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Good to hear. What do you like about him so much to consider him a favorite?
I never focused on him, but caught some games. Looked good to me.
Meloche has really all the tools you really want in a defensemen. He reads the play well, good gap control, good shot, can be put in any situation and thrive, and he plays a real mean game. He needs to work on his skating... it is choppy and he has a bit of heavy feet syndrome at times, but I think he will develop out of some of that. IMO he won't ever be a great skater, but I think he will be an above average skater in the NHL. If he does that, you have a kid that has all the tools to be an excellent defensemen in the NHL. I'd also like him to keep his intensity high, but that might be partially due to him having too much ice time as a kid.
I think he has legit top pairing upside, but he will have iron out his skating to reach that.