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Originally Posted by New Era
Those comparables are a joke to be honest. Those guys are seven future hall of famers? Not a chance. I bet at least two of them bust and two more turn into middling players. More realistic comparables:
Jones - Chris Phillips - same type of hype surrounded Phillips
Mackinnon - John Tavares - more finisher than setup man
Drouin - Claude Giroux - good offensive player but not a complete game
Barkov - Ollie Jokinen - was ahead of his peers because of his size and style but was more of an early bloomer than anything
Nichushkin - Alexandr Svitov - his size and skill had scouts drooling, but he couldn't live up to the promise as his size was neutralized
Lindholm - Kristian Huselius - a player who looked great on the big sheet but had to learn to play in traffic
Monahan - Kyle Turris - more hype than he deserves or could live up to
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Giroux is about as close to a complete player as youll get. I think the only players i would put above him are Crosby, Toews, Malkin.
If you've seen Lindholm you'd know he is nothing like Huselius. Juice doesn't hit (once went something like 50 games without recording a single one), Lindholm is all over the ice and likes taking the body.