With pick #16 the Flames select F Samuel Honzek
The #Flames select forward Samuel Honzek 16th overall from the Vancouver Giants
— Salim Nadim Valji (@salimvalji) June 29, 2023
by MonkeySailor
@Calgary Flames
With pick #16 the Flames select F Samuel Honzek
The #Flames select forward Samuel Honzek 16th overall from the Vancouver Giants
— Salim Nadim Valji (@salimvalji) June 29, 2023
by MonkeySailor
41 Comments
I know nothing about this guy but 6’4 sounds good to me
That’s a big boy
Iggy and Conroy up there you love to see it
check out the scouting report by Kyle Pereira
https://lastwordonsports.com/hockey/2023/05/25/2023-nhl-scouting-report-22-samuel-honzek/
Big body hockey is back…
Where’s Burkie?
I’m liking this pick. Wasn’t what i expected, but it feels positive
Easily the best player in the draft.
[Samuel Honzek](https://thehockeywriters.com/samuel-honzek-2023-nhl-draft-prospect-profile/)
Don’t think Treliving was running to spoil that pick anytime soon
Oliver Moore and Sandin-Pelika were right there for the taking :’(
He is a player in my opinion who will make the nhl but is he a top line player time will tell congrats to Samuel though and glad he is here
Woooooo let’s go
I’ve seen a few minutes mock drafts where Honzek was around the mid teens. Seems like a decent pick
The fly buzzing around Maloney feels like it means something
Meh. Based off what the panel is saying seems like a high floor low ceiling pick. Not sure I’m a fan but no one ever knows how things pan out.
I don’t hate it. Looks like he’s got a good ceiling, but won’t really help us next year or probably the year after.
I wanted Colby Barlow or that Sandin-Pelika kid with this pick.
23 goals, 56 points in 43 GP with the Vancouver Giants last season
Wanted Moore or Perrault. Feel like this guy is just tall.
He’s big, and he skates well, and accelerates quickly from the game I saw.
Scouting report he was ranked 19 on
Honzek is a well-rounded prospect with the skills to make plays and can be a nuisance in front of the net. If not for injuries this year, he would have been slotted higher in this year’s class
That’s a little more reassuring. I wanted Moore really bad
The Athletic NHL Draft analyst Corey Pronman’s scouting report: Honzek’s game is exciting from a pro-projection standpoint. He’s a big forward who can skate well, which when combined with the offense he’s showing makes for a well-rounded player. I don’t think he’s amazing with the puck, but he has good hands, can make tough plays with pace and can finish chances both from range and in tight. In the WHL he ran the power play from the flank but that likely won’t be his role as a pro. Off the puck he shows good details and a strong work rate. He wins a lot of battles and can kill penalties. Honzek dabbled at center for a couple of WHL games but is likely a winger as a pro. Even as a wing he projects to be an important two-way player for an NHL team.
Pronman’s player ranking: No. 13
As a Slovak Flames fan I am overjoyed even though he wouldn’t be my pick
I hate how we making our pick they have to do a bedard interview and then they don’t even show his highlights just bunch of guys in suits
Make sure his passport doesn’t say usa
[Sportsnet calling him a possible steal](https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/prospect-of-interest-why-samuel-honzek-has-potential-to-be-a-steal-in-round-1/sn-amp/)
Decent pick, might work out well. A pass on Barlow, Perreault, Moore and Axel sandin pellikka.. I would have pick one before
Honzek has been rated all over the board.
10, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 26, and 29.
Not sure how to feel.
I may be naive but i choose to believe Conroy and the team know more than the Reddit crowd. Time will tell.
He did really really well in the physical testing this year. The local sports outlets here in Vancouver were raving about how well he tested.
He can play centre, I love that. If Lindholm and Backlund are uncertainties, and Kadri doesn’t bounce back, then it could be all hands on deck at centre real soon.
Maybe there’ll be some connection with Ruzicka, also a Slovak, that will make his NHL transition smoother.
**Mitchell Brown@MitchLBrown**
Samuel Honzek is one of the #2023NHLDraft’s most exciting upside bets, combining open-ice speed and skill with playmaking off the boards.
He finished 4th among WHL draft eligibles in even-strength points per 60, beating out Yager, Danielson, Heidt, Ziemmer, Sawchyn, and more.
https://twitter.com/MitchLBrown/status/1671177394122821632
Get this kid training with Gary Roberts so he can pack on some muscle. I’m told he’s skilled and can skate really well. If he can be strong and use his size effectively, then he might be a terrific pick.
Here is Corey Pronman’s write-up of Honzek, who he ranked 13th:
>**Analysis**: Honzek’s game is exciting from a pro-projection standpoint. He’s a big forward who can skate well, which when combined with the offense he’s showing makes for a well-rounded player. I don’t think he’s amazing with the puck, but he has good hands, can make tough plays with pace and can finish chances both from range and in tight. In the WHL he ran the power play from the flank but that likely won’t be his role as a pro. Off the puck he shows good details and a strong work rate. He wins a lot of battles and can kill penalties. Honzek dabbled at center for a couple of WHL games but is likely a winger as a pro. Even as a wing he projects to be an important two-way player for an NHL team.
>**Thoughts on the pick**: Samuel Honzek brings some much needed size to the Calgary system. But he’s not just a big guy. He can skate, he has legit offense, his offense is comparable among big guys to a lot of top 10 overall picks recently out of the CHL, and he can play both ways. Whether he’s a center or not will be an interesting debate going forward, but he projects as a top six forward no matter the position in Calgary.
I really wanted Pellika. Hope he proves me wrong man
I would have liked Perreault, but I’m happy with the pick. If it wasn’t for his injury he would have been picked earlier. He was great at world juniors and he transitioned well into WHL on a bad team.
We dodged a bullet not taking sandin pellika, that guy got manhandled at worlds juniors by good teams and he can’t play defense.
Ruzicka and Honzek going to fuck shit up
I’m from Medicine Hat and watched every single Tigers game last year.. I loved Honzek last year! He looked awesome and was noticeably very good.. take it for a grain of salt if you want to that he looked good against WHL but I really wanted him at #16 and this pick should be favoured by most Flames fans
Well I’ve gotta say, I enjoyed watching this:
https://youtu.be/4bYAMrQkXPY
Wasn’t my first choice for 16th but I can live with it. Seems like we’re going to build the new Eastern Bloc with Zadorov, Yegor, Klapka, Ruzicka, and now Honzek in the fold. Big, physical, Eastern European lads.
Edit: Forgot about Vladar.
This guy is big and fast, skilled, defensively responsible, plays wing most likely at the pro level but has played a little centre. Plays on the Power Play, kills Penalties, scores short handed. If he had played in the world junior he would not have been available at 16, he would have been higher, if he hadn’t tested as well after the laceration recovery, he would have been lower, there are plenty of highlights of him on YouTube. I like this pick, good job Calgary, keep up the good work! Go Flames Go 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Aye you can’t teach size, he could be a steal if he pans out well. Got some nifty hands and nice skating
Players are being drafted that were born after I graduated high school. Oh no.