When the hockey Boston showed a certain Vashka Blanar in the fourth round of this year’s NHL draft, the fans and the experts prevailed. Not only what is actually a player, but Io as basic things as the name.
Bruins announced a Czech teenager as Vashka Blanair, but they confused it, because in the popular Elite Prospects database he was primarily guided primarily as Vashek Richards.
Even after the clarification of this irregularity, however, the main question persisted for fans: Who is it?
Blanár did not sig in any ranking before the draft. It was also missing among the 500 (!) The largest hopes they put together from various sources Sound Of Hockey. Recall that clubs have dismantled 224 hockey players this year.
The mystery of his choice Boston still fed the fact that he did not publish the player’s photo on any of the club channels, although he did it with the remaining six selections. Only some fans exaggerated whether Blanár existed at all.
Furthermore, it is interesting that an unknown Czech did not go downright late. The 100th place is still the first half of the draft.
The reason why practically no one beyond behind the scenes was expected that 18 -year -old Blanár would go through the auction of hopes, Corus so high, the player’s current location – IF Tro -Ljungby.
The traditional Swedish club from Ljungby is not very well known in the world, because its A is never played by an elite domestic competition. Last season, Hockeyettan advanced from the third highest league higher.
Blanár played as a defender, mostly for the eighteen club, which had to save membership in the second highest youth competition. From there, the overseas NHL draft does not normally go.
Bruins (and apparently not only them) but in the 193 -centimeter Czech Bek saw the potential.
“It shows that our scouts travel everywhere,” Boston General Manager Don Sweeney said. “You always want to make sure. You can find a young and uncrupted boy as in this case. Physically, he’s not fully mature, but great skating and missing competition. He’s a unique young man.”
From Richardse is Blanár
Blanár was not known before the draft in the Czech Republic. He flickered in the national team, but no big youth tournament, such as Hlinka Gretzky Cup or the Eighteen World Championship, did not play.
Otherwise – as the first name Vashek indicates – was born in the United States. He traveled to the Czech Republic with his family at the age of four. He worked in the youth of Frýdek-Místek, Třinec, Vítkovice and Havířov before he headed for Sweden two years ago. In the past was known as Richards (according to the diary Boston Globe Mother’s surname for free), now he is officially Blanár. He made the change himself after reaching the age of age.
The denouement of the draft pleased him, Bruins are said to be his favorite team. In his childhood he was a big fan of the forvard forvard Milan Lucice, with whom David Krejčí understood in one line.
Shortly after the draft, Blanár traveled to the Boston Development Camp, which takes place from Monday to Thursday. And he made a great first impression. The curious observer-novinar, who had not seen him in the video until then, captivated by skating or shot.
What will be next? Sweeney’s words show that Bruins is still far from Bruins. Nevertheless, it will improve next season. He will play for twenty HV71 in an elite Swedish junior.
