I mean, have you ever seen him play? No? Why would he project to be a tweener in your eyes? I find that a really weird thing to say.
Who knows how he progresses but right now he appears to be a top prospect and since he's a free agent, you'd be stupid not to care about signing the guy.
I don't understand why some are perplexed with the idea of signing an asset like that. Even if he really doesn't pan out, it would have been worth it to sign him and find out for yourself.
Actually I have seen him play. I finished a workterm in Boston from January up until may this year and I was able to catch a handful of crimson' games. He's a great college player no doubt, and you don't need to look that far to find comparable players that come out of div 1 that have produced like he has over the course of his time at Harvard.
From my viewings, he was usually noticeable in one way or another every game, pretty fast skater, puts himself in good little soft spots in the offensive zone, nice hands. Very soft hands around the net, almost reminds me of jvr in that regard. Mucks it up sometimes too. But when I look for one particular area where he flat out dominates I don't really see one. With that being said he'll obviously play in the NHL in some capacity, hes ready, but based on his production and what I saw from him live I think he'll be a solid 20-20 winger in a good year.
No one is perplexed with the idea of signing him, I'm just shocked as to how much hype this kid is getting. I guess it's to be expected in the middle of the summer though. It would be cool if we signed him and I hope the leafs can, but I'm not loosing good sleep over it if we dont. It's a free asset at the end of the day
if it happens.
