Scouting Reports - Österreichische Prospects/Nachwuchs

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Kele Steffler, 183 cm, 70 kg, 9-5-1998, Verteidiger
Initial Outlook: 22 points in 35 games, highest in points and PPG among EYBSL U18 defensemen, a +/- of -6 which is tied best for a defenseman on his team, recently debuted for the U18 national team.
First Thoughts: Good scoring statistics, fairly good height, poor weight (needs to gain around 10 kilos)
Film Watched: Parts of games against 4 EBYSL playoff teams (ZNO, MAC, RBS, HCI)
Strengths: Even though he stood out on paper due to his offensive performance, his strongest quality on film is most definitely his uncanny and incredible ability to dispossess opposing forwards of the puck. His best asset is his poke check which is almost magical. Against the top 20 and 21 year old forwards in the league he was never beaten one on one, and almost always managed to dispossess the opposing player of the puck cleanly. He is great at using body position to take the puck away along the boards, and is great at body-checking in the neutral zone. He remains calm under pressure and doesn't get pressured into poor passes or plays. He rarely turns the puck over, has good skating ability, and is a crisp passer with a decently accurate shot as well.
Weaknesses: Has extremely low awareness. At times he often ran into his own teammates, and rarely ever saw the second forward coming on the 2 on 1 break. Demonstrates very uncreative and predictable passing. Often places his passes too far in front of his targets. Often is forced to the ice by larger forwards in the defensive zone (mostly because of the weight problem). His calmness often borderlines laziness. Attempts a lot of poke-checks from behind, often leading to amazing defensive plays but sometimes leading to hooking penalties.
Player Comparison: Kristaps Zile
Star Rating/Overall Summary: 4/5 Stars, a strong offensive defenseman prospect and probably the best to come out of Austria at the U18 or U20 level for the last 2 years, his weight is a red flag, but will hopefully have a chance to showcase his skills at the upcoming U18 D1A World Championship and with a good performance there could sneak into the CHL Import Draft this coming summer.

Kele Steffler, 183 cm, 70 kg, 1998.09.05, Verteidiger
Anfängliche Outlook: 22 Punkte in 35 Spielen, am höchsten in Punkte und PPG unter EYBSL U18 Verteidiger, ein +/- von -6, die am besten für einen Verteidiger in seinem Team gebunden ist, debütierte vor kurzem für die U18-Nationalmannschaft.
Erste Gedanken: Ein gutes Ergebnis Statistiken, ziemlich gute Höhe, schlechte Gewichts (benötigt rund 10 Kilo zu gewinnen)
Film Gesehen: Teile von Spielen gegen 4 EBYSL Playoff-Teams (ZNO, MAC, RBS, HCI)
Stärken: Obwohl er wegen seiner offensiven Leistung auf dem Papier stand seine stärkste Qualität auf Film ist definitiv seine unheimliche und unglaubliche Fähigkeit, gegnerische vorwärts des Pucks zu enteignen. Seine besten Vermögens ist sein Sack Prüfung, die fast magisch. Gegen die Top-20-und 21-jährige nach vorne in der Liga wurde er nie eins zu eins geschlagen, und fast immer die gegnerischen Spieler den Puck sauber zu enteignen verwaltet. Er ist groß, bei Körperposition mit den Puck zum Mitnehmen an der Bande entlang, und ist ideal bei Körperüberprüfung in der neutralen Zone. Er bleibt ruhig unter Druck und nicht in schlechte Pässe oder Theaterstücke unter Druck gerät. Er wendet sich selten den Puck über, hat eine gute Skating Fähigkeit, und ist ein knackig Passant mit einem anständig und präzisen Schuss.
Schwächen: Hat extrem niedrige Bewusstsein. Manchmal lief er oft in seinen eigenen Teamkollegen, und selten sah immer die zweite nach vorn auf dem 2 auf ein Bruch kommen. Veranschaulicht sehr unkreativ und vorhersehbar Vorbeigehen. Oft legt seine Pässe zu weit vor seinem Ziel. Oft wird durch größere vorwärts in der Verteidigungszone, um das Eis gezwungen (vor allem wegen der Probleme mit Übergewicht). Seine Ruhe Grenzen oft Faulheit. Versuche, eine Menge von Poke-Checks von hinten, oft zu erstaunlichen Defensive spielt führende, aber manchmal führt Strafen zu lupfte.
Spielervergleich: Kristaps Zile
Star Rating / Gesamtübersicht: 4/5 Sterne, eine starke Offensive Verteidiger Aussicht und die beste wahrscheinlich aus Österreich bei der U18 oder U20-Ebene für die letzten 2 Jahre zu kommen, ist sein Gewicht eine rote Fahne, aber hoffentlich eine Chance haben, seine Fähigkeiten auf der kommenden U18 D1A Weltmeisterschaft und mit einer guten Leistung zu präsentieren dort in die CHL Import Draft im kommenden Sommer schleichen konnten.

