I'm guessing the VHL/MHL and I know that the CHL definitely has position player of the year awards and such. They also have All-Star Teams and other things like that. So saying there isn't a direct comparable is hogwash.
Khus and Yurov are hard to compare, partly because they are playing in a men's league. Khus MAYBE comparable, but Yurov isn't at this point and Khusnutdinov was sheltered in his 21-22 season.
And that's what counts. Rossi is a good tweener so far. But he hasn't made it a jump.
How is Ohgren better? What makes him stand out that makes you think above all the scouts he's going to be a top line player? His one playoff series?
And I've never heard Peart being the same guy as Faber. I've seen a lot of praise for Peart AND that he's probably the best left handed defenseman in the group, but he doesn't have the accolades that Faber has.
These are not the same as "big ten freshman of the year" awards though. That comparable would be like NCAA player of the year (Hobey Baker), which Faber obviously didn't win.
I've been told for the past three weeks that men's league automatically makes the player better if they showed they can handle that level.
Put it this way, if you had to pick one player to keep going forward out of Faber, Yurov, and Khusnutdinov, you would pick Faber? I just can't bring myself to do that. Maybe over Rossi because of his lack of performance in the NHL.
Did you seriously just say "his one playoff series" after how far people have moved Faber up due to his ability to play #6 minutes in the NHL playoffs? Do you not see the irony of that? Btw, it wasn't just one series. They made it all the way to the end and just fell short. And if you look at Ohgren's history, he has performed in every single playoff series he has played in.
What I like about Ohgren is that he's a two way player with great goal scoring ability. He had a down year due to an injury. I expect a nice bounce back season this year. He reminds of Landeskog-lite in the same way that others view Faber as McDonagh-lite.