RD Axel Sandin Pellikka - Skellefteå, SHL (2023, 17th, DET)

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Definitely not.
Yeah 1 ppg defender would be bad to bring to this cup… Just embarrassing. Please get a reality check.

For all the pretty puckhandling Sandin doesn’t produce points, and his small size isn’t exactly intimidating. +/- -4 just 1 point in 7 games. Lacks size, point production and worst defense of all defenders.
 
Yeah 1 ppg defender would be bad to bring to this cup… Just embarrassing. Please get a reality check.

For all the pretty puckhandling Sandin doesn’t produce points, and his small size isn’t exactly intimidating. +/- -4 just 1 point in 7 games. Lacks size, point production and worst defense of all defenders.

You must have watched a different tournament. Please tell me what goal against he was involved in, I’ll be waiting.

Actually, don’t. Not going to read the crap you keep posting.
 
You must have watched a different tournament. Please tell me what goal against he was involved in, I’ll be waiting.
It’s official stats.
GP 7
G 0
A 1
P 1
PIM 6
+/- (-)4

I just realized I was too kind with him. He also topped PIM along with Pettersson (excluding Lysell for obvious reasons).

 
Sandin-Pellikka(with or without dash? i've seen both) was pretty strong with the puck in this tournament. I am still not convinced on how offensively productive he can be in nhl but he should be at least a solid puck moving two-way d in second pair should be realistic take.

Pretty solidly ahead of Draco for me right now though.
 
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He showed great potential and was definitely impressive given he is a 17 year old playing at the WJC.... but he has a lot to work on defensively and his decision making was pretty bad at times. He could be a really good player, I expect him to go in the 10-20 range

In what way was his defensive play or decision making bad? I thought he was an absolute rock the last three games, positionally flawless. Can't even remember a single mistake he made against the czechs or the US (and he played heavy minutes), can you?
 
I thought ASP had a very good tournament for a draft eligible defenseman. His transition game was excellent and I thought he did pretty well defensively. The Swedish coach evidently agrees as he played him a lot for a 17 year old.

Where doubt creeps in is in his offensive or one-on-one decision making. With his skating he should be able to drop forecheckers who are trying to pressure him at the point, but he kinda doesn't know what to do. The only problems that I noticed this tournament related to this situation. He'll challenge a defender without a clear plan of what to do, and end up having to make a quick pass to a teammate to get out of trouble.

But he's certainly one of the top dmen in the draft.
 
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I thought ASP had a very good tournament for a draft eligible defenseman. His transition game was excellent and I thought he did pretty well defensively. The Swedish coach evidently agrees as he played him a lot for a 17 year old.

Where doubt creeps in is in his offensive or one-on-one decision making. With his skating he should be able to drop forecheckers who are trying to pressure him at the point, but he kinda doesn't know what to do. The only problems that I noticed this tournament related to this situation. He'll challenge a defender without a clear plan of what to do, and end up having to make a quick pass to a teammate to get out of trouble.

But he's certainly one of the top dmen in the draft.

I found his top of the umbrella play pretty pedestrian. It didn't seem like he knew how to manipulate defenders to open up a play of value. Sweden never making any adjustments to their PP configurations or PP was certainly part of their 4th place finish this year.

I like him but I really don't think he's shown high end offense from the back end which is why I think I'll end up keeping Dragicevic over ASP even if ASP is more advanced in most other categories.
 
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I saw him in Moncton when Sweden beat Finland in the quarterfinals. Slick break out passes. Made smart reads when to join the rush. His puck handling is quite evident. Didn't engage a lot with the bigger forwards along the boards as he seemed to know he didn't have the size or strength as yet to take them on. Smooth skater didn't look like he had to work hard to accelerate up ice or around is own end.
 
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17 year old defensemen (sans Dahlin) just do not impact these tournaments. He played really well with that in mind.
 
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I found his top of the umbrella play pretty pedestrian. It didn't seem like he knew how to manipulate defenders to open up a play of value. Sweden never making any adjustments to their PP configurations or PP was certainly part of their 4th place finish this year.

I like him but I really don't think he's shown high end offense from the back end which is why I think I'll end up keeping Dragicevic over ASP even if ASP is more advanced in most other categories.
I see him as a Julius Honka/Nils Lundkvist type as a guy who never really pans out to the level most expected.

He looks pretty okay at first glance but the more you look the more there is to not like in his projection.
 
I see him as a Julius Honka/Nils Lundkvist type as a guy who never really pans out to the level most expected.

He looks pretty okay at first glance but the more you look the more there is to not like in his projection.

Lundqvist was drafted 28th overall. He’ll outperform that draft position big time.

Sandin Pellikka is a similar but more talented player. Better hands, more creativity. PP-tools.
 
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I see him as a Julius Honka/Nils Lundkvist type as a guy who never really pans out to the level most expected.

He looks pretty okay at first glance but the more you look the more there is to not like in his projection.

In my view he's Adam Boqvist 2.0. Literally everything about him screams Adam Boqvist. I'm not sure if that's a good sign though. Boqvist was mishandled grocely both in Columbus but mainly Chicago. Still, I don't think he was ever willing or capable to work on his weaknesses. We'll see how this guy turns out.
 
In my view he's Adam Boqvist 2.0. Literally everything about him screams Adam Boqvist. I'm not sure if that's a good sign though. Boqvist was mishandled grocely both in Columbus but mainly Chicago. Still, I don't think he was ever willing or capable to work on his weaknesses. We'll see how this guy turns out.

I don't think I see Boqvist at all. I was a HUGE fan of Boqvist. He was virtually unable to be pressured at his level throughout his draft year and he had way more blueline escapism that was punctuated with a deadly shot.

I'd be a lot more stoked on ASP if he could walk the line, use deception like Boqvist could or even had a shot like Boqvist.

My view of ASP is that he's a good offensive defenseman but he's not a great offensive defenseman. He's good defensively but he's not great defensively. I don't see him on a PP1 and I don't see him on a PK1, so that kind of precludes me from picking him before the 20s.
 
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My view of ASP is that he's a good offensive defenseman but he's not a great offensive defenseman. He's good defensively but he's not great defensively. I don't see him on a PP1 and I don't see him on a PK1, so that kind of precludes me from picking him before the 20s.
He seems to make his money in his transition game, which may be elite? Again, I'm seeing Brandon Montour in my limited viewings. Can look great in the perfect situation, and not-so-great depending on the style of game/system. Has some glaring weaknesses that may be covered up pretty easily with the right coach.
 
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I think his creativity, smarts and hands will mask his deficencies enough that he'll be a very good NHLer and if he can improve on some of those weaknesses he'll be a star
 
This is kind of a deep pull, but maybe you hope he can be Anton Stralman in his prime?
 

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