STEPAN GORBUNOV

2025-07-24

Scout: Tony

Skating:

Stepan looks like a good skater for his size. 6' 5"

Passing/Handling:

Stepan seemed to be good at passing the puck to teammates. Handling was a bit of an issue in close to his body

Shooting:

Stepan exhibited a good shot and was able to handle rebounds around the net

IQ (Vision, Anticipation, Panic/Poise):

Stepan has good vision to see open teammates and good poise, although I think he should have been in MHL

Forechecking:

Stepan showed some forechecking in the limited viewing

Defense:

The stuff on youtube did not show defensive video of Stepan. (Inc.)

Best Asset:

Best asest is his size and skating ability at that size

Biggest Concern:

His Size, he will need to be more physical to make it in NHL

Top Tier/Role Potential:

Tier 2/ Could play mid 6

Justification for Top Tier Assessment:

His size and skating ability

50th Percentile Tier/Role:

Tier 3/ Bottom 6

Justification for 50th Percentile Tier Assessment:

Lack of Physical play.

Stylistic Comparable:

He reminds me of a better skating Elmer Soderblom

Scouts Final Thoughts and Additional Stats/Info:

I hope to be able to see more video this up coming year and would like to revisit the scouting report.

Games Scouted:

Just portions of games, Youtube