2026 NHL DRAFT PROSPECTS COMPARABLES

In this episode of The Draft Board Hockey Show, Linc and I discuss our Top-16 NHL draft prospects comparables for the 2026 class. We give reasons as to why we compare each prospect with their NHL pier. This is a super fun episode!

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SPEAKER_00 0:00

Welcome to the Dropboard Hockey Show. My name is Mark. And as always, I'm joined by my co-host Link from New Wave Hockey. How are you doing, my friend?

SPEAKER_01 0:10

I'm just doing just fine. Uh, we're we're in the swing of it, less than a month away. It's kind of crazy.

SPEAKER_00 0:17

All right. So, you know what? This show, what we're gonna do today is we are gonna talk about NHL draft prospects comparables, and we are gonna use our trusted McKeon's hockey top 16. We're gonna go through the top 16 and we're gonna do our comparable. So let's talk about the top 16 first. So this is McKeon's Gavin McKenna's at number one, Evar Stenberg, two, Chase Reed, three, Caleb Malholtr, four, Carson Carl, five, Albert Schmitz, six, Vigo Bjork, seven, Keaton Verhoff, eight, Malte Guson, nine, White Cullen, ten, Daxon Rudolph, 11, Ethan Belchez, 12, Tynan Lawrence, 13, Elton Hermanson, 14, Oscar Hemming, 15, and Maddox Dajenev finishes off the top 16. And I notice Elton Hermanson's is pretty high up there. And I guess you had a little bit uh input for that there, uh Link.

SPEAKER_01 1:14

What did you just say you all all I gotta tell you is that I look, I'm I'm just the messenger. Don't shoot me. I I all I all I contributed to that list was the U.S. people. That was all Felix, those other people too. Sure, I've been in Felix's ear about Elton for a good four months. Of course I have. But look, Mark, I have my guys, you got your guys. I don't know how you don't see Elton as a guy up there, but we'll get to him. I'll say who I think he is. I really I'm high on this kid, Mark. You can you can bash me all you want.

SPEAKER_00 1:42

We've had our discussions about him, but I know. So um, okay, well, let's let's let's get right into it. Okay, so number one, we got Gavin McKenna. We you know what? We'll throw out a few names and then we'll round off to one or two and we'll put it on the list. I have a list right here, and we're gonna we're gonna show that and add the names as we progress. So here's our here's our list, and then we're gonna go from there. All right, so Gavin McKenna. I mean, you and I have talked about this before. I I I it's a forecall conclusion, but we've we've talked about Patrick Kane is a pretty good.

SPEAKER_01 2:16

What other names would you throw out there? I would be remiss if I didn't mention the name Nikita Kucharov, but I would say just in the in not in the whole style of his game, um, just in sort of in just in just in the way of his passing vision. I frequently said this with Gavin McKenna. I said this during the the mock draft when Ivar Stenberg went one, which I was like, oh, that's crazy. But there are things there are things McCab McKenna does, there are passes McKenna makes where I honestly turn and look to myself. I'm like, okay, how many people in the NHL could make this pass? And my answer is pretty routinely less than five or less than 10. And there's only one guy who I the only two guys that I'll consistently say make better passes than him, and that's Connor McDavid and Nikita Kucharov. And I think Kucharov is a really good comparison in terms of the playmaker that he can become on the wing. And I think it's not unreasonable to say that. And obviously we're saying we're comparing him to Patrick Kane, so we obviously think he's gonna be like that as well. So I think those two is a is a very good comparison. I think that McKenna is going to be a way better playmaker than Patrick Kane. Uh, but you know, it's it's just kind of where we're comparing apples to oranges at this point. Um, McKenna's gonna be great.

SPEAKER_00 3:27

All right, so our first comp is Gavin McKenna and Patrick Kane. All right, moving on to number two, that is Ivar Stenberg. Uh, there's a few names I've heard tossed around. I like Lucas Raymond is a is a good comp.

SPEAKER_01 3:40

That's where I'm that's where I was about to go. Yeah, Lucas Raymond.

SPEAKER_00 3:43

Yeah, I mean very dynamic player. Absolutely, and uh you know, responsible in all three zones, good pace during their games, uh, good offensive uh upside too. So yeah, I you know what, Willie Nielander, actually, you know what? A good another good one I liked is uh Posternach. What do you think of that one? Pasta.

