Očekávaná jednička draftu si prošla hororem. Smrt mámy i dalších blízkých: Posílilo mě to

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Na začátku roku 2024 totiž přišel o mámu Jennifer, která v 56 letech podlehla rakovině prsu. A její památku nadějný bek připomněl v rozhovoru se zámořskými médii. „Rakovina ji chtěla srazit na kolena, ale ona s ní bojovala s úsměvem na tváři. Byla opravdu silná, je pro mě velkým vzorem,“ citoval Schaefera web NHL.com.

Popisoval také, jak ho matka podporovala v hokejové cestě. A velmi aktivně. „Dřív si oblékala brankářskou výstroj, šla do brány a já na ni s bráchou střílel. Dělala pro nás opravdu hodně. Když na to vzpomínám, usmívám se nad všemi těmi zábavnými chvílemi,“ poznamenal. „Když teď střílím puky ve sklepě, pořád je tam v duchu se mnou a snaží se je chytat. A já míjím bránu, protože je nejspíš vyráží lapačkou,“ líčil Schaefer.

Těžké chvíle ho každopádně zocelily. „Přál bych si, abych byl stejně odolný jako ona. Byla to silná žena. Rád o ní mluvím. Samozřejmě mi moc chybí, ale jsem rád, že už netrpí,“ pokračoval obránce.

Úmrtí milované maminky však pro Schaefera nebyla jediná ztráta v krátkém období. Jen pár měsíců předtím, údajně kvůli sebevraždě, přišel i o matku z náhradní rodiny, u níž během hokejového angažmá v americkém celku Erie Otters bydlel. A v prosinci minulého roku nečekaně zemřel majitel tohoto týmu Jim Waters. „Tyhle zkušenosti mě rozhodně posílily,“ podotkl.

Ani po hokejové stránce neprožil ideální sezonu. Na mistrovství světa do 20 let si totiž kanadský mládežnický reprezentant zlomil klíční kost, a tak v tomto kalendářním roce zatím neodehrál jediný zápas.

To by mu však nemělo zabránit, aby se teprve jako pátý bek v tomto tisíciletí stal jedničkou draftu. „Je neuvěřitelně chytrý, technicky velmi zdatný, navíc téměř nepřekonatelný v situacích jeden na jednoho,“ chválil ho kanadský novinář Steven Ellis. „Jeho pohyb na ledě patří k nejlepším, jaké jsme v posledních letech viděli. A jeho herní myšlení je na nízký věk mimořádně vyspělé,“ oceňoval.

Dalšími adepty na první pozici ve výběru mladíků jsou především produktivní útočníci Michael Misa a James Hagens. Po Islanders vybírá jako druhé San Jose a třetí Chicago. V první desítce by se mohl objevit také český obránce Radim Mrtka.

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