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RD Simon Nemec (2022, 2nd, NJD)

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Rusty7550 said:
One assist. Top 3 for 2022 is Wright, Savoie, Lambert. I think Simon has potential for TOP 10 but well see next season. A lot of things can change in one year.
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It's really Wright and then everyone else right now. Savoie and Lambert haven't shown enough to distance themselves from a large group of other contenders for top 3 status.
 
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Rusty7550 said:
One assist. Top 3 for 2022 is Wright, Savoie, Lambert. I think Simon has potential for TOP 10 but well see next season. A lot of things can change in one year.
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Besides Wright, there is no guarantee on those other 2 at all. Lambert looked average at U18 (yes he was playing with injury) but still held onto puck for too long and looked selfish. Aatu Raty was hyped as the no.1 guy than fell off. Jake wise was hyped as the first guy a year before his draft, in the end went much lower. Savoie has to prove himself in the WHL, he will need to carry the load for Ice without Krebs. He will have lots of pressure on him. But yeah Nemec will need to continue to prove himself to be top 10 or top 5.
 
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Now im curious, if is there any interest from KHL, SHL, Liiga, Czech teams. Is it possible, he will play next season in one of this leagues?
 
alko said:
Now im curious, if is there any interest from KHL, SHL, Liiga, Czech teams. Is it possible, he will play next season in one of this leagues?
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I feel like that’s a very strong possibility. For Mesar, I think CHL would be best but Nemec is proving he’s too good not to play pro in a top league.
 
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pgfan66 said:
I feel like that’s a very strong possibility. For Mesar, I think CHL would be best but Nemec is proving he’s too good not to play pro in a top league.
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Cannot agree that CHL would be better for Mesar. Sure he would have dominated there but he has all tools to play prominent role (top6 IT and PP) in solid slovak league, whose quality is currently being proven at WC. When it comes to Nemec, I'd love to see him move for better (Sweden) but I doubt he'd play such role as he's assured in Nitra.
 
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I thought going the same path as Cernak did, dominate the men's league in Slovakia is the right choice. However there will be some serious skill and talent in the next year's draft. As much as I think playing against men is good for him going to a junior league in Canada and compete against the most skilled guys will be huge. Being challanged each game, to compete hard each shift, doing a quick decisions all the time while on ice is something that he won't have to face each game if he stays in Nitra.
 
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elMatador said:
As much as I think playing against men is good for him going to a junior league in Canada and compete against the most skilled guys will be huge. Being challanged each game, to compete hard each shift, doing a quick decisions all the time while on ice is something that he won't have to face each game if he stays in Nitra.
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I cant see a logic here. Do you think, that games in CHL are more competitive like games in Slovak senior league?
 
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elMatador said:
I thought going the same path as Cernak did, dominate the men's league in Slovakia is the right choice. However there will be some serious skill and talent in the next year's draft. As much as I think playing against men is good for him going to a junior league in Canada and compete against the most skilled guys will be huge. Being challanged each game, to compete hard each shift, doing a quick decisions all the time while on ice is something that he won't have to face each game if he stays in Nitra.
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Being challenged each game, to compete hard each shift, doing a quick decisions all the time while on ice is something he will face in men league ;)
 
I’m not saying he should go to the CHL without a doubt, but if the situation is right I think he should definitely consider it. It’s still the best junior development league in the world. It would allow him to adapt to smaller ice and have more scouts eyes on him. Staying in Nitra is good option too, but if he had the option of going to a good CHL team with another good defenseman that he could be paired with and a a good team I’d say he should strongly consider it.
 
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Junior leagues are for players who are not strong enough to play for seniors.

No interest in Nemec playing in CHL despite being an established defender in Slovakia 1

The only interesting prospect for Nemec is to play in a stronger league (SHL, Liiga)
 
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mirec04 said:
Being challenged each game, to compete hard each shift, doing a quick decisions all the time while on ice is something he will face in men league ;)
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Nemec is projected as an ofensive defenseman so obviously a point production in a draft year will have a major impact on his draft selection. His defensive game is good but not that great. He has an elite vision and can read the game very well. He is far from a finished player.
Slovak man's league is pretty much mostly about physicality and skating however lacks a top end skill and finese on a half of the teams. In Canada he would be challanged to play with and against the most skilled projects, high paced tempo in a smaller rings. Also having scouts at each game would allow them to evalute his game more precisely and see throughout the season his progress, strenght and weaknesses.
Look at Dahlin, the guy has been racking up the points each season but he is a trainwreck in his own end because he was not developed properly.
 
