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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jul 24, 2021 16:52:09 GMT -5
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jul 24, 2021 17:04:20 GMT -5
6th ranked NA goalie, but did not play at all this past season.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jul 25, 2021 13:55:27 GMT -5
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jul 25, 2021 13:57:25 GMT -5
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jul 26, 2021 21:29:50 GMT -5
From Habs EOTP:
Another player who didn’t play this season due to the OHL shutdown, Vrbetic is Montreal’s seemingly annual gamble on a goalie with size.
Bio
Goaltender
Catches: Left
DOB: October 24, 2002 – Dunvegan, ON
Height: 6’6
Weight: 181 lbs
Scouting Reports
Hockey Prospect: Very few goalies have the physical properties that Vrbetic carries. He’s coordinated, semi reflexive, dexterous, and agile, especially when taking his age (he was 17 in our viewings) into consideration. He uses his physical gifts and advantages to transfer between different techniques fluidly. When dealing with high danger shot attempts, Joe relies more on his frame and extensions than he does his reads, situational awareness or anticipation of the play.
Future Considerations: Vrbetic shows as a posthugging goalie that shows signs of good positioning and remains square to the play. His size in the net helps offset his slow lateral movement. Is able to stretch out across the goal line to make a pad save. Rebound control could use more work, as the opposing team would be able to gain possession off his coughups. Solid puck-handling skills and is able to stop the puck behind his net. There is still a lot of immaturity in his technical game, but hopefully he can work on that this summer.
Recrutes: One of the draft’s true wildcards considering that he didn’t play this season. Was expected by a lot of scouts to be invited to the U18, and that only heightens the uncertainty around where he will be drafted. He has the size and athletic ability to compete for a NHL’s starting spot some day if everything comes together.
DraftPro Hockey: Has a quick, flashy glove hand. Tracks the puck well using his height. Good rebound control. Comes out and handles the puck extremely well. His size and calmness in the net are his main attractions. Needs work on his athleticism and quickness but the raw ability is there. Has NHL starting upside as a long-term project.
LWOS: While his rebound control needs a little bit of work, Vrbetic is an athletic goalie who squares up to the second shot very quickly. Vrbetic could work on his puck tracking as well as his side-to-side movements in the crease in order to take his game to the next level.
The Draft Analyst: Calling him raw would be an understatement, as he relies on his size more than anything else to stop pucks. Improvements in quickness and overall net awareness should have been priorities during his lengthy offseason, but Vrbetic should benefit from having a stronger team than the one who kept the ice tilted towards him.
Rankings
Future Considerations: 233
McKeen’s: 120
Central Scouting: 6 (NA Goalies)
Recrutes: 71
Draft Prospects Hockey: 216
The Draft Analyst: 118
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