With all the top forward picks the last few years - Vilardi, Kupari, Turcotte, Kaliyev, Byfield....and the next level picks - JAD, Thomas, Fagemo....one of those players should be busting out for 20 goals now. (oh, in the NHL. Not AHL) It's so very disheartening.
Maybe they should only draft defensemen and develop them and trade their surplus D for established NHL scorers under age 28.
I think the mantra is...work hard, go to the Reign, learn the system. Cycle, grind, play 200 feet....when you get your callup, watch Kopi. He is your ultimate model. (wrong model)
The ones that break that model...or one, is Trevor Moore. He would rather have his model be a Patrick Kane and
bust through defenses, have elite jump from first 3 steps and go to the goal. AND FUKKING FINISH, And has no celebration or smile and just acts like that's his job. And then do it again.....unlike AI, who could never ever make finishes like that...or ever be savage on offense.