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Events
Birthday: Apr. 8, 1997
Height: 6' 2 | 188 cm
Weight: 216 lbs | 98 kg
Drafted: 69 overall, 2015 round 3 (
CBJ)
Reports
Nov. 2, 2023 (Updated Nov. 5, 2023)
Contract: $4,200,000 over 3 years (Cap hit: $1,400,000)
Position scouted: Right Wing
Age when scouted: 26
Projection: Fourth Line
Trending: Under NHL Contract
Kolesar is easily defined.
He's a 2-way power forward who plays with an edge
The majority of his TOI comes at ES
He does have a secondary role on the PK
Kolesar moves pretty well. He's agile enough to rotate in the defensive zone and get in shooting lanes.
His element is his physicality and presence.
Through the first 12 game segment to start the season he averaged 11:33 TOI - 11:01 ES - 0:31 PK , while contributing 47 hits !
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Elite Prospects| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM |
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| 2023-24 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 79 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 49 |
| 2022-23 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 74 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 68 |
| 2021-22 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 77 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -6 | 68 |
- Compete/Consistency: 88
- Defensive Zone Starts: 79
- Hockey IQ: 85
- Offensive Zone Starts: 62
- Penalty Kill: 50
- Power Play: 0
- Physicality: 100
- Puck Moving/Passing: 64
- Shot: 69
- Skating: 79
Weighting
- 20%: Compete/Consistency, Hockey IQ, Skating
- 12%: Puck Moving/Passing
- 8%: Shot
- 4%: Defensive Zone Starts, Offensive Zone Starts, Penalty Kill, Power Play, Physicality
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