SPEAKER_01 4:01

I don't I I don't think he's and I'm I'm gonna get have people come at me for this, but I don't think he's uh offensively as dynamic as a guy like David Posternak. Um with Lucas Raymond, I do see the skill the game there is being very comparable. Um, but I don't think a guy I don't think he's gonna be able to drive a line as well as a guy like David Posternack. David Posternak is a yeah he is fantastic. I don't know if that's truly the ceiling for a guy like Ivar Stenberg. I think uh something more uh more along the lines of yeah, maybe Willie Neilander uh and also uh and also uh Lucas Raymond. I I really like Lucas Raymond. I feel like it's more comparable to the way he the style of play he plays, really.

SPEAKER_00 4:39

Yeah, I you know I I I I think that's probably the best comp in this case as well. All right, so we're gonna lock this in. Uh Ivar Stenberg, we got Lucas Raymond as his best comp. All right, next on the list, Chase Reed. This is an interesting one. I want to hear what you have to say about him.

SPEAKER_01 5:00

I I've been saying this from the start, uh, and then Elite Prospects backed me up and and and had this as theirs. Uh, I really have seen shades of Zach Warensky in in a guy like Chase Reed in the skating, in the ability with his hands, in the shot, in the the just the offensive dynamism that he has. Um, no, I would think no off no defenseman in the league has been as piv as pivotal to his team's offense as Zach Worensky has been in the last five years, maybe Kale McCarr. But I think Worensky is uh is really a great comparison for a Chase Reed, and it's a good benchmark for where he could really go from here. Or he could be just you know 75% of a Chase Reed, uh 75% of a Zach Warensky, and that would be lovely.

SPEAKER_00 5:43

Yeah, you know, I I I I I've read I've read that too. Uh what about Noah Dobson? I heard that one, saw that one out there.

SPEAKER_01 5:51

I I don't know about Noah Dobson. I I like more I don't think Noah Dobson truly has the defensive chops that a guy like Zach Warrensky has. I I do really I'm willing to bet on Chase Reed's defensive game. I really am. I know I know that it's like more of a it's a little bit foolhardy because he's he's been inconsistent, but at the world juniors, I really saw something that I believe in with his defensive game, and I I'm sticking by it. All right, we'll do it.

SPEAKER_00 6:18

Let's lock it in. All right, let's lock it in. Zach Worensky is equivalent to Chase Reed. Now we got your boy, Caleb Malholtra.

SPEAKER_01 6:28

That's my guy.

SPEAKER_00 6:28

I'll let you have the the first dibs on this one.

SPEAKER_01 6:31

Oh man, uh, this is a little bit of a tougher one because I I do see him as a number one C as a guy who can become a number one C, but I I guess my my comparison for him are guys who are just on the edge of guys who are truly a number one C. Uh, maybe this year, Nick Suzuki really took the step that he needed to become a one C. I think that's a really good comparison. Uh, I really like Dylan Larkin as I know he's been in the news a ton, but I like Dylan Larkin in terms of the two-way game, the speed, I and the shot. I I think that is a little bit more comparable to a guy like Kale Malhotra, but I really think Malhotra can take that extra step, especially with him going to college next year. Um, that's kind of where I see him as the most comparable is a guy like Larkin. But I've seen Suzuki thrown around and I I I totally agree with it.

SPEAKER_00 7:14

Now, you know what? So well, Larkin's a burner though. He like the kid can skate. I don't know if uh Malholtra is that good of a skater yet, but what about like someone like Logan Couture? Logan couture, oh man, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 7:26

I I don't think Malholtra is as rugged as him as a couture, but he's got that, he's got that edge in the playoffs. So I I definitely see it. I do see it.

