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Originally Posted by kirant
I haven't been able to watch the Hitmen much this year...but last year, I remember Virtanen had some temperament issues and took Bourque-esc penalties. Has that changed much this year?
I loved his skill and size but that bothered me a lot last year.
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He has 1.5X more PIM this year, so I would think that that's still an issue.
Unfortunately, all the guys from 4 on have warts. Dal Colle is too passive, Draisaitl is inconsistent, Ritchie doesn't think the game well, Virtanen takes too many penalties, Perlini doesn't seem to have the high end offensive abilities, Nylander looks like he's the same type of player as his father, Kapanen doesn't have high end offensive skill, Ehlers is okay but more of a 15th overall pick type guy than a top ten guy.
If we didn't have Sven + Gaudreau, I would be more interested in Nylander because his only knock is that he's smallish and not physical. Depending how the next few months go, I might start saying go that route as he's really turned it on recently. Would be like getting an Elias Lindholm type from last year (although not quite as good).
Just hard to determine which is the best fit when there's still 1/4 of the information still TBD.