Player Discussion: Dmitri Voronkov

[Jovavic]

Sounds like I nailed it then

Not really

 

[Monk]

Not really

In terms of style or what? I thought people would think it wasn't a great comparison because Vronk is obviously more skilled than Svitov but you're saying the opposite!

Vronk already has more points than Svitov did in the NHL in half as many games. I'm thinking Vronk is a better skater too but don't remember well enough. They're both lefties & listed on hockey reference within a pound of each other.

 

[koteka]

I think the Anderson comparison is apt. Not because of play style but because you wonder “how did a guy that big who can do what he does go so low in the NHL draft?” Anderson was a 4th rounder (95th overall) and Voronkov was a 4th rounder (114th overall). Everybody thinks the NHL overrates sizes in the draft, but these are two guys that every team passed on several times.

 

[stevo61]

I think the Anderson comparison is apt. Not because of play style but because you wonder “how did a guy that big who can do what he does go so low in the NHL draft?” Anderson was a 4th rounder (95th overall) and Voronkov was a 4th rounder (114th overall). Everybody thinks the NHL overrates sizes in the draft, but these are two guys that every team passed on several times.

That quite often where those guys are found because it's hard to project. They were both kinda late bloomers but Anderson especially developed a ton physically late. Anderson was something like 6'1" 185lbs back then, not really hard to see why teams wouldn't predict a 6'3" 226lbs power forward with a mean streak