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Originally Posted by Toast_Man
And the fact he handles the puck like a grenade.
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That's why he is a project.
If he was a decent puck handler he goes much higher. See Simon Wang who almost went 1st round because he is a 6'7'' that skates well but only put up 2 points in 33 OHL games.
I am not a fan of the stay home d-men picks. IMO the lack of production in lower levels corelates with a lack of hockey IQ/sense that will be exposed at higher levels.
But I do see the vision. If he can put it together to be at least NHL level competency, he could be decent. He is mobile for his size, seems to be good at positioning his body/stick, and a mean streak in him.
Is it likely to happen, maybe not. But odds are probably not too much different from hoping an undersized one dimensional offensive d-man will learn how to play in his own zone enough not to be a liability in the NHL.