He is an offensive dynamo... at the AHL level...
His game is unlikely to translate to the NHL, I see too many holes in his game...
Also his point total is nice... but consider all the offence the Marlies create, When playing with Keith Aucoin and company, some riders will have inflated stats...
That said he is a good skater who has a knack for getting into good shooting lanes... but being undersized and inconsistant defencively hurts... also he is prone to extreamly poor decision making....
He is only +5 on the season, but that is because he has a +7 in the last 6 games, much because he has taken over Jake Gardiner's position and plays with a +13 Paul Ranger or the odd shift with the +8 Holzer... who tend to cover Kostka's ass...
Kostka's #s will digress once Gardiner comes back, but he is strong and proven at the AHL level...
Apperently he came to Toronto to be close to home when he plays (Etobicoke native) and because we needed to replace a couple that left and those that were suppose to move up (Holzer and Gardiner)... not because he himself would have an NHL shot... That said it wouldt surprise me if he gets emergancy recalls...but at the age of 27, his door is closing quickly...
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Current Roster:
F: H Sedin, Plekanec, Kovalchuck, Perry, Cammalleri, Oshie, Stepan, Anisimov, Kunitz, Justin Williams, Little, Baertchi, Huberdeau, Olli Jokinen, Eberle, Rattie, Alfredsson
D: Boumeester, Green, Carlson, Vlasic, Del Zotto, Myers, Scandella
G: Niemi, Varlamov, Neuvirth, Harding, Ramo, Vasilevski
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