One of my favorites from the 2025 draft class, Reschny broke 90 points last season and was sensational for the Royals in the playoffs, taking his game to an entirely new level and finding the scoresheet in every game. He’s a player I’ve really enjoyed watching over the last couple of years. He’s highly skilled but also highly competitive and has driven both play and creation as a 5-foot-10.5 center who is athletic, very strong, involved and committed in all areas of the ice. He has a motor and defensive zone know-how and commitment, but he’s also a natural playmaker, including when under pressure and with limited time and space. He creates chances for himself and his linemates, is a natural handler, finisher and passer (he sees it at a very high level) and then will work off the puck and takes pride in his play in all three zones. He’s one of the best 200-foot players in this class and also one of its smartest offensive players. Though some scouts wonder about his first three steps, I think he’s a good skater and certainly a better one than he gets credit for, and I have no issues with his speed or pace whatsoever. He has very quick hands. He’s stronger on pucks and in battles than his height might suggest at a glance, with a thick lower half and an ability to protect pucks and shed contact low in the zone. He plays an excellent, trustworthy, dependable and consistent three-zone game. He has the IQ component on both sides of the puck. He has finesse on the puck and a natural shooter’s shot, with an ability to create angles around sticks and feet or place pucks through them into space for himself or his linemates. His hands and feet also move in unison, giving him dimension one-on-one, even if he’s not a burner out of the blocks. He impressed at world under-17s and the Hlinka, and the Royals have relied on him and counted on him to create offense and carry the load at 16 and 17. In both seasons, his linemates had career years playing with him. Last season, he led them in scoring while playing to team-best goal differential results (plus-42) and really driving play at five-on-five (he’s also a top penalty killer for them). There were some who were starting to question if he was a first-rounder after a slow start in the fall but after a quiet first game at the CHL-USA Prospects Challenge, he went bar down for the series-clinching 3-2 goal with just over a minute left in the second game and was as hot as any player in the WHL down the stretch before stamping his season in the playoffs. I think he has a chance to be a heck of a top-nine player in the NHL, and I see a little Seth Jarvis in him. I’m higher on him than most, though.
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