Noah Rod

Team: Geneve-Servette

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League: Swiss National League A

Position: Center/Winger

Born: 7th June 1996

Height: 6.1       

Weight: 192
Drafted: 2014 2nd round, 53th overall by San Jose Sharks

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

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

Strengths

1. Physical Game

2. Defensive Mind

3. Forecheck/Backcheck

Area’s For Improvement

1. Scoring/Producing More Offence

2. Shot

3. Eliminate Dirty Hits From His Game

Scouting Report:

A gritty, hard nosed player with good size and strength. Loves to play a physical game and tries to go under the skin of the opponent teams with finishing his checks. Likes to forecheck and is backchecking as well. Good in both ends of the zone and possesses a good defensive mind. Uses his stick to break up plays. Is always looking for his opponent players in the defensive zone. Good Balance on his skates and isn't afraid to go into corner battles, but still needs to gain some more strength. Agile skater and fast first steps. Has no high end scoring and although he is positioning himself a lot in front of the net, he needs to be a bit more efficient in screening and agitate slightly better. Overall, Rod is a player who stands up for his teammates and works good in both zones. He has good hands and could be a dangerous addition to a teams top line with his awareness to play defence. Even if he has good puckhandling skills, it remains questionable if he will be able to improve his offensive skills.      

NHL Potential: 2-way player, who plays a physical game in both ends 

Style compares to: Devante Smith-Pelly

Nikolai Goldobin

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Team: IFK Helsinki

League: Liiga

Position: Right Wing

Born: 7th October 1995

Height: 6.0       

Weight: 185
Drafted: 2014 1st round, 27th overall by San Jose Sharks

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

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

Strengths

1. Puckhandling

2. Offensive Play

3. Create scoring chances

Area’s For Improvement

1. Defensive Play

2. Strength

3. Physical Play

Scouting Report:

Nikolai is a very skilled forward who has great puckhandling skills and good hands. He is an offensive force, has a good shot arsenal and isn’t afraid to use it. Next to his goal scoring touch, Nikolai can also set up plays very well and has a good overview for his line mates. Because he is a very agile skater, he can skate fast also while carrying the puck and make plays even with no space available. His defensive game though has to improve. Often he is a spectator in his own zone and he also needs to gain some strength, even though he compensates his lack of strength with his agility and quickness. However, his pass is very strong but he takes too many risky passes and forces turnovers. His strength is clearly in the offensive zone where he can create a scoring chance out of nowhere at any time and because he is very good in finding open spots to put himself in a good scoring position, he is an offensive weapon at any time he is on the ice.

NHL Potential: Sniper! He can be an offensive force.

Style compares to: Johnny Gaudreau