A Hockeysfuture staffer on Saturday offered a comparison between 2008 draft-eligible Anton Gustafsson, son of former Caps’ great Bengt, and 2006 first-rounder Patrik Berglund (no. 25 to St. Louis).
Hockey sense: Equal
Speed: Equal
Technical skills: Berglund
Offensive game: Berglund
Defensive game: Gustafsson
Two-way game: Gustafsson
Shooting: Equal
Playmaking: Equal
Leadership: Equal
Physical game: Gustafsson (by a huge margin)
Most likely to score 80-100 points in the NHL: Berglund
We’re still weeks away from the Central Scouting Service’s final ranking for North American and European prospects, but little over the course of this hockey season appears to have altered forecasts of a year ago for the young Gustafsson: he’ll go somewhere in round one this June. CSS’ mid-season rankings have Gustafsson rated the 6th best European skater.
OFB had a chance earlier this month to interview Anton’s proud father at a Caps’ game. That video interview, in which Bengt discusses his son’s game at length, can be found here.
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It wouldn’t surprise me if Caps draft this kid. They have history of drafting ex-NHLer’s sons (Bourque)and recent NHLers’ little brothers (Bouchard, Seabrook) in the past.
Anton is leaving Frolunda to his hometown team Bofors because of homesickness. If he’s homesick at Frolunda imagine what another continent would be like for him.
To be safe, I’d pass on him and take a North American like Nemisz.
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