I haven't done a lot of watching (well, none
), but have been trying to read and listen a lot lately. It seems to me that Barkov is getting short shrift because he is in Europe and because of the "ov".
Sure he is being compared a bit to Jokinen, but Jokinen who has hockey sense and makes others better - big difference. For me, the two guys who are most intriguing are Barkov and Drouin, mostly because of the "make others better" factor...