Any chance Podkolzin becomes the 'second coming' of the Bolt's Nikita Kucherov?
Any chance Podkolzin becomes the 'second coming' of the Bolt's Nikita Kucherov?
Podz is already a way way smarter hockey player than EK ever was.None. Totally different players.
I've said since he was drafted that his upside is Evander Kane (minus the sociopathy) and I'll continue to stand by that.
Podz is already a way way smarter hockey player than EK ever was.
He shows signs of being a better playmaker and Kane is probably a better shooter but to me they play a very similar sort of hard-driving two-way PF game.
Horvat in a walking boot..won’t play Monday..likely done for awhile
That's aiming quite low. Production wise, he should match Hansen easily as early as next season. I think he can be much, much better than Jannik Hansen (not a knock to Jannik). Podkolzin has more elite tools.I see him as a slightly better Hansen. His passing and vision is clearly better. Kane isn't a bad comparison, however. It's hard to read I think because the power forward game has evolved so much in even 10 years as the game got faster.
That's aiming quite low. Production wise, he should match Hansen easily as early as next season. I think he can be much, much better than Jannik Hansen (not a knock to Jannik). Podkolzin has more elite tools.