Jets Nation Prospect Profiles 2016: #6 Jack Roslovic
By Garret Hohl
7 years ago
We are in the dregs of summer, so we take a critical look at the Winnipeg Jets organizational cupboards and highlight who we feel are the Jets’ “Top 20 Prospects” when looking at a combination of potential and probability of positive impact for the franchise.
We continue our prospect profile to Columbus native, Jack Roslovic.
Jack Roslovic
| Age: 19 | Position: C/RW |
| Height: 6’1″ | Weight: 183 lbs |
| Draft Year: 2015 | Round: First |
Prior to showing off his skills during the Jets development camp this summer, some may have forgotten about the young Jack Roslovic. While the 21st highest scoring under-20 skater in the NCAA is a respectable feat, Roslovic was hiding in the shadows of Kyle Connor’s historic NCAA season.
The truth is Roslovic is a very good hockey player, and has the highest ceiling of the Jets’ returns from the Evander Kane, Zach Bogosian, and Jason Kasdorf trade.
Scoring 26 points in 36 games as a teenage freshman is nothing to ignore. It becomes all the more impressive once one realizes that Roslovic lead a low scoring team in points and accounted for 30 percent of his team’s production, while playing about half the season on the second line.
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Roslovic is a smart player, who reads the game and also seems to fit well with whatever linemates he’s placed with. The young forward is an adept defensive player but his talents shine the most with the puck on his stick. He can handle the puck well in one-on-one situations and in tight spaces. He is a pass first player, but his shot is not to be underrated.
Roslovic split the season on the wing and at centre. No organization could ever carry too many centres in their prospect cupboards, but there are many who feel Roslovic is more likely to develop into a winger than as a pivot. That said, if Roslovic plays in the OHL, there is a good chance he could play the bulk of the season as the London Knights’ top-line centre.
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There were a lot of concerns with Roslovic’s scoring numbers in his draft season, due his production lagging until he was placed on a line with elite talents Auston Matthews and Matthew Tkachuk.
This year the numbers seem to relatively dip, but it still remains to be seen how much of it was due to playing on a weak offensive team in a tough conference.
pGPS system indicates that 19.4 per cent of Roslovic’s cohorts played in the NHL for more than 200 game careers, where 27 of 39 “NHL successes” peaked as either elite, 1st line, 2nd line, or third line players. While his percentage of NHL cohorts that made the NHL has taken a dip this season, there is still a tonne of upside to Roslovic, in both the eyetest and the numbers.
Because of this, Roslovic places sixth on our top-20 list.
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