Tomas Poletin

ANALYSIS
Born and raised in Czechia, Poletin has spent the past two campaigns playing for the Pelicans organization in Finland. He displayed an excellent goal-scoring touch with 13 goals in 25 regular-season games with their junior club in 2024-25, but he was far less effective in 15 regular-season appearances with the big club, failing to record a point and often seeing limited ice time. Poletin plays hard and is willing to go to the difficult areas of the ice to make things happen. The jury is ultimately out on his offensive ceiling because we are yet to see him consistently produce against men, but between his work ethic and defensive awareness, there's potential for Poletin to eventually develop into a bottom-six regular for New York.