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can anyone help fill out this list? I just find it interesting. Here're the ones I know:

Smith and Rittich were Patrick Roy fans
Monahan and Dube were Joe Sakic fans. Monahan's also mentioned Toews and Dube's also mentioned Crosby.
Lindholm was a Peter Forsberg fan
Brodie was a Steve Yzerman fan.
Bennett was a Steven Stamkos fan. He's also mentioned Sidney Crosby.
Tkachuk was a Sidney Crosby fan. He's also mentioned Corey Perry.
Gaudreau and Mangiapane were Martin St. Louis fans. Gaudreau's also mentioned Briere.
Jankowski was a Maxim Afinogenov fan. He's also mentioned Evgeni Malkin.

The ones I can't remember reading about are:
Giordano
Neal
Backlund. He's mentioned wanting to be the next Zetterberg before but I don't think that was a growing up thing.
Frolik
Hanifin
Hamonic
Kylington - I am pretty sure it was Erik Karlsson but I don't have a source?
Andersson
Ryan
Hathaway
Czarnik
Quine
Stone