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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Despite no guarantee it does seem like Barkov is a level ahead of Monahan/Lindholm in terms of upside or likelihood to achieve it. Barkov has already dominated against men and already has NHL size. Less questions on him than Monahan IMO. He has the chance to be more of an elite player.
I don't want Feaster to overpay drastically to get Barkov but I'd sure be a lot happier landing Barkov than Lindholm or Monahan. It'll be interesting to see if he is one of the guys Feaster is trying to move up to get. I suspect he is.
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Ville Niemenien at age 35 was the leading scorer on Barkov's team.
Barkov was not dominating.... It is significant that he was playing senior hockey as a 16-17 year old but he was not dominating....
It is just too hard to base the guys play against Canadian senior level hockey league.
The only thing that we really have comparing apples to apples is the WJC where he got 7 pts in 6 games..... Armia and Marcus Granlund got 12 pts in 6 games.
The league that Barkov dominated with 48 pts in 53 games? Little Marcus Granlund as a 19 year old had 34 pts in 47 games.
Mickael Granlund was drafted out of that league in 2010 with 40 pts in 43 games. 3 full seasons later he still is not a full time NHLer or dominating the AHL to the extent that Kolanos dominated in 2010-11
Will Barkov adapt to the culture and the smaller ice...?
If he is not NHL ready.... which I doubt that he is next year where will he play???? AHL for 60k /year? or the CHL for free?
He was the 2nd overall pick in the KHL draft 2012 year. Nichuskin was #11. Zadorov, who came to play in the OHL was #4.
If the Flames are moving up it should not to be to pick Barkov over Monahan.