Well I was in total agreement with the statement until he said "could see NHL time this season"
My perception was if his skating was still at the level he was there'd be a danger of being exposed by speedier NHL players. But I suppose it's open to interpretation that he expects his skating will only continue to improve.
I still think Whitecloud and Brannstrom ares afer choices.Given our D situation, he could see some time by default.