SPEAKER_00 7:35

But you know what? Okay, let's go with I I like the Nick Suzuki. I don't I don't mind that at all, actually. And if he can reach that potential, whoo! Because like you said, Suzuki just kind of turned around the last couple years, so that that's a nice comp. But we'll go with Nick Suzuki. That's a if uh Malholtra can turn out to be a Nick Suzuki, watch out! All right, let's load that up. Oh, yeah. All right, so we got Kayla Malholtra as a comp, Nick Suzuki. Next on the list, Carson Carls. Oh, that's a rugged one. That's a rugged one.

unknown 8:07

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SPEAKER_01 8:08

What do you think about that bad boy? Absolutely, yeah. No, I I sometimes people worry about his offense in terms of what he can translate to. And I think a more very complete game uh could round out to a guy like a uh Jake Sanderson. Uh, that's where I've kind of leaned more towards. I think that the kind of the physicality, the defensive prowess, um, this guy really is his goal, his mission number one is getting guys outside of uh his own zone. Uh, and I I see that commit and that determination from a guy like Sanderson. Sanderson can provide some offense as well, and I think that's a really good path to go down. I've heard other people say names like Charlie McAvoy. Oh, I like that one. Uh yeah, I that's another good one too. I think he's a more physical version of uh of a Sanderson.

SPEAKER_00 8:52

Sanderson's not as physical, and Carson Carl, he's a physical guy, and so is Charlie McAvoy. I mean, you can even look at someone that's pretty decent skater, too, like Duncan Keith back in the day. Um, yeah, I would take personally, I would take Charlie McAvoy over Sanderson in terms of cost, just because McAvoy's got that edge. He's got that edge that that Carson Carls has, not like Sanderson. I I like the style of play, stylistically, Sanderson, but I think if you're gonna talk about someone like uh, you know, McAvoy's got some good chops too, though.

SPEAKER_01 9:23

I mean, he he's pretty much I wouldn't classify him as a guy who's like top 10 defensemen in the league, but he's close. I he's yeah, he's very detailed. And I'm yeah, I think I think Carl end up having more offense than a guy like McAvoy at the end of the day.

SPEAKER_00 9:40

Yeah, potentially not not, I don't say I wouldn't say that much more, but I mean, yeah, he he might be. So what do you want to do? Do you like I I I think we should go McAvoy?

SPEAKER_01 9:50

Let's go McAvoy. Let's go McAvoy. Yeah, I think he's got my arm, Mark. Come on now.

SPEAKER_00 9:54

He's got he's got that edge. We gotta give him the he's got the edge. Carson Carl's got that edge.

SPEAKER_01 9:58

He's got the edge, he's got the edge.

SPEAKER_00 9:59

All right, so McAvoy and Carson Carls. That's our pick. All right, next on the list, we got Albert Schmitz. This is an interesting one. Where are you going with this?

SPEAKER_01 10:11

I got one. I got one name in mind, Mark. Moritz Seiter.

SPEAKER_00 10:15

Oh, I you know what? I don't mind that. I don't mind that at all. What about someone like Sergachev?

SPEAKER_01 10:22

Ooh, I I don't think Sergachev is as physical as as as as Smeets is pretty physical. No, I don't think but like but smeats is just like he is just reckless a bandit. He's a great skater. Um, I lean more towards Moritz Sider. I don't think he's gonna be as offensively charged as Moritz Cider. Obviously, that's meets but the thing is Cider developed that over time. Again, he was more of a physical guy, and I think that's something that Smeets is going to do himself. Obviously, I think the issue kind of comes up. I'm willing to give Smeets the benefit of the doubt when it comes to offense. I've ranked him a little bit higher than I know some people have. I know some people have him outside like close to the end of their top 10. I think he's more in the middle, like just outside the top five. I think the offense is really going to develop. The Finnish league is a slower league, and then he had to adapt in the international scene and then in Germany, and those are some faster leagues. He's going to naturally develop, and and I think he's going to add more offense once he plays in more and more AHL and then eventually NHL games. I really like I really like that comparison for Smeets. But if you want to lead more Sergachev, that's a prerogative. But I think Cider is throwing.

SPEAKER_00 11:26

I'm throwing out some other names. We can't just go with one name and and one and done. We gotta we gotta stir it up a little bit here. All right. But I do like Maurice Cider. I like that as a comp, phenomenal comp. We're gonna go with Maureet Sider. All right, next on the list, we got Vigo Björk. Oh yeah, good old Vigo.

