Thanks for your response, glad to hear that. I definitely like his game, and fully realize the poor hand he's been dealt. I need to see a little more to be as hopeful as you are. This team needs to upgrade at Center so badly.
Sobotka really ruins so much about this roster, not to mention Thompson who is a black hole as well. Them together is just horrendous coaching, and poor use of the analytics that are blatantly out there for everyone's consumption. Trying to thrive on that line is an extremely tall task that only Reinhart has been able to tackle with some modicum of success.
he will top out at what you see offensively with girgs and Larsson at the nhl level. But he's all heart and plays the game right. Given proper line construction he can be a capable bttom 6 NHL player. Given poor coaching he will flame out ala Flynn or Mitchell or Byron (for an extreme example).