Zitat von puck2020

Nordamerikaner sind einfach frühentwickelt und das hat wenig mit Training zu tun.

Die Mehrheit der Kanadier schauen mit 15 Jahren wie 20 Jährige aus und unsere Österreicher mit 15 wie 14/15

Mit Training lässt sich viel richten aber wenn die Hormone noch nicht da sind ist es halt auch schwer.

Die Lösung wäre vielleicht Wachstumshormone von einem Kanadischen Zuchtbullen

I was actually very curious as to why our prospects often were so much smaller than prospects from other nations so I looked up the Austrian National Football Team and they aren't particularly smaller than any other national football team normally is. This makes me believe that Austrians aren't inherently smaller but rather player size has a lot more to do with player interest. The more players participate and try hockey from a young age the more likely you are to find those kids who are 183 cm by 14 years old. Upon further research our U18 team is unusually short, it's actually shorter than our own U16 team this year and that worries me. (10 tallest U16: Payr: 192 cm, Huber: 188 cm, Jaunegg: 185 cm, Brunner: 184 cm, Peskoller: 183 cm, Rebernig: 183 cm, Ploner: 181 cm, Rauter: 180 cm, Muller: 179 cm, Krippels: 178 cm VS. 10 tallest U18 Goritschnig: 193 cm, Feldner: 184 cm, Winkler: 184 cm, Steffler: 183 cm, Sticha: 181 cm, Stuckler: 179 cm, Singer: 179 cm, Haberl:178, Klockl: 177 cm, Obersteiner 176) This is probably more due to chance than anything. This is why our U16 team has been so dominant, there are large players and the smaller skill players (Sertschnig: 175 cm, Rossi: 169 cm, Kandemir: 169 cm) are both extremely skilled and not extremely small for their age. North Americans generally do value weight training more than Europeans but lifting more weights wouldn't make one taller and when Dominic Zwerger went to North America he just gained the weight over the off-season and never missed a beat.
Ich war eigentlich sehr neugierig, warum unsere Aussichten waren oft so viel kleiner als Interessenten aus anderen Nationen, damit ich die österreichische Fußball-Nationalmannschaft sah auf und sie sind nicht besonders kleiner als jede andere nationale Fußballmannschaft normalerweise ist. Das macht mich glauben, dass die Österreicher sind nicht von Natur aus kleiner, sondern hat Spieler Größe viel mehr mit dem Spieler Interesse zu tun. Je mehr Spieler teilnehmen und versuchen, Hockey von einem jungen Alter, desto wahrscheinlicher Sie sind diese Kinder zu finden, die 183 cm mal 14 Jahre. Bei der weiteren Forschung ist unser U18-Team ungewöhnlich kurz, es ist tatsächlich kürzer als unsere eigenen U16-Team in diesem Jahr und das macht mir Sorgen. (10 höchsten U16: Payr: 192 cm, Huber: 188 cm, Jaunegg: 185 cm, Brunner: 184 cm, Peskoller: 183 cm, Rebernig: 183 cm, Ploner: 181 cm, Rauter: 180 cm, Muller: 179 cm, Krippels: 178 cm gegenüber 10 höchsten U18 Goritschnig: 193 cm, Feldner: 184 cm, Winkler: 184 cm, Steffler: 183 cm, Sticha: 181 cm, Stuckler: 179 cm, Sänger: 179 cm, Haberl: 178, Klöckl: 177 cm, Oberst 176) Dies ist wahrscheinlich mehr durch Zufall als alles andere. Deshalb ist unser U16-Team so dominant gewesen ist, gibt es große Spieler und die kleineren Fertigkeit Spieler (Sertschnig: 175 cm, Rossi: 169 cm, Kandemir: 169 cm) sind beide äußerst qualifizierten und nicht extrem klein für ihr Alter. Nordamerikaner tun Gewichtswert der Regel mehr als die Europäer die Ausbildung aber Heben mehr Gewichte würden nicht mit einer Körpergröße machen und wenn Dominic Zwerger nach Nordamerika ging er gewann nur das Gewicht über die Vor-und Nachsaison und verpasste nie einen Schlag aus.

