Prospect Info: Michal Teply, LW, Bílí Tygři Liberec, 105th overall (2019)

[Teemu]

I was high on Teply coming into the season and was impressed by his play in the summer. It seemed like he stagnated and, in later international events and club play, did not stand out consistently. On the positive side, he’s a 6-foot-3 forward with very good vision. Teply can run a power play as a playmaker, as well as finish plays. He’s creative on entries and shows great patience waiting for plays to develop. However, he has a lot of warts. His game lacks speed and pace, he doesn’t attack the net or compete for pucks that hard, and he doesn’t always seem that engaged. You’re drafting him knowing he needs work, but the skill/size combination is NHL quality if he puts it all together.

-Pronman

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[Kevin Musto]

Kid can't skate.

Fire everyone for not picking Keppen.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Nothing comes to mind with this pick

Anyone got anything on him?

 

[LastWordArmy]

Our look

Michal Teply Scouting Report: 2019 NHL Draft #76 - Last Word on Hockey

 

[Hawkaholic]

Lots of skill, 6'-3. Ranked as a 2nd/3rd rounder by lots of scouting services.

 

[CallMeShaft]

Don't know anything about him, but EP has these rankings for him on his page.

Ranked #67 by THE ATHLETIC
Ranked #85 by HOCKEYPROSPECT.COM
Ranked #63 by FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS
Ranked #56 by ISS HOCKEY
Ranked #46 by MCKEEN'S HOCKEY
Ranked #14 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING (EU Skaters)
Ranked #56 by ELITEPROSPECTS.COM
Ranked #73 by TSN/McKenzie

Not terrible for the 4th round.

 

[u2wojo]

• Rankings
  Ranked #67 by THE ATHLETIC
  Ranked #85 by HOCKEYPROSPECT.COM
  Ranked #63 by FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS
  Ranked #56 by ISS HOCKEY
  Ranked #46 by MCKEEN'S HOCKEY
  Ranked #14 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING (EU Skaters)
  Ranked #56 by ELITEPROSPECTS.COM
  Ranked #73 by TSN/McKenzie

He is a stellar stickhandler and a top-notch passer, who needs very little room to maneuver to make something happen, McKeen's Hockey 2019
He’s big, strong and makes good use of his size when battling for the puck, Hockeyprospect.com 2019
Whether he is shooting or passing, he does both accurately and with awareness, Future Considerations 2019

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Another six+ footer.

All I've got.

 

[TLEH]

I’m not totally in love with picking big guys who can’t skate but he does have a lot of talent. League is a copy cat league for sure.

 

[LDF]

he had a monster wjc 18 and under tourney.

 

[EmeticDonut]

Nothing comes to mind with this pick

Anyone got anything on him?

Just generically complaining about Bowman should have you covered.

 

[Putt Pirate]

Needs to work on his skating. Which is often the case for larger kids that are still maturing and not smurfs. Cannot make everyone happy.

 

[Panzerspitze]

Nothing comes to mind with this pick

Anyone got anything on him?

Nothing generational...

 

[piteus]

Fiddy must be happy. We're picking gigantors.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Teply over Strondala is proof that Chicago only drafted based on size this year and yet they still passed on Keppen.

I don't understand. We're gonna look back on this draft and all scratch our heads.

 

[piteus]

Teply over Strondala is proof that Chicago only drafted based on size this year and yet they still passed on Keppen.

I don't understand. We're gonna look back on this draft and all scratch our heads.

How many times do I have to tell you ... Keppen did not meet our 6'3" cut off. Annti Saalera was a clerical mistake.

 

[clydesdale line]

Teply over Strondala is proof that Chicago only drafted based on size this year and yet they still passed on Keppen.

Blame Vancouver for that. Hawks might've taken him with that pick until they picked him ahead of us (again).

 

[Kevin Musto]

Blame Vancouver for that. Hawks might've taken him with that pick until they picked him ahead of us (again).

They literally had Keppen available at 105. Not even Vancaouver's fault. The blame lies solely on Stan and Kelley.

 

[AmericanDream]

How many times do I have to tell you ... Keppen did not meet our 6'3" cut off. Annti Saalera was a clerical mistake.

Bowman had some left over BBQ sauce from his Portillo's meetings with Kaliyev that dripped on his draft notes making Saalera look like 6'3 instead of 6'0..

 

[clydesdale line]

They literally had Keppen available at 105. Not even Vancaouver's fault. The blame lies solely on Stan and Kelley.

Eh... probably thought they'd get him later. They were right in hindsight.. just missed out on Vancouver always reading their draft notes.

@Teemu likes this pick alot and he has a solid draft record with "his guys/prospects" so I'm good with this.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Teply was likely referring to the Champions Hockey League, but I'm not sure Scott Powers understood that...

 

[Mrfenn92]

Teply over Strondala is proof that Chicago only drafted based on size this year and yet they still passed on Keppen.

I don't understand. We're gonna look back on this draft and all scratch our heads.

So how many Graham knotts did they draft?

 

[Castle8130]

Realistically, he is a solid 4th round pick. Usually 4ths dont add up to anything (1 in 3 play an NHL game), so I am cool with this pick.

 

[bwanajamba]

Realistically, he is a solid 4th round pick. Usually 4ths dont add up to anything (1 in 3 play an NHL game), so I am cool with this pick.

That’s because GMs aren’t taking the scouting advice of the great Kevin Musto

 

[Bubba88]

Teply was likely referring to the Champions Hockey League, but I'm not sure Scott Powers understood that...

Already excited as hell to see my hometown team participate in the Champions hockey league, but now I have a Hawks prospect playing for one of the opponents. Special for Augsburg in the DEL. Will definitely take a closer look at Teply when both teams meet.

Looks like Teply meant the Champions hockey league as you said. I think it would be better for him to stay in Czech and finish a full year in the czech elite league