I think he is going to be really difficult to scout, even after getting clarity on his long-term health.
He has missed an entire season, and is probably playing catch-up with his conditioning, timing and chemistry for the remainder of this season and next. Losing so much time definitely hurts development.
He has quickly turned from a 'potential franchise player' to a 'high risk, high reward' pick. Flames have two picks, so they can afford to 'gamble' (poor word here - Flames should never gamble, but stick to their methodology and internal rankings that come from it) on him if he falls down enough (and assuming they get clearance for their medical staff to examine him).
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