He's very good at controling the puck at full speed too. I'd say he's darn close to a plus skater.
He is a very high end skater, easily a plus skater.
If he hadn't tore his knee up the previous season and if the tragedy with his father did not happen he would heve easily been a top ten pick imo. He very understandably got off to a slow start and may very well have put up some gaudy numbers if his first half of the season was similar to his second half.
I think some fans are really sleeping on Hage's potential as it is a first line star at the high end. I still can't believe that we actually got the two players that I really wanted with our first two picks. I didn't think Hage would last until pick 21, as my other pick for 21 was taken early by Philly (Luchanko) and I was down to holding my breath from the 13th pick all the way to the 21st. Eiserman falling at least gave me hope and I also liked Boisvert who was taken before us as well as Surin who went after Hage.
His first game at the Bell Center wearing the jersey is going to be a special moment and there are going to be tears shed all through Habs land.
