Mike Künzle

photo by zscblog.ch

Team: ZSC Lions

League: Swiss National League A

Position: Right Wing

Born: 26th December 1993

Height: 6.4       

Weight: 209

Undrafted

Size/Strength	Good
Skating	Average
Shot/Scoring	Average
Puckhandling	Poor
Physical Play	Good
Offensive Play	Average
Defensive Play	Below Average
Hockey Sense	Average
Competitiveness	Average

 Report Card – Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average, Poor

Strengths

1. Physical game

2. Using his size for plays

3. Clears up space for his line mates

Area’s For Improvement

1. Puckhandling

2. Receiving a pass

3. Making a pass

Scouting Report:

Mike is a big forward who uses his size to clear up space for his line mates to create offence. He knows when he needs to use his physical play to make checks and when it would only dislocate him. However, he could use his size a bit more to screen goalies and cause trouble in front of the net. He definitely needs to improve his poor puckhandling skills. In addition, he is not receiving passes very well and mishandles pucks easily. His skating is average, not explosive, but due to his size it is not an easy task to knock him off the puck. Mike should also work on his shooting skills and could use his long reach more often to interrupt plays in his own zone.

NHL Potential: None! His puckhandling and passing skills are not good enough

Style compares to: Dustin Penner

Luca Cunti

Team: ZSC Lions

photo by: srf.ch

League: Swiss National League A

Position: Center

Born: 04.07.1989
Height: 6.00  

     

Weight: 209
Drafted: 2007 3rd round, 75th overall by Tampa Bay Lightning  

Size/Strength	Average
Skating	Good
Shot/Scoring	Average
Puckhandling	Excellent
Physical Play	Poor
Offensive Play	Good
Defensive Play	Poor
Hockey Sense	Excellent
Competitiveness	Average

 Report Card – Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average, Poor

Strengths

1. Hockey Sense

2. Good pass

3. Setting up plays

Area’s For Improvement

1. Defensive Play

2. Physical Play

3. Play in front of net

Scouting Report:

Luca Cunti has a great offensive hockey sense. He has huge playmaking abilities and sets up plays very well. He has an accurate pass and receives passes well, though he sometimes tends to do too risky passes. He has good skating agility and can change directions fast, however is not an explosive skater and his first steps could be faster. Cunti has great stickhandling and moves smoothly into the offensive zone. His play away from puck in the offensive zone is average, he anticipates the game well but needs to screen goalies better instead of only waiting for the rebound. His wrist shot is accurate, though he doesn’t use his full arsenal and needs to shoot more often. Clearly the biggest room for improvement is his defensive- and physical game. He stays away from any physical contact and his play away from puck within defense zone is poor, doesn’t go into board battles.

NHL Potential:  

Playmaker (but as of today not good enough to compete at NHL level!)

Style compares to: Joe Thornton (not from a size perspective)

Statistics (by eliteprospect)