Alex Sotek

Ian Moran’s Thoughts: Sotek is a high energy winger who brings it every shift. On the forecheck he is a very aggressive F1 who shows the foot speed to win races for loose pucks and the fearlessness to throw his body into the mix. I like the spacing and awareness he shows as an F2 or F3 because you rarely see him getting trapped on the wrong side of the opposing forwards or going the wrong way on a clean breakout pass. As a puck carrier Sotek is not slowed down by the puck and he has the type of puck carrying ease that makes defenders fear being beaten wide. Although he did not produce much offensively in the Slovakian professional league, Sotek has good numbers in the U20 age group with 63 points in 55 games over the past 3 seasons. To me his pace of play and awareness away from the puck make him an ideal late round pick who heads to the Major Junior next year to blossom.