He would be top10 pick if he played in CHL. As a winger i think he is on par with Barlow and Benson.
I hope I never see him in a Brno jersey again.lol
like a flip mesar
I'd prefer he struggle in AHL... he does have decent size. He's already played pro. But we will see. I hold him higher than other posters too so I have a bias.lol
Especially with him, I have doubts if he would be able to handle the AHL right now. Apparently, he was not ready for such a physical league this year, and it will be difficult for him to make up for that deficit in one summer. He should adapt to the overseas style of hockey and the best is the junior league. One year there certainly won't hurt him.
If he is picked around 25th it would be perfect. One more Pastrňák would come handy lol! Agree with Dvorský, he played with infinitely more talented forwards at u18, when we had worst forward group in history. When pure playmaker Šalé is your best goalscorer you´got a huge problem lol. He could very well be top 5 best player 3 years from now in redraft.
Later pick means better team to join. I'm surprised he's dropped so much but it might not hurt him at all.
All of this... He almost scored the winner against Canada in the final second of the third. He was undrafted, in a gold medal game and on in the final second of a tie game in the 3rd. Everything I've seen of him in tournaments and he's not like the other Czechs.lol
Do rangers really go for another winger with work ethic and consistency issues?? Yikes
I am a Czech, but at the same time I try to be objective. Sale is just an inconsistent player, I wrote that many times during the season. He's been seriously great when he's fired up for the game, but the questions surrounding his intensity in the game are just there. Dvorský played primarily under a much better coach. The Slovakian team regularly lost to our team during the past seasons, I don't know if they ever won against the Czech team in U16 and U17. It was just the screwed-up master Petr with his cowardly tactics that sunk the team, unlike the Slovak coach. And thanks to that, Slovak players are far better off before the draft.
In terms of pure talent, it certainly ranks higher than most scouts have now. He should easily be in the top ten. It's really first and foremost about whether he will continue to develop well and, above all, whether he wants to show that he is good enough..
I assume that the criticism is not aimed at me, but I wrote about Peter, so I will express myself...
Don´t know what lazy skating Sale did you watch. He was by far our best player and arguably best player on ice against USA and Canada except Leonard. There were shifts where he dominated US and Can defense and he was all alone. If he had decent players around him like Kukumberg, Cedzo, Pobezal, Cisar who are by far much more talented players than everyone on our team except Sale, it would be another story. Sale being our best goalscorer with !!only!! 5 goals despite being pure playmaker shows that our forward core was devoid of any talent, many of them are going to be playing in Chance Liga at best, maybe not even playing hockey at all, they can´t even skate or make pass for G´s sake! And Petr has actually horrible record as juniors coach who is extremely passive.
