From what I've read, he plays a similar game. He's has been described as nastier than Matt.
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From what I've read, he plays a similar game. He's has been described as nastier than Matt.
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They play a very similar, heavy cycle/board work oriented possession game. Super strong and tenacious.
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Different position and era so it's hard to compare them. You could argue Dahlin was a more precocious talent and did better as a 15-16-17 year old than Sundin did. He's as good a young player as I've ever seen in the SHL but there's still a lot of areas where he could improve and get even better so who knows ?
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If the habs were to be so lucky as to pick top 3 but not first overall would it be smarter to pick best best player available(even if it is a winger) or trade down or up to get a great defender or centerman in the spot they should be taken perhaps. I haven't really followed the draft this year but it feels like we could be in a weird spot depending on where we pick.
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Next year, our only forward prospects not in the ahl/nhl are Poehling and Ikonen
So I think in this draft we will focus more on picking forwards
I know the 1st round will be deep in defensemen, but what about the other rounds?
So I think in this draft we will focus more on picking forwards
I know the 1st round will be deep in defensemen, but what about the other rounds?
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Unless they have grit and character, than you have to pick the good ol'boy.
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I would look more at someone like OEL and how he compares to him.
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BPA for me at the moment is:
1. Dahlin
2. Hughes
3. Boqvist
4. Wahlstrom
Any of these 4 players on our team would fit a need in 1-2-3 year time frame.
Pretty weak year for forwards, that said a few good NA forwards outside the 1st are: (a lot of players mixed in, theres 2nd rounders as well as midd/late rounders)
McShane, Nathan Dunkley, Cole Fonstad, Matej Pekar, Curtis Hall, Benoit-Olivier Groulx, Alexander Steeves, Serron Noel, Blade Jenkins, Dmitri Zavgorodny, Matthew Grouchy, Cedric Desruisseaux, Riley Sutter, Ryan Chyzowski, Kody Clark, Ty Dellandrea, Connor Roberts
That list has a few hidden gems but a lot of those prospects are just value picks, like they're just players you can't pass up on if you see them still available later on in the draft. This year scouts are really gonna have to dig through the EU prospects to find good hidden gem forwards. NA is stacked with dmen this year tho.
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Lol, Svechnikov not in your top 4 ? Cmon.
Dahlin, Svechnikov, Wahlstrom, Boqvist, Hughes is how Id rank them as for BPA.
Dahlin
Svech
Zadina
Boqvist
Wahlstrom
Hughes
is how I have them. Let's not overthink Zadina. He's a killer.
Svech
Zadina
Boqvist
Wahlstrom
Hughes
is how I have them. Let's not overthink Zadina. He's a killer.
Mrb1p
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He'd be just after Hughes. Talented as puck, but he's not the fastest out there, relies on his hands a lot and he's a winger.
Reminds me a lot of Galchenyuk and while I love Chuck, I'm thinking we need to target faster players.
He must be the strongest skater that I've ever heard skating concerns about. I think he relies on his smarts more than his hands, to be honest. He's got a Boeser vibe to me.
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He was sluggish every time i saw. Same as Galchenyuk. Chuck is not a bad skater, he just likes to slow the pace down and he's not explosive. Not sure thats the most effective way to play in the nhl.
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He was ahead of Tkachuk in our end of November rankings.
I see no reason to change that right now. but its close. I can't say it won't change before June.
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