Stepan Up: Falkovsky's first pro season

courtesy Andy Camp / Adirondack Thunder

The seventh round of the NHL draft is a fascinating place. The players that are drafted in these slots largely fall into the category of home-run swings: that is, drafting a player with limited information in the hopes that your team strikes gold. I believe Stepan Falkovsky fits neatly into the category of 'home-run swing' and there is reason for cautious optimism halfway through his first season as a professional.

We have to start in the most obvious place: Falkovsky is tall. No, wait, Joe Colborne is tall; Falkovsky is staggeringly tall. The guy is kid-hitting-puberty-early-playing-grade-8-basketball tall. On the ice, it's almost unnatural looking.…