Nvm I didn’t realize he was Claude Lemieux’s son.
Interested to see what Quinn can do with him.
Yeah, I’ve been following him for a couple of years. Think we need to become a little more uncomfortable to play against and Lemieux, Virtanen in Vancouver and Lazar are three guys that stands out as fitting that mold.
Lemieux got really good speed, he is a little Kreider like in how he plays the game. Strong skater up and down the ice, hard to contain for Ds when he gets a step on them. He also has pretty good hands. Can pull some nice moves if it’s necessary.
He is really strong on his feet too and throw some heavy hits, and he gets involved after the whistle at times. But don’t expect Avery II. Komarov II.
For as good as he can look at times — and that is really good — he can also be a bit uncoordinated and his technique isn’t that high standard functionally. I think some of that comes from being a little heavy built. In today’s game, I think someone like him ideally should slim down like 10-15 lbs.
I also think it will be interesting to see what Quinn and what we as a team can do with him. He will never lose the edge or ability to ascertain himself. But it could even be a bit negative for these guys to end up in Canada, like all of Virtanen, Lazar and Lemieux did. They live up to what is expected of them. Someone like Virtanen is what 220-230 lbs? But that is the least they should focus on. With the way the game is evolving they will be top 10 fighters in the league eventually even if they don’t do any bench press for the rest of their lives. Turn a good hockey player out of him first and foremost, slim down a little.