Devin Gabella Rookie Profile [1/2]

[Gabella19 5]

 

Name: Devin Gabella

Position: Left Wing

Current Team: Halifax 21st

Age: 21

Height: 6’0”

Weight: 185 lbs.

Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio

Preferred Number: 19
Nickname: Mr. Perfect

 

Notes from Scouts

“Gabella has great speed and shows little effort getting around the defense to get a breakaway, but he needs to improve on finishing his plays to produce more scoring.”

“He is a great playmaker when it comes to the offensive zone, his passing is great, and he always knows where to be to set up plays for line mates.”

“Devin is very mature for his role on the team, he likes to take on a leadership role and is great at motivating his team to push through tough games to come out on top with wins.”

“He shows very great potential to be a great player in the VHL due to his drive and love for the game.”

 

Pros

 

Leadership:

Devin shows great leadership skills because he has such a great passion for the game of hockey and wants nothing more than to win every game that he plays in. Some of his teammates don’t have the same passion that Devin has, he notices that and makes sure to pick their heads up and be a great leader because he believes if everyone on the team is in a great mood and enjoying the sport than they can mesh well and get wins.

 

Passing:

Another great skill that Devin possesses is his passing skills, this kid can make passes that an average player can not make. His line mates like to sit back door and Devin is just able to find holes in the defense and pass the puck to the C or RW and get them an easy backdoor goal.

 

Positioning:

Whenever you watch Devin play you pick up on his hockey knowledge quik. He has speed to get into great positioning quik and this allows him to always be open and available to receive a pass or get open to create lanes to the net to increase scoring opportunities.

 

Speed:

Devin’s speed is the best in the level of hockey he currently plays in. Everyone jokingly calls him the next Connor McDavid because he just blows past the defenders making them look like pylons. With this kid gets so many breakaways during his games, which allows him to have a lot of goals throughout his early career.

 

Scoring:

The reason his scoring is great is because of his speed, he gets so many breakaways that he gets what seems like an unlimited opportunity for scoring chances and he finishes often.

 

Cons

 

Physicality:

One major thing that Devin needs to work on is his physicality, this will help with his defensive play when trying to knock the opposing team off the puck. He may be worried about getting hurt and ruining his chances in the VHL, so I think his great leadership skills make up for his lack of physicality, but if he went into more defensive zone battles and grew in that part of his game, I think he will be a dominate player.

 

Defensive:

These piggy backs off physicality, if Devin grows in that aspect of his play than his defensive game will increase his defensive play. He also sometimes sits to high in the defensive zone, hoping that his team gains control so he can get a head start on beating that defenseman to get an easy breakaway to hopefully score a goal.

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Review:

 

On 3/28/2019 at 6:44 PM, Gabella19 said:

Height: 6’0”

Weight: 185 lbs.

 

This doesn't look much like you-know-who in the picture, even if he was fifteen at the time.

 

On 3/28/2019 at 6:44 PM, Gabella19 said:

Notes from Scouts

 

This is great, adds a bit of character to the report. My only criticism here is maybe attribute the quotes to specific scouts. They don't need to actually exist, but it will help you buff out the word count a bit.

 

On 3/28/2019 at 6:44 PM, Gabella19 said:

Some of his teammates don’t have the same passion that Devin has,

 

Why does this matter? You're not scouting other players, you're scouting Devin.

 

On 3/28/2019 at 6:44 PM, Gabella19 said:

Whenever you watch Devin play you pick up on his hockey knowledge quik. He has speed to get into great positioning quik

 

quik*

 

Needs more cons and a summary.  Toss this whole thing into word or openoffice and give it a spelling/grammar check.

 

Otherwise looks pretty good, welcome aboard!

[DollarAndADream 3,357]

13 hours ago, HenrikZoiderberg said:

quik*

 

 

You can probably see here, but the word quik on this forum automatically converts to quik, because of the user Quik. Haha.