Jakub Vanecek

Vanecek quietly put up 35 points from the blue line in 59 WHL games, doing most of his damage as a power-play quarterback who can thread passes through traffic and still get shots through from the point with authority. His hockey sense translates — he reads the ice ahead of the play rather than reacting to it, which is exactly the profile that makes offensive defensemen stick at the next level as reliable second-unit contributors.

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