I see him as a great playmaker. Extremely good vision. His skating isnt bad, its just not great. Its average for a junior player and underaverage for a top 5 pick. This was his rookie season in the OHL, I think he will get a lot better at skating much like Morgan Klimchuk who worked a lot on his skating in Regina and now he is a great skater.
I really want him back in London. Looks like it will be a good team again even though they will be minus Marner and Dvorak. Juolevi likely goes back. Parsons in net. Likely see Pu, Jones and a few other forwards get bigger roles.
I can see Matthew really benefiting from one more OHL season to be the go to / primary guy on his team for a whole season, put on another 10lbs and work on his skating. Unless he destroys prospect camp and main camp and basically smashes the door down for a chance, I hope we send him down for another 100 point season in the OHL and a chance to be a captain on a team with a legitimate chance to repeat.
After that we may have a little monster on our hands.
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