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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
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The scouting report you are posting is a description of how he looked relative to typical NCAA players. Foo's stride does seem to have some awkwardness to it relative to quick NHL players at the moment.
At development camp, I'd lean towards saying Phillips, Mangiapane, Dube, Healey, Poirier, Lomberg were ahead of him in that department. We'll have to see when training camp starts how he stacks up in the skating department to true plus skaters in the NHL - Backlund, Bennett, Gaudreau, Jankowski, Ferland, and Lazar.
But I would concur with the Green Lantern that a year in the AHL and some Dawn Braid video analysis would probably benefit him. They do a lot of dedicated skating work there in Stockton during their downtime.