Defensemen
Maxim Štrbák
Simple, smooth-skating defensive defenseman with smart positioning and solid scanning habits. Will likely become a bottom-pair shutdown specialist, but could improve his way to a second-pair role.
Defensemen
Simple, smooth-skating defensive defenseman with smart positioning and solid scanning habits. Will likely become a bottom-pair shutdown specialist, but could improve his way to a second-pair role.
A steady, quiet two-way defender. Plays a cautious defensive game with few offensive assertions. Sometimes is slow to react to developing plays.
Very mobile and smart defenseman. Can distribute the puck and foresee plays at NHL level already. Has to work a bit on his shooting.
An intelligent defensive defenseman whose tools need to catch up to the processing to unlock #4 or #5 defenseman upside.
A big meat-and-potatoes defenseman who played well against pro competition as a young draft-eligible.
A tall, rangy defenseman that doesn't make mistakes.
Smooth-skating defensive defenseman who can make the occasional strong breakout pass. Lacks offensive pop and struggles against the rush, but projects as a solid bottom-pair NHLer.
Kiviharju is an intelligent puck-moving defenseman who anticipates play ahead of professional competition on a regular basis, but still has physical habits to learn and muscle to put on before making an NHL lineup.
A fluid, composed, highly intelligent defenseman with a great aptitude for making things happen in motion.
A jack-of-all-trades defensemen that comes with respectable size and athleticism.