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

 

[ViD]

1 point in first 5 games then 9 points in the next 8.

Looking good out there, riding a 5 game point streak currently

 

[Cowumbus]

1 point in first 5 games then 9 points in the next 8.

Looking good out there, riding a 5 game point streak currently

Very quietly doing so too.

I think Jody talked about it, but he’s very good in the neutral zone tipping pucks into open space for teammates to transition the puck.

 

[Doggy]

In AP's latest article, two scouts comped him as Brian Boyle.

 

[ColumbusTrill]

Do agree with the scout that you haven't seen the same nastiness as he played with last year. Maybe it's more about conserving energy but he rarely finishes checks. He only has 14 hits all season, 15th on the team. Last year he was 7th on the team with 83

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Do agree with the scout that you haven't seen the same nastiness as he played with last year. Maybe it's more about conserving energy but he rarely finishes checks. He only has 14 hits all season, 15th on the team. Last year he was 7th on the team with 83

The physical elements of his game are a complete shock to Me. I completely misevaluated him as a prospect.

When we got him I thought he’d be a 4th line “goon” type with some finishing ability. Then when he started growing as a player, I thought he’d could be a 3rd line physical forward who could fight and chip in offense sometimes (sort of like Olivier). Hes fought before, but it’s a complete afterthought of his game. Hes not big and shy like Laine was, but he’s not a physical force either. I hope he starts bringing that to his game more.

 

[ColumbusTrill]

The physical elements of his game are a complete shock to Me. I completely misevaluated him as a prospect.

When we got him I thought he’d be a 4th line “goon” type with some finishing ability. Then when he started growing as a player, I thought he’d could be a 3rd line physical forward who could fight and chip in offense sometimes (sort of like Olivier). Hes fought before, but it’s a complete afterthought of his game. Hes not big and shy like Laine was, but he’s not a physical force either. I hope he starts bringing that to his game more.

I do think that's more of what he was in Russia. There were so many clips of him laying huge hits and getting into fights

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Finishing checks and fighting etc is cool and all, and I'd welcome it in whatever capacity it arrived from Dmitri. But I'm more interested in his physicality manifesting as a net front presence on offense (at the center of scrums on the regular, too) and a guy who controls the play with his size and strength both on and off the puck. You know, that classic "difficult to play against."

 

[CBJWerenski8]

I do think that's more of what he was in Russia. There were so many clips of him laying huge hits and getting into fights

Guess I should have also specified that I was also really wrong about his offensive upside.

 

[Monstershockey]

Finishing checks and fighting etc is cool and all, and I'd welcome it in whatever capacity it arrived from Dmitri. But I'm more interested in his physically manifesting as a net front presence on offense (at the center of scrums on the regular, too) and a guy who controls the play with his size and strength both on and off the puck. You know, that classic "difficult to play against."

Yes. I would rather have him on the ice than sitting in the box for 5 or more minutes.

 

[koteka]

Yes. I would rather have him on the ice than sitting in the box for 5 or more minutes.

Personally I dream of a CBJ - Capitals line brawl that includes a Dmitri Voronkov - Aliaksei Protas fight that is so epic that the referees are scared to get close so nobody ever stops it. (And to state the obvious, Olivier destroying Tom Wilson’s face is a part of this dream, too.)

 

[Monstershockey]

Personally I dream of a CBJ - Capitals line brawl that includes a Dmitri Voronkov - Aliaksei Protas fight that is so epic that the referees are scared to get close so nobody ever stops it. (And to state the obvious, Olivier destroying Tom Wilson’s face is a part of this dream, too.)

It would be fun to watch, but liking it would depend on who gets the last laugh. Really don't want to see this again.