What I find crazy which I just learned tonight


For all the crap he has taken over his point production, he had a similar number of primary assists to Cooley (17 vs. 21), but had no luck getting secondary assist luck, only getting 4 to Cooley’s 22.

Now by no means do I believe he has Cooley’s play making abilities but the knocks on him have been his skating (which he has proven to be wrong with his excellent transition skills) and play making (which apparently with a little more puck luck could improve).

I’m excited to see what he can do, especially if he gets to ride shotgun with Matthews and Marner for his career.

But baby steps first

I have watched nearly zero of him play. I have hope for long term upside. Skating questions in a guy dominating lower leagues with physicality is always a concern. We shall see. If we get the next power forward we've beyond lucked out

If we get the next Chris Kreider or even Josh Anderson we should be happy

IF he can become a version of Alex Tuch, that would be ideal.