Sebastian Aho in the same tier as Matthews, Eichel, Laine

[Laineux]

24 goals as a rookie. Arguably the best hockey IQ in the league. Better defensively than any other teenaged player. Even Sidney Crosby gave him special attention.

Is he same tier with Matthews, Eichel etc? Sebastian Aho. The Professor.

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[n00bxQb]

No, he is not

 

[Phion Keneuf]

No, not close.

He's closer to the Nylander/Ehlers/Tkachuk tier

 

[Jyrki Lumme]

"Arguably the best hockey IQ in the league"

Ummm no

 

[LeafFever]

He wasnt better defensively than Matthews or Nylander.

He's simply not as good as Eichel, Matthrews or Laine.

 

[sansabri]

Yeah, he is. Give him a couple years to beef up. He'll eventually be at C, too.

 

[LeafFever]

Yeah, he is. Give him a couple years to beef up. He'll eventually be at C, too.

So he is now, but we'll have to wait 2 years?

 

[ijuka]

Yes, true. I agree. He's not even 2 months older than Matthews. He's going to be in the same tier next season already.

It must be, his first talking point i that Aho scored 24 goals when Matthews scored 40.

And how many did Eichel score?

 

[DopeyFish]

"Arguably the best hockey IQ in the league"

Ummm no

Marner must have defected to another league

 

[SI90]

Good player, lots of potential but come on.

 

[izzy]

lots of marner and nylander talk

 

[LeafFever]

Can people please drop the silly "Hockey IQ" nonsense we're seeing constantly? Apparently there are 20 guys tied in the rankings for highest hockey IQ. And yet guys on here think Gretzky wouldn't do that well nowadays (Gretzky, there's a brilliant hockey player).

 

[93LEAFS]

No. He's not even in the same tier as Marner and Nylander.

 

[sansabri]

So he is now, but we'll have to wait 2 years?

Just needs time to develop physically. He's gonna be scary when that happens.

 

[LeafFever]

Just needs time to develop physically. He's gonna be scary when that happens.

Marner is tiny and is better.

 

[Laineux]

Sidney Crosby, the best player of our time, paid special attention to the young Finnish genius.

 

[Torontonian]

Not even close, Matthews and Eichel are in a whole other teir above him.

 

[BusQuets]

I think he will end up a tier below them but tier above marner,nylander etc.
Aho will end up as a Zetterberg clone.

 

[Siludin]

He'll be as good as Matthews/Laine/Eichel in the same way that Naslund was as good as Forsberg/Sakic, which is to say for the period of one or two seasons.

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

Lmao no. He's not even close.

 

[93LEAFS]

I think he will end up a tier below them but tier above marner,nylander etc.
Aho will end up as a Zetterberg clone.

Marner and Nylander will both end up better. They are way better at creating time on the puck to utilize their vision and hockey Iq, that Aho has trouble doing as he's not an elite skater or particularly strong on the puck.

 

[Plub]

24 goals as a rookie. Arguably the best hockey IQ in the league. Better defensively than any other teenaged player. Even Sidney Crosby gave him special attention.

Is he same tier with Matthews, Eichel etc? Sebastian Aho. The Professor.

Nope, not even close.

 

[DougieSmash]

Marner and Nylander will both end up better. They are way better at creating time on the puck to utilize their vision and hockey Iq, that Aho has trouble doing as he's not an elite skater or particularly strong on the puck.

yeah

not

 

[sansabri]

Marner is tiny and is better.

He isn't tinier and I disagree.

 

[3074326]

Best IQ in the league

OP, stop