Taking a look at the SHL, there are many different players I would love to take after. Ultimately, if I had to make a choice I would look at current leading scorer Oisin Fletcher. Oison, like me, grew up in Canada, and we have similar sizes. Beyond that, we both play the same position.

Oison has a great set of offensive skills and is exceptionally dangerous in the offensive end of the ice. While incredible puckhandling and scoring, Oison is able to make defending teams worry anytime the puck touches his stick. His skating and passing are not far behind and means that he can easily distribute the puck as needed and exceed the pace of play. Beyond the offensive skills, Oison is very defensively sound as has clearly put a focus on becoming strong on both ends of the ice.

As players, we have very similar strengths (sharing 2 of 3) and the same weakness. Neither of us are great checkers, not are we going to be the strongest guys ever. Both of us have to pray that we’re not going to get in a fight, because we would probably get dummied. We share the common trait of making the teams pay on the scoreboard.