Rookie Season - Ryan Zabby

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VHLM rookie Ryan Zabby plays for the Yukon Rush and has enjoyed a pretty solid season so far (71 GP 31 G 54 A 85 P 263 shots). Zabby currently sits 10^th in points and 9^th in assists by all VHLM players. It hasn’t all been positive though, Zabby started the season very slowly by being below a point per game but seemed to pick it up around the 20-game mark. After that, he enjoyed some great success with a few multi-point games in a row to boost his numbers into the top 10 charts. However, he’s slowed down at the end of the season and Yukon isn’t fully going unless Zabby is. Yukon is excited to see if his playstyle can translate into the playoffs and possibly help them bring home a championship.

 

Zabby participated in the World Juniors this season for team Canada. Unfortunately, due to the incredible amount of skill on team Canada, Zabby was left getting little ice time and didn’t produce much. However, the team won Gold and Zabby seemed excited telling reporters “I dreamt of winning the world jr’s since I was 8 years old”.

 

Zabby’s development slowed a bit in the middle of the season, due to lack of commitment and attitude some scouts were expecting him to be the #1 or #2 overall pick this season but he seems to be sitting around 3 or 4 in most mock drafts. One mock draft had him ranked as the 4^th player to be take stating

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“Gonna plop this guy right here. I think I’m satisfied with this guy being at fourth overall. Again this guy is a god damn twig. How are you gonna be 6’8” and 140lbs Jesus Christ. Anyways, he is a solid player with very good offensive stats and great shooting.”

Even with some slower development, Zabby has stayed true to what he said back when he signed his intro deal with Yukon. “I’m going to be able to score, pass, and skate,” Zabby said and that’s where he’s improved most this season. With 75 Skating/Scoring and 71 Passing/Defense, he’s shown that with a lack of weight he’s still able to produce with those attributes. One major flaw scouts have is his lack of progression at the faceoff circle, some scouts think he hasn’t improved at all in the area and think he might be more suited to playing Wing. Zabby, however, doesn’t like that idea” I’m not playing wing, I’d much rather be a better skater, passer, shooter, or defender before I worry about faceoffs. They barely even matter when you can geno as I can”. Zabby backtracked the next sentence saying “ I do work on them they just aren’t my main focus currently. I’d like to be where I want to be in other areas and let the faceoffs be the bow that wraps it all together.:

 

 

A teammate leaked to Hockeybuzz that “ Zabby doesn’t wanna play for a shit VHL team” and has been heard saying “ Whichever team drafts me is getting the best player” and finishing up with “ I hope I don’t go 1^st overall I want to win”. Zabby has gotten some criticism for saying this but refuses to comment on the matter. No matter where Zabby gets drafted he looks like a player that a team can build around and should be able to make an impact very early on.

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