Elias Sobeck Rookie Profile [1/2]

[Boragina 89]

ROOKIE PROFILE: ELIAS SOBECK

Position: C
Height: 6’1
Weight: 199
Born in: Carson City, Nevada

 

 

Born in Carson City, Nevada, Elias Sobeck immediately took to the game of hockey. Instead of following in his parents footsteps and continuing on in the scientific field, Sobeck elected to devour hours and hours of hockey footage and chose to study the game instead. Sobeck ended up being a star standout at Carson City High, and had dreams of one day playing in the NHL. After being passed up in the draft twice despite his crazy statline in high school, Sobeck was determined to make a career in hockey and declared himself available for the VHL Draft and signed a one year minor league deal with the Oslo Storm of the VHLM to show off his skillset to the general managers of the league.

 

 

Pros:

Scoring: Sobeck’s goal scoring ability was his biggest strength throughout his career so far. He has a knack for finding the open areas and has an excellent release and should be able to transfer this to the professional game. This may end up changing as he develops into a pro player, as he will have many increased responsibilities as a centreman. 

 

Playmaking: While he may not have inherited his parents passion for science, he was given a more than average IQ which he has definitely used to his advantage. It is extremely evident in his current game, Notching nearly 3 assists for every goal he’s scored so far. Sobeck see’s the ice extremely well and is generally able to place passes perfectly or in space where his teammates are moving to. Expect this to become even more prevalent in his game as he continues to grow.

 

Skating: With the way that the game is changing, skating ability has become such a hot point on whether or not a player will be effective as a pro. Sobeck noticed this early, and made it a priority to work on early on in his hockey playing career. He is able to transition and turn quite effectively and has an explosive start to his stride that should allow him to beat his opponent to loose pucks and seperate him from defenders while handling the puck.

 

 

Cons: 

Faceoffs: One his glaring weakness’, especially seeing as how he players centre, is Sobecks faceoff ability. Instead of always trying to win the draw, Sobeck would often just read his opponent and react to where he was going to try to win the draw. It’s not that he doesn’t try on faceoffs, its just that he tried to use his other skills against more experienced faceoff takers.

 

Checking: Despite having a decently sized frame, Sobeck was never one to really engage in the physical play of hockey outside of what he needed to do. Instead of going for big hits along the boards or in the middle of the ice, Sobeck instead elected to play defense using a combination of stick lifts and poke checks. While maybe useful in the latter stages of his career, it doesn’t appear to be a focal point for Sobeck at this current juncture.  

 

Fighting: This one goes hand in hand with his lack of checking ability but fighting is definitely not a major part of Sobecks game and never will be. He’s never had to fight his own battles, usually due to a lack of hitting or usually having someone else fight for him. Don’t ever expect him to try and ever work on this.
 

[Boragina 89]

So do I just claim this now? or wait for someone to look at it or what.

[hedgehog337 3,483]

8 minutes ago, Boragina said:

So do I just claim this now? or wait for someone to look at it or what.

 

claim now

[DollarAndADream 3,356]

Review:

Can never forget Mike Commodore and that ginger afro.

Great pros to focus on starting up a player. That'll make Elias very offensive, possibly as offensive as Aloy can be.

Good RP!