In tight to the goal he does have a lot of the same skills Matthew Tkachuck does. He's not feisty or big enough to be in that area regularly at even strength. But with added time and space on the PP he can do a lot of the same things there with good hands in tight and his vision and hockey smarts. He's a guy who likely would have worked with Lindholm since he can make those passes from the goal line to the slot that Tkachuck and Gaudreau could.
Hopefully he's healthy and can keep scoring next year. If he's playing so well that you hesitate to move him, I'm happy to have that problem.
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