Is Morrison goin to Loveland next year?
I’m neither clued in, nor expert enough regarding hockey prospects, but my guess is if he’s going to have a future with Colorado he needs to be. I’d wager he needs at a minimum 2 years in the A to round out his game to NHL level.
Defensively, I’m not hockey smart enough to tell you what his biggest deficiencies are, but he undoubtedly has aspects to improve.
Offensively, to me, he needs to get more creative/aggressive at creating his own shot. I’m unsure whether it’s Jacksons’ system, or Morrison himself, but he seems to zero in on his role of mucking it up in front of the net to screen the goalie, get deflections, & rebounds, or playing the puck behind the net, moving it to the slot, or front of the goal.
In my opinion he has a deceptive wrist shot that is underutilized. Whether that’s a result of him being too focused on his role as a mucker & puck mover in the offensive system, or Jackson instructing him to do so is anyone’s guess.
Having watched quite a bit of ND hockey the last 3 seasons my impression is Jackson utilizes an offensive style predicated on low risk, methodical, team possession, which doesn’t allow for tons of creativity. It’s likely why he doesn’t land blue chip, 1-2 years & done caliber recruits. That said, the longer players are in his system the best ones are seemingly allowed more leeway to be more creative, & take more risks, which makes sense.
With Cam he still seems to stick almost exclusively to his basic offensive role. Through 23 games he has 8 goals & 9 assists, averaging 0.74 PPG. He’s taken 57 shots, for a shooting % of 14, with an average of 2.5 SPG.
His commitment to a PF’s role of being a net front nuisance is a positive, while he provides a nice, physical element for his team defensively. Whichever pro teams’ farm system he winds up in, hopefully they can improve his ability/willingness to create/look to create his own shot more.