FlyTimmo
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Werenski is good, Elite? not ready to say that. He is/was the 3rd best defenseman on his team in a perfect situation with easy minutes. he essentially had Ghosts role, just bigger with less offense/more defense.. not close to IP
Elite is an arbitrary term, it means different things to different people. I said, "will" implying he isn't quite there yet. But, he is close to being elite already. He has very good possession statistics and put up ~50 points as a 20 year old. Are his points inflated by exorbitant powerplay time for a 20 year old and 55% oZS? Yes. But, those numbers are rare. Plenty of young NHL defenseman are given similar opportunities and don't have the same production.
Werenski being a great young player doesn't make Provorov any less exceptional. Like I said, saying it is not close is nothing but ignorance.