Marek Bláha

August 2021 – Blaha was not selected in the 2021 NHL Draft. Nick Richard

October 2020 – Bláha passed through the 2020 NHL Draft without a selection. He will re-enter the draft in 2021.  Jokke Nevalainen

June 2020 – Bláha blew me away with his offensive capabilities the first shift I watched him play back in 2018. He just bursts with confidence when he has the puck, and despite his height and weight disadvantage, he has a great shot and tremendous vision in the offensive zone which makes him a threat to opposition. Bláha also uses his speed in transition to make passes to his teammates, therefore generating a scoring chance or two doing just that. Combine those attributes together and you have a really solid offensive player. Then I soured a little bit due to multiple issues in his game. Some of which are major ones and those are his defensive game which is not good at all. He is often out of place and makes high risk decisions in his own zone which result in giveaways and goals scored against when he makes those decisions. Bláha played a prominent top-four role on Sparta Prague’s under-20 team as a pure offensive defenseman. He also quarterbacked their powerplay most of the time. He was third in scoring among defensemen in the Czech under-20 league this season with eight goals and 19 assists for total of 27 points in 33 games. Bláha also represented Czech Republic at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup last summer, where he went pointless in four games.  Samuel Tirpak