Claimed:Biggu Kyanon Fires in the Hole! [Final 8/8]

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Biggu Kyanon Rookie Profile

www.VHLHockeyNews.com

Position: RH Defense
Number: 10
Height: 5’11
Weight: 190lbs
Hometown: Okinawa, Japan
Favourite Team: Davos Dynamo

Kyanon is locked in for the S44 VHLM draft and the S45 VHL draft. A candidate from the Hockey School of Asia, founded by agent/GM Terence Fong, Kyanon brings along him with him a draft a pedigree from the prestigious organization that has produced many fine hockey players in recent generations. The most recent of whichis Xin Xie Xiao aka XXX, considered one of the top power forwards of the VHL.

Kyanon (pronounced Cannon) hails from the seaside resort area of Japan in the Okinawa prefecture. Much of his off-season training has been spent on these shores, where water resistance training and inline sports have become quite popular. Originally scouted while playing in the Japanese Roller Skating Federation, Kyanon had caught the eyes of pro scouts from the Hockey school when he won the scoring title in the mens league at the age 14. When they went out to see Kyanon, what they found was an extremely mobile dman that was skating circles around players twice his age and could stickhandle in a kiddy pool. Introduced and signed to a scholarship with the Hockey Asia school, Kyanon proceeded to learn and graduated at the top of the next generation of players coming out of the organization.

 

What VHL Scouts had to say:

“Kyanon may have started out his career as an inline skater, but his edgework on the ice is elite. Considering he has only been skating for several years, he has elite edge work of someone like Slaughter which is very surprising as few are on par with Slaughter’s skating level. His stride is technically sound and very clean, so he just needs to add leg strength to it and it will come eventually. His explosiveness is off the charts as well, he can zero to sixty really quickly and he knows when to dial down the skating and dial up to throw other players off balance.”

– Alexi Scouterman, NYA Scout

“Strong offensive skills and good anticipation of the play. He has the playmaking and scoring potential of Connor Low. He is a magician with the puck on his stick and can make plays out of thin air it seems. Loves to drive the play and have the puck on his stick. If all else fails, he could be an powerplay specialist at the very least. I think he is could be a better producer than Ginzou Fujiwara, the last good dman that came out of that hockey school.” – Danny Profiler, Davos Scout

“Fujiwara was considered one of the best puckhandlers in his draft year and his youtube highlights were spectacular. Kyanon may not be quite up there in terms of highlight reel toe drags, but I think he is much more effective in the way he uses the puck. Fujiwara tended to sometimes be too fancy and held onto it for too long. I see Kyanon as being smarter of when to flash out a move and when he can make a simple strong play. To that end, he can youtube with the best of them. His double Kane spin-or-rama through the leg back hand goal was a thing of beauty.”

– Victor, former dictator scout

 

 

 

Of course not everyone had such glowing words:

“Could be a garbage pick to be honest, for all his skill and flash. There could be very little substance to him because he doesn’t play defensively sound hockey. His 50/50 attitude is to go all in and look for the highlight reel play. I’m not sold on his defensive ability, he will have to shore that up greatly before he gets to the pros. If not ,you may end up with a really good minor league player that couldn’t stop a kid in a tricycle from getting to the net. Players like Marc Andre Bergeron were such liabilities they couldn't be trusted with even strength shifts." - Craig Button, NHL Scout

"He doesn't have optimal size and while he has a decent frame, he really needs to focus on his strength and conditioning if he wants to make it to the pro league. Right now he can't win board battles very much at all so in the smaller North American rinks he will likely struggle more against the larger more physical forwards. Also in Asia he isn't used to playing in a long season so he will need to be able to increase his stamina to be able to play through the regular season and playoffs." - Craig Fitzpatrick, VHL Scouting Services

"He is a bit of a riverboat gambler, sometimes he makes plays he can't afford to do and turns over the puck when his team can't afford to lose it. Big risk and gamble on him as he needs to really mature his game and not always try and do things by himself. Sometimes he wants to be the hero, and why not as it certainly worked for him in Asia, but he has to know he can't do those things here all the time. I don't think he is the hardest worker in that regard either, he may not have as much potential as some of the other players in his draft class." - Anonymous Davos Scout.

 

Certainly it looks like "Big Cannon" will has his share of faults and blemishes, but he does carry a fairly credible certification from the development program under Terence Fong, so the potential rewards could be quite high if put in the right situation to develop.

Edited May 26, 2015 by tfong

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Overview: 2/2 - Quite a fine article you got here. Kyanon should be a force for the future.

 

Pros & Cons: 3/3 - Great pros and cons. I like how they're quotes from scouts.

 

Grammar: 2/2 - Not enough to deduct since it's a lengthier article.

 

"a draft a pedigree" - a draft of pedigree

"of whichis" - which is

"at the age 14" - the age of 14

"he could be an powerplay specialist" - a

"I think he is could be a better " - I think he could be a better

"will has his share of faults" - will have

 

Presentation: 1/1 - Good stuff.

 

Overall: 8/8

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