Morgan Anderberg:
Projection: Middle 6 Winger
Strengths: Skating, Stick skills, Creativity
Weaknesses: Physicality, Positional awareness
Analysis:
Morgan Anderberg is a very good two-way winger who excels at creating
turnovers. His most noticeable attribute in his game for me is his
stick skills both on and off the puck. With the puck, he controls the
puck super well with good stick handling, deking, and protective body
positioning. These skills allow him to carry the puck into the zone or
evade defenders as he searches for opportunities to put his creative
playmaking skills to work. Off the puck, he excels at stick checking
opponents while staying on them extremely well, creating pressure on
his opponents to make a play sooner rather than later. His creativity
and playmaking stem from his above-average vision and ability to get
passes to areas he shouldn’t be allowed to get them to. His skating
in general is also great, having good agility and top speed to keep up
with the pace of play in the SHL.
The biggest question mark in his game for me would be his physicality.
He defaults to using his stick to generate pressure on opponents,
which isn’t a horrible thing, but when he is forced into using his
body to check his opponent, it’s very obvious that he’s significantly
worse at checking opponents this way and he’s not nearly as
comfortable doing it. Over time developing he would become better and
more comfortable with it, but as it stands he would struggle to
translate his current defensive checking abilities to the next level.
Also, watching his game there are times when he has positional
lapses, whether that be leaving his assignment early or just not being
ready for a pass he should have been ready for, I would worry that his
mind can’t read the game fast enough to keep up with that pace of play
due to these lapses.