Potential of top prospects

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who are the scouts comparing the top prospects game to. guys like johnson, staal, kessel, toes, backstrom, frolik... etc. etc

ie. scouts say johnson could be the next rob blake

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has no one out there heard comparison of these players?

 

[reidy]

I've heard Johnson compared with Pronger, Kessel with Modano / Sakic, Staal with his brother, Toews with Thornton, nothing on Backstrom or Frolik.

 

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thx

 

[nuckfan insk]

im a big toews fan
i think a thornton comparison is a little steep but on the right track.
a number one centre equally adept at dishing the puck or putting it in himself
i actually think eric staal is a good comparison for toews and i also feel that if the nucks move for someone it should be toews.

 

[francklem]

i heard Backstrom Forsberg a couple time but i didn t see him much myself .

 

[Debrincat93]

ive seen backstrom compared to zetterberg somewhat

 

[Garbs]

I actually haven't seen many consistent comparisons besides Johnson-Pronger.

Backstrom-Forsberg, and Frolik-Jagr don't count.

 

[crosby_87]

Toews-Lecavalier?

 

[Seiza]

ive seen backstrom compared to zetterberg somewhat

I would say Zetterberg is a pretty good comparison to Bäckström.

 

[inferno98]

Sanguinetti-Young Niedermeyer? Thats if Sanguinetti keeps progressing

 

[Vincent_TheGreat]

Toews-Lecavalier?

I've heard that, but I haven't seen Toews enough. Malkin-Lecavalier was a really good one. Toews-Thornton makes some sense. A lot of similarities, Toews just isn't that dominant offensively yet.

 

[CH Wizard]

Vasyunov-Kovalev?