Arnold is very good defensively and alway seems to be in the right place at the right time to score goals, but I don't think he has the skill to be a top 6 guy in the NHL. Its not that he's unskilled, but I expect future top 6 guys to look like men among boys at the college level, and Arnold doesn't. He might top out as a poor man's David Moss, but there's certainly a place for guys like that on the 3rd and 4th lines if they can stay healthy. If he wants to slot into that role fairly quickly as a pro, he needs to focus on getting more physical during his senior season at BC.
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