Player Discussion Filip Chytil

[VanJack]

We've seen Chytil in enough games to have a pretty good book on him. You can see why he really never rose above being a third-line center in New York.

He's big, fast and can gain the blueline with ease. But then things just seem to break down. He skates himself into traffic--and really can't seem to find his wingers to generate much in the way of scoring chances. That line with Lekkerimaki and Debrusk looked dangerous at times--but the bottom line is nothing across the goal-line.

I suppose there's chance he can become more than the sum of his parts in Vancouver. After all, he missed a lot of time with injuries and concussions in New York. so he's still relatively early in his development curve.

But expecting him to be a top-two center, might be wishful thinking on the part of the Canuck faithful.

 

[docbenton]

He needs to be stronger on pucks at times and better positionally. But I still think speed and skill are underrated in general. Even if he turns some pucks over at least he got those pucks and transitioned the puck to a dangerous area in the first place. The turnover doesn't look good, but a slower, less skilled player would have never touched the puck in the first place. And if the play works then it's a grade A chance. He's getting and creating chances every game, even if his initial dominance of the puck has faded quite a bit.

He does need to be quicker and more decisive to shoot IMO, he needs to have a mindset where he makes one move then right away rip the puck. He actually does have a good shot but doesn't get it off and through defenders nearly enough.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

I like Brittle Chytil but he's a middle 6 C who can play 2 C in a pinch but should be a 3 C on a better team.