yea he has some Galchenyuk traits, neither will ever be guys that stand out for their defensive play but he makes things happen in the offensive zone. But you have to give him rope, put him in position to succeed so it's either put him with guys that can convert his chances or don't bother dressing him. And that is why you can see how posters won't like him, he's not the hardest working, he's frustrating as he does stuff out there that you just go wtf was he thinking but he also can feather a pass that is a thing of beauty, a no look behind the back pass that most guys wouldn't even try, or go in and snipe it or deke it.
He has skills but his game is still too far behind, he needs to play in the AHL for a full year, stay healthy, be put in a good situation with a smart coach. I don't agree with Bouchard here, I don't think putting him with rookies like Vejdemo, Jevpalovs is the way to go. I'd put him with Froese, Chaput, Agostino (if he were there). Put him with vets that can convert his chances.
But in the end I don't see it working out, I don't think he'll clear waivers so I assume we trade him for very little return and he ends up in the KHL in 2 years or so unless someone sees that this kid has skills but is raw and needs someone to motivate him, realize that he's lost a lot of time to injury and for a kid that if he was born 2 days later would of had an extra year in the AHL instead of playing half of his first year at 19 when he wasn't physically mature at all. It will be interesting to see what they do with him, but I said all summer it likely won't end well here with CJ and Scherbak. We are talking about a coach that would likely have waivers Shaw out there then Scherbak who can do things with the puck that waivers Shaw can't even dream of (ok that's laying it on thick there) but still because Scherbak can't be trusted to do the right thing so we win 2-1 vs trying to work with him all year to get him to the point that he helps you win games with his offense and you live with the mental mistakes he makes.
