I think we need a bigger sample size before we go crazy, but I’ll gladly take the crowdités for an appetizer.
I was pretty confident he would struggle in the AHL this season. I saw plenty of him the past two years and while I loved the package, I still saw him as incredibly raw. I thought part of it was the system he was in, but it wasn’t the entire story. I’m an eternal pessimist when it comes to the Rangers (for plenty of obvious reasons), but I’m usually not off the mark this much on a prospect. Glad to be proven wrong.
He’s been real real good. Love when he grabs the puck, takes it behind his own net and just blows by everyone to rush the puck up the ice. Thing of beauty.
I still don’t expect a big scoring defenseman in the NHL. But a 35-40 point guy with amazing defense is far more intriguing from my point of view.