SPEAKER_01 11:44

I'm gonna come out of this with a little bit of an unorthodox one because a lot of people have been saying shorter guys like Braden Point and Marco Rossi, and those are pretty good ones, but I kind of want to lean towards somebody who has been performing really well in the playoffs, and it's been kind of reminding me of how good Vigo was in that short tournament form in in uh in uh the double IHF World Juniors. Give me Sebastianaho. I really think there is a there's a processing game, there's a bit of a speed game there. Um Vigo is a very smart guy, and I do think Sebastian Aho is a is a very comparable player in terms of the vision, uh the quick the quick processing version there. Is that something you don't agree with?

SPEAKER_00 12:22

Uh I mean, no, no. I I like playwise, yeah. But I mean, we're if we're gonna talk stature and stuff like that, you gotta go with a you gotta go to a little guy. What about like someone if you're talking about the Carolina Hurricanes? What about Stankovin? Larry, uh Stenkovin's more of a wing. I I think I think it's Vigo Bort might not be a centerman in the NHL, he might end up on the wing. I think you're right, and he can play both, so he can play center or wing.

SPEAKER_01 12:46

I see your point. I do see your point. I just think Stenkhoven is much more of like a energy-driven player than a cerebral-driven player. Uh, player. I see Vigo as a guy who's he uses his brain a lot more than a guy like Stenkoven. Not to crap on Stenhoven. Stengoven's an a trunk player.

SPEAKER_00 13:02

What about Zach Benson then? And there again, that's more smart. Yeah. He's a energy guy too. And he he's he's he's a smart guy.

SPEAKER_01 13:13

Yeah. Ah. So who do you want to land on then? Who do you like? There's a lot of guys Vigo's like, I don't know. This is tough. I like Stenkoven more than any than anyone we've said so far.

SPEAKER_00 13:22

I think I think Stanky's like the I think I've I've been saying Stankoven for a while now. I I I think that he's reminiscent of that. And he's got a little listen, it's not like Vigo Bjork doesn't have that little edge to him. Come on, he's oh, he does. He totally does when he needs to be. He he goes. All right, we're gonna go with stanky or what? Let's do it. Let's go stanky. All right, let's go. All right, so we got stankovin for Bjork, and now Keaton Vierhoff. Next on the list. Oh, Keaton Vierhoff. Where are we going with Mr. Virhoff? I love this. I'm a more top I'm more of a fan of Keaton Vierhoff than a lot of people. So I want to hear I got my player just because he's in my neck of the woods, he kind of reminds me of Aaron Eckblad. That that's my just because I see I've watched Aaron Eckblad a lot, and he's a you know, he's a Windsor boy, so I that's my boy. I mean, what about like someone like David Yurichek?

SPEAKER_01 14:17

I might go, yeah, David Yurichek, yeah, but I I don't think he's gonna be as slow of a start as Yurichek. I think if he breaks right, just in cur in terms of the offense, you know, some of the little bit of wily tendencies at the blue line. I'd like a guy like Thomas Shabbat a little bit more. No, honestly.

SPEAKER_00 14:34

He's not he's not like Shabbat. Come on, Shabbat is a smooth skating defenseman. That that's not even close.

SPEAKER_01 14:39

I think I think he I think Verhoff can can improve his skating a little bit better.

SPEAKER_00 14:43

I I do, but you ragged on his skating. That was like your your biggest thing with him.

SPEAKER_01 14:47

Well, it's it it's it is fixable. Uh, here's the reason why I say Shabbat is Shabbat is is a two-way defenseman where he focuses more on uh his offense, he's a bigger guy, but he takes he's a little he's a he's a he's a cowboy at the blue line, and that's kind of what Keaton Verhoff does. I I I I there is a discrepancy in skating, but I do think Keaton Verhoff is going to get better and better at skating as time goes along.

SPEAKER_00 15:08

And I think Keaton Vierhoff's also a heavy shooter, whereas uh Shabbat's not he's not that heavy shooter like like Vierhoff. I'm I don't know. I just who would you go with?

SPEAKER_01 15:17

You said Eckblad. Yeah, I'll go with Eckblad. That's a better one.

SPEAKER_00 15:20

Come on. You don't do you not see a little bit of comp there? The skating's a little choppy.

SPEAKER_01 15:24

I love I love my Eckblad. I love my Eckblad. Come on now. I love me some Aaron Eckblad.

