Yeah I agree. He's an awkward fit in the NHL. Undersized lacking an attribute that he's particularly great at.
On the surface it's not shaking out to be a great pick. But then looking at that draft, there is shockingly few interesting names after him. You've got a lot of really flawed players, some with higher ceilings (Kaliyev, Hoglander), some not-bad depth guys (Beecher), but nothing that stands out as an obvious guy they should have picked instead.
Not a great draft once you get outside the top 15. Pretty cruddy actually.
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