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Some thoughts from his college coach at Minnesota St.

“Talking to guys at that level, it’s always, ‘We need guys to defend, we need guys to be able to get us out of our end, and then we need somebody to continue to be a distributor, as far as being able to move it, getting the puck to the net or finding people in the offensive zone,’ ” Hastings said. “The proverbial term right now is the 200-foot player. Everybody is looking for him, on both ends of the rink. And I do … I see that in Connor, as far as his size, his decision-making, his skating.

“And the thing that I really think is going to allow him to succeed is his mentality. What I mean by that is whether it goes well or it doesn’t, I don’t think that is going to change his demeanour or outlook on what he has to do every day. He is just going to go to work. If he succeeds early, great. But if there are some walls that are put up in front of him that he has to climb, I think he has a mentality that that’s what he has to do. I don’t think he has ever asked for anything to be guaranteed to him. He didn’t from Day 1 here. He has always been willing to go and do whatever work he needs to do.”

https://calgarysun.com/sports/hockey...-bright-future