I know this sounds a little bit crazy but do I ever see a similarity between two of our prospects to two of our cup winning duos. Take this with a grain of salt, but I love the fact that we had two centers on one line to provide depth and extra protection in the dot with Richards and Carter.
Now look at the playing style of Turcotte versus Richards and the size and skills Byfield versus Carter.
yes there is differences between the players compared but there are a lot of similarities. I could see Turcotte and by field playing together very easily with their speed and skill. Turcotte is more a cerebral player that plays a very aggressive energy game at speed. By field has the tools, size, speed and skill to be a menace up and down the ice. Both look like they will have good two way games. The good thing is there are numerous different prospects that would mess with the two on the other wing. They could carry the defensive deficiency’s of Kaliyev or play a fast paced game with Fagemo , or play that in your face no holds bar game with an Iafallo
Would also love to see Kaliyev put in Browns spot for a bit. Take away his first three games when he was getting his lungs, legs, and hands back and watch them progress throughout the tournaments and play a heavy style game at times really impressed me. As the tournaments were on his defense of player got better. The kid seems to love hockey and love to practice and I truly believe that 1 year in a pro environment will really boost his game.
I can easily see either Faber or Bjornfot being a modern day Matias Nordstrom. Not quite as physical, more offense, but in the right place at the right time, able to get the puck out of the zone, And just a study rock for his defensive partner