SPEAKER_00 15:29

All right, are you good with Aaron Eggblad? That's boy. I say you know what the gonna stick with the Windsor boy. All right, let's go with that. All right, Aaron Eckblad, Keen Verhoff. Next we got Malte Gustasin. Ooh, my boy's an interesting one. There's an interesting one for you.

SPEAKER_01 15:44

It's my boy. I actually I think this is not this isn't as uh as complicated as it is gonna be. Um, I would I'm I kind of gravitate towards um Matthias Eckholm, and I think the physicality is going to develop a little bit more along the way as he naturally plays. He's six foot five, he's going to have to have it develop. Um, I I really I do believe that um I think he can become that sort of defensive guy who really has surprising speed. That's where that's where I land with that one.

SPEAKER_00 16:11

What about someone like uh Simon Edwardson? Good skater.

SPEAKER_01 16:16

Yeah, actually, I really like that one. Simon Simon Edmundson has that offensive creativity that like I I would put like again. I he was somebody that was in my top five in his draft year. And you know, he's now starting to develop in that him and Cider. But um, yeah, let's go with Edmondson. I actually really like that one. That's a good one. I didn't even think of him.

SPEAKER_00 16:40

Simon Edmondson multi-way. If uh Gusavson can panel like an Edmondson, give me that all day long. All right, next on the list, we got Wyatt Cullen. Oh, that's your boy, that's your boy, Wyatt Cullen. Woohoo hoo! Who do you I want to hear your comp for Wyatt Cullen?

SPEAKER_01 17:01

I've said it from the start. Um, he has literally looked like James Haggins playing at the USN TDP. I agree. Um I agree. I don't, I think again, he he's played some at center. I don't think he's gonna stick a center like a James Haggins, but James Haggins on the wing, that's that's where I've landed on from day one. I literally see it in the skating, I see it in his stick handling. Um, I don't think he's as dynamic, I don't think he's as speedy as a James Haggins, but man, can he get there? Whew. I I really love that that elite prospects took a large chance with him. He is in their top six. Love it. Big fan of that. Um, I often ask myself why I don't just take the plunge there. Um, but I don't know. I I get too scared. I get too scared. We have we establish these these these these prospects and then we put them up really high. We keep them there. I get too scared to put them over, guys. I can't even say because I'm I my you gotta you get my list coming up.

SPEAKER_00 17:55

You just gotta go with your gut and just be true at heart. You know what I don't hey listen. I'm gonna go with Haggins. I don't I love that comp. And we've talked about this in previous shows. So we're gonna go with James Haggins. All right, so we got James Higgins and Wyatt Cullen. All right, next is Daxon Rudolph. I got mine, I've told you before, I think it's a Brand Clark. The the the way they skate, the way they're kind of a little iffy defensively, and they both are good offensively. That is my number one kind. There is no one even like I if I would have to put comps like one one per one, Brandt Clark and Daxon Rudolph, they are like twins. That's that's that's what I would say.

SPEAKER_01 18:36

You let me you let me give my really firm uh assumption with uh James Higgs. I'm gonna let you give it this one. Just just go with it. I had someone in the chamber, I'm just like, yeah, I think it's I think it's a good one. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 18:47

Okay, all right. We'll we'll go with that. Let's let's do that. That was an easy one. I in my opinion, that's an easy one. Very easy. That's an easy one. I I watched them play it. I'm like, oh, I've watched both of them play a lot, and I was like, whoo, those are two and the same. Okay. All right, so we got Brandt Clark for Daxon Rudolph. Next. Oh my boy. The cheese. Ethan Belchez. The cheese. The big cheese. That's your nickname. When do we start calling him that? Who started that? Come on, that's that's that's his real nickname. Uh, just oh man. Knowing the from knowing the Billet family, they call him the cheese, man. The big cheese.

SPEAKER_01 19:20

All right.

SPEAKER_00 19:21

I have two.

SPEAKER_01 19:22

I have two. I don't know if you're gonna agree with me on some of these, but yeah, I I I think if he I think if he starts to develop the physicality at Michigan State, and I think he will, I think we're looking at a guy who's more in the vein of like a Kyrill Marchenko or a Mark Stone-esque type player. I think he's gonna be able to throw his weight around. He already uses his body very well to get to the net. Um, I think those two guys are where I start when I think of comparisons for him. What about you?

