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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
He's been horrible. What does he do well? Nothing. What does he fail to do? Retain possession, win board battles, score easy goals that he is set up for, win net front battles, make nice setups, etc. He's been deadweight on the roster all year, dragging down his line.
Hard to imagine any team thinking he'd be useful depth if they've scouted him at all.
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His possession stats are actually in the upper half of the team if I read them right (and I might not, because I'm no authority). his last few outings I have thought he was actually one of the more effective fore-checkers, skaters and and passers. Objectively, IMO he was better than guys like Jooris, Granlund and Colborne over that stretch (excepting Colborne's two-game outburst).
But I think people see what they want to see and their minds have been made up about his game for a long time. So mistakes are magnified and good play shrugged off.