F Adam Sykora - Hartford Wolf Pack, AHL (2022, 63rd, NYR)

[2014nyr]

The Jersey's are clean but the helmets look like ass.

solid practice jerseys go a long way....agree the lids are asss, at that point the logo should come with windshield wipers

 

[Svedu]

This team will upset. Sykora is a leader and Honzek and Dvorsky are top class. Imho the fourth team this year and the chances for a big upset and perhaps a silver or something like the Czechs managed last year are absolutely there.
You gave three good lines like they had last year. Strbak and Radojevic should be exciting as well.

 

[montreal]

the vid is about Mesar but Sykora (#14 white) was on his line as the other winger

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Didn't have the best World Juniors, but he has 4+12=16 points in 33 games in the AHL. He's the youngest player in the league. That's not bad. I think he's looking like he'll develop into a regular bottom 6 NHL'er. The WJC was a little worrying. He had 2 points in 5 games. Shows what I think most expected that he's not capable of being an offensive driver, even for a junior team. I think that will limit him to a third liner in the NHL, at best. He may not even be that good, but he has the skating, motor, defense, and a little bit of scoring to make it in a grinder role.

 

[Antiillafire]

Rushed to the AHL? Offensive game hasn’t arrived, hopefully path that was chosen wasn’t the wrong one. Even top guys in 2022 draft played junior this year. Looks like he doesn’t get the same kind of role as guys like Lambert

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Rushed to the AHL? Offensive game hasn’t arrived, hopefully path that was chosen wasn’t the wrong one. Even top guys in 2022 draft played junior this year. Looks like he doesn’t get the same kind of role as guys like Lambert

Not at all. He was used in a bottom 6 role and thrived at it. He will be a bottom 6 player in the NHL too, hopefully a very effective one.

He was the youngest player in the AHL this season and was able to keep up and played very well. He wasn't drafted to be an offensive powerhouse. He's a workhorse, energy player.

 

[apoptygma]

Rushed to the AHL? Offensive game hasn’t arrived, hopefully path that was chosen wasn’t the wrong one. Even top guys in 2022 draft played junior this year. Looks like he doesn’t get the same kind of role as guys like Lambert

He have been a decent AHL player at the age of 19, so on HFNYR we are happy with his progress. He got good ice team all season and in the playoff. CHL might have been a option, but Sykora was ready for the AHL. He is still very young, and a 2. rounder, so we expect him atleast another year in the AHL. Hopefully he can take another step and increase his offensive output.

 

[kudla]

Rushed to the AHL? Offensive game hasn’t arrived, hopefully path that was chosen wasn’t the wrong one. Even top guys in 2022 draft played junior this year. Looks like he doesn’t get the same kind of role as guys like Lambert

Really a bad comparison. Lambert is a completely different type of a player. Sykora's season was very fine

 

[hellwar9]

Sykora's season was above average. He has never been an offensive talent, he is a workhorse as mentioned above and he works hard every shift. An energetic bottom 6 player with a really good defensive game. You also can't expect his productivity to go up. The difference will be minimal the coming years, but there's a pretty good chance he'll be able to play that role in the NHL.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Sykora had a good offensive start to the season. Towards the end he’s stopped scoring but the team also has more depth and I’m pretty sure he’s just playing less minutes and situations. This is his first full NA pro season. That’s a lot to handle and he’s the youngest guy in the AHL this year.

I don’t think he’s ever going to be more than a player who scores somewhere in the 30’s in the NHL, but I wouldn’t be alarmed by his play the last few months. Players in their first AHL season sometimes run out of gas.

 

[WTFMAN99]

Sykora's season was above average. He has never been an offensive talent, he is a workhorse as mentioned above and he works hard every shift. An energetic bottom 6 player with a really good defensive game. You also can't expect his productivity to go up. The difference will be minimal the coming years, but there's a pretty good chance he'll be able to play that role in the NHL.

I always wondered if Vladimir Sobotka would be a good career arc for him.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

I know he's a good versatile workhorse, but you hope he wasn't rushed to the A like Grachev was back in the day. Interested to see what he does this season

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

1+1 tonight. Now at 2+3=5 points in 7 games. A good start to the season, given he ordinarily would’ve been an AHL rookie this year had he played CHL.

I think he probably won’t play any NHL games this year, but with a good season could put himself on the radar for next season.

 

[Antiillafire]

Nice short handed play here for a goal by belzile.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1858925753871855773

Now at 9 points in 15 games. He still won’t turn 21 until basically the start of the 2025-2026 pre season. I see him as a nice third line winger in the future if it pans out. But there could be more, if he is a complimentary winger, you put him with a scoring centre and winger and he will be the “glue” type of player. It’s a long shot but if he could turn into Chris kunitz type of player, that would be such a massive win for Slovak hockey.


I disliked the way he was used by Fenes at past wjc. I hope he plays at WC in May/june.

 

[alko]

For a guy, who focused himself do defensive duties, is astounding, how many (better to say how little) PIM he has.

15 games this season - 0 PIM

All 97 AHL games, including playoffs => 4 PIM!