I still think this kid, is part of the Habs future D................
Skating and passing, and his offensive upside......the D side of the game is a learned craft as he matures.
To me this is the thing with prospects and why I don't trust too many posters opinions when it comes to prospects because it's almost impossible to really know how a kid is going to progress or why he may regress as there are so many variables and factors that go into this. Then add that everything to do with development of prospects is all about PROGRESSION or not.
So opinions should change from year to year if their was enough progression or regression yet you almost always here the posters saying the same thing over and over on repeat. Of course you could be right as not all prospects will show enough progress or regression to move the needle much but still it's always made me warry of others opinions.
When you watch from 1 year to next you start to really get to learn their game and I'm not talking so much about juniors because that's a tougher situation to evaluate due to them playing with a bunch of 16, 17 year olds.
Barron could come in next season and all the sudden he looks like a new man and is lighting the NHL up or in 2 years posters won't even remember his name, it's so hard to project how these kids will be able to overcome their weaknesses or not. Barron I would say like Mailloux just does not seem very bright so you are going to need to work with them on their defensive issues but they may have issues that can't really be fixed. Barron I can only really speak to his AHL play as I don't get to see much of him in the NHL but in Laval wow was it eye opening how he can make some really terrible decisions in his own end and that's going to need to be improved but by how much can he do so is very difficult to try and guess.
