Deeper in the (projected) first round, there will be prospects that might not hit that ceiling of a top-line forward or someone to munch on as many minutes as they can on the blue line, but just extremely solid with a capital “S” prospects that coaches would die for. Austrian forward Marco Kasper, standing at 6-foot-2, has one of the most coach-friendly approaches to the game in the entire draft and you just know that some team is going to love having this sturdy player in their middle-six for years to come, if everything ends up going correctly.
While other top prospects like Simon Nemec and David Jiricek have been heralded for their ability to play at the top professional level in Slovakia and Czechia, Kasper has been able to play a total of forty-six games in the Swedish Hockey League, arguably the third-best league in the world in terms of talent.