Totally. Congrats to him.
I've not actually seen him play. Those who have, what can you tell me?
When you see him play you don't see much offence in his game, like he's not often going to start the rush, isn't going to try to make pretty plays with his hands, and doesn't seem to ever make a pretty pass where you stop and think "man that was a beauty of a pass". But he's not a liability in the offensive zone. He can keep the puck alive, he's smart with the puck, his shot is decent, knows when to shoot at the traffic and knows when to pass it down the boards or to the other blue-liner.
His defensive game is sort of the same idea. He's always in a good position, he's smart with his stick, and doesn't turn over the puck. His skating is good enough to have an NHL job one day. He's a safe guy in his own zone. He's not soft either. With all that said, he's not an intimidating guy on the ice, he isn't massive, he's isn't incredibly strong, I wouldn't say he's one of the top shut-down D in the CHL for sure.
Overall, he's pretty much a swiss army knife defensemen, does a little bit of everything, but not anything surprisingly well.
Imo he'll rather be a very good all around 2nd/3rd pairing NHL D if his game can translate, or he'll be more of a jack of all trades but master of none, and not be able to find an NHL job for himself.
