What current/past NHLer's do our prospects remind you of?

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

What current/past NHLer's (or any league) do our prospects remind you of? Not necessarily in terms of career projection.

Zadina - 1st/2nd line RW... Selanne-lite? Alex Semin?

Veleno - Stephen Weiss (in FLA, before the injury)...maybe it's just seeing the #90, would rather have Modano-lite. Smart 2-way, 50-55pt. playmaking #2C doesn't look like too much of a reach here, #3C worst case scenario.

Berggren - V.Arvidsson...I thought this before I ever read the comparisions. 2nd line RW.

Raz - Joel Otto (CGY), or Brian Boyle (with much better hands)...for some reason I think Raz ends up as our #3c longterm. I envision a very good shutdown #3c OR Top 6 LW (+ PP#1 net-front beast). He'll start out on LW & replace the failed AA @ #3C experiment by 2019.

Svechnikov - TBD

Turgeon - TBD

Smith - TBD
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Hronek - Torey Krug-lite?/ Kimmo Timmonen / Kenny Jonsson (NYI)

Cholowski - Boris Mironov (EDM) or Alec Martinez?

Saarijarvi - Marek Zidlicky

McIssac - TBD

Lindstrom - TBD

Sulak - Justin Schultz?

Kotkinsalo - TBD

Hicketts - TBD

Setkov - TBD

Regula - TBD


feel free to add anyone not listed.

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[Snuggs]

I'm just going to post the guys I think will make the NHL.

Filip Hornek - Marek Zidlicky.

Fillip Zadina - Ziggy Palffy.

Michael Rasmussen - Mats Sundin (Lite).

Dennis Cholowski - Dan Hamhuis.

Dominic Turgeon - Greg Johnson.

Joe Hicketts - Jared Spurgeon.

Evegeny Svechnikov - Radek Dvorak.

Haven't seen the other guys play much honestly so I don't know a ton about them. Heard good things about Patrik Rybar, Joe Valeno, Berggren, and Libor Sulak though.

 

[TheMule93]

Rasmussen - holmstrom

zadina - nikita kucherov

Hronek - marek zidlicky

Cholowski - matt niskanen

Berggren - nikolaj ehlers

veleno - Stephen Weiss

 

[Hughes Hefner]

Rasmussen-Keith-Primeau
Zadina-Palfy
Cholowski-Jake Gardiner
Veleno-Nazim Kadri
Berggren-Hakkan Loob
McIsaac-Marc Edouard vlassic
Wings should also sign Trevor Hamilton he's looked really good in Traverse City.

 

[Henkka]

I honestly didn't see anything like Weiss in Veleno, but he was a lot like Filppula.

Zadina - TBD
Rasmussen - no comparables, will create his own type of player
Cholowski = TBD
Veleno = Filppula
Berggren = Arvidsson
McIsaac = Vlasic

 

[Mjtm77]

Veleno comparisons are terrible.

I would say he's most similar to Backlund (with more foot speed)

 

[Hughes Hefner]

Veleno comparisons are terrible.

I would say he's most similar to Backlund (with more foot speed)

Wow your comparison is amazing bravo. You nailed it!

 

[Mjtm77]

Stylistically

Veleno: Backlund (more foot speed)

Berggren: Arvidsson/Ehlers

Zadina: Kucherov/Tarasenko (hint of Datsyuk)

Rasmussen: Mix of Holmstrom/Toews in a 6'6 body

Cholowski: Niskanen/Hanifin

Hronek: Burns

 

[Frk It]

Filip Zadina - Filip Forsberg

Joe Veleno - Derrick Brassard

Filip Hronek - Justin Faulk

Dennis Cholowski - Nick Leddy

 

[Frk It]

Stylistically

Veleno: Backlund (more foot speed)

Berggren: Arvidsson/Ehlers

Zadina: Kucherov/Tarasenko (hint of Datsyuk)

Rasmussen: Mix of Holmstrom/Toews in a 6'6 body

Cholowski: Niskanen/Hanifin

Hronek: Burns

I like the Ehlers comparison for Berggren.