 07s playing in finland

 

[howlman]

Welcome to Sudbury!

 

[BKarchitect]

Led Slovakia's Hlinka effort with 6 points and yet I've seen him categorized as disappointing in the tournament overall.

He's listed top 60 (second round projection) in a couple of the early ranking publications but I'm not sure how relevant they are.

Good size and clearly has some offensive chops but production seems inconsistent. Overall U20 stats in Finland nothing special especially in the playoffs where he was 0+1 and -3 in 8 games.

Still one of the better Slovak prospects for 2025?

 

[Antiillafire]

He reminds me of Milos Roman. I say round 4 is a possibility. Yet it’s hard to say he did take on the toughest matchups for Slovakia, against other legit top C’s.

 

[pgfan66]

He reminds me of Milos Roman. I say round 4 is a possibility. Yet it’s hard to say he did take on the toughest matchups for Slovakia, against other legit top C’s.

I think he’ll go much higher. Love the upside.

 

[Antiillafire]

1 assist in 4 games to start the season. He cannot produce in domestic league, this is very concerning for his draft chances.

 

[Antiillafire]

I’m not sure what I am missing with these rankings of him. Both Sportsnet scouts have him as late first rounders and he is seen elsewhere as a top 2 round lock right now. Yet he’s not even a PPG in Finnish junior league. Do scouts see untapped potential or something?

 

[pgfan66]

I’m not sure what I am missing with these rankings of him. Both Sportsnet scouts have him as late first rounders and he is seen elsewhere as a top 2 round lock right now. Yet he’s not even a PPG in Finnish junior league. Do scouts see untapped potential or something?

Let’s preface this by saying that both Sportsnet scouts are terrible and everyone else has him lower.

That said, it’s not really unusual for players with less than a point per game in Finnish U20 to get drafted high. Rasmus Kumpulainen comes to mind.

As to Chovan, his toolkit, size and play style give him super high upside. I really like him too.

 

[Antiillafire]

Let’s preface this by saying that both Sportsnet scouts are terrible and everyone else has him lower.

That said, it’s not really unusual for players with less than a point per game in Finnish U20 to get drafted high. Rasmus Kumpulainen comes to mind.

As to Chovan, his toolkit, size and play style give him super high upside. I really like him too.

He produces very well with the national team and has been arguably the best Slovak player at this U20 tournament and does not look out of place at all among Czech, Swedish and Finnish drafted players.

I haven’t seen his Finnish junior games so that’s why I am wondering. But he has an interesting tool box and can play both C and W.

 

[Antiillafire]

I don’t understand why he hasn’t tried to get away from Tappara. His production there is very poor, why not try and get a change of scenery. I know season is now to far in but this whole season has been bery unproductive. Could end up not being drafted at all.