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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
He was used in a 3rd line / PK role that year, kind of like Senyshyn last year, so it was a good year given the deployment. He did not get powerplay icetime and was one of the top 5 on 5 scorers in the OHL that year. His play was good enough to get him some press before he went undrafted. Some quotes from before 2014 draft:
And he finished 3rd in OHL Rookie of the year vote that year behind two future first rounders:
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but he still went undrafted, so the year could not have been that great in the eyes of the scouts.
and being an 18 year old rookie in the OHL, I would not look too hard at him being 3rd place in rookie of the year voting