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Originally Posted by YyjFlames
I just noticed that Ben Kindel is leading the Hitmen in points and is scoring quite a few goals.
His shooting percentage is unsustainably high, but still a really strong pace for a centre on a mediocre team, after a decent D-1 year, but he's being projected in the back half of the second round. He also got invited to team Canada camp.
For those who see him (I'm in Victoria so get to see lots of Reschny but not a lot of Hitmen games) or understand prospects a little better than me, what's the knock on him or are we going to see him as a riser?
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It's really impressive to see a player his age lead his team in scoring, and he's currently on pace to rack up 90 points- on a very middling team.
Kindel has everything you want in an offensive forward- he sees the ice extremely well, has a good shot, plays through traffic, wins battles, and displays a smart off-puck game. He's also solid defensively. The knocks on him are his size (5'10"), and his skating- which is good, but not as great as it could be. I think he's still looking at the second round, with the potential of middle-six duty in the NHL- although they said the same things about Brayden Point....