I didn't see any of this last night... "Explosive" would be the polar opposite of what I saw from his speed/skating. He coasted ALL NIGHT LONG. He wouldn't even protect the puck along the boards when HE had it, nonetheless fight for it even on the forecheck. It was honestly one of the most embarassing performances I've ever seen from a player. I'm dazzled how he has done so well, he didn't even look like he belonged in the NAHL, let alone USHL. For @#$^s sake, he was so out of the game, that on the powerplay, when he was cherry picking(like he did all game...), his goalie fired the puck up to him to start a 2v1 and his head was down, looking somewhere else away from the puck and the puck just sailed right on by him.
Awful.