What's funny is that I don't see Stutzle as being the elite player others do, I see him as a perimeter player who needs bigger tougher players to make room for him & protect him otherwise he's just another player. He can score goals & make some nice plays occasionally, but he is still far from being a solid two way player but he certainly has the potential to be. Batherson IMO is a great playmaker, Tkachuk makes some beautiful passes, L. Brown IMO has the potential to be an excellent passer & playmaker, Formenton has great speed & Chabot is an elite skater IMO.
Scoring IMO is the most important skill & the dangling & skating around the perimeter I could do without honestly & as long as we have guys who can go to the net & score & win hockey games is what is most important. I prefer a physical hard hitting game like we saw in the playoffs & the dangling & perimeter stuff is regular season play that doesn't work as much in the playoffs. I think Ottawa has several players & prospects coming who are & could be just as good as Stutzle & better in other areas. Chabot, Tkachuk, Norris, Batherson, Pinto, L. Brown, Sanderson, Boucher, C. Brown, Sokolov, Grieg & even Formenton can all do some things just as well as Stutzle at the moment anyway & other things better. That is not to say that he won't become elite, he's not there yet & could still be a few yrs away, we'll see how he does next yr.