JONI IKONEN - Center - 19 - Drafted 2017 #58 Overall
LAST UPDATED 12/10/18
Ikonen is a smart center whose best asset is his brain. He had trouble with the Frolunda Indians in the Swedish Elite League, causing a transfer to his native Liiga in Finland, where he was able to develop more comfortably. Ikonen has a strong wrist shot, and has very good passing accuracy. He's not a fantastic skater, so that will need to improve, and he will also need to find more offensive consistency. He's still undersized, and needs to bulk up to be able to be stronger on the puck. At this point, he's a boom-or-bust pick, but if he's able to improve his skating, produce more, and bulk up, he can be a strong 2C at the NHL level.
Ikonen is a smart center whose best asset is his brain. He had trouble with the Frolunda Indians in the Swedish Elite League, causing a transfer to his native Liiga in Finland, where he was able to develop more comfortably. Ikonen has a strong wrist shot, and has very good passing accuracy. He's not a fantastic skater, so that will need to improve, and he will also need to find more offensive consistency. He's still undersized, and needs to bulk up to be able to be stronger on the puck. At this point, he's a boom-or-bust pick, but if he's able to improve his skating, produce more, and bulk up, he can be a strong 2C at the NHL level.
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