Sergei Shirokov
Registered User
Pesce has been on pace to hit 30 points multiple times. And Tanev is an anomaly, he is one of the best shutdown defensemen of the last decade. Willander is good defensively but is not even comparable to those. He is not even dominating the J20 league defensively. Simashev I could look at and say he is holding his own in the KHL but we don't have any of those comparison points for Willlander. A lot of his defensive game is predicated on him being faster and bigger than most players in the J20.
Also, I don't want to derail the Reinbacher thread with Willander discussion.
I think he can be a 30 point defenseman. And I don't think people project Reinbacher as a huge point producer either, but he is further ahead at the moment as a two-way D. Anyways agree to disagree, time will tell.