Level of compete does not necessarily translate into stats. So, for those who've seen those games, who wants it more? Tij or Berkley?
Iginla has much more fight in him than Catton, but Catton isn't a strictly floater type. They were both pretty much contained though. I haven't seen every games yet, but ive seen a few of each. Cougars are really good.
Kykkonen is probably the MVP of the Rockets but Iginla is doing all the little things he needs to do to be succesful. He's been going to the net, A LOT. On their win, he was screening for Szturc and basically created the goal just by parking his ass on the defender.
He also only has 11 shots in 4 games, which I feel is low for him. Haven't see his totals exactly. He hasn't really played a lot in the first two games as they tried to spread out the offense more with Cristal, Szturc and Iggy on two different lines, but that didn't work at all.
I can also mention that he's the only one that's been on the ice for one 5V5 goals of the top 6, i think. (From what Ive seen.)
The question i ask myself is : Is Helenius nhl ready? He might be the only one with Celebrini.
He might be the 2nd or 3rd closest forward but no he's 100% not ready. His first step still needs a lot of work, he needs to add weight and strength to his frame, he's as slight as they come. He also needs work both on and off the puck. He comes with a lot of nice things, but if we want anything more than a Lekhonen, they need to take their time with him. I'm setting the cook time at 20 months for him to make an impact in the NHL from draft day.
Levshunov is ready physically and if they asked him to focus on offense or defense, Im sure he could hang in there. Of course that would be incredibly stupid as he needs to work on a lot of things.
Demidov hasn't played against men and didn't look good when he did, but his talent is undeniable and he might have a good time if he was plugged in a top 6.
I'd give a nod to Dickinson and Lindstrom too, but neither should be in the NHL.