McDNicks17
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Instead of guessing, you could watch them play.Right? If he is often playing on a line with good offensive players, and often playing with one of the best offensive d in the league, he should be collecting points. Like what, is his role to never touch the puck and only let the other guys?
He is also seeming to settle into more of a third line role for the team which, I don’t know much but that’s not a great sign for a first round draft pick in his d+1.
Like it’s not bust status or anything but it definitely points to a guy who will most likely be a limited player. Like a 3rd/4th liner in the NHL. Not completely useless but still.
Like if he continues his pace over 68 games he will actually drop 10 points from last season. Which….i mean.
The Knights are a heavy rush team and it's usually Dickinson either rushing the puck or joining the rush. Tonight is a good example of how much the offense is focused around him. The Knights scored six goals. He had six points. O'Reilly is the guy deep in the Knights zone playing D and he was almost always the guy that sits back in Dickinson's spot because it would be stupid to not let a defenseman scoring at 2 points per game roam. You aren't going to collect many points when some of the best players in the CHL are scoring at will off the rush or as the net-front PP guy when everything is just going in from the outside.
O'Reilly showed his value tonight. Just an absolute stud defensively and showed that 1st round skill when he had a chance.