RD David Spacek - Sherbrooke Phoenix, QMJHL (2022, 153rd, MIN)
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His dad was pretty underrated, if he is as good he could be a solid top 4 dman.
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Fair enough I missed that but I honestly have no idea on how to change the thread title and he is still a guy who looks like he will be drafted this year as he was missed in the Covid year.
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Eh, last year's draft is sure to have lots of outliers in it considering the disjointed/partial/nonexistent D-0 seasons the players had
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Spacek was hardly average whenever I have seen him at the U17/U18 international level, don't think he is any "Covid casuality" when it comes to him going undrafted. Would be good to get an opinion on him from some Sherbrooke fans, to me it just seems like a player making the most off a great situation, playing on a stacked line. But still a pleasant surprise, looking forward to see if he can make the WJC team.
Do you have the same perspective on Tucker Robertson? Undrafted in 2021 and leading the OHL in point stats.
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Never heard of him.. he is tearing it up!
I didn't realize Spacek was looked over. He's doing very well but I can't see him going higher than the 4th round at this point and he might just get a PTO or something and no be drafted at all. Kind of like Kubicek. Hope I'm wrong of course... Czechs need NHL D desperately and hope he goes in round 1 but am skeptical.
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Safe to say he won't go undrafted this time around because of how good of the season he had in the QMJHL.
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Could go as high as the third in my opinion. RHD with size are a valuable commodity
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From a Czech perspective, that would be 5 guys in top 100. Dream come true. Jiricek, Kulich, Hamara, Sapo and then Spacek as a nice bonus. Let's see how it plays out and hope you're right.
His skating is average, arguably even below average. But his shot is excellent, his hockey IQ is solid both offensively and defensively, and he’s pretty strong for his size, wins physical battles well.
I definitely think he’ll get drafted, I’ll guess 3rd-4th round.
I would call him an “RHD with size”. The average NHL dman is ~6’ 1.75”, and ~205 lbs (NHL Forwards vs. Defensemen Height & Weight, 1917-18 to 2014-15). Spacek is currently 6’ and 180 lbs. He’s got good strength for his size, but he’ll be below average size wise at the NHL level.
There are a lot of 2002s and 2003s who have fallen through the COVID cracks and had breakout seasons in the CHL that most of the scouting sites are sleeping on.
