D Lian Bichsel - EHC Biel-Bienne, NL (2022, 18th, DAL)

[Peasy]

Teams and fans of other teams will hate him but the stars will love him.

 

[majormajor]

Lol, he's going bowling.

I could be wrong but I think Bichsel is going to be a special player in the NHL, closer to the top of the lineup than the bottom. He has hands and he can fly too.

 

[Pavels Dog]

I've watched quite a bit of Leksand. I think Bichsel has been a little disappointing tbh. Definitely hoping for more from him as the season goes on.

 

[Kearns]

Bichsel was the best player on the ice this morning against Finland. That he stripped the puck from Kemell in OT, and skated 190 feet to set up the OT winner for the Swiss, was just the icing on the cake.

 

[Zrhutch]

Hard to put a modern comparable out there for him. Stephen Johns immediately comes to mind. Maybe Darnell Nurse?

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Hard to put a modern comparable out there for him. Stephen Johns immediately comes to mind. Maybe Darnell Nurse?

A young Jacob Trouba.

 

[scoutclout]

Hard to put a modern comparable out there for him. Stephen Johns immediately comes to mind. Maybe Darnell Nurse?

Derian Hatcher

 

[Arthur Morgan]

who I wanted the Leafs to draft. too bad Dallas took him before they had a chance to. hope he turns out to be one hell of a Dman

 

[Hinterland]

A young Jacob Trouba.

Stylewise and talentwise they may be similar but Bichsel is a lefty and he's bigger than Trouba already while Trouba's skating is quite a bit better.

 

[JeromeHP]

Hard to put a modern comparable out there for him. Stephen Johns immediately comes to mind. Maybe Darnell Nurse?

Nastier Erik Cernak

 

[FlappyGiraffe]

The comp I had for him at the draft was Byfuglien, he was on my wishlist at 14 for the Jets

 

[Sticktape]

Very interesting player type. Big, nasty, and defensively responsible but also flashes some hands and creativity in the offensive zone.

 

[majormajor]

Stylewise and talentwise they may be similar but Bichsel is a lefty and he's bigger than Trouba already while Trouba's skating is quite a bit better.

Bichsel's skating is unrefined but if anything I'd guess that he's much faster than Trouba. 6'6 monster who flies around the ice. Combine that with his soft hands, I would have taken him top ten.

 

[vildurson]

Bichsel's skating is unrefined but if anything I'd guess that he's much faster than Trouba. 6'6 monster who flies around the ice. Combine that with his soft hands, I would have taken him top ten.

Somebody like Jamie Oleksiak could maybe be a good comp for Bischel. Huge shut down d-man who also has some decent playmaking and leadership abilities. Or poor man's Parayko.

 

[majormajor]

Somebody like Jamie Oleksiak could maybe be a good comp for Bischel. Huge shut down d-man who also has some decent playmaking and leadership abilities. Or poor man's Parayko.

Why "poor man's"? He's miles ahead of where Parayko was at that age.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Why "poor man's"? He's miles ahead of where Parayko was at that age.

Could say that about a lot of defensemen. His 19-25 development was out of the norm.

 

[majormajor]

Could say that about a lot of defensemen. His 19-25 development was out of the norm.

Sure, and Bichsel isn't likely to develop to that level. But if the tools are there, they're there. Don't artificially limit his upside. He has Parayko's upside, for sure,

 

[FLYguy3911]

Sure, and Bichsel isn't likely to develop to that level. But if the tools are there, they're there. Don't artificially limit his upside. He has Parayko's upside, for sure,

So....a poor man's?? Don't really get the gripe. He has a bit to go as a skater and in the skill department to reach prime Parayko which I would say is a ~90% outcome for him.

 

[majormajor]

So....a poor man's?? Don't really get the gripe. He has a bit to go as a skater and in the skill department to reach prime Parayko which I would say is a ~90% outcome for him.

Sorry I was talking more about upside as in high upside and I see now you were talking about median outcomes.

 

[Goldenhands]

My own comparable for Bichsel would be Shea Weber, limited puckhandling, but still decent in transition, a bomb of a shot from the point and a physical freak in his own zone. Kid is really really good at defending and has that beasty physical tools you dont want to mess up with.

Dallas has been drafting well past few year, they have a good one.

 

[ThorNton Apologist]

This kid has serious potential. Seemed to try and do too much in the game Vs Latvia. He’s definitely a confident player with an interesting package of size and skill

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

OT winner, been playing on 2nd D pair as of late.

 

[theslatcher]

Will be playing in the AHL this upcoming season.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

3 Game Suspension

 

[Sticktape]

Well, that was dumb of him.