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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
Seem to recall that Paajarvi was part of a similar trio as exists today, with Gagner and Cogliano, who were going to be a foundation of an iteration of the rebuild. Or maybe he was always a support beam and Eberle has somehow been a foundation guy for two iterations.
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Paajarvi was supposed to form the Oilers "Big three" with Hall and Eberle. He was quickly supplanted in that group by Nugent-Hopkins.
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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Some thought MPS could be a power forward. Dude has a shot and size - but there were questions about his hockey sense and if his offense would translate to the NHL.
Which is probably where the comparison comes for me - the questions being asked about Virtanen are in some ways similar to the questions that were being asked about MPS during his draft year.
Oddly enough I rather liked MPS as a prospect, and I don't care for Virtanen much.
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The people who thought he could be a power forward thought so based on size only, it was really never part of his game. Virtanen has holes in his game, absolutely, but the one thing he has never been afraid of is getting dirty or powering to the net.