I always enjoy watching these tournaments and predicting what kind of player a player might turn out like...
Here are just a few
Grigorenko – His style (stick-handling/skating) reminds soo much of Jagr
Yakupov – Maxim Afinogenov
Trouba – Doughty
Galchenyuk – Malkin
D. Hamilton – S. Weber
Jenner - M. Richards
After watching the Russia vs. Swiss game I could not get over how much Grigorenko resembled Jagr, hence this post. Not saying he will put up points or have as good a career like Jagr did, but hell he looks like him at a young age.
Please add on...Always makes for a good read
Last edited by Vinny Bombatz: 01-03-2013 at 12:20 PM.
Mikhail Grigorenko - Joe Thornton
Jonathon Drouin - Jordan Eberle
Nail Yakupov - Maxim Afinogenov
Morgan Reilly - Kris Letang
Alex Galchenyuk - Brad Richards
Sven Adrighetto - Kris Versteeg
Boone Jenner - Ryan Kesler
Jonathan Drouin - Claude Giroux/Pavel Datsyuk
Anton Slepyshev - Radim Vrbata
Olli Määttä - Ryan Suter
Rickard Rakell - Brad Marchand/Tuomo Ruutu
Tomas Hertl - Pavol Demitra
Leon Draisaitl - Ryan Kesler
Edgars Kulda - Vladimir Sobotka
Peter Ceresnak - Douglas Murray
Tanner Richard - Brad Richards
Mike Reilly - John-Michael Liles
Tyler Wotherspoon - Dan Girardi
I always enjoy watching these tournaments and predicting what kind of player a player might turn out like...
Here are just a few
Grigorenko – He style (stick-handling/skating) reminds soo much of Jagr
Yakupov – Maxim Afinogenov
Trouba – Doughty
Galchenyuk – Malkin
D. Hamilton – S. Weber
Jenner - M. Richards
After watching the Russia vs. Swiss game I could not get over how much Grigorenko resembled Jagr, hence this post. Not saying he will put up points or have as good a career like Jagr did, but hell he looks like him at a young age.
Please add on...Always makes for a good read
I would almost have said the opposite regarding Trouba and Hamilton. Trouba really reminds me of Shae Weber.
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IMO, Trouba's looked more like Shea Weber than Hamilton so far this tourney, though I haven't watched as much Canadian games as US.
Also not sure about Yakupov/Afinogenov comparison that a lot of people seem to be making lately. Max always looked like his feet were ahead of his hands. Yak has great skating and great hands -- it's his thinking/decision-making pace that looks like it isn't keeping up right now.
Joel Armia - Thomas Vanek (from the goal-scoring to the dumb, lazy offensive zone penalties)
Seth Jones - Alex Pietrangelo (needs to be more consistent defensively, but clearly all of the tools to be an elite two-way defenseman are there)
Mikhail Grigorenko - Big Joe Thornton (offensively...Grigs has a ways to go before having a comparable all-around game, but the size coupled with the vision/passing skill makes them similar to me)
Mikhail Grigorenko - Joe Thornton
Jonathon Drouin - Jordan Eberle
Nail Yakupov - Maxim Afinogenov
Morgan Reilly - Marc-Andre Bergeron
Alex Galchenyuk - Marian Hossa
Sven Adrighetto - Kris Versteeg
Boone Jenner - Ryan Kesler
Boone Jenner - Mike Richards
Ryan Murphy - Ian White
Jonathan Drouin - Claude Giroux
Mark Sheifele - Jason Spezza
Griffin Reinhart - Tyler Myers
Dougie Hamilton - Duncan Keith
Morgan Rielly - Kris Letang
Anthony Camara - Cal Clutterbuck
How short sighted of HFBoards to start making player comparable after watching Jr. gimmick sample sizes of about 5 games.
I have seen Morgan Reilly play live 7-8 times, and on tv a few other times. I have watched Galchenyuk on tv, same goes for Jenner, Grigorenko, and Yakupov. Why would the WJ be the only time people have seen some of these players??
Jonathan Drouin - Patrick Kane
Alex Galchenyuk - Eric Staal
Mikhail Grigorenko - Joe Thornton
Jacob Trouba - Brent Seabrook
Griffin Reinhert - Tyler Myers
John Gaudreau - Martin St. Louis
How short sighted of HFBoards to start making player comparable after watching Jr. gimmick sample sizes of about 5 games.
Boone Jenner - Mike Richards basically season ticket holder
Ryan Murphy - Ian White when they come into town and some roadtrips - maybe 3 times a year
Jonathan Drouin - Claude Giroux Once live and have been following a little bit with the hype
Mark Sheifele - Jason Spezza Similar to Murphy in terms of viewage
Griffin Reinhart - Tyler Myers Admit that i haven't seen much
Dougie Hamilton - Duncan Keith When dogs are in town
Morgan Rielly - Kris Letang Have kept an eye on because he is a leafs prospect
Anthony Camara - Cal Clutterbuck Same as Sheifele