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elMatador said:
Nemec is projected as an ofensive defenseman so obviously a point production in a draft year will have a major impact on his draft selection. His defensive game is good but not that great. He has an elite vision and can read the game very well. He is far from a finished player.
Slovak man's league is pretty much mostly about physicality and skating however lacks a top end skill and finese on a half of the teams. In Canada he would be chalanged to play with and against the most skilled projects, high paced tempo in a smaller rings. Also having scouts at each game would allow them to evalute his game more precisely and see throughout the season his progress, strenght and weaknesses.
Look at Dahlin, the guy has been racking up the points each season but he is a trainwreck in his own end because he was not developed properly.
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The European players who will play in CHL at 17 after going through the import draft are too strong players for the European junior leagues but not strong enough to play in the professional leagues.

Apart from the fact that Nemec is not in my eyes an offensive defenseman, the CHL, especially the OHL, is a very weak league defensively.

The last top prospects evolving in CHL are not examples of defensive defenders.

As already said, playing in a Canadian regional junior league would be a step backwards.

Nemec is learning more against men and has always played over-ranked from 3 to 5 years old. His strategy currently earned him the title of a top 3 prospect. Why change?

Either way, Nemec made his decision. He continues for 1 year in Slovakia.

Playing in Slovakia didn't hurt Brandt, a pure offensive defender. It can't hurt Nemec.

Rasmus Dahlin suffers because he plays with the worst team and against the best players.

Nemec is not at all a points defender. He shoots very little on goal and scores his points without being forced. He's not a puck eater at all.

In addition, there is the plan to play the 2022 Olympic Games with Slovakia. It's more important than ranking in a draft. Between his time in Slovakia and the NHL, there are many other more logical possibilities (KHL, SHL, Liiga, AHL).
 
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elMatador said:
Nemec is projected as an ofensive defenseman so obviously a point production in a draft year will have a major impact on his draft selection. His defensive game is good but not that great. He has an elite vision and can read the game very well. He is far from a finished player.
Slovak man's league is pretty much mostly about physicality and skating however lacks a top end skill and finese on a half of the teams. In Canada he would be challanged to play with and against the most skilled projects, high paced tempo in a smaller rings. Also having scouts at each game would allow them to evalute his game more precisely and see throughout the season his progress, strenght and weaknesses.
Look at Dahlin, the guy has been racking up the points each season but he is a trainwreck in his own end because he was not developed properly.
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If his Hockey IQ and work ethic are high enough then he will effectively make the adjustments to playing with and against high skill players when he gets to the NHL. The Slovak league is filled with players who were ppg players in Canadian juniors from the times when Czechs and Slovaks were pretty much half of the CHL import draft picks or more. From there, these players went to the AHL or made a career in Europe but now they have much more hockey smarts and are more physically mature then the average CHL kid. He will be fine in Slovak Extraliga, the league has developed him well so far and next season he can work on his offensive game playing PP in a mens league.
 
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wings5 said:
He was drafted by Cape Breton actually. Can't say if he gets swayed to go to the CHL or not but imo he should continue to play pro hockey in Europe for now.
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From what I’ve heard… he didn’t rule out CHL completely but did rule out QMJHL.
 
pgfan66 said:
From what I’ve heard… he didn’t rule out CHL completely but did rule out QMJHL.
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Have to wonder if Nemec actually does not believe in the quality of the Q as a league or if he was worrying about ending up in a French environment. Now that he was taken by a Nova Scotian team, the latter would no longer be a concern
 
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Have to wonder if Nemec actually does not believe in the quality of the Q as a league or if he was worrying about ending up in a French environment. Now that he was taken by a Nova Scotian team, the latter would no longer be a concern
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No idea, but it seems like there’s a bit of a divide in what players think of the three CHL leagues, and I’m pretty sure it’s mostly pushed by their agents. I’d be surprised if Nemec or many of the other import picks have ever watched a CHL game from either one of the leagues. Yet every year there are players who prefer the OHL because it’s the best league or the WHL because it’s the most physical. Some don’t want to go to the Q because it’s the worst league, others want to go there because they think it’ll fit their skill game. Then there’s of course the French aspect that you mentioned, which scares some players away and is simultaneously attractive for the French-speaking Swiss prospects.

All that said, my understanding is that Nemec (or his agent?) believe the Q isn’t high enough quality. Which is fair, but I don’t think there’s really that much separating the three leagues. I just think Nemec is better off playing pro anyway.
 
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He was drafted by Cape Breton actually. Can't say if he gets swayed to go to the CHL or not but imo he should continue to play pro hockey in Europe for now.
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Oops, wrong team but thanks for the reply. I agree with you and think he will remain in Europe but seeing him picked so high made me curious if it was rumored he’d genuinely consider the CHL
 
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