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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Though I don't think this looks poorly on anything, just goes to show you shouldn't count anyone out due to draft pedigree, or lack thereof.
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Totally agree. I think we would have ranked him higher had he had a bigger season in Abbotsford, but it wasn't exceptional and most of the guys that follow that team (PMM, Drury) are as surprised as anyone about his progression this year.
I think something just clicked, and he took it to another level. You don't often see that kind of increase in play over an off-season, so I don't think you can really blame us.
However, there are definitely some names I would have had him ahead of even without his progression this year.