When we first picked him up I was kinda meh on the whole thing. He'd absolutely sucked in the Toronto system.
Give the Flames credit they laid out the expectations of the type of player that they needed and he's put in the work to do it.
Its been a long time since we've had a big physical center who can shut down the opposition. He's still a ways away from being that guy. But he's put in the work, that's pretty clear and that makes him valuable going forward.
Can he be an Otto? Probably not, he's got the physical tools but Otto had a mean streak combined with relentlessness that's rare.
But I'm happy with the direction he's heading in.
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