David, I’m really enjoying your prospect coverage. Could you elaborate on the Bourque to Barkov comparison? It wasn’t clear to me if you meant Bourque doesn’t have as high of a ceiling as Barkov, or, as his game matures, he’ll profile with aspects similar to Barkov unique to his own game.
By that the latter: playmaking, defensive centers are an oddity in today's game but that's what Barkov is at the highest level, and the kind of approach Bourque has in him. So philosophically similar, but physically very different.
No. Gavin White has NHL athleticism, but not much else. Outside the AHL, I would say Aram Minnetian but that's going purely off my gut, a little video, and his 9-game tracked data.
David, I’m really enjoying your prospect coverage. Could you elaborate on the Bourque to Barkov comparison? It wasn’t clear to me if you meant Bourque doesn’t have as high of a ceiling as Barkov, or, as his game matures, he’ll profile with aspects similar to Barkov unique to his own game.
No problemo.
By that the latter: playmaking, defensive centers are an oddity in today's game but that's what Barkov is at the highest level, and the kind of approach Bourque has in him. So philosophically similar, but physically very different.
David, Are there any D prospects other than Bichsel that have a ceiling projection higher than third pair?
No. Gavin White has NHL athleticism, but not much else. Outside the AHL, I would say Aram Minnetian but that's going purely off my gut, a little video, and his 9-game tracked data.