SPEAKER_00 19:46

Uh, like what about Alex Tuck?

SPEAKER_01 19:48

Yeah, I mean, like, he's a little bit more stiff than like I Tuck's a little bit more stiff than a Delchez. Delchez is way more fluid and has better hands.

SPEAKER_00 19:55

Yeah, you're right. Well, then you've got to eliminate Stone because he's not fluid.

SPEAKER_01 19:59

I like Marchenko. I like it.

SPEAKER_00 20:02

I like Marchenko's a nice one. I don't mind that at all, actually. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 20:05

I I look I never see people, I never see people really compare Marchenko to anybody.

SPEAKER_00 20:09

So it's that's let's lock that in. That's not bad. I like that one. All right, Marchenko, it is. All right, so we got Gorill Marchenko, Ethan Belchez. Next, Tynan Lawrence. Oh, I mentioned. See, here's the thing. I was having the toughest time coming up with one.

SPEAKER_01 20:25

I know. And I I I will say I because I've been reading the Elite Prospects draft guide a little bit. Um, they they I think they nailed it. They got Ryan McCloud as as his as his comparison. I think speed and speed, motor, and just just technical aspects of just being a center, that's gonna be his bread and butter. I don't see him as a guy who drives a ton of offense, who's gonna be able to create a ton with his with his with his stick outside of maybe the shot. Um, I I I think I think he's gonna have to try to get into that Ryan McCloud role to really succeed. I I I do believe that's I don't mind that at all.

SPEAKER_00 20:58

I like you know, like I said, I I've seen him play and he kind of reminds me of Celebrini. Like, listen, a poor man's version of Celebrini, but I would probably go better with very poor, a very poor man. I will go with I will go with Ryan McLeod on this one. I don't mind that at all. All right, so we got Tynan Lawrence and Ryan McLeod. All right, next. Oh, here's your boy. Here's your boy. This is what I want to I want to hear what you have to say about Mr. Elton Hermanson.

SPEAKER_01 21:28

I I I really have always taught I I I mean I've talked about um I've I keep comparising uh comparing guys to dudes who are in the the uh Stanley Cups uh right now. Um the hands uh are great, the ability to create on the wing has been great. Um I I guess the guys were both at Winnipeg at the same time, but uh one Kane and one Winnipeg guy. I see a little bit of Nick Ealers, I see a little bit of Kyle Connor in this guy.

SPEAKER_00 21:53

Nick Ealers is where I was going.

SPEAKER_01 21:55

I totally agree with you. Nick Ealers, I I really here's the thing, yeah, I think he's gonna be even better. Than Nick Ealers. I really look, look, look, look. This is not a critique on Nick Ealers at all. He's a tremendous player. I love Elton Hermanson and I agonized over the decision of who I liked more between him and Cullen. And I went with Cullen eventually, but Hermanson. I'm telling you, you can't sleep on Hermie.

SPEAKER_00 22:20

You can't sleep on still not sold on that high. I'm not saying I don't like Hermanson, but you got him like Hermie even higher than as uh as Elise says, you got a little helium. You got a little helium on Hermanson, eh?

SPEAKER_01 22:34

Of course. I I look, I'll look, I'll do that all day.

SPEAKER_00 22:38

All right, I like the Nick Ealers. I like the Nick Ealers uh comp. We're going with that. Lock and loaded. All right. So we got uh Nick Ealers for Elton Hermanson. Next on the list is Oscar Hemming, the wrecking ball, the madman out of Boston College. Yeah, who do you like? This is a tough one, actually.

SPEAKER_01 22:57

I I just really this is a bit of a this is this is a bit of a lower ceiling one, but Mason Marchman is one of those guys who really lays the hammer. Um, I think he's a very under talked about, very cerebral player, smart guy. I do see I do see some smart offensive skill in Oscar Hemming's game. I he's just he's a fast player. Uh, but look, let's not waste any time. This guy brings the hammer, and so does Marchman. That's kind of where I'm leaning here.

SPEAKER_00 23:23

Well, you know what? I don't mind that at all. I I yeah, I had a I had a tough time figuring one out for uh Heming. So I'm gonna go with Marchman. I like that. I like that. That was an easy one. Easy peasy. So we got Mesa Martian for Oscar Heming. The last one, number 16 on the list, Maddox Dajne. Oh, who do you got from Maddox Dajnay?

