Denmark: Prospect Jeppe Vinther (2015 draft)

[Jevo]

Jeppe Vinther is probably one of the brightest Danish D prospects at the moment. Although he is still young, and it's far from sure that he will turn out, I still thought we should have a thread about him.

He turned 16 just over a month ago. And this season he has already made himself a part of the U18 national team and a part of Frederikshavn AL-Bank ligaen team, where he has so far played 9 games, with 9 points though.

The nearest comparable as far as merit goes is probably Philip Larsen, who at the same age didn't make Esbjergs AL-Bank ligaen team. Although he played Allsvenskan the year afterwards.

Since I am in Canada this year, I haven't had a chance to watch AL-Bank ligaen, so if someone who has watched him play could give a few insights, it would be greatly appreciated.

[PietB]

Got the chance to watch him play when the White Hawks visited Sønderjyske. Both teams played very sound defensively, White Hawks limiting Sønderjyske to only 20 shots, of which 1 found the net for the only goal of the game. I didn't focus that much on Jeppe Vinther, since seeing an NHL'er in action in the AL-Bank-Liga was occupying me a bit more, but from what I recall seeing of Vinther, he did well, no big mistakes. Wasn't on the ice when Sønderjyske scored on the Power Play.

[Valdemar]

Originally Posted by Jevo

Jeppe Vinther is probably one of the brightest Danish D prospects at the moment. Although he is still young, and it's far from sure that he will turn out, I still thought we should have a thread about him.

I have been impressed with his development the last couple of years, and he is clearly establishing himself as one of the interesting 1996 born players. When that is said, I must add that I still think Matias Lassen, Rødovre is the most talented defender from that birth year.
I would rather put the label ”new Philip Larsen” on another D-prospect; Morten Jensen, Esbjerg. He is even from the same town as Philip Larsen, and has for a long time been standing out as a very special talent.

[Bank]

Haven't seen Vinther - but I have seen Mathias Lassen a couple of times. He's good. Still trying to minimize the number of mistakes, he has shown some upside in terms of skating and hockey sense. Nice we finally have some d-men coming up to get exited about

To put perspective on the whole Philip Larsen-thing... Wasn't the league at a higher level back when he was in Esbjerg? My gut feeling is that young guys have a shorter path to the AL-Bank-ligaen today.

[ImGoingNucks]

Originally Posted by Jevo

Jeppe Vinther is probably one of the brightest Danish D prospects at the moment. Although he is still young, and it's far from sure that he will turn out, I still thought we should have a thread about him.

He turned 16 just over a month ago. And this season he has already made himself a part of the U18 national team and a part of Frederikshavn AL-Bank ligaen team, where he has so far played 9 games, with 9 points though.

The nearest comparable as far as merit goes is probably Philip Larsen, who at the same age didn't make Esbjergs AL-Bank ligaen team. Although he played Allsvenskan the year afterwards.

Since I am in Canada this year, I haven't had a chance to watch AL-Bank ligaen, so if someone who has watched him play could give a few insights, it would be greatly appreciated.

I know this kid is not a D-man, but his numbers are very impressive for his age:

Rasmus T. Andersson