Prospect Info: CHL, NCAA & European Prospects Thread | Part XII

[Zippy316]

How does Boqvist's .55 ppg in draft +1 compare to other SHL prospects in the past?

Some quick recent first/second picks to compare to:

Joel Eriksson Ek at eliteprospects.com -- 16 points in 41 games

William Nylander at eliteprospects.com -- 2o points in 21 games

Adrian Kempe at eliteprospects.com -- 17 points in 50 games

Alexander Wennberg at eliteprospects.com -- 21 points in 50 games

Mika Zibanejad at eliteprospects.com -- 13 points in 26 games

I think the answer to that is very good, especially considering Boqvist came back from an early-season injury to continue being productive relative to his peers.

 

[NJ DevLolz]

The only caveat is that Boqvist is on the older side, but yeah, he has a real shot to be a player.

 

[Zippy316]

The only caveat is that Boqvist is on the older side, but yeah, he has a real shot to be a player.

The other interesting things I've noticed is across the board, skilled Swedish forwards seem to hit very often in the first three rounds.

Tedenby, Josefson, and Collberg are the only three notable examples I've found of skilled Swedes taken in the first three rounds that didn't pan out in the last 10 or so years.

The rest of the Swedish forwards that haven't panned out are more of the power forward prototypes (De La Rose, Klingberg) and/or "jack of all trades, master of none" (Larsson, Josefson, Paajarvi) guys.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

Where do you guys think he'll be next season?

 

[BomaLightDevils]

Where do you guys think he'll be next season?

One more year in SHL with a bigger role and hopefully a injury free season