watching highlights and interviews, he reminds me of a clone of cam. literally to a T.
Better passer/“playmaker” and stickhandler.
Probably a better overall skater, however, Atkinson had some pretty insane acceleration/straight line speed at 1 time and for a bit there.
Bure-like. Unfortunately Cam can’t really stickhandle. Brindley’s puck control and skating agility look to be on another level than Atkinson.
While Atkinson didn’t/doesn’t have the greatest shooting mechanics and wasn’t the most accurate, he could fire it hard and was exceptional as scoring goals in close around the net, where I would consider his shooting “accurate”. Brindley looks to me like a better shooter overall than Atkinson and I could see his goal totals take a huge leap in the NCAA and it “translate” to the NHL.