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Old 03-22-2013, 12:06 AM   #116
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Originally Posted by Saqe View Post
Curious why people here prefer McKinnon over Barkov. I donīt know anything about McKinnon so tell me to whom does he compare to? At this moment Barkov is the most complete 17 year old ever to come out of Finland and holds probably every record worth mentioning.
Well we haven't seen the full scouting reports that will come out in May so its hard to completely compare them without having seen a ton of them. I've seen a few games of MacKinnon and only highlights of Barkov.

But MacKinnon's strengths seem to be skating and tenacious forechecking combined with a a high skill level.

Barkov is bigger, stronger and not as good of a skater.

Not sure you can really go wrong if you have to pick between them. I'd be happy with either.
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