I said even higher simply cause he's taken over and dominated every league he has been in before. He's already a very good NHL player and it's only been his first year. I think that means you can't cap him off to some expected number.
I think his ceiling is being one of the best players in the NHL.
I do worry that because he plays such a specific style and has such a massive size disadvantage, coaches might right a very big book on him and how to shut him down but then on the other hand, we've seen defensemen try shutting him down and focusing in on him and then he just finds a way to burn them either by getting around them or his unreal passing and they all of the sudden start backing off and giving him space.
Either way, the Flames have a very exciting player on their hands. Him plus Monahan and Bennett is a core you build a contender with. I just hope one of our goalies has some Kipper in him.
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