Paul Huber/Maximilian Rebernig - Austria's Patrik Laine and Jesse Puljujarvi?
Initial Outlook: Paul Huber, 188 cm, ~81kg, 6-20-2000, Sturmer and Maximilian Rebernig, 186-187 cm, ~82-83 kg, 9-3-2000, Sturmer
Huber = 7 goals, 12 points in 23 games playing in the EBJL, 20 points in 11 games at the U16 level including elevated performance in the playoff finals and semi-finals, goals against the toughest teams faced, the U16 National Teams of Slovakia, Germany, Norway, Denmark, and the strongest club faced, HK Poprad.
Rebernig = 10 goals, 13 points in 22 games playing in the EBJL, 24 points in 13 games at the U16 level, goals at the U16 level against Italy, HK Poprad.
Strengths:
Huber = very cerebral player, incredible puck control and use of body to protect the puck. Very dangerous with the puck in his hands, great stickhandling skills, able to make difficult moves with the puck and has a strong instinct for scoring goals. Makes good decisions under pressure. Game incredibly similar to Marco Rossi but is much larger and thus less agile.
Rebernig = what we in American football call a "freak", extremely athletic, one of the fastest skaters on the U16 squad and also the strongest. Shows extreme explosiveness despite his large size, can be extremely punishing and assertive with his body, a physical specimen, likely the best pure athlete to come out of the Austrian system in a while, could play outside linebacker in American football. Plays non-stop with an incredible motor, rarely shows signs of tiring.
Weaknesses:
Huber = extremely poor skater, skating technique is incredibly bad and involves a lot of wasted movement. Poor skating leaves him with little or no explosiveness, takes a long time to reach full speed and once at full speed is not flying either. Lazy at times and gets tired towards the end of games, often can be found standing around watching the puck. Little to no threat without the puck on his stick, average at best defensively. Poor usage of his body, a very soft 81 kg, does not use his body along the boards and thus loses most battles along the boards.
Rebernig = disappears in games against competition where he does not overwhelm athletically. He has one move once he gets the puck, that is to charge straight at the goal at full speed. Fundamentals could use a lot of work. Right now is an athlete, not a hockey player.
Player comparisons and projections: These players are the ultimate test of the effectiveness of the new training programs both at the Red Bull Academy as well as the youth programs of the national team. Each brings tremendous upside, while each carrying tremendous but correctable flaws. Unlike other traditional prospects who are small but skilled and have low talent ceilings, both players possess tremendous potential. Huber was #4 and Rebernig was unlisted in my recent ranking of the 2000 prospects but if gauging from talent ceiling alone they would both be top 3 with Payr being in the top 3 as well. Huber shines against top competition but needs to become a better athlete. Rebernig shows incredible promise but must learn the nuances of how the play the game of hockey. The title of the report is not meant to raise hopes but rather to raise questions. They will likely not be top 3 picks in the NHL draft, though I would love it if they were. They do however have the potential to be top rate players, worthy of playing on any national team and in the upcoming years it will be interesting to see if the programs they are in are sufficient to prepare them to play at high levels.

Zitat von puck2020

From born 1998 to 2001 the best chance for a draft is Marco Rossi born 23.09.2001.
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=293179

This kid is a late born and goes with Draft born 2002 - Draftyear 2020 !
Now he is in a good klub ZSC and there visit a lot of scouts.
This kid is in the Organisation one of the topprospects and when look the last years how many zsc players get drafted.
its very early but this kid have a big hockeysense!
when he work hard...... We will see

Rossi is a different year from them. It would be pointless for me to do a scouting report on him because everyone already knows about him and are excited for him, but if you recall my 5 (+1) list he was for now the top prospect for AUT01. There's already been quite a bit of commotion over him. I've talked with a lot of people about him, stateside the biggest concern about him is his size. He is listed at 5'7" but looks closer to 5'6" in person. I tell people that he will continue to grow, but they aren't all convinced especially that his dad is only 5'10". If you want a very short scouting report on him...extremely quick and technically sound, has a great motor and makes great moves, uses his body well to shield defenders despite his small size, smart player who goes and finds the puck, needs to grow and work on decision making as he tends to "call his own number" too many times.

Sorry for any inconvenience, feel free to write in german, I can translate it with a machine.

One thing that I feel Austrians and people observing Austria need to change their mindset on is the idea of a prospect vs. a class. Yes, we have one good prospect for the year 2001, but that is not healthy thinking. We need to believe that we can produce more than one prospect, we need to believe that we can produce an entire class. Perhaps the entire class will not get drafted, that is ok, but the mindset needs to shift from focusing all the excitement on one player to the idea of producing a class. The year 2000 is a much better year than the year 2001 in that 2001 is 3, maybe 4 prospects (Rossi, Kandemir, Harnisch, maybe Unterweger), 2000 is an entire class with a multitude of prospects who could eventually become professional hockey players. One prospect, like Borna Rendulic for Croatia, is not a sign of improvement, a class full of potential professional hockey players is a true sign of improvement. Of the AUT00 class Bernd Freimuller writes "

Zitat

Dazu kommt für die nächste U18-WM schon der Jahrgang 2000 dazu, der mit einigen bemerkenswerten Talenten ausgestattet ist."