Saturday, June 25, 2011

WELCOME MARTIN GERNAT !!!! **EDIT: NEW INFO**

I don't know who you are yet but I bet you know the Taylor Gang!  You've just been sponsored to join it!  WELCOME, drafted by Edmonton at 122 overall!

Edit: For some good information on see Kirk Luedeke's interview with Red Line Report Czech/Slovak scout Radim Jelinek here.

The key information:

"Radim Jelinek: I won´t be surprised if [Peter] Ceresnak is first and the only one Slovak still playing in Europe selected in June in Minnesota. However I´m not a big fan of him and I´m personally much more interested in 6-4 tall D from Kosice Martin Gernat who also belongs into the group of sleepers I mentioned in previous answer. Gernat is a smooth skater with fluid stride and decent footwork for his size. Has very good vision and hands, moves the puck well, handles the puck with confidence making solid decision with puck. Likes to join the rush regularly and shows good instinct in sliding from the point into scoring positions. Just started developing physical play in his game, still very inconsistent using his body, needs to play aggressive, physical game all the time. When he uses it then he is tough to beat 1 on 1, angles forwards to the outside, tights forward up at the boards, hits hard. Lacks strength right now and still growing but has frame to fill it out. D-zone coverage is still very average, needs to read the play better defensively, improve positional play and play much tighter game. Very raw but I like his progress throughout the season and see some similar things in his game as in Martin Marincin´s. He is far from him as Marincin was first rounder in my eyes while Gernat is later-round pick but upside is there." 

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