Kurt Bachmann - Scouting Report

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Kurt Bachmann

 

Kurt Bachmann is young defenseman that is an old school defenseman coming straing from Germany. Born in Cologne, Kurt developped through the Kölner Haie system from U7 to U20 and then joining the DEL club for one season. He had 4 goals and 17 assists in 56 games as part of the 3rd pairing of the Kölner Haie at 18 years old. The team managed to make the playoffs but Bachmann didn't score a point and the Haie was eliminated in the first round. Afer that he decided to come play in North America, and kept the maritime theme, by joining the San Diego Marlins.

 

Position: D

Shoots: Right

Age: 19

Height: 6'2'' (1.88m)

Weight: 220 lbs (100kg)

 

Pros:

Kurt is a good physical defensive defenseman that has a lot of potential to become one of the best. His style is very old school, he likes to hold the blue line and prevent anyone to come across it with a big hit. He also manages the gap with offensive players pretty well and pokes the puck out of their stick. He is also improving is puck protection skills very well, allowing him to kill time and clear the puck on the penalty kill. His very physical play, throwing lots of big hits are also a great way to disrupt the offensive team's play. He's clearly a player built for playoffs hockey.

 

Cons:

His very physical play can also be one of his drawbacks, landing him in the box more often than he would like. He also doesn't show up on the score sheet much, his mindset being that you win by taking less goals than the other team, his wristshot isn't good but he said he wanted to work on his slapshot. His passing is also decent but needs work to efficiently get the puck out of the zone at higher levels. His skating although sufficient for the DEL would currently be too slow for the VHL. He also has a tendency to avoid answering the bell after throwing his big hits.

 

 

Overall Kurt Bachmann has a very strong base to become a dominant and scary defensive defenseman. He won't score a lot of points, be when he's on the ice the opposition has to keep their heads up and will have a hard time keeping the puck on their sticks. He'll become goalies best friend and give confidence to his offense knowing they have a strong guy to rely on and might allow them to take more risks.