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Get to know a draft pick -- Jacob Trouba

Jacob Trouba

tomsor.com

All week leading up to the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, we’ll be profiling top prospects who may hear their names called Friday in the first round. Nothing too in-depth. Just enough so you know who they are and what they’re about.

Jacob Trouba (D)

Height: 6’2 Weight: 193 Shoots: Right

Team: U.S. National Development Program

Country: United States

NHL Central Scouting ranking: No. 9 among North American skaters

What kind of player is he?

Trouba has all the “measurables” teams look for in a blueliner. He’s a a strong skater (despite almost giving up on it when he was four), throws his sizable frame around and can contribute offensively as well.

Trouba needs to polish his overall game, though, and one of the chief criticisms is that he needs to “refine” his defensive decision-making.

Of note, his favorite video game is “Super Monkey Ball.” You know that now. There’s no un-knowing it.

Quotable:

“He’s got good size, he’s got good skill. He plays a pretty solid two-way game and he probably plays with a little more edge than some of the other (defensive prospects) that are bigger point producers.

“I think that’s part of his appeal, that he plays the game well at both ends of the ice and plays with a little more edge and assertiveness than some of the other guys do.” -- Carolina Hurricanes director of amateur scouting Tony MacDonald.

More draft profiles:

Nail Yakupov

Filip Forsberg

Malcolm Subban

Ryan Murray

Pontus Aberg

Oscar Dansk

Griffin Reinhart