A look at the players who should pique the Canucks’ interest in the upcoming NHL draft.
The Swedish Hockey League left winger is also expected to be on the NHL draft board Friday in Montreal when the Vancouver Canucks announce their 15th overall selection.
“Just like offensive defencemen, power forwards are hard to find and there are not many in the league,” said long-serving NHL prospects scout Shane Malloy, who authored The Art of Scouting’and is working toward a PHD in inter-disciplinary development studies. Ohgren’s father, Andreas, is a well-respected strength and conditioning coach, who has worked with notable NHL players, including Nicklas Backstrom, Marcus Johansson and Andre Burakovsky. His son was able to keep pace with older SHL players and was noticeably stronger on the puck and in battles in 25 games this season with Djurgardens IF, despite just two points .Article content
More importantly, there’s really nobody in the system who projects as a pure power forward. There are roster wingers like Kontinental Hockey League veteran Andrei Kuzmenko, 26, and sophomore Vasily Podkolzin, 21, plus intriguing but raw prospect Danila Klimovich, 19, who have elements of size and skill. But nobody packs all the power-forward elements — at least not yet.
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