Drosmis Sarkanis Scouting Report

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DROSMIS SARKANIS
SCOUTING REPORT

 

BASIC INFO

Name: Drosmis Sarkanis| Age: 24 | Weight: 212 lb. | Height: 6.3 ft | Home Country: Latvia | Position: Right Wing

 

CAREER REPORT

Drosmis Sarkanis joined VHLM after his brother joined the league little bit earlier and unfortunately because of the late joining he missed the draft and was signed as a free agent by Saskatoon Wilds. The Saskatoon Wilds team saw a good potential into Drosmis Sarkanis and immediately started mentoring him. He came to the league as a winger, built to score, but unfortunately his skills were coned towards full attack and that was not ideal. After receiving the training plan from the coaches he started to intensively work on his defensive coverage while still polishing his attack skills.

 

Due to joining the league late he played only 24 games during VHLM S94 regular season and scored 6 goals and earned 9 assists, totalling in 15 points. With 98 shots made, it left Drosmis Sarkanis with around 5% success rate which is quite low rating. During the playoffs Drosmis Sarkanis managed to play 16 games, almost the same amount he played in the regular season, and win the cup. In these 16 games he scored 7 goals and earned 4 assists, totalling in 11 points. In the playoffs Drosmis Sarkanis made 64 shots with doubled the success rate comparing to the regular season, around 10%, which is on a top level performing players.

 

While not being drafted into VHLM, he was drafted into VHLM and VHL. The massive improvement of Drosmis Sarkanis in such a short time was impressive enough to be drafted 15th overall by VHLE The Vasteras Iron Eagles and 12th overall by VHL The London United. Immediately he was called up to VHLE to play for the Eagles and S95 he spent as part of the team by playing all 72 games, scoring 29 goals and earning 37 assists, totalling 66 points, almost point per game. During these 72 games he made 395 shots with around 7% success rate. While the success rate is low, you could see that the work that he started in Saskatoon around his defensive coverage allowed him to play more strategic role on the roster therefore he assisted more than he scored. He, with his team, made into playoffs and managed to get to the finals and played in total 10 games, scoring 3 goals and earning 3 assists while attempting 57 shots at the net. In the last season of VHLE Drosmis Sarkanis had a good run, but unfortunately fell short to win the league two seasons in a row.

After hearing that VHLE will be closed, Drosmis Sarkanis wanted to return to VHLM and have another shot at the cup while he still could. He was not the only one so he also got a chance to be actually drafted in VHLM 9th overall by Saskatoon Wild in S96 Re-Dispersal Draft. He played 50 games as part of Saskatoon Wilds and scoring 21 goals and earning 18 assists, totalling at 39 points. After the trade he played 22 more games, but part of Ottawa Lynx. With Lynx's he scored 5 goals and earned 8 assists, totalling 13 goals. Overall in s96 Drosmis Sarkanis scored 26 goals and earned 26 assists, totalling all in all 52 points this regular season. Now all the eyes are on his playoff performance and so far he is doing well by having 5 points in 4 games.

PERFORMANCE REPORT

Looking at Drosmis Sarkanis as a player, you can see that he has the individual skill that is required by a strong winger. His excels in being able to read enemy, having great offensive vision and also his individual puck skills with he's deking is very good. Not far from these offensive skills he has the defensive aspect which makes him a smart player. He has very good defensive coverage, similar to offensive vision. He also has very good poke checking skill, making him a treat on both ends of the field. 

Where Drosmis Sarkanis could improve is definitely in speed. His acceleration and top speed still requires work as in comparison to the big leagues, he's on a slower side. His Slap Shot is there and it is his strongest shooting attribute as he is rarely seen wrist shooting. Yet again, in comparison to the big league, his slap shooting is not the most precise and strongest.

 

OVERALL

Overall Drosmis Sarkanis seems like an "OK" or "average" player as during none of the seasons he played he has been a leader on the scoreboard, but he has not been the worst. That is if you don't take into consideration the actual situations he's been in. The current season, S96, for the most part was a flop for Drosmis Sarkanis as his old team was in a rebuild stage therefore he had very weak team mates and he could not perform to his best ability due to enemy team focusing on him, which can be seen by him being one of the most hit player in the league.  Does that mean he will still be average in VHL? Maybe, but I think in VHL there is more depth so he wont be in the same shoes as he was this season. He will have to earn his spot in his team, but he definitely at some point will become teams leader.

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