You don’t often think too hard about 2nd rounders but this is an interesting draft year for it, with plenty of intriguing picks from all over creation. One such player projected here is Ostap Safin, who impressed to the point where he jumped into the top 20 of European Skaters.
At 6’4 and almost 200 lbs., Safin is a powerful skater on an even more powerful frame. But powerful skaters don’t always mean fast skaters. Being able to outmuscle a player doesn’t always mean you’re gonna actually be able to pull it off without being able to pass the puck off.