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His skating is fine. It won't be elite, or even high-end, but he's more than effective. He's not entering the league like Tavares, Kopitar, Monahan, Reinhart, and Draisaitl were, who had significant flaws to fix. I'd assume most realistic Flyers fans are hoping for a Toews like number 1 center that you can build a contender around, but probably isn't viewed as a top 5 center in the league without serious team based accomplishments.
I think he more likely falls into a Monahan type player, which is a solid 10-20C in the leauge who is good enough to build around.
You nailed it..though if a guy like Draisaitl can get into the top 10 in scoring after a few years of seasoning, so can Patrick.