I try really hard not to get too excited about any of our guys because development is so crazy, but I'm finding it difficult not to be excited with Verhaeghe. He's two goals and 8 points off last season's totals in less than a third of the games, all while being good-to-great defensively. He and super squirt Andreas Johnson are quickly becoming my favourite junior prospects (well technically Johnson's pro but whatever you know what I mean).
It's hard not to get excited about them.
Even with Johnson's cold streak (if you can call it that), he's still 11th in league scoring. That's damn impressive for a guy who just made the jump to the SHL. You definitely have to be patient with him and not expect him come over and start playing like Martin St Louis or Pat Kane, but when you saw him as a 7th rounder, he's been awesome.
And obviously Verghaeghe is exciting. In his third OHL season, he's making a huge offensive improvement. I sort of thought Morrison was crazy saying he could put up 100 points, and yet he's on pace to put up 115 over 68 games and 50 goals. I think the crazier thing though, is how consistent he's been. He's literally only been kept off the scoreboard TWICE all season. That's insane.