The final USANDT defenseman on my board is a player with no weakness and a guy who will get selected. He a six footer whose weight weight is a good 200 pounds. Remarkably strong but doesn’t display any standout characteristic that could be call dynamic or game changing. Is not an offensive player, just a player whose proficient on the defensive side. Calm, steady reliable and more than able to knock good sized attackers off their skates and the puck. Lets most carries be handled by his partner and his touches are mistake-free ones within his toolboxes comfort zone. Does make safe pass out in transition, to his partner and in the attack zone, but keeps it simple. If he doesn’t see a developing play in the attack, he just puts it on net hoping for tip ins. I am attaching a stay at home label to him, but like most players in the prodigious United States program, they come well school with the possibility of upside as development goes on. Committed to Notre Dame University.
--Bill Placzek--
