Ottawa Senators 2021 Draft Profiles: Stanislav Svozil & Corson Ceulemans

Do you value tools or habits when projecting NHL players? EliteProspects’ writer David St-Louis posed that question in his profile on Stanislav Svozil and it’s occupied my mind ever since.

You’re going to see that contrast presented in this article because the player I’ve paired Svozil with, the AJHL’s Corson Ceulemans, plays a very different style of game. Both are projected first-round talents, and we’ll get a glimpse into how different NHL teams feel about this question when we look back at the relative position that the two are taken on Friday.

Let’s dig in.

Background

The highest-ranked player from the Czech Republic in this year’s draft class, Stanislav Svozil is a smart, refined defender…