VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - JUNE 21: Vasili Podkolzin poses for a portrait after being selected tenth overall by the Vancouver Canucks during the first round of the 2019 NHL Draft at Rogers Arena on June 21, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Light/Getty Images)
Rick Dhaliwal of TSN 1040 reported that the Russian junior coach Igor Larionov thinks that Vasili Podkolzin plays a very similar style to the great Mark Messier.
Mark Messier may be the most hated man in Vancouver Canucks franchise history, but even his biggest haters have to respect what he brought to the game.