With the SHL majors draft approaching it's time to have a look at right wing for the Vancouver Whalers where you'll find Jeff Lewis. Lewis is more of a sniper type of player who is heavily focusing on his sniper abilities such as puck handling and offensive read but has also taken on some more defensive minded skills as well.

He has really worked on his ability to get open while in the offensive zone and where he reads the offensive play quite well. If he gets the puck on his stick he shoots with lethal accuracy and has so far found a knack for scoring in his first season in the minors.

Despite his scoring ability, he isn't afraid to pick up assists as well as he is generally not a puck hog and has really worked on his passing abilities so look for him to also add some assists to his goal totals often faking his strong shot and forcing the goalie to over compensate while dishing off a pass to an open teammate.

Part of what makes his play special is his ability to win the puck battles. He has a fantastic defensive read allowing him to often be is a great position to pick off passes. When in one on one battles for the puck he is also strong on stick checking. Very tenacious on the puck and not afraid to get his body into the play despite not really training for hitting he did have a great showing this season with 156 hits which had him third on the team for total hits.

He played for the Whalers who had a pretty disappointing season finishing with the third worst record in the league. While that was not great for the team it did allow the rookies on the team much more ice time giving them time to hone their skills and develop with all that time in play. While this helped him lead the team in goals and points (and finish first in rookie goal scoring) this could also reflect on his statistics when joining a major team as he won't be starting off on the top two lines most likely and therefore reducing his time on ice.

Lewis has not expressed an interest in any particular team in the SHL. He is wide open to playing for any team whether it's a top tier team or one rebuilding. He is pretty flexible when it comes to this and really just wants to make an impact for whatever team chooses him. He has often stated that both ends of the spectrum offer exciting opportunities and whatever happens he will be ready to keep working on being the best player he can be.

In addition to his play in games, he is very strict about his training time. He hasn't missed any training windows since he joined the league and was picked up off of waivers. We don't expect that to change much at all and you should see him maximize his training time to continue growing as a player so any team worried about potential shouldn't be worried about this. Perhaps his only drawback in this area is earnings. Outside of his contract, he's working on finding other sources of income to supplement his training with and this should eventually be sorted out.

He's a pretty good locker room guy. Perhaps a little quiet at first but is definitely one to get involved and is really looking forward to having a team pick up his majors rights so he can have another team of players to converse with, exchange ideas, training tips, and more.

As for career goals, he says his biggest goal is to win a championship. He'd love to celebrate with his teammates and doesn't really have much focus on personal awards. Not saying he wouldn't love to win one but his primary focus is on team with a chance one day of making it to the hall of fame and perhaps even one day playing for his country.

Scouting has been greatly increased this weekend and he has spoken to a handful of teams. He tries to explain what he's looking for, what he hopes to achieve and how he thinks he can help. A lot of scouting is similar in questions so we have tried to incorporate that in this report. Things like earnings, training, what the player whats to achieve, etc. Hopefully, some teams will have some interest and take a chance on this waiver pick up. While he missed the minors draft he very much looks forward to taking part in the majors draft. For any other teams doing some scouting and have questions, do not hesitate to reach out and ask some questions. Very open to answering those and handling any concerns any teams might have to help clarify the picture surrounding Jeff Lewis.



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