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VashekBlanar
DAge: 19193 CM83 KGUSA USA
39PNHLe
Vashek Blanar
NHLNHL Draft2025, BOS (100th overall)4th round, 4th pick
THLTHL Draft2025, TOR (131st overall)5th round, 3rd pick

Projected potential

Bio

An NHL-sized defenseman who has put up decent offense at the lower Swedish levels for a big defenseman. Raw, with a long wait.

PNHLe

Projected potential: 392025-26 · J20-Nationell · HV71 U20

What is PNHLe?

PNHLe is an offensive stat that is used to project a player’s point potential at the NHL level and is meant to standardize a variety of leagues so that prospects can be compared from one league with another.

PNHLe attempts to equalize all leagues, age and positions so that the offensive potential of a prospect can easily be compared with others, while also projecting future NHL point potential in the prime years of a player.

The problem with NHLe

The premise of the NHLe stat is certainly a great idea. If a player jumps directly from one league to the NHL there should be some precedent set by historical values that would indicate how many points that player should project to having in a full NHL season. However, it always bothered me that NHLe never took into account that younger players in the same league would always have a massive disadvantage compared to those that have more experience and are physically more mature in the same league. NHLe only looks at the present to predict how many points in one league are equated at the NHL level.

NHL Certainty
3.5
35% odds
Odds of becoming a full-time NHL player (10.0 = 100%). Draft guideline is a starting point and should rise as the prospect proves himself.
Upside
3.5
 
Best-case offensive upside (peak season points potential). Forwards: 8.0 ≈ 80 points. Defense and goalie scales differ.

Scouting Feed

Blanar stands in at a hulking 6-4 and 183lbs and put up decent offensive numbers in the J18 league in Sweden. Posting 21 points in 38 games, Blanar is a bit of a curious player. While he doesn’t have the mobility smaller skaters have, he can still hold his own, keeping up with the pace of play well and often times does not find himself out of position. He has an average shot with other various offensive tools. The Bruins hope they can reign him in and mold him to become a bottom pair defender who can match up with opponents bottom-six lines and possibly bear the brunt of some tough match ups. But it will be a while before that becomes a reality.

Selected at one hundredth overall, Vashek Blanar is now a member of the Boston Bruins.



Career Stats
SeasonTypeLeagueTeamGPGAP+/-PIMPPGSHGSOG
2021-22RegularCzechia U17HC Oceláři Třinec U17310162
2021-22RegularMMCRMoravskoslezský kraj U15702200
2022-23RegularCzechia U17HC Vítkovice U179000-26
2022-23RegularCzechia U17 2AZ Havířov U17400006
2023-24RegularJ18 Div.1Hässelby Kälvesta HC U182816223857
2023-24RegularDivision 4Hässelby Kälvesta HC20110
2023-24PlayoffsJ18 Div.1Hässelby Kälvesta HC U1830442
2023-24PlayoffsJ18 Div.1Hässelby Kälvesta HC U1830442
2024-25RegularJ18 RegionIF Troja-Ljungby J18386152159
2024-25RegularJ20 RegionIF Troja-Ljungby J2040114
2024-25PlayoffsJ18 RegionIF Troja-Ljungby J18526812
2024-25PlayoffsJ20 RegionIF Troja-Ljungby J20200012
2025-26RegularU20 NationellHV71 U203051015-1257
2025-26RegularSHLHV71300000
2025-26PlayoffsU20 NationellHV71 U2010235931