I think they are remarkable scorers and I don’t care where they’re drafted but I don’t think they have the ability to take over a game or score goals like some other guys in the tournament.
Finland has Tolvanen who is a pure goal scorer, guy will not struggle to fill the net at all. Canada doesn’t have a pure sniper like him, their secondary scorers don’t match up but Heponiemi and Vesalainen I expect should have strong tournaments too. Tolvanen is the real bread and butter here.
For Sweden, Elias Pettersson, Alex Nylander (who I think will be released) and Lias Andersson all have that type of skill, especially Pettersson and Nylander they’re better than any scorers Canada has and Andersson is right up there.
Russia is going to have Svechnikov, Abramov and Kostin are all high skill players that can really score and dazzle offensively. I wouldn’t be confident any are better than Canada’s but Svechnikov is a pure sniper.
USA has Brown, Mittelstadt and Yamamoto that I would consider as good as anyone on Canada offensively.
No one probably has the depth to matchup 1 through 13 with Canada but I think a lot of teams high end guys are as good or better and you can’t overlook how much playing against men will impact these players, which most of these players play against. They’ll be able to do more against players their own age which will make things a lot of more even then they appear at first glance.
