His game is really straight meat and potatoes. He rarely makes flashy plays. This is not his style. He moves and often choses the simplest of choices that are still effective to get the job done. It is economical. The difference with him is that his compete, his physicality, his IQ, and again, his highly underrated skating because half of the this board still thinks he's a bad skater for some insane reason, make him effective in aspects outside of directly scoring. There are mocking around "oh he's good at puck retrieval", yeah, he is and he makes plays happen for his teammates because he is like a dog in the corners and on the crease. He literally makes his linemates lives better.
All of this is outside of the fact that he can and does put up points. And he can do it a number of ways. He can shoot, he bangs in rebounds, he can use small subtle passing, etc. Just because hes not dangling around on a string doesn't mean he's not offensive or effective. As a 18yo, he put up points in Rogle against men and did it responsibly. As a 19yo coming off of a cracked knee cap, he started basically half way through the AHL season and tore it up. I think he threw a 1pt in his first 15 games or something. and then he crushed like 30 points in the last 45 games. Now he's doing it again like he has every year and at every level. This kid is going to be a great piece for us for like the next 10 years. Be happy we have him
