Filip Zadina is set to be a top-three pick in this June’s NHL Draft, top-five at worst. Watch any Zadina highlight package and the reason will be immediately clear; he scores goals. Lasers into the top corner, pinpoint shots between the goaltender’s blocker and pad, five-hole tucks — if there’s an opening, Zadina will put the puck through it. And he does it in style.



Zadina potted 49 goals in 66 games this QMJHL season, and a further seven in seven games as an 18-year-old at the World Juniors.



His goal scoring resume is lengthy, a reason he’s been on the draft radar for years. Zadina scored at a goal-per-game rate as a 14/15-year-old on the Czech U-18 circuit. The next season, he made his professional debut, and wowed at the U-18 World Juniors with four goals in five games. By the time Zadina joined the Halifax Mooseheads for his draft season, he already had established himself as a regular in the Czech Extraliga, emerged as one of the...