SPEAKER_01 23:46

I'm gonna pull from a team in the Stanley Cup final right now. Um, I I've really liked Dajnay's ability to score. I've really liked his hands, uh, his quick, his quick processing ability, his able to his ability to pick up the puck in the offensive zone and just find a lane to pass or shoot. Um, and also his physical physical nature. It reminds me a bit of Pavel Dorafev a little bit. I kind of like that.

SPEAKER_00 24:11

I I lean more there because I thought you said I thought you said Dajnay had more offense though.

SPEAKER_01 24:17

I Dorfev has some offense. Come on now. Dora Fayev is a good score. But he's also but also Dajnay is physical too. He's a very physical player.

SPEAKER_00 24:26

What about uh what about the from the Flyers? Oh, and Tippett. He's not as fast.

SPEAKER_01 24:32

Tippett's a burner.

SPEAKER_00 24:34

Oh man, yeah, I know. Well, yeah, yeah. Oh, Tippett's a burner. Oh, yeah. Maybe, maybe, maybe a tiny bit. Oh Matthew. I like Forrester too. Forster, yeah, Forrester's not a burner too, though. Yeah, you're right. I guess he uh yeah, Forrester might be a Forster's a shooter, though. He's so is Dash Ney. That's what I mean. Yeah, you want to go with our flyers? I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 24:57

I I still like Dorothyev more. I like Dorf.

SPEAKER_00 25:00

I like Dora Fayev. I'm I I I I Matthew Nyes. I I don't mind that too. I just don't hear the thing.

SPEAKER_01 25:08

I don't think physicality is is as much of a part of Dash Ney's game as it is with Nye's game. Um with Dash Ne, he's a skill guy when he gets has to get to the net. Yeah, and uh, I mean, of course, he'll use the reverse hit, and obviously he'll like kill pressure guys, but I don't think he's as he's as good of a two-way forward as a nice. I don't think nice is a is a realistic comp comp for him. I don't know. That's kind of not where I like lean.

SPEAKER_00 25:33

Well, uh, okay, let's do Dorfam. Oh, let's do that. Let's uh let's let's rock and roll here.

SPEAKER_01 25:37

All right, let me fight for my guy. Come on now.

SPEAKER_00 25:40

All right, there you have the top 16 comps. Let's go through it one more time, real quick. Gavin McKenna, Patrick Kane, Evar Stenberg, Lucas Raymond, Chase Reid, Zach Rorensky, Caleb Malholtra, Nick Suzuki, Carson Carls, Charlie McAvoy, Albert Schmitz, Maurice Seider, Vigo Bjork, Logan Stankoven, Keaton Verhoff, Aaron Eckblad, Multe Guftason, Simon Edvinson, White Cullen, James Hagins, Daxon Rudolph, Brand Clark, Ethan Belchez, Kirill Marchenko, Tynan Lawrence, Ryan McCloud, Elton Hermanson, Nicholas Ehlers, Oscar Hemming, Mason Marchment, and Maddox Dajine, Pavel Dorfayev. Let us know. I like these. Let us know what you think in the comment section. Who do you who are your comps? What people watching this or listening to this, who are your comps? Who do you like? Who do you don't you like of our list? I thought that was kind of fun.

SPEAKER_01 26:38

That was pretty funny. I think it was pretty I think it's a pretty good list, but obviously some people in the comments are gonna think we're nuts, Mark. I don't know. I think we're losing it.

SPEAKER_00 26:44

Hey, whatever. We get we get to pick. That's that's at the end of the day, we we get to make our own mistakes and look dumb or not. Whatever. It's all fun.

SPEAKER_01 26:53

Let us know in the comments. I think we did a good job for sure.

SPEAKER_00 26:56

All right. Uh, so what's our well listen? We we got some more shows coming up there. We're gonna be at the draft, but uh, a couple more episodes before we hit the draft. So uh link, I think that's it for this show. That was fun.

SPEAKER_01 27:08

Yeah, that was awesome.

SPEAKER_00 27:10

All right, that's it, everyone. We'll uh see you soon and cheers.